Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for April 14, 2020

Guess Nancy is going to be the star of this strip.

wow

Nancy is a successful Domestic Engineer with 14 years of experience! She is already running a business!!!!! She needs to give her self credit.

You may not get rich, but it’s better than digging a ditch.

Oh, ye of little faith…

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Better become more familiarized with that microwave oven, Frank – dit… dit…dit…

Nancy could bartend at the KK/Fuze. That would be a job where she could keep an eye on their investment.

Accidentally Get a job Job working in Tom Farrell’s firm, Nancy.

The possibilities……..,

Now I am confused. 14 years ago was when Sud Z Car closed for good. I thought Nancy’s last job was before Brad was born. Wouldn’t that be more than 14 years ago? Or am I just getting confused again about the way time passes in the Luannverse?

Would only suggest that with her looks and class and maturity, Nancy should be in a people oriented position that showcases her unique qualities. Not a dump like that weenie place where Ann Eiffel slung hash, or whatever.

Bookkeeper, logistician, personnel hiring and management,…lots of experience if you phrase it properly.

Job skills have been going obsolete for a long time. I remember back in the ‘80s someone was complaining about how all her typesetting experience (from the days of actual metal type) was no longer valued by anyone. And don’t drink the kool-aid about “transferrable skills”; the people who actually read resumes have no idea what that means".

Now me, I can read and write cursive, do computations using a slide rule, and keep score manually for bowling. Anybody hiring?

Fingers crossed that we get to follow Nancy to a new career. It’s nice to get away from the “high school drama” and see some realistic stories of characters dealing with relatable issues. Who knows: maybe Nancy will get her own supporting cast like Brad did (especially since he and Toni have been pushed mostly to the background over the past couple years.)

MIA…..Seems like the measured musings of Pipe Tobacco have been missing lately. Hope all is well.

Part time bookkeeper working from home should suit Nancy.

Wow frank, you should be a motivational speaker.(sarcasm)

Frank is mulling over the idea of opening a car wash or he can’t believe the lapse of time since Nancy quit her job ( feeling ancient!)Hopefully, tomorrow might reveal the direction of story arc. It would be great if the focus is Nancy’s new job.

This is not a good time to be in the job market, Nancy.

Except it’s fortunate that the strip isn’t set in the real world.

She might not be able to be a cashier because she actually would know how to count change back to a customer.

Housewives of Pitts- get Tiffany as the producer, Luann, a production assistant.

Nancy, welcome to HR purgatory.

Wait a minute, before Brad was born 14 years ago? Brad is a firefighter and married. Is he 14 or 15?

Awfully young married firefighter at 13 – “just before Brad was born, 14 years ago” and now he’s married and a firefighter????

Don’t they own a club? Why would she need to look for work. Take Pru’s place.

That smell is MR DeGroot stepping into something.

Why not just take Pru’s old job at The Fuse? Then they won’t have to hire someone.

Isn’t that more like 21 to 24 years ago?

You wonder how far in advance this was written/drawn. It was a couple weeks after the start before other strips caught up with covid-19 happening. If it is taking place in the Luann universe this is lousy time to look for a job with so many businesses laying people off.

Frank has to be told where his own wife last worked, but he can independently remember that a local car wash closed precisely 14 years ago?

Interesting. We finally know something about Nancy’s working past. And Frank… well.., sometimes it seems like Frank is unable to be supportive for more than 2 panels. But he’s funny so it’s ok. GO NANCY! I wonder what work she’ll be find.

Frank, you need to stop talking, now.

Pretty sure that brad is more than 14 years old

I guess being a business owner doesn’t count as a job.

Looking for work is the easy part. the difficult part is getting the interview.

Who still disagrees with me that Frank is an awful, money-grubbing, negative person? If Luann has a lot of insecurities, I blame it on his bad, non-present parenting. I picture him as one of those “know it all” type of guys in company setting. I say divorce him and let him live with Milhouse’s dad at Casa Nova! (Simpson’s reference)

Once again the scene opens on the Luann and Friends Variety Show. Nancy is talking to Frank, let’s listen…

Were there any strips that showcased Nancy’s old job?

Wow! Nice left-handed complement Frank! In the real world there would be consequences. Nancy will just blow it off though, probably.

It would seem GnK have been relying on Frank’s reputation from the past as being a benign, loving husband and father. He seems a bit smaller than that in the current “money” episode. Just a bit insensitive? Maybe???

Look for companies offering “returnships”. Internships aimed at helping people returning to the workforce after a long absence. Usually aimed at women like Nancy returning to work after taking time to raise family.

Bet she was a real looker at Sud-Z-Car! I think I saw her in that movie… Car Wash, was it???

Hopefully she will use her skills in developing and managing the Fuse to leverage herself and make it look like she’s working now; putting ‘homemaker’ on her resume would not be a good move.

So what’s up with Frank? He is coming off like a lay about slouch who is more than happy to see his wife work while he stays home and relaxes.

She’s had experience doing the books for the Fuse so she has bookkeeping and managerial experience.

Hasn’t Nancy been working at the Fuse the last few years? That IS a job and her experience is current.

There’s a lot more competition now. Why doesn’t she work at The Fuse. That’s at least one job they wouldn’t need too pay, plus she would be able to supervise.

Luann needs to get a job and mom needs to go back to school.

So i guess Nancy is wearing the pants in the family.

Nancy DeGroot — Real Estate Agent Even now, I can just see her glam shot on billboards all over the Pittsville metropolitan area!

pretty sure Brad is a lot older than 14.

Since she’s talking about when Brad was born, why does Frank reference when the place closed, which is a lot more recent? That makes no sense.

Timing…….

Frank has no memory of Nancy’s last job, but by golly, he knows exactly how many years it’s been closed! This is gonna be great.

Hang on. I’m no math whiz, but this math definitely does NOT compute! She last worked 14 years ago, before Brad was born? Um, isn’t Brad now a married man with a career? Methinks somebody screwed up! And, shouldn’t Luann be helping to finance her own education? Does she even HAVE a job?

If she needs to get a job that bad, I guess the Fuze isn’t doing that great.

All I can think of is how long it took Luann to go from 13 to 18. Fourteen years would be a long time.

tomorrow: Indecent Proposal ?

Speaking of bartending – I have never cared for hard alcohol, so I only know how to make one mixed drink. And, that one, I invented myself. Years ago, my sister and her husband came over to my parent’s house when we were all there having dinner. After dinner, my brother – in – law asked me to make him a drink. I told him that I would try to put something together for him. I looked in my old man’s booze cabinet and found a bottle of rum. Mom’s freezer had frozen concentrated lemonade and limeade. Sooo, I got out a 32 oz. tumbler, put in 8 to 10 ice cubes, half the small container of frozen concentrated limeade, and 22 ounces of rum. Mixed it all up, and he came to the counter to get it. When he finished it, he asked for another – he said it was really good. He asked what it was called, and being the nut I am, I thought up something, and told him that it was called a “Lime Knockout”.

My old man didn’t have any more rum, so I told him he was out of luck. Good thing he did not have another, my sister had to drive him home as he was “out”.

Take care, Frank. You’re treading on thin ice here. Don’t anger your lady-fair….

Not in this world. McDonalds?

14 years??? Shouldn’t that be 24 years?

We just finished binge watching Breaking Bad for the second time and I’ll never be able to see Walt and Skyler running a car wash, only Frank and Nancy. Gad what a mess that would be.