Did this get a thread already? How do people feel about the new WSJ size and format? I was really underwhelmed the first few weeks but now I don't notice it much. Still, it seems a lot less classy than the old reliable widescreen version...
Capt Curmudgeon said:I think The WSJ did a lot of research to make it relative and hip to the crackberry crowd, but I think it stinks. On second thought I think it s**cks. These are my reasons:
The letters to the editor are stuck somewhere in the back after the corporate jet listings. The quality of these letters is supurb and they deserved to be on the editirial page. Maybe they want us from now on to expound in a chat room or some such.
Prior to the change, The WSJ was my breakfast buddy. I can lay it out on the kitchen table and get through my bowl of oatmeal without having to turn a page. With the narrower format I might as well suscribe to the New York Post; but that edification of fine journalism is not available for home delivery in Jackson, MS. Better yet, maybe I can suscribe to one of them London rags with the page three girls. Whatever.
Can't comment on anything else 'cause I can't find anything anymore.
Maybe I can get a crackberry of my own and join the 21st century with an on-line version of the WSJ. "Never in life..." as they used to say in His Majesty's Royal Navy.
samclem said:I like the slimmed-down pages. It is a LOT easier to read it now when I'm on an airplane.
3 Yrs to Go said:You need to learn the "NY Fold"...
I don't read the paper at all.Martha said:I find the new format easier to read when lying on the couch.
REWahoo! said:Captain, it's obvious that you're bucking for promotion and you think a few last minute theatrics will get you some recognition and a leg up to O-4. Nice try, but the promotion board has seen all this before.
My advice is if you are passed over, just forget about it. Somehow "Major Curmudgeon" doesn't have the same panache as your current moniker.
Roger that, REWahoo.
Big deal at the office this week, the CEO announced his ER! Memo from the owner said a search for replacement is ongoing and he will announce soon. Everybody is waiting by the phone for the call! The gardener declared he would not accept the appointment if offered. With him out of the way that means I moved up a notch! Yeah, baby!