Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for June 03, 2017

Sandy sports a sadistic streak, she has spooked her spouse more than once and lives for the sudden screams. Shameful.

OK. So he screams like a little girl.

Oooh… I always thought Gary enjoyed the teasing!

I knew their games included little forays into a world of imagination and derring-do….

with practical jokes, scaring each other, braving each other’s little mind tricks.

 

Yes, I’ve heard little screams… the sounds of chasing…. and squealing, and giggles….. but I never dreamt any part of it was one-sided.

 

Coincidentally,on a farther-out block of Ballard Street, being used tonight for comments on “Cleo and Company” (which, like most Saturday Cleo strips, features a find-the differences puzzle) ….

 

http://www.gocomics.com/ballardstreet/2007/06/03

 

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

… there’s a house that belongs to another Sandy…. and her husband, Ted.

They were in the midst of a remodel when the picture was taken…. and you can tell by looking at it that they are a couple who love to have fun.

That Sandy is “blonde”.. well, yeah, only her hairdresser knows for sure….

but guess who that is.

And no, she doesn’t care if I tell.

The extra sparkly glitter gives it away anyway.

The best part is when he wanders around the living room trying to feel his way around, and banging his shins on the covfefe tables.

Happyᵌ ….

You asked x_Tech a question on yesterday’s forum….

which he came back and answered, for just about everybody….. and I totally agree.

But just in case your situation includes some special circumstances…

It’s actually impossible to answer, because you didn’t say so.

 

X_Tech’s answer works for every version of Windows, …. and ever since Win7, I believe it’s been automatic.

Some people get confused cos it’s no longer called “Defrag.” It’s called disk optimization…. but it’s defrag.

Besides, hard drives are much better at storing files now, so defrag is less necessary anyway.

 

However…. I think maybe you’ve told me you’re on a MAC…

If so, you ALWAYS need to put that in your question, cos otherwise most of us will answer for Windows.

The MAC OS writes files to the hard drive differently.

I’ve read that it doesn’t need defragging, unless maybe it’s very very full, like 90%, and sluggish.

Plus, some MAC users do run 3rd party utilities then…. from specific and reputable sites or software sellers.

 

But I wonder most about why you even thought of defragging, especially with this program … and the name of it, and where it comes from…

cos chances are you have no need for it….

so MAYBE it just popped up….

 

I want to repeat my usual warning….

which you probably already know…..

But just in case anybody doesn’t:

 

If ANYTHING ever pops up on your computer …any computer…

with a message like “Your disk is fragmented… run this free program”…

“VIRUS found!!! Free Scan”

“System Mechanic! Fix your 3 Disk Errors!”

And it’s not from the antivirus program that YOU installed….

It’s almost always MALWARE and will do the OPPOSITE!

 

NEVER EVER click on a program that offers to install itself, fix anything, or do any job on your computer.

Never ever ever.

Run your anti-virus and anti-malware scans ASAP, instea

Wake up Ballard Street!!!! It is a beautiful morning in the neighborhood!!!!