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2014-04-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

'Ladies' Home Journal' to fold after 131 years

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Posted by Fred 2014-04-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 There's not an app for that.

Posted by Shipman 2014-04-26 00:20|| 2014-04-26 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Prolly ran out of ladies.

Posted by SteveS 2014-04-26 00:23|| 2014-04-26 00:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Now a days, there are very few Ladies around (a growing number have Tats) or at Home (live with their parents), and few really keep or know how to write a Journal (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Memoe are in, Cursive writing is Out).

Publishers could change the name to TatEmoText Torments but it would still be a snailmail item and seriously overtaken by events.

Posted by Thromonter Smiter of the Poles9858 2014-04-26 00:27|| 2014-04-26 00:27|| Front Page Top

USATODAY could have picked this cover which depicts actual ladies.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-26 03:13|| 2014-04-26 03:13|| Front Page Top

#5 No wonder. Did you look at what they put on the cover? Icky.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2014-04-26 07:12|| 2014-04-26 07:12|| Front Page Top

#6 I was sorry to hear about this because of the folks who will be losing their livelihoods...but on the other hand, I've never known anyone who actually READ the LHJ unless they were trapped in a doctor/dentist office or beauty parlor.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2014-04-26 07:37|| 2014-04-26 07:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Looks like this magazine could not be saved.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2014-04-26 08:08|| 2014-04-26 08:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Looks like this magazine could not be saved

Who wants to?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2014-04-26 12:47|| 2014-04-26 12:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Content of women's magazines:

Accept Yourself - You're Beautiful 20%
How to lose 20 pounds in 30 days 35%
Fashion Do's and Don'ts 20%
Why Your Hair is a Mess 25%

Posted by DoDo 2014-04-26 14:24|| 2014-04-26 14:24|| Front Page Top

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