Buckles by David Gilbert for May 23, 2024

Harridans are bad for your blood pressure

It’s good that he did all of those other things. That kind of maintenance should keep it running longer and more smoothly.

What did I tell you? Trust me, when help lines workers ask you first to check if your appliance is plugged in and turned on, it’s not to make fun of you, it’s because they HAVE been there before. Too many times.

Women got us to the moon. Men just left some foot prints.

That might help, Paul!

If he cleaned the fuel line, he would know there was no gas in the tank. Or he would had a big mess to clean up.

Yeah, gas in the tank would probably help. I can’t throw rock because I’ve done something similar.

Pauls expression in the third panel is just " precious " for sure and , WHEW ! Buckles is back , even though it is only for a little bit : )

Yes Paul, you are.

Men like Paul always overlook the tiniest things.

I use to do service calls for my Parents (the had a Western Auto) and it really “IS” surprising how many of those calls were because the mower was out of gas ……. ;)

Okay. That’s the first thing you check. First the gas level. Then the oil.

That was my comment, question 2 days ago!

I love fiction!

There were some very sharp women scientists and mathematicians involved. My older brother was involved in Apollo 11 as quality control officer of the lunar lander. He was a math genius. I saw pictures of the team and women (outside of the secretaries which my brother ultimately married one) which included women scientists……

Actually, It was women like Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and many other “Computers” that got men to the moon.

Similar story when I sold my Chevette to a mechanic friends co- worker. I had replaced the timing belt and the crank shaft pulley on it, but the damage was done. Camshaft broke about 200 miles later. OHC 4 cylinder. Car sat in my garage for over a year. After talking with my friend, she said that 1000 bucks was fair. so I told the dude, after he seemed hesitant, to just swap out the head and he’d be driving it by Monday. So he did. drove it fo about 4 days, and it died. He called Julie, practically in tears ! She goes down the list with him. Did you check the carb, tighten all the bolts and parts he removed, check fuel pump, Yes ! Yes! Yes!!. Then she asked him, "Have you put gas in it since you bought it? " Silence. He had run it for 4 days on the little bit of gas that was in it. He put gas in it, gave it a shot of starter fluid. He had that car for four years.

It’s common to do all of the hard things first before tackling the easy stuff because oftentimes the easy stuff is too easy.

I thought he destroyed the mower yesterday.

“Did you put gas in it?” … YES! I always put gas in the lawn mower when I’m trying to start it! You know that! Everybody knows that!" – With all due respect to “Spaceballs”