In the last month, I've gotten two renewal bills from the Orlando Sentinel. The first I opened before realizing it wasn't my name on the envelope (but it was my address). The second I put back in the mail with "no such person at this address--return to sender" written in large obnoxious letters on the envelope.

Funny thing is, I have never received a newspaper at this address.

I had a problem up north with a local newspaper calling every few weeks to ask if I wanted to subscribe. They didn't take no for an answer, so I finally asked to speak to a manager. I told him I didn't want to subscribe to his silly paper, and that even if the paper became suddenly non-silly, that I still wouldn't subscribe since their calls had been so annoying. I asked to be put on their no call list. It worked.

I thought I should ressurect this thread, if only to high-light the absurditiy of the LA Times - over a year later after cancelling our subscription, they have finally stopped delivery and we've finally gone paperless.

Yay! I've been paperless for years and love it. I do miss, sometime, the Sunday ritual of the newspaper and a leisurely read on the couch. As others said before, the news is so old and I get all the local entertainment, etc. online. So now I enjoy my Sundays with a book or some nice music.

I have never, as an adult, actually subscribed to the paper. Though when I worked in the city I bought the Chronicle from a box almost every day for the bus ride home.

Now, actual physical newspapers are only touched when we go out for breakfast on the weekend.

I have never subscribed to a paper and it's rare that I purchase one.

My life can hardly be considered "paperless," though.

Our Sunday subscription is coming in handy for packing. I'd be annoyed if I had to go out and buy paper for this. I'm already annoyed that we had to buy boxes.

When I moved, I didn't need newspapers for packing. I used the shredded paper from when I had to sort through all the paper that haunts my life (that stuff made GREAT packing material). I also filled several recycling bins.