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1. about 9 hours ago on Peanuts Begins

   The bars are too low for it to be a crib; it’s probably a toddler bed. Some had rails that went all the way down the sides while some only 1/2-way. And I wore “footie” pajamas almost into my teens.

2. about 9 hours ago on Baby Blues

   One night, when my husband & I were dating, I was having dinner with him & his father. We were discussing what we were going to get people for Christmas. My husband’s younger sister was a big fan of ET at the time, and there was a toy, “ET’s Finger”, where you put it on your finger, touch something, & it lit up. My husband said, “I’m thinking of giving V. the finger.” His dad smiled & said, “I’m sure you already have…many times.”

3. 1 day ago on Baby Blues

   One time, when our girls were around 6 & 8, we went to have lunch at a popular buffet place that we frequented. The place was almost empty when we got there. Soon after, a couple came in. The hostess (a friend of ours) went to seat them near us. They looked at us & asked to be seated somewhere else, not near young children. While the hostess did assure them that our girls were well-behaved, she moved them across the room. Soon after the place started filling up. A family with 3 very rambunctious boys came in & the only place to seat them was in the booth adjacent to them. We saw them looking over at us, with our girls sitting nicely, chatting quietly with us.

4. 3 days ago on Red and Rover

   Years ago I was in a car accident. A car suddenly stopped; the car behind them stopped & I stopped, but the person behind me didn’t so I was smooshed between 2 cars. My daughters (who were 3 and almost 1 at the time) were in the car with me. Thankfully, none of us were hurt (we’re still trying to figure out how neither of them got cut by glass when shards from the rear window landed on the dash & the youngest was in a rear-facing seat) but I was emotionally shattered. The guy in the car in front of me gave me a handkerchief & helped to calm me down. I still carry that hanky to this day.

5. 3 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Things I would like to see: being able to post links; being able to post pics; better text editing (I can’t separate paragraphs now). Things I would NOT like to see: more limitations to non-paying members like myself or being forced to pay to see my favorite strips.

6. 3 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   …and Mayflowers bring pilgrims. [I’ll see myself out…]

7. 4 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   She WAS laying off. She knew what they would be doing over there & just wanted to be sure that his homework was done first. It’s actually one of the few cool things she did.

8. 4 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   I remember the boy next door. He was my best friend’s brother. He was all about war & the army & couldn’t wait to enlist. Let me tell you, when he came home on leave after basic, he was an entirely new person…and a lot sadder.

9. 7 days ago on FoxTrot

   I hate football in general & especially the Super Bowl. I’ve even written a blog about it.

10. 7 days ago on Rose is Rose

    We were buying a mobile home. The owners asked if we could make it look like a rental (to help them get their home) & we complied. After a while they tried to evict us so that the man’s adult daughter could have it. We had all of our “ducks in a row”, including “rent” receipts, cancelled checks, etc. They hadn’t given us our copy of the agreement until just before the case; they had added the word “non-refundable” in the margin for downpayment; since it was hand-written it should have been initialed by all parties, and guess what? It wasn’t. We even pointed that out. For all intents & purposes we should have won. We didn’t & were evicted the following January, when we were given 3 days to vacate. Since we had no downpayment & no time (plus the case put us on the Landlord Watchlist) we had no place to go. We managed to contact a man who was running a homeless/halfway/special needs house. He took us in & we ended up working for him as well: I became his administrative assistant & my husband was kind of a jack-of-all-trades.