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1. about 1 hour ago on FoxTrot Classics

   CTRL + mouse wheel

2. about 1 hour ago on Luann

   Broke up with a long time girlfriend (long long time ago) and then sometime later we met again and talked of starting over. We agreed wee would just come up with random things to see if we were compatible. First up was over/under. She was under, I was over. Needless to say I married someone else.

3. about 23 hours ago on Peanuts

   i feel old suddenly

4. 9 days ago on Get Fuzzy

   Trevor Square?

5. 10 days ago on Luann

   Instead of Eye.

6. 17 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   bit of trivia: a Tori Amos fanzine was once called “Really Deep Thoughts”. As in the lyrics to “Silent All These Years”.

7. 28 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   Mainstream enough that I know it. And I am not a Ham Radio operator. I can share a story about not reading manuals. My brother used to live in the Middle East. With friends, they often made trips to the interior, well away from civilisation, in 4×4s like Mitsubishis or Landrovers. They always took the precaution of traveling with several cars, so if one broke down, they could at least get back to civilisation. On one trip, far away from any help, my brother’s Landrover took a bump in the track too quickly, got airborne and slammed down, right side up. Nobody was hurt but the engine had gone out and did not restart. The other drivers gathered around to try and fix the problem. They tried everything, the starter ran, but the engine just wouldn’t start. They narrowed it down to a failure with the fuel pump. With daylight fading, they pitched camp and the next day, they decided to abandon the car and distribute the passengers and the baggage to the other four cars. They noted the map position of the car and returned home, where my brother organized an expensive pickup mission with the local Landrover dealer. Well, they found the car, got it back to civilisation. Turned out they had not read the manual, which had been on board. On one of the first pages there was a “what to do if your car won’t start” section, which describes a so-called inertia switch, located underneath the steering column. If the car experiences a bump or shock above a certain treshhold, the inertia switch trips and turns off the fuel supply to the engine. Just push the inertia switch back into position and your car will start again. Half a dozen grown men had not even thought of reading that manual for the better part of a day.

8. 28 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   That calls for a tush push

9. 28 days ago on Arlo and Janis

   groan – but still laughing

10. 29 days ago on Arlo and Janis

    RTFM