For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for July 10, 2012

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 12 years ago

    Luckily I don’t have Amish relatives to visit (my great-grandfather was Amish and I’m told by other non-Amish cousins that some still-Amish relatives know his name).

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    D Gordon Longmuir  over 12 years ago

    Why is Elizabeth not in an approved car seat — Michael too for that matter. This is in Canada, right?

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    psychlady  over 12 years ago

    Wow! A working vacation! They’ll need another vacation to rest from that vacation!

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    ReaderLady  over 12 years ago

    A vacation is a change of activity usually spent away from home. I think this fits the definition.

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    collieflower  over 12 years ago

    I always said a vacation was a change of sink!

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    NE1956  over 12 years ago

    Too true. I grew up on a dairy farm. No rest for the wicked.

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    gaebie  over 12 years ago

    John enjoys his train sets for a hobby, so driving a tractor on the farm is a real vacation for him.

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    gobblingup Premium Member over 12 years ago

    My mom grew up on a farm and always threatened to send my sister and I to a farm for the summer. I almost wish she had, it seems like a great experience.

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    USN1977  over 12 years ago

    It would be in later years that John would acquire his hobby of model trains. However it is evident that he seems to consider driving a tractor to be a positive experience. Elly does not seem to be herself unless she is worried or bitching about something. The kids will probably learn the value of a hard day’s work to some degree.

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    Spooky D Cat  over 12 years ago

    Ahhhh…big sky country!

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    AndiJ  over 12 years ago

    @gmartin997:That’s why I laugh at these city-slickers who complain when a neighbor’s dog poops in their yard.It’s not so much the poop as it is disrespectful. I don’t let my dog wander the neighborhood and poop in other people’s yards, it’s disrespectful. I don’t want to have to pick up someone else’s dog poop…And no I never walked in a cow paddy or otherwise(barefoot) ’cuz I never walked around barefoot!

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    tinsleyrc  over 12 years ago

    This strip is 20 yrs old, so the equipment was still low tech. modern farm machinery is high tech and pretty much runs itself. robot farming. one NPR comintator recently talked about a conversation with her father who has a large farm in Canada.She told him she would like to work on the farm this summer, only to be told she was not qualified to operate the equipment any more

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    coffeeturtle  over 12 years ago

    This oughta be good.

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    tuslog64  over 12 years ago

    -and have it squish up around your toes!

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    serenasakitty  over 12 years ago

    How can you say that Elly likes to gripe all of the time. It has been several days [not counting Sunday] since she has said anything. Besides, if I remember correctly, she does drive the tractor for awhile.

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    ursen1  over 12 years ago

    Every summer we used to visit our great grandparents farm in southern Indiana. No running water so used to brush teeth out by the fence full of morning glorys. Also there were fireflys and katydids to play with. But most fun was rolling the Civil war era cannonball with a handle welded to it across the front porch and driving Granddaddy crazy. Loved that old doorstop.

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    iced tea  over 12 years ago

    This farm vacation strip reminds me of John Denver’s hit song of ‘75: Thank God I’m A Country Boy.

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    masnadies  over 12 years ago

    I’ve always wanted to drive a tractor. Have to settle for lawnmowing. My ILs have a farm but sub out the land. I’m sure my romantic notions would go out the window, but it would be cool to think you were accomplishing something real. And totally different from his day job. Elly should get to try it, because it’s also way different from watching kids- though from my experience, the men get to drive tractors but the women on the farms I’ve seen were still watching the kids inside.

    Not sure why Elly comes into this. She is just sitting in the car. Michael is the one who says it was supposed to be a vacation.

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