Don Scott from Northern California wrote:
>Fellow MG enthusiasts,
>
>I've subscribed to R&T since the '60's, and have a collection that goes back
>to the late '40's. The de-evolution of this once fine magazine is very sad.
>At first it was just an amateur enthusiast newsletter; then it grew into a
>wonderful, informative and creative magazine. Now, it is basically a sales
>catalogue
>for new cars with a few boring articles inserted between the ads. When it
>arrives in the mail now, I find that I can read what I want in it in about 5
>minutes. If I take a few old issues from my collection to read again, I
>could spend hours with them!
>
>I know it was bought and sold several times. Did it get burdened with a
>debt service that requires that the thing be full of ads? Is there a
>conspiracy to destroy everything that I like or love (family-owned
>businesses, old-growth forests, cars with personality, politicians with a
>heart, beautiful music, etc.)? Or am I just getting old?
>
>Anyone have any comments on this?
>
>Don Scott
mga <mga@napanet.net>
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Don,
It's the corperate buyout of the world - Read a magazine, watch TV, listen
to the radio; its all the same - my friend Dave Barry up in Santa Rosa, CA
calls them all advertizing delivery systems - no more, no less!
Cheers,
Rick Feibusch
Venice, CA
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