Got a note the other day that there was a parcel for me at the P.O. Went there and discovered that rather than some nifty-type gift, it was the latest Grainger catalog.
Unbelievable.
As late in the new online, digital, paperless day as it is, here it is in all its weighty glory. All 4,434 pages of it! About 8 pounds of dead trees.
I can't believe this thing costs them any less than $10-15 a unit, considering all that goes into it: design, compilation, product photography, prepress, printing, bindery, shipping and postage.
Also a little surprised I got one, since I think I *might* have bought one little thing from them all last year.