Second look (53)

[gerbie]

In Austria the sunday is still the day of rest. So nearly all shops are closed. But the sunday paper needs to be sold anyway. So they hang them on trees, traffic signs and lamp posts. Get a paper and pay your 50 cents. When I worked there it was 8 or 9 shillings I remember. So in a decade the paper hasn't become more expensive. I can imagine a lot of places on earth where one couldn't sell a paper like this. It would be stolen. And the money as well. Not in Austria. Luckily.

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Ceci n'est pas un journal gratuit

[tamaraland.livejournal.com]

The news boxes here are also open, with a slot for you to put your money. Amazingly, people do pay for their paper, and the boxes aren't robbed. They do have a sticker on the cover for the box saying that it isn't a free paper, but it was a big shock to this New Yorker that that alone is an effective deterrent.

Re: Ceci n'est pas un journal gratuit

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

Sometimes life in the slow lane isn't too bad.