For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 11, 2016

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    Squizzums  over 8 years ago

    Sounds like Mom does not understand first world problems.

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    freewaydog  over 8 years ago

    Now, we can just stream it online, or On Demand,…

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    MIHorn Premium Member over 8 years ago

    The fact that he can record the show, and not miss it entirely, means it’s not such a huge problem. He needs to share.

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    nossmf  over 8 years ago

    In our house we have multiple TV’s, multiple video game systems, dozens of movies on DVD, hundreds of books, board games, toys…

    Yet my kids still have the temerity to tell me they’re bored…

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    alondra  over 8 years ago

    He should’ve grown up when I did, when you only have one TV and if you lost the fight over what to watch you missed it entirely, there were no recording devices.

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    JanLC  over 8 years ago

    We used to have one of those great big satellite dishes in our backyard. At the time, we could pick up the East coast feeds for the networks, so we would watch one show at 7PM Pacific time and the competing one at 10PM. Worked great until the networks decided to scramble the signals. You’d be amazed what we got for free back then…..

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    Alphaomega  over 8 years ago

    Once again Lynn did some editing in this reissue of f.b.o.f.w.This time removing Elly’s voice balloons.heres what we missed.Panel 2 “Go outside and play”Panel.3 Louder… “Just go outside and play”Panel 4. Screaming.."Michael,get yourself the $&@@ out side and quit whining!!!

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    Triviaguy  over 8 years ago

    If your comment is meant as sarcasm it’s not translating well because…SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!{Those who are new to this strip and/or who don’t want a (years later) major event spoiled should skip the rest of this comment by hitting page down now. You have been warned.}… Michael marries Deanna Sobieski, not Lawrence.

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    Alphaomega  over 8 years ago

    @comicssfan

    This strip was benign,but Lynn often gave her readers a glimpse of the dark side of parenting,showing both Elly andJohn “losing it” at times.Its what I like most about F.B.O.F.W.

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    Alphaomega  over 8 years ago

    The balance I mean,not just yelling at the kids all day.If you want perfection read family circus.

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    Fido (aka Felix Rex)  over 8 years ago

    Poor Michael — in my day if we wanted to ‘tape’ a program we had to walk uphill in the snow for 5 miles (both ways).

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    tuslog64  over 8 years ago

    In the 50s and 60s, when one network put on a special, the other would also. Thus this pitted ma agains pa and sometimes parents agains children what show to watch, as it was a one shot deal. (And then you got pulp the rest of the evening!) When VCRs became available, there was a ready market!The first available video recorder was the Motorola “Time Machine” ca 1965 -a reel to reel monster at $999 (About 1/2 the price of a Chevy at that time!)(Anyone else remember the Dumont network?)

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    UpaCoCoCreek Premium Member over 8 years ago

    The more ya get, the more ya expect.

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    noreenklose  over 8 years ago

    When I was young—-Dad had first dibs on the TV program, Mom, second if Dad didn’t care what was on.The only way I got to see Star Trek (TOS) was to go to a friend’s house where his Dad wanted to see it.All the kids sat on the floor in front of his couch (where the adults sat). When it was over, I said “Thank you”. Then I scampered down the block to my house. Funny, but way back then, I wasn’t afraid to walk in the dark, and I felt perfectly safe. Boy, how things have changed!!!

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    rekam Premium Member over 8 years ago

    When I was a kid, there was no TV and no tapes, we went outside and played all day.

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    hippogriff  over 8 years ago

    exturkI remember it existed, but that was before we had a TV, so it was trivia rather than useful knowledge.

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    Alphaomega  over 8 years ago

    @Noreen Klose

    Have things really changed that much,or has the body politic changed its collective thinking about risk factors due to increased media attention to child abductions,and assaults.My understanding is that risk factors have in fact decreased for these types of crimes since the 50’s and60’s,on a per capita basis and a lot of the attention we focus on our children’s safety is pure hysteria.I grew up in the 60’s spending 12 hours a day outdoors without parental supervision from about age 7 and I wouldn’t trade those memories for any ones today.But it’s hard to find fault with a parent for loving their child too much isn’t it?

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    Tarredandfeathered  over 8 years ago

    Ah, but Mike, she does understand Modern Selfishness.

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    corranlarson  over 8 years ago

    When was this written? Who “tapes” anything now-a-days? I haven’t had a VCR hooked up for years.

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    hippogriff  over 8 years ago

    Night-Gaunt49Kids not only know what “tape” (as a verb) means, they use it themselves. It is a one syllable word; “record”, “TiVo”, and “add to the chip” (never heard) are longer. They are barely verbal and rarely verbose.

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    Argythree  over 8 years ago

    -Will there be much arguing after Michael and Lawrence get married

    You can actually be a lot more boring than this, you know. I’m sure you can. Just try.

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    Argythree  over 8 years ago

    -And that’s the rest of the story

    Only on your planet

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