Pickles by Brian Crane for March 07, 2023

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    allen@home  over 1 year ago

    Roscoe found that amusing.

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    Ratkin Premium Member over 1 year ago

    like holding an entire conversation without a single swear word.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 1 year ago

    a typewriter, Nelson, is like a computer, but without a screen or a mouse… better yet, without an Internet connection

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    syzygy47  over 1 year ago

    A better choice from the DIY generation might be fixing your brakes because you had to, and things were made simpler with potential repair in mind.

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    GROG Premium Member over 1 year ago

    I’ll bet it wasn’t an IBM Selectric either. It was a real museum piece.

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    angelolady Premium Member over 1 year ago

    I used to know how to change the ribbon….not sure I could still do it!

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    sirbadger  over 1 year ago

    Time to get the old comic books out. A typewriter is what Superman used before he was replaced by a computer.

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    iggyman  over 1 year ago

    Nelson, sort of like replacing the ink (or toner) cartridge on your computer printer!

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    gbars70  over 1 year ago

    An instrument that allowed you nothing more than a piece of paper and a great imagination.

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    Macushlalondra  over 1 year ago

    Sorry Earl but typewriters are obsolete and so are typewriter ribbons, thank God! What a mess those things were.

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    juicebruce  over 1 year ago

    Earl here are a few items for Nelson to learn : Woodworking .. Welding … Cooking … Lawn Care … Sewing … Gardening … The list goes on and on . Any form of Computer screen is nice but that is not life ;-)

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    Robert Nowall Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Maybe he could show him how to work a can opener instead.

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    Fritzsch  over 1 year ago

    Like reading and writing cursive. Like driving a manual transmission. Like remembering to push the choke knob back in once the engine starts. Like dialing a rotary phone. Like long division. …

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    dlkrueger33  over 1 year ago

    I’ve done that….but if you put a typewriter in front of me right now and asked me to change the ribbon, I’m not sure I’d remember what to do.

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    ᴮᴼᴿᴱᴰ2ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ  over 1 year ago

    a typewriter is what would have been needed to create the mimeograph stensils to print your grandma’s book

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    PraiseofFolly  over 1 year ago

    It’s that strange percussion instrument played in one of those old Leroy Anderson pieces that Gramma listens to on PBS once in a while.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rVFR7wDZT9A

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    jagedlo  over 1 year ago

    and do it without getting the ink on your fingers…

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    mgl179  over 1 year ago

    Like:

    How to do math without using a calculator or cell phone

    How to pass time when there’s no electricity or cell service or wifi available

    How to not panic and buy a years worth of groceries when more than 2 inches of snow are predicted (then throw out most of it 2 weeks later)

    How to pay on (and pay off) our student loans

    How to get a decent paying job without a mostly useless Bachelors Degree

    How to get a mortgage and/or car loan without going bankrupt

    How to do light maintenance on said car and home

    How to read an “analog” book

    How to read an “analog” map

    How to do research and get real facts without relying on “google” or wikipedia

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    The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago

    It’s this thing that has ink ribbons.

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    Doug K  over 1 year ago

    Does Earl have a typewriter around the house somewhere so that he could show it to Nelson? And does he have typewriter ribbon so he can show him how to change the ribbon?

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    Wichita1.0  over 1 year ago

    What’s a ribbon??

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    Billys mom2022  over 1 year ago

    Love Roscos expressions

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    DawnQuinn1  over 1 year ago

    Try listening to stand-up comments. Every second work is a swear word or sexual. One reason Red Skelton rtired. I never watch stand up comics. Too vulgar. Robin Williams was great, rarely crude.

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    ANIMAL  over 1 year ago

    That dog looks SOOOOoooo comfortable.

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    General Trelane (Ret.) Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Don’t cast your . . . . oh wait , that’s another strip.

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    Zebrastripes  over 1 year ago

    Ugh! Too bad kids don’t learn on the stand-boys first so they appreciate the new…

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    Newenglandah  over 1 year ago

    We also know how to write letters and converse in complete sentences.

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    IWannaBeLerxst  over 1 year ago

    Roscoe REWLS. Best character in the strip.

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    morningglory73 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    How about life experience Earl?

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    David Honig  over 1 year ago

    The missing frame is Nelson looking it up on youtube and saying, “oh, that’s how”

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    indysteve9  over 1 year ago

    Like dialing a rotary phone.

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    Gen.Flashman  over 1 year ago

    By the 70s most typewriters used one piece cartridges that just lifted out and popped in the new one; much like putting in a new ink cartridge in a printer.

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    ladykat  over 1 year ago

    Ah, yes…the challenge of changing the ribbon on an Underwood typewriter. I SO loved my IBM Selectric with the “golf ball” and the ribbon cartridge.

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    assrdood  over 1 year ago

    Well, I’m fluent in “cursive”. Even had another name for it – “Longhand”.

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    KEA  over 1 year ago

    like developing and printing pictures with chemicals in a dark room…and btw I’m more adept at tech than any of my children or grandchildren.(I’m different I guess)

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    hk Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Old age and wisdom will always overcome youth and stupidity.

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    Tetonbil  over 1 year ago

    Geez, I remember how very cool it was when I bought my first electric typewriter.I loved it! We certainly have come along way baby!

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    IndyW  over 1 year ago

    How about using a slide rule and a drafting table.

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    Treedodger  over 1 year ago

    No can do.

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    zeexenon  over 1 year ago

    My example is printers with ribbons … before the ink cartridge scam.

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    cmerb  over 1 year ago

    Roscoes " happy " tail in the third panel is too cool : )

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    RDerekGrier  over 1 year ago

    And the other thing they want to know is How to turn it on?

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    circleM  over 1 year ago

    How about changing a tire on your car or truck?

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    Medtech4  over 1 year ago

    My dad always said that “Swearing was a sign of a feeble mind trying to express itself”. How right he was. Intelligent people can come up with intelligent sentences without swearing.

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    timbob2313 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Kids got a point

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    Moonkey Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Earl is getting closer to words of wisdom. He just needs to scoot ahead a few generations.

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    T...  over 1 year ago

    And grandpa, what’s a rotary dial candlestick phone…

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    PaulGoes  over 1 year ago

    It’s a direct keyboard to printer device

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    nyg16  over 1 year ago

    or going outside and playing with FRIENDS!

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    suelou  over 1 year ago

    Kids know how to use the current popular new tech things… whereas we old folk know how to operate and use everything that was invented in the 50s till today, and many are aces at the new stuff too…. whereas they can’t even use an old dial telephone, phone… or what it is!

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    ferrjerr  over 1 year ago

    …Dialing a phone number using a rotary phone….

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    w16521  over 1 year ago

    Roscoe’s laugh is so precious.

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