Old Magazines.

[Strazos]

What do you all do with them?

I'm actually attempting to clean my room now, and one of the biggest problems I am having is all the magazines I have in piles around here; FHM, maxim, GamePro, and a bunch of other gaming mags. I really don't know what to do with them - There has to be a better solution than just throwing them in the trash.

[stray]

I live near an elementary school with a dumpster-sized recycling bin used for paper and such. I put all my paper trash there (when I have a lot of it, that is).

[Strazos]

I thought glossy print was a no-no for recycling?

Or maybe that's just a no-no for using in a fire.

[stray]

I thought glossy print was a no-no for recycling?

Or maybe that's just a no-no for using in a fire.

Hmm...Didn't know that.

Well, I've got good intentions at least. 

I don't read a lot of magazines anyways. Most of it is newspapers or just....Paper.

[Strazos]

Just found a (beat-up and dusty) FF3 box with the manual.

As I specifically remember despising the game after I beat it, to the trash it goes.

(Seriously, WTF would I do with a beat-up box and manual anyway?)

EDIT: Also, Xenogears, which I now have no use for. Though it's not actually going into the trash.

[Signe]

This thread is not pointy at all.

[Margalis]

Subscribing to FHM and Maxim were your first mistakes.

[Fabricated]

I just moved about a week or so ago, and I basically threw out all of my old game magazines except for my Nintendo Powers (which I guess are collectable) and game guides. I kept all of my MAD magazines since well, those definitely ARE collectable.

I reduced a half closet full of magazines to two boxes.

[schild]

I kept all of my MAD magazines since well, those definitely ARE collectable.

Unless you have ones from [long] before you were born, your MAD magazines aren't and won't be worth shit.

[stray]

I have several issues from 85-88, but they're in shitty condition.

[Toast]

Don't be a stereotypical pack rat gamer.

Throw that crap away and don't live in squalor.

[Llava]

My Dad offered me his collection of Playboy, which is quite extensive.  Despite that, I turned him down.  I really don't want to accept porn from my Dad.

[WayAbvPar]

Have hime ship it to me. I will pay the freight =)

[HaemishM]

My Dad offered me his collection of Playboy, which is quite extensive.  Despite that, I turned him down.  I really don't want to accept porn from my Dad.

Despite teh boobies, I can hardly call Playboy pr0n anymore. It's mainstream enough.

Also, Playboy back issues are pretty good sellers.

[Hanzii]

I picked one of the Playboys where one of Stephen Kings earlier short stories appear. If the condition was better, it would be worth a bundle.

[Hanzii]

I picked one of the Playboys where one of Stephen Kings earlier short stories appear. If the condition was better, it would be worth a bundle.

(even more than my limited edition Sandman #50 with a handdrawn Sandman signed and drawn by neil Gaiman on front and Dave McKeans signature on the back...)

[Evangolis]

Worked a paper recycling place in my youth, naturally the break room was full of porn, including a Playboy with a great article that was a stream-of-conciousness review from backstage at a Grateful Dead show.  Stunning writing.  Bizarre images.

And there was my fellow grad student Steve.  After he came back from doing field work in the desert over the summer, I helped him clean out his truck.  Nothing surprising to me about all the Playboy's jammed under his seat; a man alone in the desert for three months, after all.  But I was surprised when he came out to all of us a few months later, and I had to ask him, why a gay man would have all those Playboys.  He pointed out that he had a liberal political bent, much like the editorial policy of Playboy, and I nearly doubled over with laughter when I realized that, as the punchline of the old joke went, Steve indeed did read Playboy for the articles.

And old magazines mostly need to be recycled.  Some places take slick paper, but any hardcovers have to be removed or they will foul the shredder blades.  We taken out a couple of pickup loads in the course of clearing out mom's house.  You can do a search for collectibles on the Internet, but most stuff is of little value.

[Strazos]

Subscribing to FHM and Maxim were your first mistakes.

At least they were free subs.

Apparently, I get Blender also. That's a waste of paper.

[Furiously]

Subscribing to FHM and Maxim were your first mistakes.

At least they were free subs.

Apparently, I get Blender also. That's a waste of paper.

I'll agree with that one.

[Jain Zar]

I mostly read Playboy for the articles myself.  But I consider the nekkid wimmens to be a pleasant and very welcome bonus.
Value Add and all that.  Come for the articles stay for the boobies.

[Yegolev]

Just found a (beat-up and dusty) FF3 box with the manual.

As I specifically remember despising the game after I beat it, to the trash it goes.

(Seriously, WTF would I do with a beat-up box and manual anyway?)

You, sir, are a dumb fucking no-game-history-knowing book-burning neanderthal.  Don't toss out that shit.  I'd buy your tiger-repelling rock with real money.  It makes me shed actual tears to read that, the kind you shed when your girlfriend wallops your balls with your Dreamcast and breaks both of treasured possesions in one irreversible act.  Collectors want that stuff.  God damn.  I have a small collection of cool and weird games that has, over time, lost some items such as the ones you describe.  I'd love the cart but the manual and box are great, too.  If you have not yet tossed into the garbage, I'll be more than happy to take it off your hands.

Shit, I need a fucking drink.

[Signe]

I toss out everything I can.  If a collector wants it, he can pick through my garbage.  On the other hand, Righ keeps everything he can.  I never touch his stuff in anger... or his junk either.  I am very, very careful what I toss and always ask before I do.  That doesn't stop me from wanting to throw EVERYTHING away!  I have never walloped anyone's balls or even wanted to.

I hate clutter.  It makes me cranky.

[Yegolev]

I'm not saying I'm at all normal, being unhealthily obsessed with video games as I am, but I do collect game stuff and it breaks my soul to see someone abusing something I hold dear to my abnormal heart.  I also have some useless shit like computer parts I'll likely never use, but for the most part I'm the one in the family that puts shit in the garbage when no-one is looking.  I have done that with my wife's shoes, so you know I'm serious about it; after being hidden away for a couple months I assumed she wouldn't miss them and out they went.  I used to be a packrat when I was young and poor but apparently I have matured.  Life is funny.  Still a collector of games and such, though.

[Bunk]

If you live in an apartment building, put the stack neatly in the lobby for a day or two. Then come down later and recycle anything that no one else takes. Thats what i did when i was moving.

[Strazos]

Pay for the shipping, and the box and manual are yours.

[voodoolily]

If you live in Portland (or any other town that has hippies of any ilk) you should already know about "Freeboxing". What you do is put a box of crap, any crap at all, on a sidewalk that gets foot traffic. Put a sign that says "Free" on it. The shit will disappear. I've even ditched old furniture this way. It's like a magical crap fairy comes and just makes it go away for you.

Magazines are recyclable, and there may be a periodicals resale place in your town (but prolly not). I can sell backissues at a place called Periodicals Paradise for like a nickel apiece, and they also sell magazines at 75% the cover price. But I say Freebox it.

Edit:btw, Strazos, your new avatar makes me very, very happy.  :-D

[Strazos]

What you do is put a box of crap, any crap at all, on a sidewalk that gets foot traffic.

We don't really get "foot traffic" where I live. I just bundled them up and chucked them out by the trash. They weren't there when I got home the next day. I dunno what happened to them; someone picked them up for their own use, or the recycle people got it.

Edit:btw, Strazos, your new avatar makes me very, very happy.  :-D

It was my third alternate new avatar. I wanted to use:



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I have no idea how to resize animated .gif's correctly.

[Samprimary]

Here, does this work?

Hmm, I'll switch mine too.

[Llava]

I have no idea how to resize animated .gif's correctly.

http://www.gifworks.com/

[Strazos]

Heh, nice. Thanks.

[stray]

Hot.....But annoying.

[Yegolev]

Pay for the shipping, and the box and manual are yours.

Give me your details through gmail.

[Sky]

Ask your local library. We have a "recycle bin" here, a take what you want, leave what you don't type setup. Works great for both books and magazines. Periodically (sorry for pun) we clean it out and recycle the stuff ourselves or put it aside to sell at our annual fundraiser.

[Strazos]

I have no idea how to resize animated .gif's correctly.

http://www.gifworks.com/

Bleh, just got around to trying it....has a paltry 400k limit.

Any other ideas?

[Signe]

I have no idea how to resize animated .gif's correctly.

http://www.gifworks.com/

Bleh, just got around to trying it....has a paltry 400k limit.

Any other ideas?

Edumacate yourself!