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A Breath of Fresh Step

By Jimmy Johnson


Today’s old A&J is from four years ago. I apologize for being away several days. I have had a busy work schedule this week, and family matters required time as well. It’s a holiday weekend! Are you ready for Washington’s Birthday? Are you ready to purchase new linens and towels? How in the heck do you suppose the tradition of “white sales” to celebrate the birth of the Father of Our Country got started? I grew up in an area devoted to the manufacture of high-quality sheets and towels. I should know the answer, but I don’t.
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62 responses to “A Breath of Fresh Step”

  1. JACKQULINE MONIES Avatar
    JACKQULINE MONIES

    We have promised to carry clothes from XS (extra small) to XXXXL (really large) in our little shop. It is hard to find attractive clothes, much less skimpy, in large sizes but we are.

    A sundress arrived in mail and Ghost said it had so much fabric it weighed ten pounds. But we are promoting pretty women of all sizes not just skinny ones.

    Discrimination is that chubby mannequins cost more.

  2. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Here;s one for Debbe, even has a snoring cat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIDEC2h4dZo

  3. TruckerRon Avatar

    Today’s (Sunday) Dick Tracy introduces a well-known sailor man. And one of that character’s lesser-known friends.

  4. emb Avatar
    emb

    Mark: Many BSU biology grads and some current SHB and BUMC folks would put me in that booth. Couldn’t open your 2nd post.

    Peace,

  5. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    emb, copied wrong address. It is today’s Close to Home strip: http://www.gocomics.com/closetohome That link will show the one I wanted to post, as long as you look at it today.

  6. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Looks like Birthington’s washday out there. We had thunderstorms with lightning and heavy rain this morning. Rain looks to have stopped but it is still heavily overcast.

  7. TruckerRon Avatar

    Our weather finally is what we’ve expected for months: WINTER! We’d had just an inch or two of snow for Christmas Day and another short-lived snow a few weeks later. Today we’ve awakened to over 4 inches of the stuff and perhaps more on the way. Also the forecast is for single-digit nights when this storm moves out.

    Frankly, this has been the strangest winter I’ve experienced in Utah, with highs in the 40s and 50s until today. Our ski resorts would have been shuttered months ago if not for modern snowmaking gear. And every time I looked at the weather reports, I saw places back east getting unusually cold, snowy weather.

    So, it’s time to start digging out.

  8. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Good morning villagers….

    Will be almost 60 here with a spot of rain here and there….but rain the rest of the week. Bring it on.

    Alright…a trivia question in this lol…who is Dave?

    https://i.chzbgr.com/full/9125979136/hBF0B6670/

  9. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Dave’s not here, man.

  10. Steve from Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    Debbe, I turned 61 a couple of months ago….Oh you meant the temperature? Yeah 63° here and we may have a lot of flooding too.

  11. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    You’re funny Steve…it’s 63 here now…and I turn 65 in August……yeah medicare and it’s supplements….hell I wont be much left to my SS, but such is life.

    And yes Mark, I love that from Cheech and Chong’s “Dave’ not here”

    Trucker…I think you nailed it:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE

  12. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    I turn 65 on May 14 this year. I hope to keep working until I am at least 70, primarily due to the cost of medical insurance.

  13. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    meet Hal..

    https://i.chzbgr.com/full/9125972224/h78CE174

    Watched some short video takes on 2011 Space Odyssey need to watch it again in entirety…check Net flex out….

    later

  14. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    Hmmm – almost 7 hours of silence here. Maybe more than I are doing taxes. Mine will be the simplest in years, as nothing was sold during the year, so I’ve none of that capital gains/losses garbage to deal with.

    I just checked the Decorah eagle nests. There are no residents in sight, though they ought to be around since egg-laying season is nigh. In the north nest, I did watch a tiny mouse-like critter scooting all over that capacious abode. Likely, he/she won’t be seen much once the aquiline types take up residence.

    Meanwhile, the Berry college pair of eaglets seem lively and are eating up a storm. The parents have provided a varied menu of (at least) coot, rabbit, and anonymous fish. Maybe they could employ a fly catcher as baby-sitter in return for not eating it! Those nests really draw in the flies, even this early in the year.

  15. Debbe Avatar
    Debbe

    Good morning Villagers…

    gotta a special that is my favorite…it’s been shown before…

    hope you got the coffee first!!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NYMkxA3cnU

  16. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Ref today’s cartoon, I observed that Janis “Supergirl” Day’s skirt is several inches too long. I speak to this in my professional position of “Miniskirt Buyer”. 🙂

  17. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Back in chemo therapy again. Yea! Moving along again.

  18. emb Avatar
    emb

    9CL’s “Superlative Girl” doesn’t do skirts. Nor does “Rose is Rose’s” alter ego, or does she? Peace,

  19. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Good for you, Jackie.