This old A&J is from October, 1995. Note the email address in the third panel. No, don’t write me there; it won’t do either of us any good. I called it to your attention, so I could mention that Arlo & Janis was one of the first strips out there to make use of email. Innovation was so easy back then! Speaking of innovation, I have seen the beta version of the new GoComics website, and you can, too. Go to the GoComics site and select “blog” from the menu there. Scroll down until you find the post about the new changes, and there’s a link there. It isn’t exactly what I was expecting, but I also was told this was to be a multi-phase project, so I will withhold comment. You, on the other hand, needn’t feel so constrained.
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Thinking about some of my miraculous escapes from death in past. It was my reaction and self preservation that saved me, not someone else’s actions. Ghost is right. One of my other friends pointed that out. You survive because of your personal awareness and often you save others along with yourself so it is not entirely a self centered course of response.
I cannot think of a single time that I had a savior or good Samaritan but that is not to say many have not helped in my life. I am grateful for their unselfish actions and unpaid heroism.
Not insensitive at all. I was thinking of seeing Elvis” home and new park but it is 87 here and getting hotter and no way to run ac for Dickens. Too hot. I may do something touristy if Dickens can get out.
Had Mississippi lemon chess pie for dessert, made in restaurant. Life is too short to not eat dessert. This made me think of that.
Drove z Mark on Natchez Trace since he had never been here. Stopped to rescue a Treeing Walker Hound. That will get me points with my insurance agent since he breeds, shows and judges Treeing Walkers..
Waiting for owner to meet us and get her. Mark is feeding dog some of Dickens” food on shoulder with Dickens’ leash and I have Dickens on my knee. I grew up with packs of Running Walkers for deer.
It WAS a z Running Walkers Hound. Owner came.
Note to GoComics.com: “Better is the enemy of good enough.” — Adm. Sergey Gorshkov
My experience* yesterday of nearly being rear-ended (I’m used to that at work, but not on the road) has taught me something. In the future, if I have to stop in the roadway for oncoming traffic, and there is no overtaking vehicle behind me that is obviously also stopping, I will hit my four-way flashers. (Easy to do when driving Bullet.) That might not do any good in the cases of drivers with acute cases of rectal-cranial inversion, but it may for most.
*Another of my favorite expressions: “Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.”
Ghost: I’ve also heard that in that situation you should blow your horn – not because the oncoming vehicle will hear it but to get the attention of potential witnesses.
Guess where I am, Kosciusko, Mississippi. Remember our conversation about the z Revolutionary War hero from Poland, the nobleman who helped us win war?
Good idea, R.A. And the horn on the wheel is easier to find than the flasher switch on the dash.
Once upon a time, my parents almost moved to Kosciusko. And yes, I’ve been there, as it’s on the section of the Natchez trace I rode on my touring bike several times.
So far, I’m finding the new Dos Equis “Most Interesting Man in the World” not all that interesting.
Heading for Jackson. Bet you’ve been there too. I love the Trace. Never riden on bike since I was about 13 or 14 but have scars.
As a teenager I saved two boys from drowning: my cousin during a family vacation and a younger scout during a campout. I’ve rendered first aid and helped put out fires while trucking.
In traffic slow downs I’m usually the first to turn on the hazard lights, especially when there’s low visibility.
I’ve spent some time in Chimneyville, Jackie, but I haven’t been there at all in recent years.
The “Sunken Trace”, a section of the original Natchez Trace I’ve walked. And yes, it is sunken from the foot traffic of travelers on the Trace.
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Love the Trace, have driven and hiked and camped there forever. I loved the slow traffic, the trees over roads, trails, the feeling that ghosts might be around any corner and you’d see them for a few seconds of saved past.
Today I was shocked by speeding cars and trucks in heavy traffic using it as a fast bypass, not what it was designed to be, a museum in the open fields , woods and relics. No one else made any pretense of slowing to legal 50 mph and all had Mississippi plates.
Actually I am in Canton in another two rooms suite. I love LA Quinta inn who take care of Dickens and me at very low rates usually. I stay at lowest rates usually but get best suites if I ask or sometimes they just give them to me without asking.
Saw wild turkeys, several deer. I imagine Canadian geese are on reservoir here. Usually are.
Park rangers used to strictly enforce the speed limit. And a ticket was literally a federal offense…you had to go before a Federal Magistrate. Sequestration may have changed that.
I was wishing for Rangers to put a few of these behind bars. I remember when speed limits in park were as low as 35 mph. Almost hit in rental car pulling out of a scenic stop by high speed driver in beat up pickup with Mississippi plates. Did not see any other tourists and people seemed amazed by Colorado plates. That is sad.
Surprised there weren’t dead deer lying everywhere.
Did you get a ticket, Ghost?
Ghost has never gotten a traffic ticket, on the Trace or anywhere else. “Defensive driving” can also mean knowing when to “gofast” and when not to.
Debbe 😉 I suppose that, back in the day, we needed something to blame “it” on, didn’t we?
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I think I still need a driver. Defensive is good. Aggressive isn’t. Have seen too much of that.
Did I tell the story about my lawyer’s uncle being my driver’s education instructor? A whole school year of drivers ed because we were first class and they made it full time at school.
Wondered where you learned your driving skills. Although I suspect at least some of them were not learned in drivers’ ed.
Boo!
Wishing that all my Village friends and my favorite “witch”* have a trickless, treat-filled Halloween.
Love,
Ghost
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*I’m pretty sure she would float if subjected to a dunking.
Probably not learned in school. No one teaches you how to land a car in a cemetery, much less drive it out.
Need to wear that tee shirt that says “I Do My Own Writing Stunts”. I own and do.
Tired of doing them myself. Would rather wear the other that says “Be Careful, You May End Up in My Novel”.
Good one Jimmy !!!