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1. 1 day ago on For Better or For Worse

   Yes, but we used the scalpels in school – which provided them rather than a pencil sharpener. Although I think we did have one of those huge table top jobs. I just remember a whole group of ten year olds, all squashed around a wastepaper basket, vigorously sharpening with scalpels…no-one got hurt, which bearing in mind my track record for accidents, is incredible.

2. 3 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   When I was a little kid at school we used scalpels to sharpen our pencils. Astonishingly enough there was never an accident.

3. 3 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Ah, so one can get a wax crayon surrounded by wood like a regular pencil! I must as it it never occurred to me that that ‘pencil crayon’ referred to a colouring pencil (ie a pencil with coloured graphite inner), and that makes sense seeing as this strip is set in Canada. Learnt something new today, thank you.

4. 3 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Unless they are high quality crayons meant for professional artists, and the crayon part is wrapped in wood for better control? i don’t know if such things exist, and if they did, I can’t see why Elizabeth would have them. However, not withstanding the curious nomenclature, it’s an amusing scenario.

5. 3 days ago on Luann

   I tend to buy one or two christmas editions of magazines each year (housekeeping/cookery ones). I have kept most of them. It is fascinating to go back and look at the articles (and the adverts). One favourite is an article on whether home computers really will be a thing, or just a flash in the pan.

6. 6 days ago on Working Daze

   excellent! Who else nipped back to the beginning (and to 29 september 2022) to look at the earliest ones available?

7. 6 days ago on WuMo

   My niece as astonished when she saw one of our local peacocks roosting in a tree. She had always assumed they couldn’t fly.

8. 6 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Good spot!

9. 6 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   We went from the UK to a remote part of Zimbabwe and met some people who lived just a couple of miles from our home village.

10. 7 days ago on Speed Bump

    That is sooo sweet