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I wrote this back in 2018 and am wondering if much has changed. I still scrounge newspapers for lighting the log burner and bbq, but that's about it.
While I do love the feel of a newspaper in my hands, I’ve almost entirely given up that pleasure in exchange for not having to deal with stacks of partially-read papers around. I subscribe to 3 daily newspapers, whose still-unread articles clutter up my phone storage as their predecessors formerly cluttered the living room.
I buy occasionally to browse through the Argentina news, and to be sure I have something ready to help startup the next Asado fire.
Major problems out here in the sticks
No one buys newspapers
Asados are lit with cardboard and wood....
Asados are lit with cardboard and wood....
Just one of those things I’ve been doing all my life. Not willing to change my methods to use cardboard. I like newsprint to ignite those first small pieces of wood.
As does everyone ..
Cardboard is a pain.
I was doing well with the help of the sales leaflets from Coto and Dia . But I don't even see them now.
Major problems out here in the sticks
No one buys newspapers
Asados are lit with cardboard and wood....
Being a camper I use dried grass and twigs.
Being a camper I use dried grass and twigs.
I bow to your superior knowledge and worldly experience....
Being a camper I use dried grass and twigs.
And flint!
And flint!
Too expensive....a Bic lighter's cheaper. 
