And a paper kite in that shape…you’d have to make it yourself. These days all I can find are plastic Delta-shaped kites. They may fly “better” but they’re just not the same.
Memories: in my neighborhood, kite flying was a team project. we got all our change together and went to the store. Trees were bad, but telephone wires were worse.
A 6" by 2.5" by 1" Brown Mule was made with real vanilla beans and cost 10 cents. Regular stamps cost 5 cents, and air mail cost 10 cents.Things then were made to last. We’ve gained a lot, but we lost a lot too. It is good to know someone else remembers.
In 1969, the “bat” kits could be had for under a dollar, and a fancy plastic diamond kit was probably close to $0.79 at Long’s Drugs, so Charlie Brown may have had a very deluxe model, earlier in the sixties. Or perhaps his came with a full reel of kite string.
Several friends and I went on on a brace of box kites and a Hi-Flier reel – it held hundreds of feet of line, and two box kits on one line could just about lift a small kid. We re-papered them several times that summer, and went through miles of line (it would get caught in trees when the breeze dipped.)
magracev almost 13 years ago
so cute…..
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I couldn’t possibly add more to that.
pouncingtiger almost 13 years ago
You can argue with a tree?!?
pouncingtiger almost 13 years ago
79 cents for a kite! How old is this strip anyway?
legaleagle48 almost 13 years ago
Don’t bother the kite-eating tree while it’s having lunch, Charlie Brown!
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
“Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?”
kaigun almost 13 years ago
$5.68 today by the inflation calculator.
orinoco womble almost 13 years ago
And a paper kite in that shape…you’d have to make it yourself. These days all I can find are plastic Delta-shaped kites. They may fly “better” but they’re just not the same.
Tog almost 13 years ago
Uncalled for Andrea@home.
Gator007 almost 13 years ago
It is called “Classic Peanuts” for a reason!
DerkinsVanPelt218 almost 13 years ago
Kite eating tree. There’s one in every orchard.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
$0.79(sigh)
tripwire45 almost 13 years ago
79 cents for a kite. That’s why I read old comics and old comic strips. The past was cool.
fmasroor almost 13 years ago
It would be so hilarious if the second last panel, the tree said “Gulp!”.
gmforde almost 13 years ago
You can always make your own paper kite. They fly pretty well once you get them airborne. They’re cheaper and make a nice tree snack.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Losing that hour of sleep really made you grumpy today. Oh wait, you’re always grumpy.
tomtrek almost 13 years ago
Memories: in my neighborhood, kite flying was a team project. we got all our change together and went to the store. Trees were bad, but telephone wires were worse.
baritone15 almost 13 years ago
Why don’t you climb the tree Charlie Brown?
sebacastroh almost 13 years ago
Sometimes people act like a kite-eating tree.
Number Three almost 13 years ago
Awwwwwwww… Poor Charlie Brown!
Get Lucy.. She will probably SCREAM it down!
LOL xxx
Number Three almost 13 years ago
@Snoopy_Fan
You missed me and my ‘Awwwwwwww!’ comments did you? Which one did you miss most of all?
LOL. I hope you are doing well. I missed you a lot too.
xxx
Shikamoo Premium Member almost 13 years ago
79 cents? My laptop doesn’t even have a key for “cents”! Nothing costs pennies anymore. If that makes cents to you.
iced tea almost 13 years ago
Never fly a kite where there’s trees or telephone wires. Fly it in a field somewhere.
Francine Long almost 13 years ago
I’ve always believed that if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. Perhaps it’s a shame that you did.
Citizen Grog is never small minded or spiteful. One could learn from him you know.
cdward almost 13 years ago
The only way I can get the ¢ symbol is by going to the “special characters” drop down file on my laptop.
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Same here, CD
fixer1967 almost 13 years ago
Kite eating tree? Where is my chain saw?
Rakkav almost 13 years ago
Maybe it’s extortion. You never know what a tree wants with $0.79, but if you leave a dollar bill including the finder’s fee…
The Life I Draw Upon almost 13 years ago
A 6" by 2.5" by 1" Brown Mule was made with real vanilla beans and cost 10 cents. Regular stamps cost 5 cents, and air mail cost 10 cents.Things then were made to last. We’ve gained a lot, but we lost a lot too. It is good to know someone else remembers.
moodysgaafar almost 13 years ago
simon & garfunkel talked to lampposts and bridges in their songs so our friend charlie brown ain`t the first to do that kinda thing .
GigaTron almost 13 years ago
I love the PEANUTS SO MUCH!
Toronto2 almost 13 years ago
In 1969, the “bat” kits could be had for under a dollar, and a fancy plastic diamond kit was probably close to $0.79 at Long’s Drugs, so Charlie Brown may have had a very deluxe model, earlier in the sixties. Or perhaps his came with a full reel of kite string.
Several friends and I went on on a brace of box kites and a Hi-Flier reel – it held hundreds of feet of line, and two box kits on one line could just about lift a small kid. We re-papered them several times that summer, and went through miles of line (it would get caught in trees when the breeze dipped.)