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   ayln said, 10 months ago

   i wonder why people think that layoffs will increase sales.

   It will decrease the overheads but profitability is much more complex than that.. especially with all the white elephants around.

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   Jackone said, 10 months ago

   the layoffs should start at the top and trickle down instead of being the other way around.

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   steverino said, 10 months ago

   At my previous job, the pres. announced with great fanfare how much money they’d saved by laying off all the salesmen! (Then they fired me and hired a cheaper replacement).

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   GuntotingLiberal said, 10 months ago

   I’m glad I work for government. Not only do I not have to worry about being laid off by idiots who have no concept of how their actions are going to affect the company in a few months (much less a year), I found out today that my bosses are doing their part to stimulate the economy by hiring me an assistant.

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   pschearer said, 10 months ago

   It looks like newspapers on paper are heading the way of the dodo, the buggy whip, and the 45 RPM record. On the other hand, people have been predicting the demise of printed books for about 20 years and that just ain’t a-happening. To be continued.

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   Jinxo56 said, 10 months ago

   Gee, what an original idea. Bill Watterson did almost the same gag in Calvin and Hobbes years ago.

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   mcduffy322432 said, 10 months ago

   Well, with the increasing sales of Kindles and other electronic book readers, newspaper and book sales MAY start to decline more.

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   somewhereintime said, 10 months ago

   mcduffy322432 says:

   Well, with the increasing sales of Kindles and other electronic book readers, newspaper and book sales MAY start to decline more.

   I’m sure it has affected sales, but I like reading in a chair, in bed, etc. I find it very hard on my eyes to read off a lit screen.

   Newspaper stories are relatively short, so, no prob there. I think they can survive just fine online with sponsors still and people advertising in classifieds. However, their pea brained CEOs are going to have to come to terms with the idea that they need the writers!!!

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   converses said, 10 months ago

   maybe they should ask editors to DO THEIR JOB and EDIT! how many silly spelling errors do you count - even in an online edition of a paper because someone didn’t proofread or hit spell check?

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    lincolnhyde said, 10 months ago

    @somewhereintime - actually, the Kindle does not have a lit screen - reading one is very much like reading a large paperback.

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    attyush said, 10 months ago

    Q. Why does an elephant use its trunk as a bookmark?
    A. That way it always nose where it stopped reading.

    Haw haw haw haw…

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    Jello-08 said, 10 months ago

    It’s kinda funny since our local newspaper just layed off a bunch of employees.

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    Supercool said, 10 months ago

    although often similar, this is much too blatant of a C&H rip-off. I will laugh, but I’ll hate every moment of the enjoyment.

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    Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

    Calvin has a toy plane on his dresser you could sell. Threaten him with a sloppy kiss and he’ll run away long enough for you to grab it.