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Am I the only person on the forum who hasn't yet received the November TRAINS?

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SALfan
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Am I the only person on the forum who hasn't yet received the November TRAINS?
Posted by SALfan on Friday, October 1, 2004 10:10 AM
Still waiting . . . IMPATIENTLY!!
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 1, 2004 10:13 AM

No, you aren't the only one. The new issue has not yet reached the City of Brotherly Love and Reading Deprivation. We just practice Quaker patience.
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 1, 2004 10:17 AM

By the way, when I first subscribed, back in 1961, there was a monthly house ad urging readers to buy back issues. The slogan was that "every magazine is new until you've read it." Just think of the November issue as sort of eternally new.

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 1, 2004 10:45 AM
I'm still waiting, and waiting, and waiting!!!
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rrnut282
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Posted by rrnut282 on Friday, October 1, 2004 10:49 AM
I found mine in the catalogue pile where the kids tried to hide it...so I was a member of this thread in spirit until last night.
Mike (2-8-2)
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gabe
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Posted by gabe on Friday, October 1, 2004 11:07 AM
Still hasn't reached me yet.

By the way, anyone wonder if the majority of Trains readers would pay twice the money for bi-monthly magazines rather than monthly. I certainly would--maybe there just isn't enough information to do that though . . . .
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 1, 2004 2:05 PM
Still waiting in Gun Barrel City Texas after over a week that the first people started reporting they got theirs.
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richardy
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Posted by richardy on Friday, October 1, 2004 2:10 PM
Still has not arrived in Oklahoma.
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MP57313
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Posted by MP57313 on Friday, October 1, 2004 2:14 PM
Still has not arrived in Southern Cal
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tree68
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Posted by tree68 on Friday, October 1, 2004 2:28 PM
Don't have mine yet. Of course, I haven't been to the hobby shop to pick it up. Maybe tomorrow. Been a busy week.

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MP57313
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Posted by MP57313 on Friday, October 1, 2004 2:43 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by gabe
By the way, anyone wonder if the majority of Trains readers would pay twice the money for bi-monthly magazines rather than monthly.

My guess is the staff is busy enough as it is! I think the (almost) daily news updates on this website help keep things interesting. If once a month is not enough, check out Classic Trains. If that's still not enough...there's the web with an endless amount of stuff to sort through...
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mudchicken
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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, October 1, 2004 2:44 PM
Not in Denver on Friday 10/1 (I'd be upset if it was the October issue, but it isn't...)

Does Kalmbach worry about dated info hitting the street sometime.???
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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corwinda
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Posted by corwinda on Friday, October 1, 2004 2:47 PM
Not here in Oregon; either.
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locomutt
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Posted by locomutt on Friday, October 1, 2004 3:02 PM
CW & I are still 'Patiently waiting in Louisville[:(][|(]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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espeefoamer
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Posted by espeefoamer on Friday, October 1, 2004 3:25 PM
I'm still waiting[:(].It's like waiting for the Golden State,San Joaquin Daylight,or the Texas Chief.
Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.
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cbq9911a
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Posted by cbq9911a on Friday, October 1, 2004 4:02 PM
Not here in Chicago. Trains has an unfortunate tendency to arrive on Mondays with Model Railroader and Time. :)

When I first subscribed in the mid 1980's, the new issues would come around the 15th of the previous month.
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dldance
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Posted by dldance on Friday, October 1, 2004 4:03 PM
Still haven't seen it in Texas - od course the mrs might be holding out on me - the kitchen is only half painted.
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jeaton
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Posted by jeaton on Friday, October 1, 2004 4:45 PM
This is really getting serious. After starting this mess by announcing that I got my trains on the 21st, Kathi may go on the subscription master and enter the comment "Mail last".

Theories:

1. Mookie is right. Bergie is personally delivering all the copies, but stopped at Saluda to wait for a train to get some shots for Trackside, Vol.17.

2. The USPS accidently put all but the few that have been delivered into containers Marked "Return to Outer Mongolia", but were diverted in China due to something about a coal shortage. (If that is true, Noah and I will put ours up on Ebay. That should take care of Noah's college education and I will get that little island in the Caribbean that I have had my eye on).

3. (The scariest). Since the feature article is about chemical shipments, Homeland Security got all the mail copies and is vetting each subscriber. (If you are on the bottom of the stack, maybe NEXT November).

Jay[}:)][}:)][:-^]

P.S. We know for sure the fault does NOT lie with the crew at Trains.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 1, 2004 5:00 PM
I almost always get mine on the last Saturday of the month, but not this month. I will probably be getting it tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 2)
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 1, 2004 5:09 PM
Still no in Winston-Salem
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 1, 2004 7:51 PM
I don't have it yet, I'm up in Canada.

I was looking forward to an early release, but it doesn't look that will happen for me.
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Modelcar
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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, October 1, 2004 9:09 PM
.....Still no in Muncie, In.......!

Quentin

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 2, 2004 12:19 AM
I'm still waiting. Perhaps Amtrak lost that load of M&E someplace???

LC
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Saxman
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Posted by Saxman on Saturday, October 2, 2004 8:57 AM
I do not have it yet. Maybe today's mail. (10/02) Wasn't in the local hobby shop in Tecumseh, MI on 10/01 either.


Saxman
Adrian, MI
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 2, 2004 10:41 AM
10/2 - Nothing in Delaware.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 2, 2004 1:01 PM
10/2 and here it is...

LC
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 2, 2004 1:19 PM

Arrived 10/2 in Providence, RI
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richardy
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Posted by richardy on Saturday, October 2, 2004 2:04 PM
10/02 still no in Oklahoma, mail man has come and gone, maybe Monday? [:(]
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locomutt
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Posted by locomutt on Saturday, October 2, 2004 2:08 PM
Newly arrived 10/02/04. About 15 minutes ago,and if I want to see it,I'll probably
have to 'pry' it from CWs hands.[:)]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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Posted by UPTRAIN on Saturday, October 2, 2004 9:44 PM
I JUST got mine TODAY!!!

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