Hag emailed the Ex office to place an ad for Green Fairy Absinthe and got this:

REVISED HOBART EXAMINER OFFICE HOURS:

Mondays – OFFICE CLOSED
Tuesday to Friday – 10.30 to 2.30pm

Outside these hours, please direct your enquiries to:

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING:  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) DISPLAY ADVERTISING:  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) GENERAL ENQUIRIES .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Good god, are they gettin a bit hard-up? Or do they want a long weekend every weekend? Or have they finally realised they are simply a small, insular, provincial rag. Or is the Net revolution really laying waste? Hag - an ancient old thing - can remember when there were five (5) dedicated Examiner journos assigned just to cover state parliament ... and the office was personed seven days a week. good heavens, what’s happened?