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A Fond Farewell

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Re: A Fond Farewell

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Post by owlninja »

shervinafshar wrote: post #2

Not to be confused with Old Farmer's Almanac (est. 1792) and yet sad to see a 200 years old periodical closing up shop.

This is the one my mind went to, mostly because that cover is so familiar. Granted, I never invested much time in either but was always glad they existed.

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Post by yieldcrv »

Interesting, I appreciate how they gave no reasons, I’m also curious if there is more details beyond “we don’t want to anymore”

Would be pretty cool if it was that simple, that reason needs more representation and is how I run my entrepreneurial endeavors

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Post by ngold »

yieldcrv wrote: post #4

Interesting, I appreciate how they gave no reasons, I’m also curious if there is more details beyond “we don’t want to anymore” Would be pretty cool if it was that simple, that reason needs more representation and is how I run my entrepreneurial endeavors

Tis a bit curious R.I.P.

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Post by kragen »

yieldcrv wrote: post #4

Interesting, I appreciate how they gave no reasons, I’m also curious if there is more details beyond “we don’t want to anymore” Would be pretty cool if it was that simple, that reason needs more representation and is how I run my entrepreneurial endeavors

The original editor hasn't wanted to anymore since he died in 01852, 173 years ago, so that's not it. Surely what is happening is that people don't buy reference books much anymore, and the core market of farmers gets smaller every year.

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Post by Shorn »

kragen wrote: post #7
yieldcrv wrote: post #4

Interesting, I appreciate how they gave no reasons, I’m also curious if there is more details beyond “we don’t want to anymore” Would be pretty cool if it was that simple, that reason needs more representation and is how I run my entrepreneurial endeavors

The original editor hasn't wanted to anymore since he died in 01852, 173 years ago, so that's not it. Surely what is happening is that people don't buy reference books much anymore, and the core market of farmers gets smaller every year.

> 01852, 173 years ago

That's some serious forward thinking you've got going on with your date format there. I like it, I will be formatting all my years to 5 digits from now on.

OTOH, if it was just a typo - keep it to yourself, I don't wanna know. I'm all in - 5 digit years is a thing now.

Re: A Fond Farewell

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Post by cadamsdotcom »

Shorn wrote: post #8
kragen wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The original editor hasn't wanted to anymore since he died in 01852, 173 years ago, so that's not it. Surely what is happening is that people don't buy reference books much anymore, and the core market of farmers gets smaller every year.

> 01852, 173 years ago That's some serious forward thinking you've got going on with your date format there. I like it, I will be formatting all my years to 5 digits from now on. OTOH, if it was just a typo - keep it to yourself, I don't wanna know. I'm all in - 5 digit years is a thing now.

You might find your crowd among the Long Now Foundation, they love their 5-digit years.
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