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Pop: Business isn't what it was before 2008, but it's come back a long way!
Pop: And the values on the rental properties are the best they've been in years!
Pop: I don't have many business cycles left!
Pop: I'm selling out! The restaurant, too!
VictoryRider over 10 years ago
I know the feeling (about pre 2008). We couldn’t hardly keep up with the work we had. Then…2008. As pops says in the comic, it is coming back. I think more accurately though, at least in my case, it came back to a point, and then just leveled off. Not sure if it will be that good again, at least not before I retire.
KenTheCoffinDweller over 10 years ago
No reason why not, since it seems that he has a new generation to pass it all on to, if they really want it.
Pharmakeus Ubik over 10 years ago
As the middle class wanes, so too their business outlook.
The Life I Draw Upon over 10 years ago
He is selling out? (as opposed to the business)
timzsixty9 over 10 years ago
panel 3 is very representative…it’s the sun setting on a long, full life. he’s entering his twilight years…
Doctor_McCoy over 10 years ago
Will Arlo buy it? Start a new life?
chizzel over 10 years ago
Will Gene cash in or the gravy train stop
artsudz over 10 years ago
If he’s concerned about his daughter being overworked and stressed out, I don’t think he’s suggesting that she and Gene should buy the business. That would multiply her stress, not relieve it.
1Username over 10 years ago
The plot thickens!
ARLOS DAD over 10 years ago
OOOO Boy!
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 10 years ago
Interesting. I am not really thinking of Gene and MaryLou bought or were gifted the business, it would be of much help….. just MORE WORK and MORE STRESS. So, I am not really sure where this may all lead. Arlo and Janis buying the business?!? Somehow, that does not seem like a good fit either. So, I hope that JJ has a surprising and great plan brewing…. and I would hope that it still includes MaryLou’s dad… I like his character.
DDrazen over 10 years ago
If this was “Funky Winkerbean,” Pop would have a heart attack and make the decision for Gene.
marvee over 10 years ago
What are their options? What did Gene get his college degree in?
sbchamp over 10 years ago
Hint hint
ScullyUFO over 10 years ago
Sorry folks, but I can tell you from a lifetime of experience that any business that needs the children of the owner to operate, where the children are seconded rather than volunteer, is not viable without the owner’s children. In North America, there are thousands and thousands of these businesses where the owners just scrape by from day to day. It is only the dedication, hope, and stamina of the owners that keep these businesses running, at great sacrifice. And stamina is not an infinite resource.
Crandlemire over 10 years ago
Gene is going to work on his little farm. Back to the earth.
Fontessa over 10 years ago
Wow! Not the turn I expected.
Chuck_it_all over 10 years ago
if he sells the business to any one except Gene and MaryLou, that cuts Marylou’s workload at least in half since she would no longer need to work there. Or, sell the farm and buy the business. Either way, workload cut in half. AND, they get most of their money back as an inheritance
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 10 years ago
“Run, Gene, run. Run away. I never did like that old “man”.”-I do.As best I can tell, he’s always been square with everybody.
hippogriff over 10 years ago
If the sun is setting over open water without swells, it finally locates the setting as Tampa Bay. If I knew the area, it would be possible to give the days in spring and fall when the sun would set over the mouth.
JP Steve Premium Member over 10 years ago
But if Gus sold the restaurant and split the proceeds with Mary Lou, that would give the kids a buffer while they get the farm up and running.