Today, from 1996, musings from Gene’s old flame Ruth. We’ve looked at a lot of old strips over the years, and we’ll continue to do so, but I think many of us—myself included—enjoy looking at something else now and then. I’ve experimented recently with sketches and illustrations of inside information, but there’s only so much of that to go around. I’ll keep looking. It’s Friday, but at least I’m up to two posts most weeks. Maybe Summer truly is winding down.
No Doll Living
By Jimmy Johnson
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145 responses to “No Doll Living”
Thanks for the info. I had no idea.
Good advice, Trucker Ron!
Ghost dearest, you are a brave man! I sure wouldn’t want to go through that.
When my grandmother had to have some dentures, many years ago, she was adamant that she keep as many of her own teeth as possible, and she prevailed! And I will tell you, that now that I have a couple of partial dentures, that you need your own teeth to anchor them onto.
Dear Jackie, I love what you said about the people on The Dark Side, and how we are in the light over here. Golly you have an amazing facility with words!
“Fud” probably = “Ph.D.”
Doctor’s visit went well today; I am still on the top side of the grass, for which I do give thanks.
Thank you Charlotte, I think facility with words has been both a blessing and a curse at times.
I used to have a framed Charlie Brown poster of Linus saying that the heaviest burden was a great potential. Love, Jackie
Ghost, after I get the teeth done I will see if there is money enough left for some surgical enhancements that don’t involve knees and bones. That and the swimming pool I decided to replace the bigger sailboat with, in other words instead of a hole in the water in which to throw money I am now thinking a hole in the ground in which to throw money. And I don’t mean a cemetery plot or a grave. It seems that I already own three of those and don’t plan to use any of them, one in North Carolina and two in Louisiana.
Teeth and toe surgery scheduled this week and next. Waiting on referral to a plastic surgeon from my internist’s son who is a general surgeon. Well, I don’t believe anything I read on the internet, especially about that subject! Love, Jackie
Jackie: Know a lady who manages a plastic surgery clinic; she showed me some pictures of some of her doc’s work, all of it very impressive.
What’s wrong with your toe?
Little toes were fused years ago to remove bone spurs on joints, one keeps growing a horribly painful corn but surgeon says it doesn’t need repeat surgery. (Good ,because the original surgeon went to prison for drug violations. He is lucky I wasn’t on jury) I am getting corn removed and both my big toes deadened for ingrown toenails. As a diabetic, I got sent here by my endocrinologist who told me to stop amateur surgery! This is same doctor who got me to buy sensible walking, hiking and boating shoes that are a far cry from the kind I used to wear.
Are you suggesting I take a trip to Mississippi Gulf Coast for some nips and tucks? I will point out it is my lower face and neck I am most concerned about right now. Where I come from in Louisiana everyone seems to go to Dallas and get operated on but they often end up looking worse than Priscilla Presley. And Jerry, Priscilla was a beautiful woman but her face went wrong badly. Love, Jackie
I know a guy in Beverly Hills. He does the Kardashians’ work.
This is his ex-wife. He may have had something to do with the way she looks.
http://www.amiaceleb.com/media/galleries/132/452_profile.jpg
Debbe 😉 Well, since even Jackie 🙂 seems to know the movie, the tunes must be widely admired, so I’ll play a few more of them. This is (what would have been) Clue #3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S13mP_pfEc
The ex-wife looks pretty good but the Kardasians are not the look I would want. You are pulling my leg here Ghost when I thought you were serious. And my legs are too short to be pulled!
How can you say even Jackie knows the movie? I LOVED movies once upon a time and American Graffiti is wonderful. Harrison Ford debuted in it as I recall in the hot rod race. I have seen it many times, just not recently, but it more than any other movie captured my own youth I thought. Take that one back, Footloose did a good job of capturing it too, having been a rebel in a bible belt environment.
Once upon a time I thought Pauline Kael and the New Yorker magazine wrote the best movie reviews there were, read all the critics religiously and went to see the movies. Just not anymore. Quoth the raven, never more.
Love, Jackie
Rusty 3pm on 15th
He who hesitates etc. What kind of shape is the book – my library copy came from
U of Minnesota and binding cover was very bad (missing half) but inside was clean
and very good.
Charlotte
I have all his Early American books, now I am reading his weather books.
have to read more comments
Mark TT
Thanks for the link – to Clouds Air Wind while they seem to be fair prices they are over my budget. Getting most of my books from the library now – but I think I will save for this one.
Actually, no legs were pulled in the making of that post. 🙂
Debbe
Belated Birthday
Sunday was our wedding Anniversary – neither one of us remembered.
In my defense I did say “happy anniversary” last week.
Good morning Villagers…
Thank you Old Bear, and a belated Happy Anniversary…so, how many years? I remember celebrating my paternal grandparents’ 63 wedding anniversary. Then, sadly, my maternal grandparents divorced after 53 years of marriage….
Got stuck yesterday, should find out today about my thyroid. Started eating more often yesterday, had two Little Debbie’s red velvet cakes with a glass of almond flavored milk and then went to bed…at 9ish. Husband bought me my own bag of Fritoes yesterday too…lately I’ve had an after work craving for them…..must be the salt I deplete at work.
AND, Ian got a job. Started at 6 am this morning. He is working at a restaurant, and has no idea what he’s going or what he’s getting paid. I told him he still needed to keep his options open for the job at the country club. It’s a start, he’s going to call me tonight.
And the drama still keeps unfolding at work. Andrew went MIA yesterday, Rachael, his live in girlfriend finally got smart and packed up everything and left him…she is also pregnant. Andrew has severe anger management issues (he is also bipolar, and not medicated)….he got violent with Rachel and she now has a broken elbow. If this nephew-in-law of mine shows up at my hen house today, there will be words.
We are so short on help, we have the teens coming in after school to do some scraping. I’ve had two people ask me for work…I told The Boss yesterday that we need more “man” power, as Andrew is the only maintenance and he has to stay at the other hen house and help Marlene bring in her 200 some cases. She is 69 years old.
Jerry, thanks for finally giving out the answer…I’d forgotten about that old joke 😉
And have a blessed Tuesday….seems to be some ‘severe’ weather coming our way tomorrow, according to whether.com.
=^..^=
GR 😉 clicked on that pic, had to put my head back for fear of getting my eyes poked out 🙂 She’ll never have to worry about the law of gravity…
gotta go………….
Sure do wonder about Denise……
Gal, is Denise on Facebook….is there a way you can check?
Miss Charlotte, you do Facebook, too…can you check it out?
TIP BlogSpot: a Degas I’ve not seen before. Peace, emb
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
Debbe: Denise is not my “friend” on facebook. But I did find her on the Arlo & Janis fan page and sent her a note. I will let you know when/if I hear from her. Perhaps she is celebrating the end of summer!?