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1. about 1 month ago on Frazz

   Yep.

2. about 1 month ago on Frazz

   I’m a fan of the Allegheny loco.

3. 3 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   I once killed a horsefly with my flag stick. Before accurate navigation systems, we used to step off swaths for cropdusters, then wave flags for them sight on. While in the middle of a field, a big horsefly came in and made three quick laps around my head looking for a place to land. Then it zoomed out about 20 yds. before turning around for another attack. I choked up on my flag stick, and when it made the next attack, swung and hit it perfectly to center field. It sounded like Mickey Mantle hitting a home run.That’s about how long ago that happened too.

4. 4 months ago on The Argyle Sweater

   Also a finish on firearm grips, cheaper than checkering, but does provide a good grip. Performed with a center punch and hammer.

5. 5 months ago on Peanuts

   I don’t think parachuting out of a disabled helicopter is a thing, given the whirling blades of death. I guess some special forces could jump out of a flying one in a halo operation.On the other hand, beagle ears are pretty soft.

6. 6 months ago on The Argyle Sweater

   I remember a bumper sticker I saw on an old Merc’ going down I-5 in 1976, about the time of the Manson murders. “Jesus is coming, and boy is he mad!”

7. 8 months ago on Get Fuzzy

   Well, there was a guy named Crapper….

8. 8 months ago on Arlo and Janis

   Dad was strafing a rail yard in Germany in his P-51 when he felt two big impacts in his rudder pedals. He was momentarily afraid he’d been hit in the belly of the plane, which is where the coolant lines ran, which would have resulted in a seized engine in short order. He firewalled it on out of there, looked back, and saw two big holes in the rudder which wouldn’t bring him down, so relaxed somewhat.Cruised on back to Duxford, landed, taxied to his hard stand, and cut the engine. When the last blade of the big 4 blade prop stopped straight up, he was looking at a big hole in the blade with about 2" of metal either side of the hole. He said he was too weak kneed to climb out for a while.

9. 9 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I can’t get incandescents here. Luckily, I’ve got a few precious ones squirreled away. They’re reserved for our rare freezing weather, where in a drop light, they can provide enough heat to save a tarped citrus tree or plumbing connection.

10. 10 months ago on Arlo and Janis

    Pet hair, it’s not just a condiment, it’s a fashion statement!