Comments on: Vesper Road

By: Rici

Rici — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:36:21 +0000

We had much better service than reported here – our News carrier would bring it into the house (then plop down in a chair, rifle through to find the comics, and drop the rest on the floor. Oh wait, maybe that isn’t better service…)

Our first AnnArbor.com came late (the Sunday one), and only after I called in a complaint. The next one (first Thursday edition) never came – I called in the complaint too late for delivery. The rest have arrived in reasonable time. But honestly? I wish my son still had his job. Since he’s not 18, he isn’t eligible to be a carrier for aa.com.

By: Alan Goldsmith

Alan Goldsmith — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:07:57 +0000

And the winner in the contest to get their publication closest to my front door to match the years of great service by the late, lamented Ann Arbor New.

2nd runner up- Ann Arbor Journal, on the lawn extension two weeks in a row, close to the gutter and looking pretty close to roadside litter.

1st runner up, the first issue of AnnArbor.com, in the driveway, at the very end close to the street but just over the sidewalk (and not on the lawn exention).

The winner is (so far) The Detroit Freee Press, in the driveway, a foot away from the garage door but closest to the actual front door (still thirty feet away). Of course, the Thursday delivery was soaking wet, even with the paper inside of a plastic bag but after an email complaint that was never answered, the Sunday issue was in TWO bags).

Can’t wait for the start of Michigan’s winter…

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:21:21 +0000

How sad (about Z., I mean, not Sava).

By: Bill Tozier

Bill Tozier — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:23:52 +0000

I have it from herself that Sava Lelcaj is taking over Zanzibar’s space.

By: Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:50:46 +0000

Rod, Zanzibar’s last day was Saturday, July 18. Not clear what the plans are for that spot.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:29:29 +0000

Zanzibar is going out of business!?

By: Duane Collicott

Duane Collicott — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:15:06 +0000

I was wondering if I was the only one who didn’t like getting paper-filled plastic bags thrown (littered) on my driveway. I could see maybe if I asked for it. If I stuck some paper in a bag and threw it on my neighbor’s driveway one a week, what would it be called? I believe the term is “littering.”

By: FRIDGEMAN

FRIDGEMAN — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:46:19 +0000

Personally, what I find far more annoying than the A2 journal and it’s “trash from a car” distribution are all of the bogus, unwanted phone books we receive throughout the year.

I wish *all* phone books were on a request-only basis.

By: Alan Goldsmith

Alan Goldsmith — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:29:01 +0000

I did learn about the mango tart, but not about why the place to buy the mango tart is going out of business. That isn’t a very feel good issue I suppose.

By: Steve Radant

Steve Radant — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:46:33 +0000

I felt a bit of optimism when I saw a new “paper” paper arrive on my doorstep, even if it was delivered in the same “throw trash from a car” method that the Ann Arbor News previously used every Monday. I was much less optimistic when I saw that it was published by Heritage Newspapers, a shop locally known for taking a charming (if inconsistent) hometown Chelsea Standard and turning it decidedly third-rate. So far, there is more news on the front page of the Chronicle than I found in four print sections of the Journal.