It’s Valentine’s Day, 2015, and it falls on a Saturday. You know what that means, don’t you? It means you won’t get into so much as a Burger King without a wait! Be sure to visit today’s A&J for my indirect thoughts on that one. Where do you get your ideas, indeed. Don’t get me wrong. I love a nice outing in a good restaurant, especially in observance of Valentine’s Day; I just make it a point never to go on Valentine’s Day! This allows for a truly romantic dinner in a peaceful atmosphere (at normal prices), plus it serves a secondary purpose if necessary: “Valentine’s Day? Don’t you remember that cozy little place we dined at last August!”
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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255 responses to “Happy Valentine’s Day!”
Unsure, I never had a TV in the 1950’s or actually until the 1960’s, so I still haven’t acquired the habit I am afraid. Who was Winky Dink, Ghost? Not Googling it.
Yeah, now they’re selling Silver Polar Bear, Silver Penguin, Silver Yeti, silver who-knows-what coins as an “investment”. And as I think I mentioned, investments in silver are also being flogged on TV as a great investment because silver is now selling for “below its production cost”. Excuse me, but isn’t that the definition of “worthless”?
As I said, I stripped the coins out of those beautiful Franklin Mint Wooden Cases which are stacked in a warehouse, the coins are stashed in a bank box and I will melt them down someday or my daughter will. I look at that stuff and cannot believe the wasted money, just as I look at the property and think how foolish it was to ever buy and I always knew. I am listening to Vivladi and I think the money I spent on symphony tickets was just as well spent.
Sorry, I am in a philosophical mood tonight unfortunately.
Love, Jackie
The thing about stripping the flesh it can’t be reattached, like severing.
Had a friend do that and then drive himself to the Doc. Doc stabilized then sent him to Mayo. Luckily he was less than an hour to Mayo Clinic.
GR6 We did not do the 12 inch – maybe 6 inches. Did not want to splash beer.
I know Old Bear, usually just amputate the fingers. Without being humorous at all, farm implements are among the worst injuries. I wonder sometimes we have any left, farmers, I have already said I am philosophical tonight and apologized. Going to feed my poor dogs and cats. Just saw Janis and her new friend so I was wrong, it wasn’t Jimmy being existential at all.
And Martine is finally dead and even I am feeling a little sad. I am a hypocrite!
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.-Francis Bacon
Jerry
The sense of humor is so we can deal with people that are not what they think they are!
Sleep well.
Nobody is what they think they are. Some of us know it, some of us suspect it, and some of us are happy.-me
Good morning Villagers….
Re: today’s real time strip….they sound like Chip and Dale apologizing to one another….the plot thickens.
Woke up to minus 9 degrees…I hate cold, I do not do well in very cold weather. At 116 pounds, muscle does not warm one up….by the time I ‘layer’ it, including my Carharts, I probably have added ten pounds 🙂 Then there’s prediction of minus 12 for tomorrow night. Miss Charlotte, you have my sympathy…two weeks and counting. I am not looking forward to work today.
Jerry….good philosophy
Prayers still going David’s way……..Amen.
stay warm ya’ll.
My husband’s one nephew works for the local co=op, so his job yesterday was to clear paths so feed trucks could get to the feed bins…..we were blessed he graded our driveway, we got about 7 inches out there………………….
TIP comic and BlogSpot identical again, Frank and Ernest style. Peace, emb.
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
Well, now I know all I want to re Marty McFly, whom I’d never heard of, and I have a new quote for my collection,
“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.” Francis Bacon.
Thanks, time to shower and go to ‘work’.
Peace, emb
“A “Depth Charge” (according to my uncle a WWII Navy man) was a shot glass of
whiskey dropped into a glass of beer.”—Old Bear
Old Bear, my Dad was a WWII Navy man. I bet he knew all about the “Depth Charge” of which your uncle told you. My husband named the yummy beverage I created, but has no Navy connection. He never even met my Dad, who died eleven years before Hubby and I started dating. But every day I think about how much they would have liked each other, and what a shame it is they never got to know each other. Maybe my Dad whispered the name into Hubby’s ear…
Jerry, I’m putting your “Nobody is…” thought into my commonplace book.
Jackie, there is a Gwendolen in the play. I admire the ability of stage actors! I was always a member of the chorus in school musicals, so I don’t consider that acting on my part, though I once did it with a full arm cast and got a standing O during curtain-call!
Jimmy, I like Robin!
Ghost – I’m married to one of the kids who got in trouble for drawing on the TV. He usually says, “Quick, kids, draw Winky Dink a bridge!” As I recall, my piece of plastic ended up serving as a shade for my mom’s African violets that were getting a little too much sun.
New neighbors 🙂 Looking forward to the stories- as always, Jimmy!
Jackie do you still have the mint coin boxes? Coin club in your area may take them off your hands. (who knows, maybe some of the coins too)
Debbe, be careful. We have 6″ snow, more expected. (But not the load others have- y’all be careful, too)
Hi Llee, I just thought I’d take the coin boxes down to Goodwill and donate unless daughter can come up with some way to turn them into part of an American Girl doll display or something.
These are huge, like wall cabinets! As for coins, how about thirty lbs. of silver? They are headed for melt down if price gets up again. I could have sold them at $37 but didn’t and should have. You know the song?
What I have to dispose of boggles the mind, actually. I am waiting for warmer weather to arrive, at which point I will want to go somewhere else and not work. No one in our family was ever ready to leave this earth or not take it with them.
We actually don’t have any local coin clubs closer than Tulsa but it is a good idea. I might, if that were worst of my problem!
Debbe, I hate cold and snow and ice too but I also hate tornadoes, high winds and hail, plus excessive heat and drought, so I think Oklahoma may not have been a good choice? Birds can’t get through icicles this morning to the feeders in yard.
Love, Jackie
Denise, I always wanted to be able to sing in the chorus! I only got to sing in one musical and that was “Bye Bye Birdie” where I got to be one of the swooning fans and sing “We love you Conrad, oh yes we do! We love you Conrad, and we’ll be true” in a totally off key and whinny voice and giggle.
The rest of the time I was just an “extra” in musicals and they told me to shut up and don’t sing!
Jackie, where are the Hunt brothers when you need them?
If you think about it, Jackie, the collectibles with real value are mostly those everyday objects that people get attached to when young. And when they become able to buy what they want, they look for those things. Loss of quantity through normal wear and tear reduces the supply and the price rises accordingly.
Totally agree, Mark. Why did I donate all those Star Wars figures and the Falcon Millennium my kids JUST HAD to have? I on the other hand once bought one of those collectible movie dolls for Mike, a John Wayne one in his Calvary uniform, and he donated it away faster than Santa Claus.
Forgot to say Mark that these collectible coins seem to date to the Bicentennial years and 1976.I started to say I cannot imagine how anyone can be taken in by this stuff and then I remember those 90 days when I had to persuade retailers to buy “collectible” gift ware. Or Beanie Babies, which I did NOT sell but many of my customers did.
Happy Fat Tuesday, everyone.
Jackie, I saw a t-shirt that says it all about collectibles: I was a millionaire but my mom threw away my comic collection!. Or baseball card, etc.
I threw away my own comics, Mark, and they dated back into WWII era. Burned them up!
It’s going to be in the 30’s in the French Quarter tonight, or as I’d call it when the ladies start flashing their ta-tas in exchange for Mardi Gras beads, “Pokie Heaven”.
And are you there, Ghost? Sometimes I miss Mardi Gras and most times I do not.