# To what magazines do you subscribe? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024 "2008-01-10T20:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/21 "2008-01-10T21:33:35Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Actually, she just swipes the ones you subscribe to 🙂 [/QUOTE] Crap…now I know what happened to my bowling magazines. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/22 "2008-01-10T21:34:52Z")
Vogue W Shape Runner’s World (didn’t actually subscribe, it just started showing up) My mom just gave me an subscription to the Economist for Christmas but I haen’t started recieving it yet. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/23 "2008-01-10T21:38:38Z")
I have 3 delivered to me at work: Wines & Vines Wine Business Monthly Wine Spectator And my husband has a few delivered to our home: Asimov’s Beer Advocate Zymurgy 2600 We occasionally pick up at the store: Mental Floss (I really should just subscribe already.) Food & Wine Bon Appetit Sunset Cooking Light Gourmet Celebrator ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/24 "2008-01-10T21:38:54Z")
I had the same type of inundation as **Olives** for years, all my nieces and nephews kept having magazine fundraisers. After I finally ran all the subscriptions out, I was gleefully magazine free for the last year or two. We’re daring to start back up, slowly though. Just **Asimov’s** , **Time** and that Disney one that’s Reader’s Digest sized. Oh, and my sister gets me a gift subscription to **Reader’s Digest** every year, does it count if we don’t buy it for ourselves? ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/25 "2008-01-10T21:40:55Z")
Looks like the one thing we have most in common as a group . . . is that we’re shallow. Love me my **Entertainment Weekly!** ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/26 "2008-01-10T21:43:50Z")
I get nearly all sewing magazines. Quilter’s Newsletter Monthly McCalls Quilting Sew Beautiful and my church’s magazine. My kids get Spider and Click, and the church kids’ magazine. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/27 "2008-01-10T21:44:36Z")
Cook’s Illustrated Scientific American Martha Stewart Living Newsweek (seem to be getting that one for free, not sure why) This Old House Magazine My husband reads The Economist pretty regularly, but for some reason has never subscribed. He tends to pick it up in the airport. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/28 "2008-01-10T21:46:05Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Yes, it’s damn good. My mom bought my wife a subscription last year, and I enjoyed it quite a bit as well. I’ve been warned off of resubscribing because it’s pricey, but I’m considering it anyway. Anyway, as to our household: [ul] [li]Mental Floss[/li][li]Popular Science[/li][li]Motorcycle Consumer News[/li][/ul] [/QUOTE] So, um . . . what exactly \*is \* **Mental Floss?** ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/29 "2008-01-10T21:48:37Z")
[QUOTE=Genghis Bob] So, um . . . what exactly \*is \* **Mental Floss?** [/QUOTE] Check it out, it’s [looking pretty likely that I’m going to get this one too.](http://www.mentalfloss.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/30 "2008-01-10T21:51:08Z")
At home we get: Outside Via (from AAA) American Antiquity Sunset I also get a few, smaller and more specialized journals for work. The kids get: My Big Backyard Ranger Rick and some LEGO publication ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/31 "2008-01-10T21:52:42Z")
[QUOTE=Genghis Bob] So, um . . . what exactly \*is \* **Mental Floss?** [/QUOTE] I…uh…huh. I’m probably not going to describe this very well. To me, it’s like pop culture meets history and trivia in a cheap motel somewhere and they have this weird threesome that sounds like it wouldn’t work but their genes merge and they have a Mental Floss baby together. I really can’t figure out how to put it, but I’d recommend visiting [www.mentalfloss.com](http://www.mentalfloss.com) and getting an idea for yourself. It’s pretty entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/32 "2008-01-10T21:57:43Z")
We only get Scientific America, National Geographic for Kids, the Smithsonian and Yankees Magazine. Oh, at work I get Information Week. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/33 "2008-01-10T22:05:46Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Crap…now I know what happened to my bowling magazines. [/QUOTE] Now my dirty secret is out. I’ll have to stop lurking in your mailbox (but your neighbor’s mailbox isn’t _nearly_ as interesting. _Screws and Fasteners Monthly_? _Soil Amendment Digest_? C’mon!) ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/34 "2008-01-10T22:10:21Z")
[QUOTE=Cowgirl Jules] Now my dirty secret is out. I’ll have to stop lurking in your mailbox (but your neighbor’s mailbox isn’t _nearly_ as interesting. _Screws and Fasteners Monthly_? _Soil Amendment Digest_? C’mon!) [/QUOTE] Sadly, I think my wife would find Soil Amendment Digest more appealing than my bowling magazines. Thank you for the validation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/35 "2008-01-10T22:11:02Z")
Nat’l Geo Sports Illustrated Newsweek I am the most boring person on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/36 "2008-01-10T22:32:58Z")
Discover Scientific American Skeptical Inquirer National Geographic … all of which I read from cover to cover. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/37 "2008-01-10T22:38:36Z")
National Geographic Cook’s Illustrated ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/38 "2008-01-10T22:53:58Z")
Scientific American The New Yorker Cooks Illustrated Vanity Fair Esquire Wonder Time (no clue where that one came from) Smithsonian (gift from FIL) ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/39 "2008-01-10T22:58:26Z")
Sports Illustrated Economist Frankly, I find it hard to keep up with the two of them… I’ve been tempted to subscribe to The New Yorker or Harper’s but haven’t. Oh, and one of these days I will subscribe to Wine Spectator. ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024/40 "2008-01-10T23:07:26Z")
At home/work for our household: The Sun Magazine Consumer Reports ( a gift sub. hasn’t arrived yet) Vogue Elle Lucky People Style Psychology Today American Baby Maritime Reporter and Engineering News Marine News Power Engineering Cogen Mag Mechanical Engineering PE Mag AAA mag Marine Propulsion Diesel Progress Automotive Engineering The only magazine that would never be cancelled for as long as it is running is The Sun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-magazines-do-you-subscribe/433024.md?page=3)