Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for June 24, 2013

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    margueritem  over 11 years ago

    It takes him 3 hours to get to the train station.

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    jack fairbanks  over 11 years ago

    snowden fakes out the nsa

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    I thought maybe Corey just never ā€œgotā€ that next step after crawlingā€¦..

    I can understand, if thatā€™s itā€¦.

    After all, when he was a baby, crawling took him everywhere he needed to goā€¦.so maybe he just never felt the need to stand up.

    Why try to balance on two legs and hold your head 6 feet above the floor, when a fall is much less likely, to say nothing of safer,on FOUR legs, and from much lower.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Um, Radishā€¦.

    width=ā€œ375ā€ helps a lot.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Bevā€¦ are you here this time?

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Hmmm Grog said back there he hoped I didnā€™t come back with a buzz cutā€¦.

    Umā€¦ Grogā€¦ I give ā€˜em, I donā€™t GET ā€™em.

    Haircuts I mean.

    In my salon on Ballard Street AND way out in Western Ballard County.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Yay! can we finally have a drink together?Iā€™m buying!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Sure, Bev. Howā€™s 3:27?

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Ohā€¦ OKā€¦. but you will want my glitter, wonā€™t you?

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Whatā€™ll you have to drink?

    Fenton, a Glenfiddich neat, for me, pleaseā€¦and Bev?

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    edclectic  over 11 years ago

    At least he hasnā€™t got those shoes on the wrong feet.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Bevā€¦. opposite to what the Beatles sangā€¦.in that lovely and NOT too long songā€¦.

    Donā€™t let her under your skinā€¦.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    And I refuse to call her a Prof of anything.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    True, Edā€¦. not like some other toons.

    And sureā€¦ coming right up.

    Fenton, Iā€™ll buy Mr. Clectic a Wild Turkey tonightā€¦.

    since Iā€™ve never bought him a drink.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Bevā€¦ she LOVES getting a response. Any response.Sheā€™s a sad, lonely person who thrives on negative attention cos it makes her feel important,as does calling herself a professor.Whatever people say just makes her laugh.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Gā€™night Bevā€¦Iā€™ll try to check it outā€¦.

    Sweet dreams!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Stelā€¦. whenever you get hereā€¦thanks, from yesterdayā€¦.

    And did the Monkey ever tell you the answer?Itā€™s so frustrating!

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    And Shikaā€¦ yes, I think Bev is forgiven.

    I like snickerdoodles.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Gosh Bevā€¦. I thought you were goneā€¦. sorry!

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    pcolli  over 11 years ago

    Ah yes; La Belle Franglaise ā€“ I reckon she might be one of those people who peers from behind the curtains and reports the neighbours for cutting their grass when sheā€™s got the washing out.

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    edclectic  over 11 years ago

    @pcolli @beviek @SusanSunshine@et al who may agree

    re the troll per seā€¦

    Like a rectum: although all of us have one, some of them can certainly stink.Oh, maybe Iā€™ve said too muchā€¦apologies to those possibly offended, butt thatā€™s my story and Iā€™m stinkinā€™ to it.

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    sherbert  over 11 years ago

    This is SUCH a weird strip. Such whacky inventiveness on a daily basis is amazing. ~ Donā€™t think Iā€™d ever like to meet the cartoonist, though.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Why is she still allowed on GoComics?

    Lots of people said they flagged her tonight.

    That must happen to her a lot, so it must depend on more than flagging.

    Sheā€™s been banned beforeā€¦ what would it take now?

    I rarely see or respond to her but when I do I call her Andrea.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Sherbert ā€¦ I would LOVE to meet the cartoonist.

    So if youā€™re ever about to run into him and you donā€™t want to, just give me a call and Iā€™ll take your place, OK?

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    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Well I donā€™t think he can say call me the breeze.

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    GROG Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Iā€™ll be going for the buzz cut this morning, Susan.

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    StelBel  over 11 years ago

    Corey has always been a bland guy, responsible and reliable, but just not very interesting. And, since moving to Ballard St. this past January, he has noticed a few things with his neighbors:On January 12, Alex started hurling shoes into his yardā€¦

    Corey saved all the shoes.

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    StelBel  over 11 years ago

    On February 15, Thomas, the president of the Dexterity Society , takes a nose dive and dislocates both knees and both shouldersā€¦

    Corey starts feeling unsafe walking upright.

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    StelBel  over 11 years ago

    On March 4, the weight of insufficient retirement planning has forced Gene to his knees.

    Corey used his life savings to help out the Nigerian royal family.

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    StelBel  over 11 years ago

    On May 8, Neal and Mr. Parmalee, the bank president, disagree on the proper angle to wear their shoe hats at the innaugural meeting of the Shoehat Society.

    Corey doesnā€™t know who to believe anymoreā€¦and decides wearing shoes on his head isnā€™t for him.

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    StelBel  over 11 years ago

    On June 1, the next-door neighbor, Monty, decided to start creeping about on all fours with artificial catā€™s paws.

    Corey admires Montyā€™s ability to keep a lower profile than Coreyā€™s been managing to do all these years. Corey makes his final decision. Itā€™ll be slow going, but he tries to keep time with the Ballard St. Official Anthem.

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    StelBel  over 11 years ago

    @ icky mudd

    I just left a message for you at Citizen Dog !

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    Linguist  over 11 years ago

    Yes, Bev. I agree. I was going to make a relevant -to ā€“ the ā€“ strip comment over there about horses and horses a$$es but decided Iā€™d ignore her and just flag her instead. !

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    Linguist  over 11 years ago

    Coryā€™s no heel, though. Heā€™s become the life and sole of the party. He just gets a little tongue-tied. But at least heā€™s not as straight laced as Mr. Parmelee.

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    Vet Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Glad to see he is doing the walk ā€œManly Bear Styleā€ In keeping with Men Live Like Bears in Caves week on the Discovery Channel.

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    Storm F-1/4  over 11 years ago

    Needs Nikes.

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    vldazzle  over 11 years ago

    OH Stel, such a great storied collection on the footwear of Ballard St! Love it! And yes, Susan Radish could have shrunk it but I loved that the way it appeared on my page, the creator.com ad appeared to be a billboard someone was carrying.

    The even I attended last Saturday had 2 ladies with outlandishly colored hair (like some I see at the Tiki above). One was bright pink and the other turquoise. Since most of us were in Medieval garb, that stood out but we had lots of fun and SCA is a game (after all). Some folks are too darned serious while I have no problem with the Pirates and Belly Dancers among us. LOL

    That mobile Tiki needs to have Fenton (or a friend of his) because open serve yourself bar can become a problem. Iā€™m headed to the gym now but Iā€™ll stop back for a nightcap later.

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    pcolli  over 11 years ago

    The trouble is that she hasnā€™t actually said anything which could be construed as being ā€œlegallyā€ offensive..Until then she will continue to entertain us and give us good reason to vent our spleen..Thereā€™s a woman over the road from us who has every illness under the sun, who sees all and knows nothing. I wonder if itā€™s her.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Hi Beviek!

    Wowā€¦ twice in 24 hours!Unless you just leftā€¦.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Radishā€¦. Fremont, eh?Funny cos when I looked at it, I thought ā€œHey, that looks like Santa Rosa.ā€

    Just has that Bay Area look, I guessā€¦.

    But I thought you were up in the PNW someplaceā€¦Were you slumming last weekend?

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Dazzā€¦ yes, large pictures sometimes look greatā€¦. to SOME people.

    But not everybody thinks the same pictures are interesting, or relevant ā€¦ yours is, Radish!ā€¦.

    Lots of users arenā€™t lucky enough to have fast computers, or broadband.Dial-up modems & old computers hang for ages on large filesā€¦.

    And recently, GoComics deleted old pics from PhotoBucket and Flicker.

    If people using these forums as personal photo albums, or not limiting file sizes, makes bandwidth usage grow, GoComics may disallow all image posting.

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Iā€™m aware of her, I just did not know what she was calling herself now.

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    vldazzle  over 11 years ago

    @Susan,I thought you were telling Radish to cut it down and I must admit I like the larger photos because I still donā€™t wear glasses (except for calligraphy-which I always did).

    Since you seem to know more about the bandwidth I have always wondered 2 things: 1) if a large photo is posted with a limiting size in the HTML (which sometimes doesnā€™t work now) but does THAT make it take less bandwidth? and 2) If a photo is repeated on multiple places (IE Holiday cards) if I see one that is already posted on a different ā€™toon within GoComics and I reference THAT as my URL to ā€œdittoā€ the greeting, does that save on bandwidth as I would assume?

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Itā€™s not nekkid, but I find this offensive. Iā€™d rather see a butt crack than that.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 11 years ago

    Dazzā€¦.

    Any time you open a page, any visible pictures on it are loaded into your computerā€™s memory from their remote locations.

    I always thought that limiting their size using the width attribute would limit the bandwidth used to do that,

    But I recently read an online article that said the browser would still download the whole imageā€¦ and advised that if your bandwidth is limited, as on PhotoBucket or a free website, you should crop closely and then re-size before uploading to a host.

    But, especially on a small monitor, tablet, or phone, a smaller image doesnā€™t take up the whole screen and is certainly less annoying to scroll.

    On most computers, a downloaded image is stored for a while in your ā€œcacheā€ā€¦. so when you see it again, usually the already downloaded file is re-used.But no matter where you got it, even another spot on GoComics, a new viewerā€™s computer must still download the image from its host.

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    StelBel  over 11 years ago

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    Tigressy  over 1 year ago

    Horsey!!!

    https://cleoandcompany.net/june-23-2023/

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 1 year ago

    ā€¦ and his socks always have holes.

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    Tigressy  over 1 year ago

    Magical Mystery Tour?

    https://cleoandcompany.net/june-24-2023/

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!

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