Pickles by Brian Crane for March 30, 2022

Well that’s one way you can get some exercise Earl.

Not a good moment for such a sweeping statement.

I can’t run my knees all that well anymore… so I’ve found it wise not to run my mouth…

when Opal wants your advice, Earl, she’ll ask daughter Sylvia’s or sister Pearl’s instead

Advice only flows in one direction with Opal

Hand him the broom Opal.

Unfortunately advise is not always welcome or appreciated.

The women I know would give me the broom and say “You do it then”!

7 days in a row the Pickles strip is daily and Sunday reruns, I guess this strip may be on the deathbed soon.

In the spring and summer, I think I work more than I did when I worked. Gardener.

Once the sex is gone, you need something to break the boredom.

Dang, Earl must not have read Chapter 2 in the Man Book!

….at least he gets EXERCISE..!!!!!!!!!!!

You’d think he’d be skinnier.

Nothing better than having a boss who never did your job but tells you you’re doing it wrong.

Good to see that Earl can still pick em up and put em down!

That’s just poking the gorilla with a stick, grandpa.

He’s enjoying this way too much!

Opal is a wack-a-doodle to begin with….anything sparks her off, especially Earls advice/ suggestions….

Poor Nelson….

Don’t try this on the street. People who don’t appreciate “good” advice can run faster than you.

Good exercise. Fear gets the heart pumping.

Those of us who are retired and unattached do everything but give advice.

Keeping in shape.

SUGGESTION: New vacuum cleaner present for her birthday.

Opal if you can do better here is the broom.

My Hero/Mentor

I haven’t had a job since I was medically retired in 1998. Took me about 23 years to finally figure that out. Problem was I went from working hard 12 hours a day 6 days a week to just sitting around reading. Failed to change my diet and went from 260 to 412 pounds. Finally in 2003 I got weight loss surgery and by 2005 I was down to 235 pounds and wearing shorts and sandals 10 months a year(we moved from northern MI to San Antonio Texas) My wife OTOH was used to working over 12 hrs a day 7 days a week as she owned a village restaurant/tavern. She is still, 22 years later, a bundle of energy, always busy doing something from when she finally wakes up until she is in bed sleeping about midnight. One thing I learned was how to procrastinate, OTOH my wife learned how to nag me until I do what she had told me to do.

Would I ever tell my wife she missed a spot? not a chance in hell. I just come back quietly after she has finished and gone on to something different and clean it up myself. Because a Happy wife equals a Happy life

The one receiving the advice is the one who determines the usefulness of it.

Opal’s lucky that she didn’t hit Earl with that broom!

Being useful to someone isn’t easy, when my wife’s at work.