Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for November 02, 2009

Es el dia de lost muertos.

This is only a comic, so a middle-aged woman goes into a dark cemetery alone at night. She doesn’t call the police to assist her in locating a lost supercentenarian suffering from age-related dementia. She doesn’t alert his family. The only people she contacts are Mutt & Jeff. This is only a comic.

They’re coming to get you, Barbara… I mean Gertie…

So he’s looking for Doc and Avery and Bill. It has to be lonely to be the last survivor of everyone you once knew.

Good one, Old Man.

Ravenswing said, So he’s looking for Doc and Avery and Bill. It has to be lonely to be the last survivor of everyone you once knew.

I agree.

It doesn’t look like he’s there. Has she even gone back to his house yet to look for him there?

ChuckTrent64 said, yesterday, Didn’t Corky used to work at the garage? I may be speaking decades ago, but when did he start runing the diner?

You may be right that he worked at the Garage, but I have seen some dailies from 1951 where Corky is running the diner, and Judy is the waitress.

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Walt always roams around the cemetery because, the way he’s treated in the strip, he might as well get used to the place.

Can anyone read the whole message on the tombstone in the foreground of the first panel?

tcambeul, you should have studied Spanish in school, then you could read the comment, which is pertinent. Besides, knowing languages spoken by millions of potential customers is a major advantage in business.

Tcambeul, your comment was quite rude in my opinion.

Harebell - the tombstone says “to my dear husband - rest in peace till we meet again”.

Phylis, Mr. Walt is with Phylis.

National Silver Alert Program

Time is of the essence when individuals with Alzheimer’s or other cognitive disorders wander off or become lost. Approximately 50% of those who wander away may suffer serious injury or death if not found within 24 hours. The National Silver Alert Program was developed to provide vital information to authorities to assist in the search and safe recovery of these individuals, and quickly reunite them with their loved ones and/or caregivers.

http://nationalsilveralert.org/

Tcambeul, your ignorance is showing – badly.

I think it says this is the day of the dead. But maybe barticle could provide an English translation for those who don’t speak Spanish.

Maybe he crawled into one of the graves and buried himself

Wow, I’m impressed. Either you know that many languages, or you have a wonderful application called Microsoft Word. :)

Never heard of Microsoft Word - I have an Apple Powerbook G4. Don’t have any Microsoft at all. Does Microsoft Word do languages?

I’m always amused when people complain about the use of languages other than English, particularly since I’m of Cajun French heritage and heard both English and French while growing up - and while firmly situated well within borders of the United States.

Other languages are not to be feared; in fact, I’m convinced that my very limited knowledge of a Romance language was responsible for the high scores I achieved on both the ACT and SAT. As a result, I was able to skip all freshman-level English courses, which doubtless saved my parents quite a bit of money. Even into adulthood, this knowledge is helpful when I read or hear an unfamiliar word of Latin origin, as I can usually figure out the meaning (if not the pronunciation!).

I have always found languages fascinating and, when I grew up - nearly everyone spoke two or three languages - although English was the language which we used in school.

I also heard Gaelic, Pennsylvania Dutch (which is VERY different from traditional German) and Cherokee, among others. Cherokee is interesting, but there are no computers which form the Cherokee letters of the Cherokee alphabet yet. I will definitely be picking one up if it ever becomes available. People are just now beginning to write down Pennsylvania Dutch. Don’t know if there are any scholars dealing with Gaelic yet - although modern Irish is at least in the same ball park!

Microsoft ‘s language app is eons behind the Mac’s

I absolutely love the old fashioned charm/character of this strip.