Showing posts with label recipe magazines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recipe magazines. Show all posts

Monday, December 8, 2014

Diesel Power

Diesel Powerlots of cool tech stories and articles. lots of product reviews. read every page. learened alot about diesel engines from these guys. worth the full subscription

This is one of the BEST Diesel Mags around for the Light Duty Diesel Truck Market.

This includes the Ford Super Duty F250-F550, Dodge Cummins, Chevy Diesel and All! :)

Must for any DIESEL owners!

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ordered this mag. for my kid for Chirstmas.....told his first issue would come about 6 weeks later and i am always hesitant about that sort of thing......but true to their word, it showed up and he is VERY happy!

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We've written the publisher a few times and we still haven't received this

magazine even though they respond that its on the way!!

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I read it cover to cover every month. I also use it in my Technical Classes to keep things interesting.

Friday, July 4, 2014

Men's Health (1-year auto-renewal)

Men's HealthAs a regular reader of "Men's Health," I have long enjoyed its articles for their entertaining style and the useful information contained in its pages. After several years, however, it has become obvious that there are only so many abs exercises, or amusing sex tips, or ways to portray men as charmingly stupid. I realize that I no longer need to buy the magazine as I can just look at the back issues I have instead. It covers the basics well, but does it over and over, so my advice is to enjoy it for a year and then go on to more advanced things on your own.

I've enjoyed subscribing to Men's Health magazine in the past but I had to stop to prevent being sold products and renewals without my authorization. Be aware that with your subscription, they will automatically renew your subscription "for your convenience" and bill you accordingly.

Also, I would receive post-card notices in the mail about their latest fitness guide ($28) and how I can "preview" it for 21 days. Of course, I think not and toss the card out. Too bad I didn't pay close enough attention. I have to fill out and send the card back in order to decline. The fitness guide shows up in the mail and I have 21 days to repack it and ship it back. They got me with two of them (I admit, I did fail to get it shipped back before 21 days was up) and, along with the auto-renewal, I had enough and called and told them I didn't want to be a customer anymore. Fine....I thought. It's been four months since my last issue and here I am now with a postcard from Rodale Books about previewing the 2008 Fitness Guide. I guess cancelling my subscription wasn't enough to keep them from auto-selling me stuff.

Can you imagine this new tactic of selling becoming the norm? The retailer gets to choose what we order and it's up to us to decline it. Crazy! If you google for "Rodale return card 14 days" you'll see that there are some who have attempted to sue Rodale over this. Think twice before ordering this magazine and being subjected to the same sales tactics.

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I know that Amazon does not have the option of zero stars but if given that option, I would still give Men's Health one star for at least its content. I have been a fairly consistent subscriber to the magazine for about 6 years and I have definitely been educated and entertained by its content. The authors and layout staff have definitely made Men's Health a pleasure to read.

Unfortunately, over the last couple of years that I have noticed, the parent company, Rodale has been engaging in some fairly poor business practices. First off, they love to send random hardcover books to you and charge you for them without you ever really consenting to it. There is basically no way for you to ship back the books without costing a fortune on shipping fees. To my knowledge, there is no option of opting out of this.

Also, unlike a lot of other normal magazines, Rodale never gives you the option of renewing your subscription. They pretty much just send you a bill at the end of your original renewal period and charge you for the next period automatically. If you do not respond they will send your debt to a collection agency and that is a whole different nightmare to deal with.

Of course I'm sure if we all read that thing we signed before subscribing to the magazine that there will be a section in small print informing us that Rodale can do whatever it wants. In that aspect, it is indeed my fault for letting them take advantage of me but I have recently canceled my subscription and never plan to subscribe again until Rodale decides to change its policies.

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My problem isn't with the magazine itself, but with their new (or at least new to me) subscription policy. Subscriptions now automatically renew, which means you will start receiving bills months before your current subscription ends. If you decide you don't want to renew you must call them. If you don't they will turn you over to a collection agency, even if you don't receive issues from the new subscription.

I have subscribed to Men's Health off an on for many years, and even own some of their books. This is the first time I have had this problem, and it will be the last. Apparently they are getting desperate trying to keep their subscribers.

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Aside from the fact that this magazine has very little to do with REAL men, it's publisher, RODALE has treated me very unfairly.

You will get bombarded with glossy junk mail and they will automatically renew your subscription without your approval. If you ignore it, they will have North Shore Agency (collector) send you a collections notice. Think I'm kidding? Just Google it. They do this to everyone.

My wife got me a subscription through her airline miles program. I hated the magazine and never renewed it. Apparently that means little to Rodale. I got a notice from North Shore and challenged them to prove I asked for a renewal. Never heard back. I expect to see this on a TV "rip-off" report soon. You've been warned!!

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Monday, April 28, 2014

Airways : a Global Review of Commercial Flight

Airways : a Global Review of Commercial FlightIf you are interested in airlines, airliners and airports -this is a great magazine. Every month, in high-quality high-gloss detail there are stories from around the world. A wonderful mix of old and new, big and small. While there are lots of magazines on flying airplanes or military hardware, this is the one standout magazine for commercial aviation. Includes monthly columns, photos of all the latest paint schemes, and book reviews.

I saw this on base on the magazine shelf in the BX (Base Exchange) on Ramstein AB Germany, so I thought why not. I bought it and was very impressed by the layout: News on aircraft/airlines around the world, great articles, airline reviews on various routes, history, hearing about airlines I haven't heard of, then the ads in the back, and other items of interest. The pictures and articles are very well balanced in this magazine. I've been a subscriber for nearly 3 years now, and will most likely renew a again. Contacting them to hold my subscription when I PCSed (or moved to you in the civilian world), they stopped mailing for the time and contacted them with my new address with no problems. Overall, a good experience!!

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It's a great magazine that gives you a more in-depth look at the whole aviation scene. From new up in combers. legacy airlines and a look back at airlines that tried and failed.

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I have subscribed to this magazine for close to over 14 years. I look forward to every issue in my mail box.

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I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES ,,,NOOOO RESULTS ,,I WILL NOT RECOMMEND NOBODY TO BUY THIS MAGAZINE FROM THIS SENDER !!

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Massage

MassageI ordered my subscription in July. Here it is mid-September and I have not yet received one issue, and I'm wondering if I ever will. Other reviewers say it's a great magazine. I'll have to take their word for it. I'm a little miffed at how long it's taking to be delivered.

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Performance Bikes

Performance Bikesif you ask me, theres no better motorcycle magazine being published today that is as good as PB. great pictures, easy to read, and its a book that is geared towards regular people. they do reviews on the newest bikes, but more often than not theyre showing bikes that are a bit older and modified by their owners. and also more often than not these bikes are tricker than the brand new ones on the showroom floors. the guys that write this mag also seem to have a sense of humour and that comes through in their writing.

being as this magazine is based out of the U.K., ill be honest and say i was rather sceptical about subscribing to it. i used to get it at the local bookstores but one of them closed (borders) and the barnes/noble quit selling it. its my favorite magazine so i figured if i didnt try id never know.

i bought the year sub and sat back and waited....and everything worked out well.

ive since received 2 issues of PB straight from England. they ship them wrapped in plastic so both of them are in great shape.

if you like this mag and cant find it...bite the bullet and get it. it cost a bunch but to me its worth it.

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Great Britain publishes the world's best English language bike magazines, and Performance Bikes is my favorite. Always plenty of full color pictures of bikes. They don't skimp like American mags, trying to sell a year's subscription for 12 bucks. The only negative is how high the price has become. $150 a year! Too high. Ten years ago I was paying $55 a year. But they have great comparos on bikes, helmets, security gear, etc. Plus articles you just won't see in American magazines. Tagging along with a gang of guys who bait bike thieves by parking a bike in a high visibility area and then beating the crap out of thieves who try to steal it. Don't look for Harleys and choppers in this mag. Sportbikes and nothing but sportbikes.

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by far the best mag for sportbikes. no slow heavy stuff here, just fast hooligan fun!

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Vette

VetteI purchased this for my Father, who seems to have every car magazine in creation.

He loves this one in particular ( not just for the pretty pictures ), but for the excellent

content. I will definitely renew this for his birthday.

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Saturday, July 20, 2013

National Post

National PostFor many years, I have vacationed in Canada, in Ontario's Ottawa Valley in particular. Because I am a news junky, I need to sit down to breakfast with my paper every morning. In years past, I would normally read the Toronto Star or the Globe & Mail (also from Toronto). As an avid reader of literature, I would delight in both those papers' high literacy -such an antidote to the dumbed down, eighth-grade English of American papers. As a political conservative, though, I would scratch my head a bit and think, "My, those Canadians sure are...different."

Enter the National Post, Canada's answer to our USA Today, but a far more literate read. I had honestly thought that conservatism had died out in Canada when former Tory Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's left office under a cloud of suspicion. Yet, when I visited Canada this June, I discovered this paper, which has a conservative slant, while dining at a Husky truck stop. I arrived the day before national elections, and the Post was boldly anticipating minority rule government and a return to centrist policies in its headlines.

So, I thought, scratching my head: "Hmmm."

When I returned to Canada in late August, the National Post was covering our own Republican convention in New York City. On balance, the coverage was quite fair, and the usual smug anti-American (or anti-Republican, at least) slant one normally sees in Canadian publications was gone. What a breath of fresh air in a country already blanketed by clean, fresh air!

The editorialists who covered the RNC covention did not uniformly support President Bush and his policies, but absent also from the pages of the Post were the bitterness, vitriol and haughty attitudes which characterize too many American newspaper editorials, not to mention those written outside our borders.

Particularly enjoyable are the writings of Tory editorialist Andrew Coyne, television critic Jason Chow and columinst Jonathan Kay, whose work also appears with some frequency in Commentary magazine.

Because many Americans are under the misimpression that Canadians are all knee-jerk liberals, I entreat them to read this fine publication. Erudite, witty and a bit brash, it also boasts a clean, modern layout and bold color photography.

Personally, the National Post is my favorite newspaper, along with Great Britain's Daily Telegraph and the Washington Times, New York Post and Wall Street Journal over here.

For those laboring under the stereotype that our neighbors to the north have nothing to say, I invite them to unfold this most pleasant surprise of a broadsheet.

Fine Woodworking

Fine WoodworkingI've subscribed to this magazine for several years now, though somehow (sadly) I let my subscription expire. Trust me, I'm fixing that!

I've gone from hobbyist to almost-full time professional woodworker over the past few years, making everything from small desk clocks to custom cabinetry and furniture. I'd have to roger up with the other reviewers who've said that, if they could only have one woodworking magazine, this would be it.

Strengths -I don't care where you are in your woodworking skill/experience level; you WILL find something worth a careful read in each issue. I've subscribed to several other woodworking magazines of which that could not be said. Yes, much of what is featured/discussed in these magazines is "high-level" stuff. That's how you grow as a woodworker. There needs to be at least one journal for any profession that takes on the finer points on a consistent basis. THIS IS IT for the profession of woodworking. What's new in water-based finishes (a lot!), veneering, dovetails on a curved drawer front (haven't tried THAT one yet!) -just a few of the kinds of stuff you can expect to find in FWW. Four or five years ago I may have disregarded this magazine as "too much" for me; then again, I cringe at the quality and worksmanship of some of my "handiwork" from that same time!

The contributors to this magazine (I've met a few) are some of the most accomplished, yet down-to-sawdust people you'd ever meet in this business. Most of them are making a living working wood, and are happy to share lessons of both success and failure to help the reader.

Weaknesses? Well, as has been mentioned, you won't find many diagrams or drawings to help you step-by-step. Personally, I don't consider that a drawback, and it's not part of the magazine's mission to provide them. If you're out to basically cut out and assemble a kit every so often, you'll want to look elsewhere.

If, on the other hand, you want to develop your knowledge of one of the oldest crafts in history, to get to the point that you can conceive, design, draft, and build (oh, yeah -and finish!) one -or a hundred -quality works in wood, then this is well worth the annual subscription.

Many have heard the old Copenhagen snuff ad that stated, "Sooner or later it is Copenhagen!". Well, that is exactly how it goes with Fine Woodworking. Some say it isn't filled with enough projects and they are too difficult, some say the articles are way too technical, and even others say that the reviews are too critical. Response: Yes and no. If you don't want your tools to last a lifetime, then the reviews are too critical. If you want a project that you can be proud of your entire life and look at with pride, knowing it will become a family heirloom, then the projects are not to difficult, and after you spend 100 hours building something and another 30 to 50 hours sanding and finishing it, there aren't too few. And if you sincerely believe that ignorance is bliss, and education is the root of evil, then yes the articles are too technical.

For anyone that wants to become the best woodworker they can, then this is the magazine for you. Many start out with other magazines, "BUT SOONER OR LATER IT IS FINE WOODWORKING"!

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I have been a subscriber for many years, but for $34.95, it just isn't worth it anymore. Woodwork is a better magazine with more original content. I just can't see putting out this much for an advertising based magazine. Look elsewhere, like used books for lasting content for much less. The magazine has always had an "east coast" bias, which is fine, but the lack of diversity of the woodworking styles represented is not excusable in a magazine supposed to be covering the furniture building audience. If you ever can get your hands on some of the earlier copies, you will be amazed at the quality of writers and articles then compared with now.

I would recommend Popular Woodworking if you are interested in hand tools and methods. Seems a little fresher these days. Or for a more artistic bent, look at Woodwork magazine.

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Of all the woodworking magazines available to read Fine Woodworking is the best, bar none. It will encourage those with no experience, and inspire those who are serious about woodworking. I have subscribed to this magazine for the past 12 years, and have read many articles that have helped me to become a better woodworker. The old issues I have saved for reference and are timeless in their information.

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Once upon a time there was a magazine published on glossy paper, oversized, and printed in black and white. It covered high-quality, slightly artsy, woodworking and woodworkers. Sometimes it was a little hard for the average home woodworker to relate to some of the content, but it was a compelling magazine none-the-less. Yes, that magazine was Fine Woodworking, in its early incarnation.

Since that time, Fine Woodworking has developed into a mainstay of the woodworking world. Long printed in full color, the magazine continues to offer coverage of some of the more esoteric woodworking designs and woodworkers, but most of the content is geared towards the dedicated woodworking enthusiast. While it seems that most of the content is dedicated to furniture buiilders, there is something for everything in this magazine. If you are looking for home repair and carpentry, you won't find it here, but you will find information on woodworking techniques, tools and finishing.

I subscribe to few magazines because I just don't have the time to read them all. For woodworking , this is the one magazine I will not do without.

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