Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for July 03, 2010

It’s headed that way already…..

So true, margueritem…

Welcome, everybody!

Are you puzzled?

Are you surprised, to be puzzled on a Friday? Or even a Thursday night, if you get here before you go to bed…

Well, you don’t have to adjust your screens, ladies and gentlemen…. and whoever else is reading this…

We have, indeed, our usual Saturday puzzle….

for the FRIDAY, July 3rd  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY”

As ever, you can solve it vertically, on Sherpa….

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Or …. as I always recommend…. use my side-by-side version…

https://i.postimg.cc/rFJktLhm/Cleo-nine-differences-July-3rd-20.jpg

Clicking on that image, as usual, shows it larger in another window.

And of course, I always recommend right-clicking and copying either image, vertical or horizontal…. and pasting into a program like Paint, so you can mark the differences as you go.

Happy solving!

Sometimes it’s good to be puzzled!

So, are those one difference or two? If the latter, I think I’ve got them in 3 minutes. If the former, I’m still looking.

A postscript to the above…

I realise that I tend to give these instructions as though you all use Neil Wick’s bookmarklets, so you can see images right in the comments, with the help of his “GC Links”

But of course, some of you don’t….

and when I say “Click on the image” you may not know what I mean.

So every now and then I try to repeat these instructions:

In case anybody doesn’t know…. if all you see is a link….

in many, perhaps most, browsers, you can highlight it, right click, and select “Open link in a new window” … or whatever the equivalent would be on a Mac.

Or you can copy and paste the link into the ADDRESS BAR…. not the search box, in another browser window.

Either will open the image (or other link) on a new page.

Better yet…. you can visit

http://worldofdt.info/gchelp.html

and drag whichever ones you like into your own browser links toolbar…

The ones I use constantly are GC Links, GC Replies, and Open Strip… the latter not so much for saving, as he suggests, but for viewing a larger strip image.

Neal gives some instructions there… if you have a problem you can try asking me, or anyone else who cares to answer, here…

and please note… he tends to describe the tool BEFORE giving the link….

so you want to drag the one UNDER his description.

Just in case some year he sees this: Thanks, Neal!

Scruffy’s pretty sure he’s getting Walter trained just about the way he wants him. He already brings twice as many treats as he used to.

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200703

Tomorrow is the 4th – I predict there will be a special animation.

Dey have no pockets mon.

Since when do treats walk?

Slow night on the comics, it seems.

Not many puzzledoers seem to have tried yet….

But I need to go to bed.

So…. I’m going to have to just trust you all with the lovely .gifT© we got from the semi-anonymous animation-solution-maker PERFECTIONISTA.

You know, she is stel working hard to bring us an animation solution every single week….

even when the puzzle is unexpectedly early!

See how nice she Can bi?

So you all better try hard to solve the puzzle before you peek, please.

Then when you finish it… or you really can’t go any farther….

and remember… the semi-anonymous animation-solution-maker PERFECTIONISTA Can bi watching at any moment…

Check your solution HERE:

https://i.postimg.cc/DfpvtQ35/FTD-7-3-2020-AB.gif

Did you get them all?

Meanwhile… I was kinda wondering… Cleo is a movie star… she earns a six kibble salary…

as Madame Cleo, she seems to be raking in the dough….

I think when she says she’ll help you if you’re broke, she means “as long as you pay.”

So I know she has money.

But all those other dogs….

Where do they get 20 bucks for a psychic reading?

I can tell you right now… most of the dogs I’ve known, even if one of them did get hold of a stray Jackson…

would have blown it on steak and Alpo in the first five minutes.

So Madame Cleo must be very persuasive.

When I first glanced at the puzzle, for a moment I thought she looked like a surgeon, in green scrubs and cap….

Then of course, I got a better look.

But either way… You can see that she’s a smooth operator.

Good Morning Ballardeers 112,111,110,109 Q days

Gonna be 10-15 degrees F above averages for the next 10 days. Oh boy…

Y’all stay cool out there. (((((HUGS)))))

Oh my goodness! I got all 9 in practically no time at all!!! What fun! I was stuck on #9 for such a long time, but I left the puzzle for a bit, and it zoomed in right away. WooHoo!

I love Miss Cleo. What a thoughtful doggie she is.

Got all nine!!! Time to go out and celebrate………….oh, darn! No place to go celebrate. Oh well, I will celebrate in my head. Is Nighthawks taking the 4th off or do we get something special?? We will find out tomorrow.

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan. Left you a comment above, Plods.

I got all ten of the differences. Was the tenth difference that the puzzle was on Friday instead of Saturday? Still nothing as to whether Sherpa will ever be fixed.

they won’t even reference it…it’s a no nonissue with that bunch

That’s my neighborhood. All the dog walkers have too many treats in their pockets, so all the dogs get extra.

Eight. Again.