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Easy Doesn’t It

By Jimmy Johnson

June 09, 2010


Summer has unofficially begun! I hope you had a nice Memorial Day weekend. I’m hoping to ease back into the routine around here, because I’ve had to step back from it for a couple of weeks. I’ve had things to tend to around the homestead. I will be back tomorrow, hopefully with something worth saying.


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38 responses to “Easy Doesn’t It”

  1. joe d Avatar
    joe d

    I know how she feels. I usually do it before breakfast and dressed for the shower ( without looking in the mirror) to get it down as low as possible. Maybe I’ll lose a few lbs. when I get a haircut.

  2. Bonnie from Gloucester MA Avatar
    Bonnie from Gloucester MA

    This reto strip is one of my all-time favorites. Of course it’s hanging on my fridge. I’ll go you one better, Joe D. I don’t shower until AFTER the morning dog walk and/or my aerobics class (ZOOMing these days) and only THEN will I weigh myself. It’s pretty pathetic, really.

  3. TruckerRon Avatar

    As a survivor of a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) I was told to buy an accurate digital scale and weigh myself every morning upon arising to track any sudden changes in weight. It’s a bit over 11 years now, but I’ve avoided the need for diuretics or other interventions. Yep, I watch the sodium intake, take a handful of heart-related pills, and exercise. BTW, that SCA was brought on by an inherited (we think) arrhythmia since my younger brother and my dad both died of apparent SCAs.

  4. emb Avatar
    emb

    Joe, maybe you will lose 1 oz. after a haircut. [Unless, like Samson, it’s your first ever.]
    Peace,

  5. Bonnie from Gloucester MA Avatar
    Bonnie from Gloucester MA

    Ahhhh! I’m having a senior moment. RE my above comment….. The retro strip is not hanging on the fridge. I LOVED the retro strip so much that I PURCHASED the original panel when the opportunity arose at one of JJ’s auctions. It’s framed and proudly hanging on my bedroom wall, just outside the bathroom where the nefarious scale is located. And TruckerRon, I do weigh myself upon arising but if you weigh yourself again after some morning activities that do not include breakfast, you are guaranteed to miraculously lose a half or full pound. Wacky, I know. Heaven forbid I should simply stay away from chocolate. I wonder what Janis’ food nemesis is? Is that something we know?

    1. TruckerRon Avatar

      I do know that the darker (higher percentage cocoa) the chocolate the less it affects my blood sugar or weight. My usual choice currently is available through WallyWorld: Sam’s Choice Swiss Dark Chocolate with 90% Cocoa. It may not be the fanciest, but at $1.98 for a 3.5 oz bar, it’s certainly affordable.
      .
      https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sam-s-Choice-90-Cocoa-Swiss-Dark-Chocolate-3-5-oz/742843533

  6. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Janis probably shouldn’t be so concerned about her weight…as long as Arlo can still lift her. If she is that concerned, why isn’t she weighing herself au naturel? I’m sure Arlo wouldn’t mind giving her a lift that way, either.

    1. TruckerRon Avatar

      If my wife did that there’d probably be an unscheduled detour to the bedroom!

  7. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    Trucker

    When Milky Way went down to 3.4 oz and for 25¢ it was hard to justify.

  8. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    Would Janis weigh half as much if she stood on one foot?

  9. emb Avatar
    emb

    Panama opossum at the feeder again.

    https://explore.org/livecams/birds/panama-fruit-feeder

    Then JJ would have to plan the drawing carefully.

    OB: There was a Garfield standing delicately on one toe, but fully on the scale, ages ago. Back before 2010.
    Peace,

  10. Canuckguy NB Avatar
    Canuckguy NB

    Hilarious. And I must confess to only weighing myself after the morning dump and naked.
    Accuracy is important.

    1. Canuckguy NB Avatar
      Canuckguy NB

      I know, T.M.I.

  11. curmudgeonly ex-professor Avatar
    curmudgeonly ex-professor

    Not a lot of action here; maybe the topic is too close to
    .
    home.

    1. Steve the Rigger Avatar

      Maybe its just that the mood of the country just doesn’t lend itself to lighthearted banter sometimes.
      This is sort of one of those times.

  12. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    Today is my son’s 37th and my niece’s 36th birthday. 18 years ago, my Dad passed away. We intend to visit my son at his place and fortunately his deck is big enough that we can be 6 feet apart.

    My weight has stayed the same since the quarantine started, even though I have walked 2 marathons. But as I was using a roller on my legs, I realized that they are beginning to look like they did 20 years ago when I was running 4:00 marathons. So maybe I am gaining muscle and losing fat. Still would like to lose more around the middle though. I can tell Janis that weight does fluctuate and not to worry. If Arlo can still pick you up, you must still be relatively light!

  13. emb Avatar
    emb

    MTDNR has installed a webcam [maybe a simple 1] by their newly erected osprey nest structure.
    https://explore.org/livecams/birds/charlo-montana-osprey-nest
    Peace,

  14. TruckerRon Avatar

    Looking at today’s (5/28) A&J, I have to ask why do women looking in mirrors focus on imperfections in their bodies while we guys focus on the wonderful, gorgeous things?

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      Depends on if that gorgeous thing is standing beside you or not.

  15. Laurel Alexander Avatar
    Laurel Alexander

    Jimmy,
    I just have to tell you how eerily Arlo and Janis are like my husband and me. We chuckle almost every day that you have a spy camera in our house to get your story lines! Keep em coming, we love it!

  16. Christine Avatar
    Christine

    Hello! Today’s A and J in the Boston Globe (finally) compelled me to write. She’s got an e-reader, and he falls right off to sleep. My husband and I go through a routine nearly every night in bed where I ask “do you mind if I read?” and he responds “why do you even ask?” We have at times even raced each other up the stairs to our bedroom, as the unwritten rule is that whoever is in bed first makes the rules—if it’s him, it’s lights off, no reading. If it’s me, the book light or e-reader goes on, and he covers his eyes with a t-shirt (and then falls promptly to sleep, so why does he pretend that my reading keeps him awake—it never does!). My husband loves the comics and reads yours daily. Such a large percentage exactly mirror our relationship! It’s uncanny, and I’ve often accused him of secretly writing the A and J comic, or we both fear that we’re being stalked by JJ. How do you do this, which is to hit the nail on the head over and over again?

    1. Ghost Avatar
      Ghost

      Fortunately, Jimmy uses a “cartoon hammer”, so no nails are harmed in the making of this comic.
      Welcome to the party, Christine.

  17. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    As a former leo with much experience with bad cops I vote for second degree.

  18. joe d Avatar
    joe d

    Hi; Wonder what’s up with JJ? Only 1 post in a while?

  19. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Re 5-30-20 real-time cartoon: “…limit duration or number” of hugs, Janis? Yeah, we all believe you’d do that.
    I’ll admit that I’m a hugger…and apparently one with a fan club. As if I didn’t already have enough animosity toward COVID-19. 🙁

  20. emb Avatar
    emb

    When we first move to Bemidji in ’58, gardeners warned it was unsafe to put out tomato plants until after Memorial Day. Historically, that’s today, not last Monday. We had scattered frosts last night. Actually, we’ve had to cover planted tomatoes as late as 12 June, but decades ago.
    Peace,

    1. David in Granbury Avatar
      David in Granbury

      Funny (odd) that tomatoes have had to be planted in north-central Texas for months. We are just about to the point where the daily temps denature/damage the pollen and the flowers won’t set fruit. Tomato blooms in June don’t seem to produce many results. I had mine planted here the first week of March– I’m picking cherry tomatoes now and should start seeing larger fruit ripen before long. In central Texas I would try to plant in February, then cover once or twice if there was a threat of frost fir ripe mid-season tomatoes by Memorial Day
      .

  21. emb Avatar
    emb

    Just checked in at the newly built MTDNR osprey nest structure above. Noticed a house sparrow pair [saw only her] has an apt downstairs.
    https://explore.org/livecams/birds/charlo-montana-osprey-nest
    Peace,

  22. emb Avatar
    emb

    JJ said he be back “tomorrow.” Hope all is well.
    Peace,

    1. joe d Avatar
      joe d

      When JJ said tomorrow – That was on Ma 26

      1. joe d Avatar
        joe d

        May 26

  23. Nancy Kirk in AZ Avatar
    Nancy Kirk in AZ

    Yeah, I’m kind of concerned too, emb.

  24. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    Hmm. Either we’ve reached the one week limit or there is a glitch and my post was lost.

    Today’s post is a microcosm of my life right now. I’ve stayed the same weight even though my calorie intake is under my target and I’ve been walking every day, including 2 marathons. I’m actually thinking of doing another one on July 4th weekend. Even though my way to stay the same my legs are starting to look like they did 20 years ago when I rans up for the marathons.

    But food is often on my mind, especially on the longer walks.