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Reasoning and Railing

By Jimmy Johnson


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Today, from 2004, a companion strip to yesterday’s new-year’s ruminations. What kind of house do Arlo and Janis live in? Sometimes, it has a small deck out back, evidently in need of repair. It definitely has a patio somewhere in the backyard. It is clapboard sided, with a garage. It is federal blue, sort of, and has a short flight of steps up to a nominal landing in front. It has a TV room that opens to the kitchen via an open archway. It is two-story, with an unfinished attic. Beyond that, you know about as much as I.

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90 responses to “Reasoning and Railing”

  1. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    😀

  2.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Everytime a fire alarm has caused an evacuation of a hotel I have been wearing little, even in northern climates.
    Since my late husband didn’t do hot tubs I have discovered those on my own this past year. I just haul bath salts, bath oils and body washes. And by myself.

    And where would one find a virgin in today’s world? The second coming had best be another medium.

    I am awake but still in pain. Time for warmer temperate climate where the weather suits my clothes. I kicked out enough cats I squeezed in canopy bed with animals for that nap.

  3. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Jackie, virgin-shortage is not a new problem…

    The day before the scheduled March of the Virgins through the streets of Tenochtitlan, the chief adviser of Moctezuma II told him, “Majesty, you will have to cancel the parade. One of the girls is sick, and the other one refuses to march by herself.”

  4.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Too funny. I am still smiling and laughing and it hurts my right side of jaw.

  5. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    I would think that these days, the problem would be finding one willing to admit it. Society and the media has made a joke of it, and I find that very wrong.

  6. TruckerRon Avatar

    Mark, I concur. As a father of 4 girls, one of them married, her sisters with different forms and levels of autism, I feel like I am at war with society and the media at times. What passes as “adult” very often is merely sophomoric and truly moronic.

  7.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    And I as a woman agree, a woman’s choices should be her own but never seem to be. Trucker, I have totally fear for autistic girls who are often sexuall y abused b e cause they cannot discern between what they see on television and movies, are told by their peers. All autistic suffer from relationship issues and the females are talked about less but suffer the most, becoming victims of cruel and abusive peers usually. Not the kind of thing we normally talk about here but we should somewhere.

    It takes courage as an adult to talk about this. Think of the children.

    Bet you aren’t surprised I am pro choice but that extends to pro choice to control what happens to your body. None of us are mentally equipped to deal with sexuality ntelligently at any age, certainly not at age girl children are often forced to deal with it, just babies who can produce babies. Here in America, not some far distant foreign land.

  8. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    David there is no reason not to be romantic with your wife –
    It may get you another 32 years.

    Ole was crying at the table – Leana asks what was the matter.
    Ole Says”Remember when your dad said if I did not marry you he would send me to
    jail for 25 years”?
    Leana says “yes”
    Ole says ” I would be a free man now”

    Sand
    Furnace heats air for conditioning (warming) air
    Boiler heats water for hydronic heating or
    makes steam heat.

    Mark
    I would just like to get potatoes from our potato plants
    at least more than what we put in ground – the soil is too heavy
    around here- get bigger better spuds at market for less money and work.

    Jackie
    There is a joke with the punch line – “my great grand daughter is too young
    to stand on her own”

  9. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Old Bear, have a look at these: http://www.gardeners.com/buy/vegetable-gardening/vegetable-grow-bags/

    I’ve never tried them, but they look like a good idea to me. No digging, no weeding. Just fill with planting soil and plant your potatoes in them.

  10. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    And for those with heating issues, a thought. If your heat comes from a heat exchanger, when the weather is very cold your heat is not going to work well because there is not enough outside heat to be carried back into the house. That’s why many have supplemental electric/gas heat units added. So if you have one of these and aren’t getting enough heat, turn on the supplemental heat till the weather gets somewhat warmer.

  11. emb Avatar
    emb

    About virginity: Did a search. Several sites contain reliable info. Some may tell you what’s moral and not. )We were conventional, at her insistence [‘All men are prancing, leering billygoats’], and I’m glad we were.) This one tells you what the facts are and that you shouldn’t let peers pressure you and such.

    https://www.plannedparenthood.org/teens/sex/virginity

    Unfortunately, when you do a search on virginity and hymen, you also get porn sites. They can be pretty gross, and may be virus ridden.

    Good Ole and Lena joke. We all know of too many marriages where one or both parties feel like that.

    Peace, emb

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    Anonymous

    Without looking I can tell you they work. Another method I have used are plastic garbage cans, you cut a door in and open and close it to harvest new potatoes. If you can estimate how far roots go, whether tom a toes, potatoes, any vegetable use recycled plastic or metal barrels with drain holes cut in sides and bottoms. You then can put rock, broken concrete, etc. In bottom with ordinary cheap soil and put top with really good composted potting soils you buy. I have a friend down in Pensacola that does his entire garden like this. He calls it the Fat Boy Garden because he can do all his work standing up and low maintenance.

    Last idiot minions dumped all my hundreds and hundreds of $$$ of potting soil down in ditch. They were supposed to retrieve it. Didn’t but I don’t garden in native Okie clays.

  13. emb Avatar
    emb

    About virginity: Did a search. Several sites contain reliable info. Some may tell you what’s moral and not. This one tells you what the facts are and that you shouldn’t let peers pressure you and such.

    https://www.plannedparenthood.org/teens/sex/virginity

    Peace, emb

  14. Old Bear Avatar
    Old Bear

    Mark
    Plant potato eye in ground in center of old tire.
    As plant grows add straw and tires. Black tires add heat so you can start early
    Can get to 5-7 tires tall.
    Harvest by removing tires and spreading straw.
    No digging.

    Haven’t done it but know people that have.

  15. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Ex used a simple method to grow tomatoes last year. Buy planting soil, plants, and tomato cages. Take a screwdriver and poke holes in the bottom third of the bags of soil. Open bag and roll top down to level of soil. Put the bags where you want to grow your tomatoes. Take out enough soil to plant your plants, then cover the roots. Insert the tomato cage. Then just water as needed. Serves same purpose as grow bag.

  16. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Can;t stack the tires down here. City considers them a health hazard because mosquitoes breed in standing water in them. Although you might be able to convince them otherwise when filled with growing medium.

  17. emb Avatar
    emb

    Presumably you could grow those potato/eggplant hybrids in straw or leaf litter. We did the latter quite successfully with potatoes in the ’70s or ’80s. Nice clean potatoes, no digging. We quit because yellowjackets built a nest in the leaf litter, and potatoes from the store were just as good. I expect yellowjackets might also happily nest in straw.

    Lost a half-uncle I never met [some years older than Mom, who was the oldest of 6 full siblings] to multiple wasp or yellowjacket stings. Didn’t die right away, but never fully recovered.

    Peace, emb

  18.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    I haven’t tried the hay bale method yet but a lot of people swear by it. I had some straw bales aging out in garden area and I noticed minions had disposed of them. You dig out holes and put composted soil in holes.

    What my minions know about gardening could be put on the head of the proverbial pin.even with instructions.

    If I get a warm day I need to get out there and throw some bulbs in the ground. Weird weather, there are daffodils up they didn’t manage to dig up.

    I am looking for an outdoor heater and simple gas grill with black grill or grill plate that operate off natural gas, not bottled gas. Everything seems to be stainless steel, fancy smancy and run on a bottle of gas. We have moved to reclaiming my kitchen patio with new rock patio, walks and my fish pond fountain that has languished for 20 years. This is for that patio, it’s about as large as a big den or living dining room combined. There is water, natural gas and electricity out there and a eight foot privacy fence surrounding.

  19. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Jackie, get in touch with your gas company about those items. Bet they have them, or can tell you where to get them. After all, it increases gas usage among the customers.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=natural+gas+patio+heater&oq=natural+gas+patio+heater&aqs=chrome..69i57.4758j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

  20.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    At those prices no wonder most restaurants don’t do outside patio seating! I used to have natural gas grills and lights down in Houston and New Orleans but not heaters. I bought those from my gas company there. I was going to call Oklahoma Natural Gas tomorrow but I hate being put on hold.

    The kind of grill I am looking for resembles the kind they put at campsites like state and national parks. No chrome, lots of iron looking metal and a black or brown top. Very low tech.

  21. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Debbe 😉 I always try to be…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIrCFrFpHvw

  22.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Finishing hanging, folding, sorting, storing laundry. Saved out clean sheets, blanket, comforter, etc to make bed in morning. Martha may check in?

    Nothing strengthens your resolution like spending days doing the work you have paid someone else to do. I am getting dressed early in morning and starting my day by hiring the trio connected to $$ General. She is assistant manager and I knew her mother in her fabric and quilt shop since I moved here. In this area that’s a recommendation. LOL

    So I go to county offices to see district attorney. Helps I have a deputy and two of their uncles who will testify on charges.

    Oh and put new truck on insurance and register it. And buy ATT cameras. Maybe sign up for alarms too.