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9 November 2020 at 15:48 #506230
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Hello folks,

I'm really sorry to have to let you know that MEW 299 will be delayed by about two weeks due to lockdown.

This means announcing the Stephenson Trophy result will be delayed as well, as I want it to appear in the magazine first.

There may be minor delays for subsequent issues.

As far as I know overseas subscribers will face the same delays but not miss any further issues.

Again, my apologies, but it's beyond my control.

Thanks for your understanding.

Neil
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9 November 2020 at 15:48 #38588
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
9 November 2020 at 15:49 #506232
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Just to add, I'm planning for issue 300 to have a few special features and some familiar faces.

Neil
9 November 2020 at 17:44 #506254
Brian Wood
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@brianwood45127
Thank you for letting us know in advance Neil.

Regards Brian
9 November 2020 at 18:09 #506258
Bazyle
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@bazyle
"Familliar faces". hum. After seeing someone purporting to be you on the zoom call I was left thinking ' can't be him – no hat'. And you didn't look like your previous avatar either

Just thought. Maybe the avatar is some guitar playing hero of yours I'm expected to recognise?
9 November 2020 at 18:40 #506267
Adam Mara
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@adammara
Lets hope that ME can keep going. Today I had an email from Womans Weekly saying they have ceased publicatiuon, and they are refunding the balance of our pre paid subscription.

Difficult days, take care.
9 November 2020 at 19:01 #506273
SillyOldDuffer
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@sillyoldduffer
Posted by Adam Mara on 09/11/2020 18:40:24:

Lets hope that ME can keep going. Today I had an email from Womans Weekly saying they have ceased publicatiuon, and they are refunding the balance of our pre paid subscription.

Difficult days, take care.

Is it a scam? I hope they didn't ask for Bank Details. See this thread.

Dave
12 November 2020 at 12:09 #506974
John Hinkley
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@johnhinkley26699
Neil,

I assume the delay is with the printers and/or distribution network, so will the digital version be released into the wild as normal or is that going to be delayed as well?

John
12 November 2020 at 12:17 #506975
ega
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@ega
Posted by Adam Mara on 09/11/2020 18:40:24:

Lets hope that ME can keep going. Today I had an email from Womans Weekly saying they have ceased publicatiuon, and they are refunding the balance of our pre paid subscription.

Difficult days, take care.

On the bright side, fans of Victoria Wood's "Let's Do It" will reflect that bottoms will no longer be beaten with that magazine!
12 November 2020 at 12:29 #506978
Howard Lewis
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@howardlewis46836
It is better to travel hopefully. We will wait with baited breath for 299 and onwards.

Re Woman's Weekly and Victoria Wood, there's many a good tune played with a back copy, they tell me!

Howard
12 November 2020 at 12:29 #506979
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Posted by Bazyle on 09/11/2020 18:09:23:

"Familliar faces". hum. After seeing someone purporting to be you on the zoom call I was left thinking ' can't be him – no hat'. And you didn't look like your previous avatar either

Just thought. Maybe the avatar is some guitar playing hero of yours I'm expected to recognise?

Err… it's a picture of me with a hat on… they are removable you know 🤣

Neil
12 November 2020 at 12:30 #506980
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Posted by John Hinkley on 12/11/2020 12:09:52:

Neil,

I assume the delay is with the printers and/or distribution network, so will the digital version be released into the wild as normal or is that going to be delayed as well?

John

No, the publication schedule has been changed, my understanding is titles that have significant over the counter sales get hit hard by lockdowns so they want to make sure the next issue has a full month on the shelves outside the current lockdown.

The digital version is generated from the print one, so they both get published together.

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 12/11/2020 12:32:47
12 November 2020 at 12:31 #506981
Ian P
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@ianp
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 12/11/2020 12:29:29:

Posted by Bazyle on 09/11/2020 18:09:23:

"Familliar faces". hum. After seeing someone purporting to be you on the zoom call I was left thinking ' can't be him – no hat'. And you didn't look like your previous avatar either

Just thought. Maybe the avatar is some guitar playing hero of yours I'm expected to recognise?

Err… it's a picture of me with a hat on… they are removable you know 🤣

Neil

Removable

Hats or pictures?
12 November 2020 at 12:49 #506985
Howard Lewis
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@howardlewis46836
What will happen about the subscription copies? Will they be dispatched as they come off the presses, or held until the "over the counter" issues are distributed?
12 November 2020 at 15:29 #507012
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Posted by Howard Lewis on 12/11/2020 12:49:38:

What will happen about the subscription copies? Will they be dispatched as they come off the presses, or held until the "over the counter" issues are distributed?

Both, the to-press date has been put back two weeks.

Neil
12 November 2020 at 15:35 #507014
John Hinkley
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@johnhinkley26699
Thanks for clarifying my query re the digital issue, Neil.

John
15 November 2020 at 10:46 #507595
Matt Harrington
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@mattharrington87221
Thanks for the update

Matt
29 November 2020 at 12:20 #510588
Michael Belfer
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@michaelbelfer47979
Phoning helpline at me.secureorder.co.uk I was told issue 299 had definitely been produced and mailed out

But there is no sign of it on Pocketmags although it is ( understandably) many weeks overdue

Colour me bamboozled
29 November 2020 at 18:05 #510672
houstonceng
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@houstonceng
Well. My Subscription issue of 299 arrived yesterday, however, I’m a bit disappointed that the reprint of the 4-facet drill sharpening article in 293 have been reprinted again in 299. I know MEW is probably short of copy, but reprinting an article twice in a short toile is bad editing.
29 November 2020 at 20:19 #510715
Michael Gilligan
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@michaelgilligan61133
Posted by houstonceng on 29/11/2020 18:05:57:

[…]

I’m a bit disappointed that the reprint of the 4-facet drill sharpening article in 293 have been reprinted again in 299. I know MEW is probably short of copy, but reprinting an article twice in a short toile is bad editing.

.

Please, Neil … tell us something that will encourage me not to jump ship.

MichaelG.
29 November 2020 at 20:40 #510722
Frances IoM
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@francesiom58905
Michael – just think what could befall another MTM stablemate ‘Total Carp’ given the present TLC given to the mags.
30 November 2020 at 10:23 #510793
Nicholas Farr
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@nicholasfarr14254
Hi, hooray! postie dropped my issue of MEW 299 through my letterbox, along with ME 4653, this morning.

Regards Nick.

P.S. yes the 4 -facet drill article has been repeated, but it's only two pages.
30 November 2020 at 10:40 #510795
Nick Clarke 3
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@nickclarke3
Posted by Nicholas Farr on 30/11/2020 10:23:19:

Hi, hooray! postie dropped my issue of MEW 299 through my letterbox, along with ME 4653, this morning.

Regards Nick.

P.S. yes the 4 -facet drill article has been repeated, but it's only two pages.

ME 4653?????

I haven't seen 4652 yet!

Located in Brum in the UK, by the way

Edited By Nick Clarke 3 on 30/11/2020 10:41:25
30 November 2020 at 11:09 #510804
DMB
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@dmb
Lots of funny postings here like the Guv'nor does sometimes go hatless! Complaints about repeat articles, mags are like club newsletters; dependant upon readers producing "copy", so u know whats required of u.Womans Weekly is hardly my concern but its not the only one, "Webuser" has just informed me that next issue will be their final and refer me to their sister mag, "ComputerActive" which I also have on subs. CA is usually in the supermarkets along with Railway Mag and a very few others. Case of what sells and how fast. Big business uses all sorts of statistics including Rate of Stock Turn. That may be why WHS doesn't apparently stock any model engineering mags anymore. See todays post by me in the Tearoom. Think before you cancel subs., you may well not be able to buy over the counter, should you have a change of mind.
30 November 2020 at 11:42 #510810
Michael Belfer
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@michaelbelfer47979
Am I the only one who finds it absurdly wierd that the hardcopy is going out (albeit patchily, as is the way with postal delivery) that the digital edition, which Neil has several times said goes out either together with, or several days before the print, has not been seen, heard of, or apologized for ? After all, when data goes to printer it should go to the digital publisher in just a few seconds – or am I missing something?
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