That’s right Zap – We only get our free newspapers in paper. (Advertising mostly) The TV and internet gives us far more news and we don’t have to pay any more for them as we already pay our TV licence and internet stuff.
Growing up, we used to get a national paper in the morning and a local one in the evening. After I got married, I started doing the same but as the papers were largely unread, I stopped getting them. The children that delivered them were cute enough but often posted what passed for papier mache on a wet day!
That would really put a crimp in the style of our newspaper delivery guy. He speeds down our street flinging papers out the window in the vicinity of our driveway.
Canadians too are required to ensure the paper is put in a mailbox or between screen doors. I’ve had a paper route a few times in my life and never got away with tossing plastic wrapped papers on the lawn, never known anyone who did. Where exactly does this occur? All over the USA or just in fictionland? What’s more, my most recent route was a “motor route” where they thought I’d use a car (used a bike and trailer mostly) and get out of the car for each newspaper, walk up to the house, and carefully place the paper in the most secure manner possible. One house kept getting their paper stolen, that was frustrating, and out of the mailbox what’s more. I got blamed for the lack of delivery a few times but I guess they sorted it out. Paper delivery is an awful way to make a few pennies.
This seems to be the “preferred” delivery method throughout suburbs in the US. And by preferred I mean preferred by the paperboys/girls and the subscribers seem to be mostly indifferent. When I had a route most people didn’t care(or didn’t care enough to complain) if the paper was tossed on the lawn or even porch(see the popular arcade game Paperboy) but one or two wanted it in the screen down or mail slot.
I grew up in Virginia and have lived in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, and throwing the newspaper on the lawn or driveway was normal in all those places. (It’s only in fairly recent years that they started putting them in plastic bags, and then usually only on rainy days.) The only other delivery method I’ve seen is in areas where mailboxes are not attached to the house, but are on a post at the end of the driveway by the road. Some people mount a special newspaper box (usually a round tube with the name of the local newspaper printed on it) next to mailbox, and the delivery person sticks the paper in that. A special box is needed for the newspaper because it is against Federal law to put anything except official US Mail in a mailbox.
Just being pedantic, but…. the van from which the newspaper seems to be thrown is travelling from right to left, Yehuda travelling left to right, and the newspaper hitting Yehuda moves from left to right. Must have been quite some throw to cancel out both the van’s motion and Yehuda’s, then be going fast enough to thwack his head rather than limply make contact with it. Given that the aim of throwing newspapers from moving vans (rather than the more civilised method of delivering them through letter boxes) is to cause it to land on the driveway with as little relative motion to it as possible, there seems to be a velocitudinal mismatch.
By the way, we were in Denmark earlier this year and noticed that in some parts the drive-by delivery method was in use – but the papers were protected from the elements in plastic bags. More thoughtful, but surprisingly for Danes, less environmentally friendly.
Yehuda is on the Van Sweringen so his speed can be considered negligible and van throwing papers its probably coasting somewhere between 5-10 miles an hour. I think it seems reasonable for the paper to give him a good THWACK.
Also if you consider the 2D comic in 3D the paper is probably thrown perpendicular to the vans velocity and also perpendicular to Yehuda’s velocity. That would make the relative speed as it hits Yehuda to be same as when it left the hand of the thrower.
Sad to read those words, but thankful for the commitment you have made over the years to keeping me and everyone else here entertained with a very well done comic. This is going to mean some changes to my morning routine at the office. Checking this strip was always the first thing I did after making sure there were no proverbial fires to put out from overnight emails.
Hate to see you go entirely. Since getting turned on to Yehuda about a year and a half ago it’s been one of my must-reads every day … not to mention that this means there will be no new strips to make up Volume 6.
Keep in mind that if the lights go out and stay out for an extended time it could be very difficult to regather your loyal readers and get the site up to speed if/when you decide to do so. Might I suggest that you consider doing three a week (M-W-F) like Grant Munroe does with xkcd.com, or at least grace us with a strip once a week to keep us checking back in?
Funny you never know how much something or someone is a part of your life until it’s gone. I too am a daily reader and will miss your story telling! In the words of the late Don Cornelius of Soul Train, “Until next time, peace, love and soul.”
“My Bad” isn’t enough… I’d be all over that newspaper’s delivery department.
Sometimes you just gotta let an honest mistake go.
Yeah, the guys that do it intentionally are never that accurate.
Wise words, AJ. Very true.
Yeah, whoops. That’d leave a mark.
I think I prefer the British way of newspaper delivery, where the paper is put through your letter box.
That’s the continental way, too. The newspapers stay clean and dry.
I prefer the method where the newspaper is delivered through my internet connection.
That’s right Zap – We only get our free newspapers in paper. (Advertising mostly) The TV and internet gives us far more news and we don’t have to pay any more for them as we already pay our TV licence and internet stuff.
Growing up, we used to get a national paper in the morning and a local one in the evening. After I got married, I started doing the same but as the papers were largely unread, I stopped getting them. The children that delivered them were cute enough but often posted what passed for papier mache on a wet day!
That would really put a crimp in the style of our newspaper delivery guy. He speeds down our street flinging papers out the window in the vicinity of our driveway.
Canadians too are required to ensure the paper is put in a mailbox or between screen doors. I’ve had a paper route a few times in my life and never got away with tossing plastic wrapped papers on the lawn, never known anyone who did. Where exactly does this occur? All over the USA or just in fictionland? What’s more, my most recent route was a “motor route” where they thought I’d use a car (used a bike and trailer mostly) and get out of the car for each newspaper, walk up to the house, and carefully place the paper in the most secure manner possible. One house kept getting their paper stolen, that was frustrating, and out of the mailbox what’s more. I got blamed for the lack of delivery a few times but I guess they sorted it out. Paper delivery is an awful way to make a few pennies.
forgot to mention, I’ve been signed up for the digital paper since they offered it and I love it, especially on a tablet with a coffee beside me.
This seems to be the “preferred” delivery method throughout suburbs in the US. And by preferred I mean preferred by the paperboys/girls and the subscribers seem to be mostly indifferent. When I had a route most people didn’t care(or didn’t care enough to complain) if the paper was tossed on the lawn or even porch(see the popular arcade game Paperboy) but one or two wanted it in the screen down or mail slot.
I grew up in Virginia and have lived in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, and throwing the newspaper on the lawn or driveway was normal in all those places. (It’s only in fairly recent years that they started putting them in plastic bags, and then usually only on rainy days.) The only other delivery method I’ve seen is in areas where mailboxes are not attached to the house, but are on a post at the end of the driveway by the road. Some people mount a special newspaper box (usually a round tube with the name of the local newspaper printed on it) next to mailbox, and the delivery person sticks the paper in that. A special box is needed for the newspaper because it is against Federal law to put anything except official US Mail in a mailbox.
Just being pedantic, but…. the van from which the newspaper seems to be thrown is travelling from right to left, Yehuda travelling left to right, and the newspaper hitting Yehuda moves from left to right. Must have been quite some throw to cancel out both the van’s motion and Yehuda’s, then be going fast enough to thwack his head rather than limply make contact with it. Given that the aim of throwing newspapers from moving vans (rather than the more civilised method of delivering them through letter boxes) is to cause it to land on the driveway with as little relative motion to it as possible, there seems to be a velocitudinal mismatch.
By the way, we were in Denmark earlier this year and noticed that in some parts the drive-by delivery method was in use – but the papers were protected from the elements in plastic bags. More thoughtful, but surprisingly for Danes, less environmentally friendly.
Yehuda is on the Van Sweringen so his speed can be considered negligible and van throwing papers its probably coasting somewhere between 5-10 miles an hour. I think it seems reasonable for the paper to give him a good THWACK.
Also if you consider the 2D comic in 3D the paper is probably thrown perpendicular to the vans velocity and also perpendicular to Yehuda’s velocity. That would make the relative speed as it hits Yehuda to be same as when it left the hand of the thrower.
Just making sure readers saw this post from yesterday: http://yehudamoon.com/fall-tidings/
Oh, bad news
Sad to read those words, but thankful for the commitment you have made over the years to keeping me and everyone else here entertained with a very well done comic. This is going to mean some changes to my morning routine at the office. Checking this strip was always the first thing I did after making sure there were no proverbial fires to put out from overnight emails.
Thanks, Rick, and safe travels in India!
That makes today’s “Whoops! Heads Up!” especially appropriate.
You’ve been trying to escape the Kickstand for a few years, I guess we just put it off. I’ve really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Hate to see you go entirely. Since getting turned on to Yehuda about a year and a half ago it’s been one of my must-reads every day … not to mention that this means there will be no new strips to make up Volume 6.
Keep in mind that if the lights go out and stay out for an extended time it could be very difficult to regather your loyal readers and get the site up to speed if/when you decide to do so. Might I suggest that you consider doing three a week (M-W-F) like Grant Munroe does with xkcd.com, or at least grace us with a strip once a week to keep us checking back in?
Funny you never know how much something or someone is a part of your life until it’s gone. I too am a daily reader and will miss your story telling! In the words of the late Don Cornelius of Soul Train, “Until next time, peace, love and soul.”