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1. 5 days ago on The Barn

   People were known to survive blizzards by hiding in the privvy.

2. 5 days ago on Stone Soup

   “No one worried about it.”

   My parents had to instruct us to stay away from what my little sister called ‘dog armies’ that roamed our suburban neighborhood. Plus, a pair of neighborhood dogs cornered and killed my mom’s old cat.

   The ‘good old days’ weren’t good for everyone.

3. 5 days ago on Stone Soup

   Not necessarily so. One of our dogs was a collar-houdini. He always found a way out of his.

4. 5 days ago on Foolish Mortals

   Don’t we all?

5. 5 days ago on Working Daze

   There is a line from a Dylan classic made popular by Peter, Paul and Mary: ‘the ants are blowing in the wind.’

6. 5 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   It’s no problem if you have a Chemex and a means to heat water. We have a Coleman stove, but we also have a gas water heater. We can turn the temperature up on the water heater and have hot-enough water flowing from the kitchen tap to make coffee, or tea—maybe even poach an egg. (Our problem would be remembering to turn the temperature back down.)

7. 5 days ago on Pickles

   The truth, at last.

8. 5 days ago on Pluggers

   Depends on how long you shower. We have a toe-step plug in the tub. When I shower, I like to push in the plug so I can, at least, soak my feet. A far greater problem for me is stepping into and out of the tub. But, it’s a caste-iron monstrousity (took a crane to put it into the bathroom before the outer walls of our addition were completed.) The tub won’t be leaving in my lifetime. On the other hand, it keeps me on my toes.

9. 5 days ago on Frazz

   Missed opportunity here. If not for the printing press, most people wouldn’t have learned to read.

10. 5 days ago on Cleats

    Clueless Jack