Unclescrooge

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  1. about 8 hours ago on Citizen Dog

    Uh, Fergus, are you sure you want to use Laika as a role model? “3 November 1957: Laika, a 3-year-old female dog, died in Earth orbit, confined in a small capsule named Sputnik 2. The cause of her death has been variously reported as euthanasia or oxygen starvation, but recent reports state that she died from overheating when the satellite’s cooling system failed.”

  2. 4 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Several decades ago I saw a documentary about a similar rescue attempt by passers-by who had no equipment—the victim was horribly burned because of the delay getting him out. Thereafter, I began carrying a fire extinguisher and a crowbar in my car, just in case. I did need the fire extinguisher one night, on a deserted road, when I passed a car with an engine fire—my extinguisher put it right out. I still carry both of them … just in case!

  3. 4 days ago on Over the Hedge

    Up in Oregon we called it the “March Uglies”!

  4. 5 days ago on Zack Hill

    I remember reading (in the Readers’ Digest, I think) back in the late 1950s about an extended clan (called the Johnsons, I think) who ran that scam. They would insist on being paid up front, but their “resurfacing” consisted of mopping a layer of used motor oil on an asphalt driveway and then vanishing before the home owner realized that they’d been had. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

  5. 7 days ago on For Better or For Worse

    I always said “no” when I meant “no”. When I said “we’ll see”, that meant I was going to research my options and make a decision later on when I had more information.

  6. 8 days ago on Dogs of C-Kennel

    I was grooming my cat one day and she was loving it—purring and drooling with pleasure … until she decided she’d had enough and, in a flash, turned and bit me clean through my thumb! I had to go to the emergency room and get a tetanus shot, and she had to be quarantined in my house for 10 days (no problem since she was an indoor cat). Cats are unpredictable!!!

  7. 8 days ago on Adam@Home

    It’s rather sweet the way Adam is buying into his daughter’s fantasy, although it’s also a little creepy how much he’s bought into it.

  8. 8 days ago on For Better or For Worse

    Three kids, middle age, meal prep for 4 NON-dieting people, no time for exercising—it all adds up to a body that cannot wear clothing designed for fit twenty-somethings. There are, however, options that, while not as flattering as Elly might wish, are still good looking and hide a multitude of flaws.

  9. 10 days ago on The Knight Life

    He’s not interested in joining the government—he wants to eliminate it and replace it (according to his own admission) with himself as dictator! Failing that, he wants a replay of January 6, but this time with his followers using guns instead of random sticks and boards.

  10. 10 days ago on Doonesbury

    So, buy them at a STEEP discount and resew them into something that WILL sell, like cushion covers, jackets, etc. Hire a professional if you can’t sew yourself, pay them a percentage of sales. With careful marketing you’ll still make a profit!