The community fireworks were held near here last night. We thought we might be able to see and hear them in the backyard. We went out at dark and saw flickering to the south, over the roof of the house. It was very faint, and we could hear nothing. We watched a bit and grumbled about how disappointing the experience was. Just as we were about to give up and go in, the real fireworks erupted over the trees in the east. We’d been watching a thunderstorm 50 miles away.
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Perhaps you meant this instance at 1:20 into the video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvmy-FPSbkE
Today’s strip should have added “internet access to A&J.com….
16 years ago when my Dad died, we had to figure out what to do with all of the photo albums. Since there was 7 of us we decided to scan them and send a CD to everyone with all of the pictures. My youngest brother and I scanned them the next weekend. We were very proud that we came up with such an ingenious solution
Last week I had a few days off and I decided to scan about 1000 slides that I had in storage. That sounds like a lot but I had it done in less than 2 days. Many of them were 40 years old and there was some degradation. I posted a few on Facebook.
My brother’s wife commented on my picture “that I wish we had the old photo albums as we have no pictures from your side of the family” I told her that we had made a CD with all of the pictures. Another SIL chimed in that she had never seen a CD either. When we were making the scans, my brother stuck his head on the flatbed and scanned his face (eyes closed) and I posted that. I still don’t think that she believes me.
Both of my brother’s houses are a mess, so I can safely assume that they were lost. This was another reason for not giving the books to anyone. I told them that I would add the scans of the slides and mail them a new DVD to replace the CD that they have misplaced. I haven’t had a chance to talk with my brother about it, but I am just going to send out the replacements and lay low.
I told my son “It is hard to have a cornucopia of useless information when no one else has a clue”
Earl at Pickles
Said “We domesticated dogs –
Cats showed up and staid.”
Looks like the “like” buttons are gone from GoComics. Possibly that’s accidental and will return. But they haven’t given back other things that they took away, so I doubt it. Just one less thing their database has to keep up with, I guess.
June 24
https://www.gocomics.com/pickles/2018/6/24
Bookworm: The “like” buttons were working on the comics I look at – Including A & J.
Not true, Janis. It used to be that there was only plain white cotton jockey shorts, boxer shorts and white cotton t shirts. Now the manufacturers have gone wild with new styles, colors and fabrics. But they haven’t gone as far as the designers of women’s fashions. Yet!
Thank goodness the “like” buttons are back. They were gone for most of the day yesterday. I went back and liked A&J.