24

 NO - not that infernal show with a Sutherland...! 

NO! 

24H - as in 24 hours... 24 Heures... the newspaper!

Present in virtually every city in the world 

(lest we are confusing it with... Metro?) 

and - most attractively of all - FREE! 

Just like other (now defunct) rags I used to pick up 

and was so (understandably) reluctant to part ways with 

simply because they had been obtained... free of charge! 

It heightened the (sentimental) value instantly 

and I would, at the very least, making a parting shot 

with the cell - before dropping them into 

the good ol' recycling bin! 

NO - the, ah, attachment was never as great with "24H" 

as it was one of those "dailies" - one distributed for free, on top of that - 

meant to be quickly "consumed" as such: news updates... ads... 

latest sports results... more ads... some (crappy) humor... more ads! 

Commuters/casual readers/whoever picks one of these up 

are supposed to dispose of them quickly - that is, 

for the average, mediocre minds 

unable to appreciate a thing! 

NOT ME; I'm better than that! 

I always greatly appreciated that a bunch of peeps 

took the time to put together these dispatches... news briefs... 

so-called pieces of journalism and/or creative writing... 

somebody else took it upon themselves to print it all, 

neatly (sometimes) staple it together and then 

distribute it citywide - worldwide! 

All the way to the squad of paperboys 

who would then pass me a copy, on the fly... 

 GOOD TIMES, 24H... GOOD TIMES! 

They had such nice articles, too...

I am happy to see someone (else!) took the time and effort 

to digitalize them - keep them, for posterity! 

(although only up until 2016 - what gives?!) 

Ah... si! Les bonzes de MHM ont dû tirer les ficelles 

afin de mettre un terme à cet exercice... tellement révélateur!

Bravo, 1001mags! 

(Don't know why you bother, however: 

they have their own "pressreader" salvaging 

going - have had it for years!)

So glad I shook off that lethargic phase of my life, though!