I’m running a little late this morning. I have some things I’m doing and some things I should be doing, but I’ve been on a bit of a roll lately, with two consecutive posts. So, I thought I’d drop by another old A&J strip from 10 years ago. By the way, over at the Universal Uclick Web site Gocomics, A&J just surpassed 60,000 subscribers. That’s not bad! Thanks to all.
320 responses to ““What gives me away?””
Good morning Villagers…
Mark, I prayed it would be better news. Not sure what GR meant by BTK. Prayers that she’ll make the right decision.
Domaucon1, there is nothing wrong with a grown man crying….it shows compassion.
….have a happy Caterday everyone
GR 😉 two greats……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoDh_gHDvkk
Had not seen that one Debbe but 17 million had. Bowie was so beautiful and so calm compared to Freddie. Beautiful.
Yes, Ghost. You are right. I need an altruistic nonmonetarily driven man who is intelligent and challenging and funny, can cook and likes to travel and garden and do all the things I do. Shame I can’t find one of those.
The sudden influx of men scares me a little, Lord knows what would happen if I signed up for a dating service. No way that will ever happen, I am still dealing with women writing my late husband.
Read Today’s strip and within seconds I heard my wife say “Really?”. Apparently the molding broke off a wall. So much of the house was redone very well, but they used a cheap molding on that wall.. Not as good of a Saturday as Arlo.
Vegetable beds? My beds just got dumped on by snow and possibly more this week. I had so many wild animals at our old place, that growing vegetables was difficult. Maybe I can try some Roma Tomatoes? 2 months from planting though.
Debbe 😉 BTK = Below the Knee. ATK would of course be Above the Knee. Amputation terms.
My SIL would know that as a designer of prosthetics but even I did not know that one. Yes, it makes a big difference in complexity and mobility if below knee unless knees don’t work well. He always tells me he’d design me legs that worked better than originals.
So how’d you know amputation terms, Ghost?
Re: Saturday’s strip.
I have notice as I have grown older, the things either jump out of my hands, or jump off the table as I put them down. Funny how gravity age affects gravity.
Yes, Jackie and Debbe, Ghost has it right. Either way, they don’t like to end at the knee itself. Better to get the joint out of the way and have the prosthesis attached to the non-moving part of the leg. Less complications.
Thank you for the prayers Debbe. I believe they are not always answered to our specifications, but when they are answered positively they are for the best.
Jackie, my wife had one of those men. Too bad for her that she wasn’t the right person.
‘What is surprising is they weigh less that an average cat.’
Birds are like that. Further, a Great Gray Owl [Strix nebulosa] takes up more space than a GHO [Bubo virginianus], but weighs less. We get a few grays this far south, but have lots of their smaller cousins, Barred Owls [Strix varia, same genus, as is the threatened western Spotted Owl, S. occidentalis]. I believe S. nebulosa is circumboreal, whereas the others are all New World only. Speelczech is learning new words. Off to the web to bone up.
Peace,
Did some homework. The Eurasian Eagle Owl [B. bubo] is significantly larger than our B. virginianus. The circumboreal Snowy Owl, formerly Nyctea scandiaca, is now Bubo scandiacus. There is still controversy over the classification of many large, Bubo-like owls worldwide, and no, this does not mean that the theory of evolution is in trouble. People of faith have more important things to concern themselves about. Back to the web to check some spelling. Peace,
Boning up. That’s a good pun for carnivorous raptor birds. How do they eat bunny rabbits and kitty cats by catching them if they weigh less? How do they fly off with their prey?
“So how’d you know amputation terms, Ghost?”
General knowledge base; first aid/trauma training; hanging around medical folks; dating nurses and a nurse practitioner.
‘How do they eat bunny rabbits and kitty cats by catching them if they weigh less? How do they fly off with their prey?’
Relatively easily. Eagles and large owls of various spp., have enough wing-loading capacity to carry off jackrabbits, cats and small dogs, lambs, kids, maybe even western marmots.
There was a cartoon decades ago: Reader is looking through the iconic figure 8 field of a pair of binoculars, at a huge glaring eagle on its nest, from which hang binocs and other bird-watching gear. An exaggeration, but these guys [and especially the larger gals] are nothing to fool with.
Spelling above was fine. Peace,
‘How do they eat bunny rabbits and kitty cats by catching them if they weigh less? How do they fly off with their prey?’
Relatively easily. Eagles and large owls have enough wing-loading capacity to carry off jackrabbits, cats and small dogs, lambs, kids, and maybe even western marmots. An osprey flying with a large fish [head into the wind] is likely lighter than the fish.
Ancient cartoon: reader is looking the iconic figure 8 field of a pair of binoculars at a huge and ferocious glaring eagle on its nest, from which are hanging binocs and other gear. An exaggeration, but these guys [and the larger gals] are nothing to fool with. Peace
emb, that cartoon you describe sounds like something Gary Larson would have done in the Far Side.
Yes, raptors stalk my cats and have caught some, my old housekeepers dog too. Small one. I worry about Dickens.
Lots of medical exposure, huh, Ghost? I just did work men’s comp but bought legs after the fact, mostly traumatic crushing injuries.
Hey, how come I haven’t been able to go to A and J On GoComics? Some silly puzzle link and I don’t puzzle.
I think it was in a nature or sci. mag. of some sort. I get several, and got more back then. emb
Jackie, : http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/protect-your-dog-predators-coyotes-birds-of-prey
Yes, it was red tailed hawks and owls catching my outside cats.
And Dickens is smaller than some cats.
Here’s a question. I was just listening to Green Eyed Lady on radio. How many of us here have green eyes? Only 2% of population has green eyes and many are Aquarians like me. I do and we are supposed to have unique, creative and often weird personalities by statistics.
Song made me think of that question.
175-grain Jacketed Hollow Points work pretty well on coyotes looking to make a buffet meal of your pets…as long as you have suitable hardware from which to launch them.
Not recommended for feral hogs, however.
http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2016/02/well-that-was-festive.html
I have both green eyes and a birthday in February. Sometimes my train of thought takes the scenic route on its way to an answer. And sometimes it ends up standing at the station when I get sidetracked by something else entirely.
So Mark a d I fall into the smallest percentile of all? Miss Charlotte, how about you or the other Villagers we have been wishing zhappy Birthday? The song made me start thinking about that. Would it be strange if the Village had green eyed Aquarians in high percentage and it was among reasons we are here?
Another friend had posted an interesting thought on Facebook about being unique and I believe she has green eyes and February birthday too. Maybe it’s like me sitting at table with ten florists and four of us having same birthday?
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