I skim both almanac products each year. Both have helpful little home tips and quite a bit of gardening advice. Sad to see them go.
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#12I’ll put a bowl of water in the moonlight tonight to bring blessings to the generations of authors farming our collective reality framing.
I think this is from the Old Farmer's Almanac
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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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#14Interesting, 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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#15This press release has a bit more explanation:
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/end-of-an-era-farmers-almanac...
> This decision, though difficult, reflects the growing financial challenges of producing and distributing the Almanac in today’s chaotic media environment.
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#17Interesting, 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
Certainly not.
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#18I know it has a tradition behind it, but you can't just make shit up and just expect people in this technical age to be okay with it. I used to peruse my Grandmother's Reader's Digest as a kid and never really understood that one, either.
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#19I’ll put a bowl of water in the moonlight tonight to bring blessings to the generations of authors farming our collective reality framing.
There's probably one for witches that's still all the rage on the east coast.
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#20Interesting, 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.
Unless he's a vampire. Those bastards are very cunning at hiding how long they live for.