[Blue Plastic Straw]

I have a bunch of back issues of Rolling Stone and Wired cluttering up my house. The subscriptions were a "free gift" so I'm not at all attached to the magazines, but I'm reluctant to just chuck them in the recycling bin.<br><br><br><br>
Anyone have ideas for what to do with them?

 

[remilard]

I don't know but the 3 month old People magazines with the address cut out that people keep leaving around the breakroom at work are really classing the place up.

 

[Blue Plastic Straw]

Would you like to add some Wired and Rolling Stone issues to lend more variety to the collection? <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[Dirty Martini]

Use them as wrapping paper for xmas gifts. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/smiley.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[Amy SF]

I was going to suggest donating them to the local hospital for the patients, but I'm not sure those are appropriate for a hospital. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/thinking.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":think:"><br><br><br><br>
I work at a Medical Imaging facility (Radiology), so I bring in my mags and leave them in the patient waiting areas.<br><br><br><br>
Actually, they don't want me to leave anything political, and I subscribe to a few political magazines, so those I donate to a certain thrift store. They sell them for 25 cents each, and will always appreciate a variety of magazines.

 

[remilard]

we have a lactation room, I wonder if the primo reading material is in there

 

[~Wonder]

Do what my dad does. Store thousands of them in boxes and have your son carry them up 3 flights of stairs when you move.<br><br>
~Wonder <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/biker.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":ymca:">

 

[Dirty Martini]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>remilard</strong> <a href="/forum/post/0"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style=""></a><br><br>
we have a lactation room, I wonder if the primo reading material is in there</div>
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Surely, the magazine that inspired <a href="http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=58136" target="_blank">this thread</a> is in there. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/wink3.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[remilard]

I wonder if I could volunteer in the lactation room...

 

[Dirty Martini]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>~Wonder</strong> <a href="/forum/post/0"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style=""></a><br><br>
Do what my dad does. Store thousands of them in boxes and have your son carry them up 3 flights of stairs when you move.<br><br>
~Wonder <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/biker.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":ymca:"></div>
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National Geographic? Or Penthouse? <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/tongue3.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[~Wonder]

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National Geographic? Or Penthouse? <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/tongue3.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""></div>
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Saggy, not perky<br><br><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/wideeyed.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":boobies:"><br><br>
~Wondre <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/biker.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":ymca:">

 

[Dirty Martini]

BPS, you could also give them to charity. Seems kind of like a dump, but I do see a lot of magazines at the goodwill and whenever I'm there tend to quickly look through them for interesting articles (read: pearl jam).<br><br><br><br>
I still, however, stand by the wrapping paper idea. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/smiley.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[remilard]

true story!<br><br><br><br>
when I was in 8th grade I took a PC database class at the JuCo. My "extended learning" class at school had like a million issues of national geographic and the teacher talked me into making a database to index them (I know that is more a spreadsheet thing but at the time lotus 123 had like a 1k file size limit). I was almost done when we found out that national geographic published indices. DAMN

 

[jenna]

currently, i'm making coasters and placemats out of old magazines.<br><br><br><br>
you could see if any art teachers need'em for scrap paper.

 

[jenna]

i like that wrapping paper idea, amy.

 

[remilard]

origami?<br><br><br><br><a href="http://www.papercrane.org/articles/tanteidan2004/yoda.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.papercrane.org/articles/t...n2004/yoda.jpg</a>

 

[Dirty Martini]

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i like that wrapping paper idea, amy.</div>
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My family used newspaper as wrapping paper when I grew up (the comics wrapped a special present!). Sure as hell beats spending a bunch of money on paper that just goes into the fireplace anyway.<br><br><br><br>
At least magazine paper is shiny.

 

[astro]

Don't throw them out. Rolling stone in particular is a collectable magazine. You could put them on ebay or sell thrm privately to a music enthusiast.

 

[Nishani]

I've got a huge stash of old New Musical Express mags, I should probably flog them on ebay <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/smiley.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[Sevenseas]

You can paste them together and build a nest-looking thing in the corner of your room. Then you can tell visitors that your disturbed and dangerous brother lives in the nest (a la Tooms in the X-Files).