Big Top by Rob Harrell for May 22, 2009

Hello all. This morning I am going to pan fry trout with fried eggs, hash browns with garlic and red pepper and my light wheat bread.

First?

Guess not. Cleo, I left a reply to you and Tabby on the yesterday’s strip.

so you two left me with out saying it was time for a new strip then i couldnt figure it out. lol im not sure i like this new set up .

Jdoc i got it. thanks. i am going to repost it here so they can all get a laugh at it today. im going to make my rounds after doing that.

Hey you two. Get to bed. I couldn’t sleep tonight, and thought that surely I’d be first. I was going to cook breakfast too.

Mighty fine of you to serve us so early cleo. Don’t mind if I try some. No coffee though. I’m going to try to go back to sleep if I can.

Good Morning johnnydoc. Hope I don’t seem too grumpy. This late night talk isn’t the best time for me. Nice too see you both though.

so i will be home today, not going to work, this is why… well first off dont laugh to hard. :D

i was in the trailer getting some stuff for work. we need to fix the step its to high (not a trailer like a house, but a work trailer taht you pull behind the truck). my foot got stuck and i fell twisted my BAD ankel and burssed the rest of my left knee ( was already brused some what ) also part of my right knee, and my toes are all scuffed up. i landed on concrete. when my ankel twisted it poped and i thought it was broken. lol klutz i know

Good morning, all! Cleo, I’ll have some of that luciousness. Trout, and two eggs, over easy. If it’s sweet red pepper, I’ll have some has browns, too.

BBL, have to make my rounds.

Cleo. It’s about 1:20a.m., so you are right about the time here.

Morning tabbylynn and margueritem!

Sorry you hurt yourself tabby- I won’t laugh at you anyways. Can you walk?

cleo, did you catch this trout? It’s delicious!

Hello, Shika and Marg, allow me to bring the OJ and milk. Shika, you think you are grumpy, I just got baited by a troller and posted one of my more sarcastic remarks over at SOTU. Tabby: you getting hurt like that isn’t funny, that is unfortunate and I wish you a speedy recovery. Here is a hug to help (((Tabby)) :) If you want comedic injury listen to this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2iUW7GGd8A Hope this works.

Tabby: What happened??

Glad to see you all here. A bigger group than usual at this time of the day. johnnyd, excuse my ignorance, but with this new set up, how do you go back to check your entry for yesterday?

Cleo, there is a couple of arrows to the upper right of the comic strip, the single arrow will get you there.

tabbylynn we need you as a whole entity, not a broken one.

Jdoc, it is funny now to me, bc i can look back and laugh.(thanks for the hug.) i am in a lot of pain but, But nothing it broken. Thank God! Marg welcome back, i would say i missed you but i was gone almost as much as you. Shika i can walk….. kind of. lol i hobbel. im trying to get my dad to get me the crutches out of his closet so i can walk to morrow. im tired of hoobling around it hurts more. he thinks i dont need them i think i do. my foot kind of hangs down ward and side ways. who knows how bad it is.

JDOC: sorry to hear that. What’s a troll? I mean, besides a little fictional dwarf under a bridge looking for victims. Or do you mean trolling for fish?

Tabby, is your ankle swollen or unusually red (assuming there is a usual red?)

Shika, troll is the term used for people with nasty things to say, most commonly found at SOTU.

okay ALL i am going to bed now. i am tired. it is 12:42 in louisiana. i need sleep and pain med. lol

Marg my 2nd post is about what happened. if there are any questions i will fill them in later i will be on here as much as posible today since im staying home, but my bro is going to be here also. sigh well night all sleep well sweet dreams and dont let the bed bugs bite.

say goodnight gracie, night Gracie. :D peace and love all.

Jdoc. it is swollen. not sure if red, i cant pick it up high enough lol i dont think its red. i have a wrap thing on it now.

Good night Tabby, and good night everyone else, it is way past my bed time too.

i just P i s s ed my dad off. go me. i got the cruches. lol okay now im going to bed. lol night

If it is swollen still tomorrow, you will want to see a doctor, because it sounds like a sprain, but if it isn’t it could just be twisted or strained. Now I’m going to bed. Good Night All.

Hey early birds. I posted some hellos on my rounds, but I’m kind of foggy now, so if they don’t make sense, it’s the late hour, not rum. Thanks for the wonderful late night dinner/breakfast.

Good Night Irene (a really OLD song.)

Tabby: Sweetie, have that looked at. It sounds like a bad sprain or worse. Yes, you do need the crutches, and you need to stay off of the ankle. You also need to ice it for 20 minutes at a time.

Tabbylynn I hope your ankle is better real soon. Cleokaya may I have some of that trout, eggs scrambled, and some toast? Sounds great. Do you have any juice? Then I think I’ll head for bed. Night all.

DOC: Thank you for the further explanation. ;-D

Goodnight, all, have a pleasant day.

hey, jdoc……BOO Did I scare you? I tried to sneak up on cleo and scare him the other night. Didn’t work then, either :-)

Wow, last one standing again! Hey, I don’t think anyone mentioned the Rolling Stones! 19th Nervous Breakdown, Off Of My Cloud, Paint It Black just to mention a few! Life is good this time of night, posting, reading the comics & listening to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LciViqf4MQk

marg finally saw your response to yesterday’s Frog Applause. I liked it but I always tell people: I’m not a doctor…I have no patients!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UnuvRRu00k

Keep On Dancing by the Gentry’s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2apM0DAe1g

All By Myself by Celine Dion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naPgrhX6rIk

Happy Friday!!

tabby I hope your knee is doing better. Make sure you take care of yourself.

shika a troll is someone who posts with the intent to cause trouble - more than someone who has a strong opinion on the topic at hand. I’ve been taught to not feed the trolls and they will go away since they only want attention.

I’m not sure I like jdoc as a nickname for johnnydoc - I just keep picturing JFri and DocT’s love child :-)

Cleo/docT as for yesterday’s Adam comments. I usually read the comments before I see who said them. Only if the comment is interesting I will check out who said them. So I read Cleo’s comment first and thought that wasn’t nice to say, but when I looked at the person it all made sense. Since we chat more than comment here, I look at the names first.

Good Morning, I just popped in to say that. Another busy day for me. BBL. Tabby, ice your ankle and take it easy!

Good morning all! . Tabby - sorry to hear about your ankle, hope it doesn’t turn to serious but I agree with the advice the others have given - stay off it, ice it regularly, and see a doctor if necessary - don’t be a tough girl. . Marg - thanks for breakkie - the trout was a wonderful change up.

Hi everyone! I had a real bad stomach ache when I got up this morning, but I’m fine now. How everyone else?

Morning, Tribe… Just popped in for a howdy and I’m off to make my rounds and find out what’s changed in UCLICK Land.

AKENTA THAT IS JUST SICK!! EEEEWWWWWWWW! Well now I don’t have to worry about eating for the rest of the day! On that note I will be very scarce until Tuesday. No search parties!!

Hey, Cleo - Who is hansr?

I noticed your avatar REVERSED on yesterday’s PLUGGERS.

Out gardening today, finally getting a break in the weather. How do you like my new avatar? It’s a caraicature I had done at a Christmas party a couple of years ago.

OK, this is weird! On my Blackberry our comments are numbered, i.e., Rad’s is 42 & D.F. is 43!!!

Rad—hansr? I’m not what you mean.

johnnyd, thanks, caught your comment from yesterday.

JFri & doctortoon I think you both make a very fine couple.

Good morning all, slept in today. JFri: Sorry no, didn’t quite get me, I was already off to bed. Akenta: Did NOT need that. :-P

DF, that is a very nice picture. Tabby, you should go see a doctor. Cleo, JFri and Doc would not make a good couple, BARF! We got a little break from the rain. It’s sprinkling now. 70% showers and t-storms for today and 60% for tonight and tomorrow. At least the grass and the trees are bright green. Always look on the bright side of life…

Hopefully, it clears up soon, Carmy. The weather must be bad, they had to delay the ball game down there yesterday at Tampa, and they play inside.

good morning all. thanks for all your concerns. i fell very loved.

Akenta: i am going to worry about you now. lol i never thought about* jfri and doc making jdoc. lol *

doc and jfri… sorry guys i dont think i like it much. lol

i am about to un wrap my ankel and see what it looks like. then let you all know. its about to rain over here. also the crutches im to week to push two buttons at once and pull to make it taller…. well maybe not talented enough. :D bbs

JFri - Numbering must be a Blackberry thing, I see nothing here

Cleo - Check out yesterdays Pluggers. The “Steppin’ Out” dude is facing left.

so todays “Ziggy” is talking about our Cleo… you all must go see it. lol well the post are kind of. not the strip as much. oh and on dog eat doug someone made a comment about my spelling, so i must ask is it that bad??

i wont be home this weekend. well tonight and tomorrow, sometime sunday i will show up. not sure about monday yet. well i changed my pic. enjoy.

i think this is the link to ziggy…..

http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy

bbl going vist some friends. dont get to happy while im gone and have 5 pages when i get back./

Geez, tabby!! YOU don’t like it much???? I’m not EXACTLY enathralled myself!!

I agree Joy, one of the things that bothers me about my children’s education, is their lack of ability to to ‘back of the envelope’ calculations or quick mental calculations while shopping etc. I was straight A honors math in high school, and a BSc in computer science, and I was having trouble figuring out what they were trying to teach with my daughter’s 8th grade math. I finally just went back to the questions and was able to show her far easier ways to do the calculations, rather than the weird approach they were forcing her to learn.

As for our school, we weren’t allowed calculators until 1/2-way through grade 9 and then only after you had proved sufficiently that you could do the calculations manually.

AAAAARRRRRR, Joy, me darlin’! I be pickin’ ye up fer a cruise through the Caribbean over th’ weekend! Are ye with me? I be storin’ plenty o’ supplies & rum ta last ‘til Monday night!

You’re right DF. I was going to go into a long-winded speech backing you up, but then I realized I don’t think it matters if we keep preaching to the choir, so I will just agree.

Hi Joy, did you get a little break from the rain? We did, but it’s starting up again now.

I don’t remember being allowed to use calculators in school. My mom was an accountant and she always had me help her “run tapes” on the calculator. I got very good at using it, but it never occurred to me to use it with my math homework. What has helped our girls was the “Hooked on Phonics” and the “Schoolhouse Rocks” videos.

DAAAAAAHH Strip:

“Then there’s just ONE place ta go ta,

It’s the HOTEL MINNESOTA!!!”

Garrison Keillor, on “The Prairie Home Companion”.

♪♪♪♫♪♫♫…Welcome to the Hotel Minnesota, Such a lovely place, Such a lovely face….♪♪♪♫♪♫♫

AAAARRRRRR, when I was a lad back in the 1670’s we ain’t never heered of sech things! So I learned to count on me fingers an’ toes. ‘Twas a mighty blow to lose a hand an’ a foot! Cut me ability ta do figgerin’ in half! An’ no cracks about me spellin’ an’ grammar from th’ blasted peanut galley or I’ll have ye all keelhauled!

Commicaddict always did have a problem with anything using the peel & stick letters, none of the packages ever seemed to have sufficient “R”s for his needs…

AYE, me darlin’! I be **glad to chase ye up an’ down th’ beach!! I also be aware o’ th’ holiday or I’d be bringin’ ye home on Sunday night :-)!! Fer vittles we be havin’ every sort o’ seafood ye can imagine, plenty o’ beer, corn on th’ cob, marguerita makin’s an’, o’ course lots o’ rum!! (an’ Kenny, if ye be watchin’ ye can stow away as long as ye stay out o’ sight an’ fix the blasted background color!!)

D.F. ye be right about THAT! (What in blazes be peel & stick letters??? Sounds like one o’ them thar new fangled things!)

Now forming in the West Hall, the Cleo search party!! All volunteers report to the West Hall immediately! cleo if you see this check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQMqgSaZZmM especially the guitar solo in the middle!!

Talk to ya later Doc! JFri: that was a good one, I like that song, but some of the comments below were really nasty. I didn’t even bother to go back and see where it started, but now I am curious as to how a seemingly harmless song could incite such hate.

Johnny, I don’t even LOOK at that junk!

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hi all im back. joy thanks i will work on finding spell check for this site. so you all can stop struggling to read my bad spelling. i am trying to learn i went to a bad elem. school and they did not teach us. then i was always playing catchup in middle and highschool. trying to learn to spell. i struggled alot. and no one in my family can speel worth a d a n g either so it makes it hard because i dont have help. sigh.

JFRI oh my. i love the daily post. thanks for the laugh. :D your the best… well you are all the best.

does any body know about what time Akenta gets on? i dont want to miss my friend again tonight. :( it is sad missing you all.

guys dont shoot me, this is kind of religion, but it is a little johnny joke as well. enjoy.

Little Johnny… Finding Jesus A Sunday school teacher is concerned that his students might be a little confused about Jesus, so he asks his class, “Where is Jesus today?”

Steven raises his hand and says, “He’s in Heaven.”

Mary answers, “He’s in my heart.”

Little Johnny waves his hand furiously and blurts out, “He’s in our bathroom!”

The surprised teacher asks Little Johnny how he knows this.

“Well,” Little Johnny says, “every morning, my father gets up, bangs on the bathroom door and yells ‘Jesus Christ, are you still in there?!’”

Good one tabby! Glad you liked the update!

Wow….welcome to the catacombs!! It’s so quiet!!

“It’s quiet, too quiet” BWWAAAHHH!!!!!

JFri, I just discovered something else I don’t like about the new site

KENNY/ERIC are you listening? In your collections, it would list the comments you made on the different strips. That feature seems to be gone. I like to go back and see if anyone commented on my comment.

i know, im glad u are here, i am normaly alone. the last two days there are 7 or 8 pages and then were only on pg 2. wow.

its because im here isn’t it?

Is the search party still going on for Cleo?

hey i got spell check. now lets see if i use it or not. lol

And it used to tell you how long ago someone made a comment!

Hey, Dry! Did you like my update? I never knew you could track your comments & reactions to them before!

No tabby, everybody deserted me yesterday too for awhile!

Noooo, tabby it is not!!!

i know i miss that also, dry.

Hello to Dry! i have missed talking to you the last two days. why didnt i think to get hurt before? lol

Dry and Jfri. lol thanks for the reassurance i was just messing. lol

Dry I sent your comment to Kenny!

Jfri You know I love your updates, Best newspaper in the world!!!!

If you went to your profile page and clicked on your followers or who you were following, you can see thetime of their last comment and where they made it at. Maybe the comments are in my collection because I’m a GENIUS!!!!!!! :-D

i hate being hurt. ahhh it sucks. it hurts. lol

my ankle is crooked it goes inward. that cant be good.

tabby you better go get it x-rayed!

so this is one of my all time fav. songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaPnOASOWIU

turns out not by this person. idk who i like the song by, but i love the song.

Dry, i know but my parents wont bring me to do that, bc “you don’t need crutches, its not broken your walking on it.” i hate this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsDa9_HSlA

another fav. song of mine.

Well, excuse me, but that is ridiculous! It can be broken and you can still walk on it! It could also be a hairline fracture.

Dry, thank you. i am so moving in with you, where do you live? lol i am going to harass my mom about it tonight bc both of them hurt. my left one i landed on and my right is the one i twisted.

Forgive me for my outburst, but it just makes me mad! Someone should be taking you for an x-ray, tabby!

And I must leave you now, computer share time! BBL

Morning Tribe–Again.

thanks cleo, your trout put me to sleep! Er, that is, the food made me drowsy. I mean, it was great! ; )

For the new comers, I had a sleepless night until cleo, tabby, marge and jdoc made me happy again with their comraderie and food.

Akenta: You have a weird imagination. Pretty funny, as long as I’m not on the receiving end! =D

JFri and Doc T.: My condolences. You were on the receiving end. LOL

johnnydoc and akenta: Thanks for the advice about Trolls. Funny though, they ignore ME! My tactic is make em feel ashamed. Although I think I’d be safer keeping a low profile from now on at SOTU.

Radical: Morning, er, afternoon! Good to see you pop in. I’ll have to check PLUGGERS to see what you mean.

DigiFrog: Great avatar. If that’s a likeness of you, you are lucky. Looks good.

Dry: i just talked to my mom and told her it was not crooked and she said she is bring me to the hospital tonight. when i get there. so i will let you know sunday when i get home what happens. they both hurt so bad. im almost crying right now.

okay guys i have an hour b4 its time for me to leave. i have to go try to get ready, may take an hour. see you all later. if i don’t get on again have a great weekend. peace and love to all.

Uh oh, looks like I missed Tabby by 4 minutes :-( Just got home and was doing a quick read before I had to do some other stuff…

Oh Tabby: I had a torn ligament in Gr. 8and walked home from school for lunch and back again. Only then was I taken to the hospital. No telling what might have happened if it wasn’t looked after. I hope it’s not bad. I had to keep my foot up a few days.

Oh, and in case you think you’re the only one who falls like that- I hury my ankle that day skipping double-sctch in 6 ” platform shoes. So I had a long way to fall.

Shika, I know my imagination is pretty weird and the tribe has warped it a little more. That’s why I love it here.

Tabby: In case you didn’t catch my early morning comment on another site- sorry, my eyes were blurry by then so I forget which one– I think it is GREAT that you are going back to school. I am too. You can do anything you set your heart on. Your spelling will improve with practice. Bad teachers, that’s all.

Akenta: That’s okay, I get your humour. My RL friends don’t understand my humour sometimes. That’s why I am glad I found this site. too.

I’ll be back. Going around again.

Before I forget- I hope all the Tribe south of the border have a Memorable Weekend. Oh, and a nice Memorial Day!

Of course, I’ll be around, as my weekend has past, my long one that is.

commicaddict: Glad your not into these new fangled things! Just keep Joy in your heart, and the rest of us quaking in our boots, and it will be a great weekend.

Hello all. I have spent a day running errands and buying plants and groceries. ••Tabbylynn** I checked your posting for Ziggy and it is you guys who are talking about me. I can’t let you guys loose on your own without you getting me in trouble. Well, I guess if I’m going to go around naked a few people will talk. LOL

I too am worried about your ankle.

Your spelling could use some work. No insult intended, but you asked, since someone commented on it. But you put all of us tribe members under a spell everyday because you are such a nice, caring person.

Suddenly my means of making bold letters doesn’t work anymore.

Attention all Search Party participants! Please return to BT! cleo has been found . Repeat: cleo has been found!

Hey cleo: We had a search party out for you. Were you naked and afraid (and you hid yourself? LOL (Adam and Eve did that!)

Glad to have you back.

JFri: No fun. You stole my thunder. This thing doesn’t refresh as quickly as it should- like before you beat me to the punch!

Howdy JFri. It’s so much cheaper staying home and talking with the tribe then it is stepping out into the world.

“Black Magic Woman” by Santana “White Room” by Cream “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” by Procol Harum

aoh-oh: Here we go again with the songs I don’t remember. I’ll try not to embarass myself too much.

The Friendly Giant and Rooster!

Er- what was the rooster’s name again? Something-y

I’m getting some supper. Ontario pork and american corn-on-the-cob.

Okay, I’ve done my part in stimulating BOTH our economies. How about you??

DF: I’m trying to remember the photo that you shared with us. It’s a well drawn characture.

TABBY: How is the ankle doing? I hope that you’re rsting and icing it.

Well said, Cleo. I agree tabbylynn is spell-binding. Shika - Six-inch platforms…really?!

Crimson & Clover Bridge Over Troubled Waters Incense & Peppermints Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem Of World Contact Day)

Happy weekend, all!

Welcome margueritum. How was your day so far?

I mean, since I last saw you!

Loved Bridge over Troubled Water. I still have an LP of theirs.

I’m never scared while naked. It’s being clothed and in town running errands, like today, that scares me. LOL

Hey one of my posts disappeared when I went to edit it.

TABBY: Like I said in the wee hours of this morning- you can do anything you set your mind to do. Your spelling will improve with practise. You had really poor teachers, that’s all. I’m going back to school too, so lets encourage each other. do you start in the fall? Hope so.

cleo. As long as your not naked running those errands, you should be safe! ROFLOL

Nope, not naked doing errands. I would, but d@rn it, no place to put the wallet.

Somehow, I feel safer when he’s naked. He seems to be more relaxed and himself then. I try to stay off the streets when Cleo’s running errands in town.

Send in the Clowns A Kind of Hush (I think that’s a repeat but worth it) Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Bette & the Andrews Sisters) Let’s Hear it for the Boy Tara’s Theme (don’t remember the name)

OK…going for wings & things. BBL P&L all!

“A Kind Of Hush” is a great song.

“In A Gadda Da Vida”.

I saw Iron Butterfly in Vancouver, BC in like 1970, or so. They played this great concert and ended the concert with “Butterfly Blue”. They left the stage having not played “I A Gadda Da Vida”, but it was a great show and everybody clapped and clapped waiting for an encore. They came back onstage and finished with “In A Gadda Da Vida” which lasted at least 30 minutes. I had been chatting up this young lady who was up near the stage next to me. When the house light came up I noticed that she had painted her teeth white. It was the wierdest thing that I have ever seen.

SHIKA: Day was quite busy. We’re trying to pick granite for new counter tops, and we will have to take a day and go to Phoenix.

How was your day? How come you can’t sleep?

I may disappear again shortly, such is life.

Tabby - Do you use Google as your Search Engine? I do and I also have a Google Tool Bar for easy searches without having to pull up the screen. On my Google Tool Bar is a spell checker that works while your comment box is active. I use it practically always. I don’t want people to know how poor my spelling really is. Problem is, if I use the wrong word but it’s spelled correctly, spell-checker is useless. Shame it doesn’t help with my grammar.

Rad - I also use spell checker and it catches my mistakes and helps me learn the correct way to spell a word. Since I have been posting at gocomics my spelling and typing skills have improved dramatically . I always could type, but now I am much faster.

RE SPELLING: I was always good at spelling, but since I’ve aged, I need spell check more and more. <:-(

I think that DOC said something about this earlier today.

My mind just does not work as well as it used to.

<:-(

Enjoy, Doc!

marg: I don’t know why I couldn’t sleep last night. Doesn’t happen often. But I’m glad there are some Tribe members up at that time. I think that we all have nights like that once in a while.

I used to type with only the first two fingers of both hands until I started messing in chat rooms in the mid 90’s. I began using all fingers but never developed a good method.

About three years ago I damaged the tip off my left pinky finger when I hit a car mirror. I removed my gloves and replaced the fingertip, iced and wrapped it and went to the hospital and received about 10 stitches. I did finally get most of my fingernail back and have only a fine scar but had some nerve damage so my typing is a bit awkward and slow now.

I agree with you Marg about spelling. Doc T. too. Mine has slipped with time. Must be a memory thing.

Have fun Doc!!

RadK, I was wondering what was causing all my misspellings to be underlined. I think it is the Google toolbar - I hate that they won’t install that at work.

Enjoy your evening doctortoon. So, why have we not been invited over to watch movies with you guys? What are we, chopped liver? Oh…and in case you were going to make the expected reply, my pants will remain on the entire evening. See what the tribe is willing to endure for you, my man.

Doctor T: I’m hurt to think that there maybe a gutter-minded Tribe member amongst us? And what do you mean, not a date night? Last night you said.. .whoops!

Nuthin. I no Nuthin.

Well, I still can’t sign in on my other computer. I contacted them with the error I was getting, and now I’m getting a pop-up message, so maybe they are working on it.

I’m going to play games for a while on this machine (haven’t been able to play all week and withdrawal is starting) so I’ll just be following the messages until I can sign in.

Radical-k: Ouch! that must have hurt. Was it the finger tip or nail that came off?

Cleo - Have you seen your Doppelganger over at Pluggers? http://www.gocomics.com/pluggers/2009/05/21/

dcguys said,

Somehow, I feel safer when he’s naked. He seems to be more relaxed and himself then. I try to stay off the streets when Cleo’s running errands in town.

dcguys, I worry about you!

I liked Boogie woogie bugle guys too. My dad played a lot of these songs when I was growing up.

Fingertip and nail. I was pushing my motorcycle between a couple cars and clipped the right mirror with my left hand. I did still have my leather riding gloves on.

When I hit, I stopped of course and watched the tip of the glove change color. Owwwwwwch!

RAD– Still, you had the presence of mind to take off your glove and save your fingertip. I’m not sure I would have thought of that- maybe I would.

Rad, I checked out the comment that you made. What’s unusual is that I made a comment to something that individual made, either yesterday or the day before. My exact avatar in a mirror version.

I don’t even think I was thinking at that point.

I can laugh about it now. Just another motorcycle war story. LOL!

Cleo - I noticed that, Isn’t it weird?

RAD: I’ll second that ‘ouch’!

Taking off again, BBL. I hope that someone took Tabby to the Dr.

I use an alternate ID when I’m not on my home PC so I don’t screw up my sign in feature. I use Radical_Knight with my eagle facing right. You see this you can tell I’m roaming and not on MY computer.

Tabby said she would be about an hour. I’m assuming they are going to the emergency room for the x-ray. If it’s like ours around here, that poor kid will be there all night!! But at least it will get checked out!

okay. so now i’m hiting on page 3 to go back in case I missed anything, and it won’t let me do that!

well that s u c k s!

Dry - you are not having much luck with this new format. I just opened a bottle of chardonnay. May I pour you a glass?

Cleo, What’s THAT!

Let’s see the other poster steal this avatar. How can you steal it when I had my wife snap a photo of me just a few minutes ago. You should be happy it isn’t a full frontal.

cleo, love your avatar, and yes you may. I just shared a Bohimian (spelling) with Risitas over at Pibgorn!

Hey Dry I’m seeing the time elapsed since each comment was posted just fine, and the list of comics I have commented works fine for me. My problem is the star icon won’t work to favorite a toon, and the edit only works if my comment was the most recent ie. at the bottom. Maybe it’s a difference in the browsers? I’m using IE7, what are you using?

tabby the best version of Drift Away was by Uncle Kracker and thanks for the link. I’m trying to add to my cd mixes and I had forgotten all about that song! One of the ones I loved!

Hey DCGuys - did you know that “Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem Of World Contact Day) ” was originally a Canadian song? It was by one of my favorite bands called KLAATU.

Hi rad- I was about to reply when the phone rang. So this thing about the avatar- I don’t think I’ve notice when it’s the other way. You must not roam very often.

thank you Dry on the comment of my self portrait. I am pouring you a H3, Horse Heaven Hills chardonnay from Columbia Crest, a 90+ wine from WA state. Enjoy my dear.

tabby, are you sure you’re a youngin’? You like the songs I liked when I was a youngin! Of course they say todays youth are loving the songs from my generation, and my kids have a lot of the songs from my youth on cds and downloaded! See, we old people are just as Kool as you youngins’ LOL!

Lynard Skynard was GREAT!!! Thanks again, tabby!!

Hi Dry: Re: tabby- she’ll be two nights if it’s the long weekend.

My laptop has IE6 and I can’t favorite the little star.

I had some work done on this thing and lost some of my registry components and now can’t download Service Pack 2 or 3 so that I can upgrade several programs.

It’s on my Laptop right now.

Cleo: What’s the matter, Did you catch yourslef in the mirror? (Love the new avatar.

Is there stil some chardonnay left? I’d love a glass to sip while I spend time with the tribe.

DF a lot of people are having that problem.

@ Radical.Re: YAAAHHHH! Chardonnay is a type of wine. Nothing to be scared abuot.

Shika - I was responding to Cleo’s new Avatar. :D

Shika - you run back 6 to 7 comments and you’ll see both my avatars.

Digical: Does IE7 come with Vista? That’s what I have. I can’t favourite or re-comment either.

Radical I’ll bet I haven’t notice you turning around. Figures. I can’t tell my right from my left. Honestly! Don’t ask me for directions driving a car. I always say “Right” and point left. I’m a lefty, of course.

Shika - My wife has Vista and it came with IE7. She hasn’t upgaded to IE8 because she doesn’t like change and 7 works well for her.

Shika- I am pouring you a glass as I post. I will disappear for awhile as we eat dinner, wash dishes, etc.

I did this so it would be nearly imperceptable. Same name, same avatar, This one’s no genius though.

Rad. I don’t like Vista. I don’t mind change, but Vista is the pits.

and I knew you were refering to the avatar! But thought my comment was funny anyways! =D

cleo? Where’d you go. Are you in the wine cellar? Did I offend you? I’d just asked for a friendly glass of wine.

No problems, I’m not the brightest bulb in the crayon box…

Radical: this avatar is no genius, but it looks good on my CV!

HUH? ow do you get a bulb in a crayon box??

Thanks cleo, I’ll just sip this and chill. call me if you need any help!

Back in a few. My dishes to do.

Hi tribe! I’ve been out & about all day, so didn’t have time to visit until now. I’ll be gone most of tomorrow too, so no search parties needed. TABBY - Even though I’ve noticed your spelling problems, since I’m not your boss or your teacher, I didn’t think I needed to say anything. But since you asked for our opinions… Many people have difficulty spelling or using a word that sounds the same, but has a different meaning. (Those words are called homonyms.) Since I homeschooled both of my sons from the beginning, I taught them to read. The oldest had difficulties in learning to read, so I know something about reading problems. For some people, reading & spelling come quite easily. (Myself and my youngest son fit in that category.) For other people, it is more difficult. (My husband & oldest son are in that group.) Understanding phonics helps greatly in spelling - it won’t prevent all mistakes, but by sounding out words, many mistakes can be caught. My husband was not taught phonics, and by the time we met, he had developed a hearing loss that keeps him from hearing the distinct sounds letters make. (Like the difference between the way a “B” and a “D” sounds.) So for him, he uses spell checker, which helps some, and asks for help. If he’s writing something where it is important to have everything spelled correctly, he has either myself or our youngest son proofread it first. Our oldest son is much better at spelling than his father, but not nearly as good as one of us to which it comes naturally. His spelling is something he has to work at, but since he was taught to read using phonics, he has the tools to help him. I think it is important to be aware that people often misjudge someone as less intelligent because of their poor spelling. Therefore, when submitting anything like a resume or school paper, it is wise to have someone with that skill review it before submitting it. I can tell you have a very caring heart, and that is much more important than being great at spelling. I hope that you will receive the medical care you need, and heal quickly!

* RRAmom!*

Rad, what’s all this about your avatar? Fill me in if you will please! Who stole it? You’ve been the eagle since I got here many moons ago!

In my last post I typed * Hi RRAmom* seems like the first part was cut off!

THIS FORMATTING IS REALLY SCREWED UP, AND I’M NOT THE ONLY COMPLAINING!!

Dry- Did you find page three?

Hi RRAmom. I answered your comment on Daddy’s home, or whatever, with the witchy wife no one likes.

Hi Dry!

Rad - I had never noticed that you have two different sign-ons/avatars.

Shikamoo - my husband just says “driver side” or “passenger side” - even when he’s refering to a human body. :)

Cleo - if that person is intent on copying your avatar, you’ll probably need to do something to keep someone from right-clicking on it and saving it. I’m not sure if you can do this, since you’re not the webmaster for the whole site. The only other thing I can suggest is to pick one that the troll doesn’t want, which might take some doing to figure out.

DRY- He was telling cleo about his avatar and showing him something. I’ll let RAd explain, but if he doesn’t come back, take a peek at his comments above.

Getting late for me. I’m not sure when I’ll be on tomorrow, so marg, have a happy bday!!

RRAmom: By the time I think of “driver side” or “passenger side”, we’d be in the next town! Is he a lefty, by the way? I know a lefty whose watch runs backwards. When she showed it to me, I had no trouble telling the time, the the righties in the group couldn’t!

Good night Akenta. Have a good weekend if I don’t see you again.

Good night all! Looks like you’ve all gone, and I’m hoping to get a good night’s sleep tonight.

Sweet Dreams everyone. Or else party hearty!

Dry - nobody has stolen it as far as I know, but I use what you see here, as my primary Avatar “Radical-Knight” (GENIUS) Eagle facing left, (paid) on MY pc. I use no other use names or gocomic identities there. When I’m roving amongst other pc’s I use as my roving Avatar “Radical_Knight” Eagle facing right (free).

It just lets me know when I was on MY pc or another pc. If I use several user-names on MY pc, it seems to not remember my primary account and I have to keep signing in. If I sign in at another pc with my primary, it sometimes won’t let me sign in with it on MY pc. This just keeps things less confusing and easier.

We finished dinner and I finished the dishes. I am awaiting my sweetie to watch a movie, so I have a few moments to catch up. I think that I am entering one of those dead zones where posting becomes more scarce until near the end of the day. I am hoping that this avatar is not copied. I don’ t even remember if my comment to the person was positive or negative. Well, if the person steals my avatar again, they can’t steal my moniker. If they figure out how, then…I’ll just have to shoot them. LOL

Rad, glad to hear that! I was wondering what was going on, but it’s late and I was trying to catch up! And with that, I will say goodnight! I may wander over to Pib before I go to bed, but for tonight on here, goodnite all!

Look above and see the similarities. I see Avatars as who the person’s online personality. I recognize people first seeing their avatar. Changing avatars is OK, It’s like driving a different car or changing from business to casual clothes.

I use the same Avatar because it identifies me at a glance.

I’m getting ready to turn in myself. Night all.

Hey everyone! I’m back a- ooooh everyone left. :(

Shika - Here’s a way to tell left/right - hold your hands out face down in front of you. Extend your index and thumbs only. The index and thumb that form an “L” is your left . :()¦

Hey johnnyd & DF. Finished our movie and I am back to await tomorrow’s toons. God, I have really gotten myself into a routine here.

Okay johnnyd:

“Born To Run” by Bruce Springsteen “Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress” by The Hollies

Hey tribe, where are you all?? What a bunch of deadbeats. I can’t stand it when someone actually has a life. LOL