Partly Nonsense

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN JOEL KLAASSEN
I took a fast two-day trip to Iowa this past weekend to attend the fall meetings of the Midwest Free Community Papers in Newton, about 30 miles east of Des Moines.

It’s never a bad thing to find out what other publishers are up to and how they deal with some of the same challenges we face. The biggest benefit of belonging to the group is the audit they pay for on our behalf to verify our circulation numbers.

I learned that the audited daily newspapers in the United States have about 60 million papers a day circulating throughout the country. Of the free papers that are currently audited there are around 35 million newspapers per week. When all of the free-paper associations in the country are audited, which is scheduled to take place soon, the number will be nearly 85 million free papers delivered per week.

I approached Kansas City on Saturday about the time KU had scored on Colorado to make it 39-29. I was thinking I might want to get off in Lawrence and watch the big upset, or at least a close game.

By the time I reached the east Lawrence exit it was already 53-29.

I’m always learning new things and was very glad to find out at the borscht-and-noodle-soup meal at Trinity Mennonite Church this past Sunday that there is a way to tell if you have put too much jelly on your zweibach.

According to Karl Funk, you have too much if the jelly hits your nose as the two-bake goes in your mouth.

I can remember that happening.

There was this guy who was just half way through his 30-day diet. So far he had just lost 15 days.

Here is a little something to keep in mind when you are making a purchase, both big and small. I believe I saw this in a Hillsboro store nearly 40 years ago-“The taste of poor quality lingers long after the thrill of a bargain is gone.”

When people are willing to shut down the ports, like they have on the West Coast, and wreak havoc with people’s livelihood-including our Kansas farmers-isn’t it a little like legalized terrorism?

Have you ever wondered how birds can keep from crashing when flying together with a huge flock that looks as big as a cloud whooshing up and down in the sky? I’m always looking for one to go out of control but it never happens.

Can you remember any of the ads you heard on the radio today? I can’t either.

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