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10/10/2003 Archived Entry: "I know you've got some..."
...old Wired mags that is. I know you've got a stack of 'em sitting around your house somewhere. Maybe you're saving them for a rainy day. Maybe there's some articles in there you'd like to keep. Maybe you like the way stripey spines all line up colourfully on your bookshelf. I won't ask you to deprive yourself of those small pleasures. But do you need the covers? No. Absolutely not. So in the name of helping you get rid of all the junk in your house, I'm asking you to take out an exacto knife and slice off the front covers of all your old Wired mags and send them to me. Come on, I know you want to ;-).
Okay, so you might be wondering what on earth I'm going to do with all the thousands of Wired covers I'm going to get in the mail. Am I slowly turning into a Martha Stewart-esque rodent and I'd like to shred them all down and build myself a brightly coloured nest in all the latest colours? Am I going to slice them into strips and leave them next to the toilet in a mad wish for environmentally friendly re-used (although probably too shiny and too stiff) loo roll? Am I planning on composing a freakishly bright ransom note? No. No. No. You've guessed wrong.
However, I am planning on wallpapering a small bathroom with them. A photo of said bathroom is to be found on the left. You can click on it to see it in all it's super big, checked glory.
So hurry, while the mood is striking you, slice off those covers and send them to:
Wired Covers
1059 Shaw Street
Toronto, ON
M6G 3N4
Canada
The best one will get a "prize" of some sort... haven't figured out what yet. Oh. That might discourage you, given that you don't know what this "prize" would be... okay I promise it won't be anything that rots or smells. Okay? Hurry now. Slicey slicey. Good reader.
Replies: 4 comments - add a comment
Nonetheless, you're still not getting *my* collection of Wireds! :)
Posted by neuro @ 10/18/2003 12:44 AM EST
Well I don't want the entire cover. You could just slash off the very front cover - not the bindings or the back. So... you know I'm not worried about it being perfect or anything. And you don't have to destroy the entire magazine to send them to me :-)
Posted by tara @ 10/14/2003 06:22 PM EST
no way are you getting my Wired stash! Also, every issue is perfect bound, with varying numbers of millimetres on the left hand side of the cover being glued to the spine - you might have a hard time getting the *entire* cover off from every issue.
Current back issue rates for reference: http://www.retroprint.com/store/gostore_wired.htm :)
Also, you might wanna contact this guy and see if his offer is still valid: http://www.nslug.ns.ca/pipermail/nslug/2003-April/001804.html
Posted by neuro @ 10/13/2003 05:14 AM EST
Right. I suppose you're after the ones on my bookshelf? There's about 100 of them. Whassit worth?
Posted by John H @ 10/12/2003 08:29 PM EST