Hi Nighthawks, as usual I was late to the comics, but I caught your question yesterday. I replied with a lengthy comment on my two unexpected aviation “thrills”.
I had an opportunity to purchase an ultralight airplane years ago and almost did it except I have this sense of dizziness that grabs me in certain situations that made me doubt my ability to overcome something like that.
the way you described your second ‘adventure’ makes me glad I never went ahead with the process of learning to fly–I seriously doubt I’d keep cool when problems arise–I always tensed up in tense situations.
thanks for sharing!
I’m thinking that they actually mean “Older than dirt”, and I don’t remember a lot of them because we didn’t have them here in the UK. I do remember 3,7,11,12,14,&16.
I must be older than you… or maybe it’s just regional.
But we always got newsreels when I was a kid.
As a pre-teen i saw movies on an overseas AF base, or occasionally in an English theater in downtown Tripoli.
Both showed newsreels.
The American ones were courtesy of the Air Force, so maybe stateside theaters had stopped showing them.
We loved getting to see the English ones, which usually showed the still-youngish Queen Elizabeth waving at some event, or being given roses… and often Prince Charles and Princess Anne, who fascinated us.
And Teaberry was my favorite gum as a child, along with Dentyne.. do they still make that?
I posted quite a bit yesterday, and replied to a lot of stuff…. but I couldn’t get here till early afternoon (late afternoon on the East Coast)… which I also explained.
Usually people still come back after that, but this time it looks relatively unseen.
In the unlikely event anyone wants to look…. It’s all still there.
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Rehearsal.
Hitchcock was a pretty scary figure, himself, to some of the women he worked with.
I hope the expression on Miss Leigh’s face is only part of the scene she’s rehearsing.
Hi Nighthawks, as usual I was late to the comics, but I caught your question yesterday. I replied with a lengthy comment on my two unexpected aviation “thrills”.
I had an opportunity to purchase an ultralight airplane years ago and almost did it except I have this sense of dizziness that grabs me in certain situations that made me doubt my ability to overcome something like that.
the way you described your second ‘adventure’ makes me glad I never went ahead with the process of learning to fly–I seriously doubt I’d keep cool when problems arise–I always tensed up in tense situations.
thanks for sharing!
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That’s a sight that will scare a few fish.
Michael-O-Toole
…
All but a handful.
All.
Every last one.
But I can’t be old.
Some of that stuff must still be around.
Somewhere?
No?
I still have some 45’s and a Hi-Fi, so, yes.
me too–all of ’em
We had those metal ice trays.
Someone still makes them.
Pea shooters are eternal.
I’m thinking that they actually mean “Older than dirt”, and I don’t remember a lot of them because we didn’t have them here in the UK. I do remember 3,7,11,12,14,&16.
‘Older then dirt’ means ageing and then dying….
I’m certain they meant “than dirt”.
I just assumed it was a typo, though I know i shouldn’t assume.
But that’s a common expression here, while I’ve never heard anyone say “older, then dirt”.
That phrase would properly have a comma in it, and wouldn’t make sense in this context, or even be understandable to most.
All but #10.
I didn’t recognize that either.
Here’s a link explaining, in part (yeah, pun intended), to the Butch Wax craze back in the late 50’s / early 60’s (surprisingly from a baseball site):
butch-wax
My brother used it every day as a teenager.
Sticky, waxy stuff, like a melted candle mixed with Vaseline.
It kept the front edge of his short flattop standing up, but the rest still insisted on falling forward and lying flat.
When it got a teeny bit too long, the hair from the top of his head poked through the front.
A butch haircut was when it all lay down, usually very short and facing forward.
You needed Butch Wax to make it stand up in a flat top.
#8 was actually for our parents time. We just heard about it from them.
I don’t remember teaberry, but Blackjack is still made by somebody on a seasonal basis, along with Clove and Beeman’s chewing gum.
I must be older than you… or maybe it’s just regional.
But we always got newsreels when I was a kid.
As a pre-teen i saw movies on an overseas AF base, or occasionally in an English theater in downtown Tripoli.
Both showed newsreels.
The American ones were courtesy of the Air Force, so maybe stateside theaters had stopped showing them.
We loved getting to see the English ones, which usually showed the still-youngish Queen Elizabeth waving at some event, or being given roses… and often Prince Charles and Princess Anne, who fascinated us.
And Teaberry was my favorite gum as a child, along with Dentyne.. do they still make that?
All but #9 — I was only allowed Woodward’s $1.49 runners.
! Me too !
,,
Jim Carrey is Bigfoot!
Or a Hobbit!
Not hairy enough!
..,
.,
Me too, Mr. Sherman.
That’s what i got.
And I
But after looking at the other two solutions….
That the puzzle is full of ambiguity with no instructions….
I’m not counting the upside down 7 because I don’t think it’s complete, or the correct shape…
And I also didn’t count the 3 because it’s completely contained in another number, and doesn’t seem to be a separate entity.
Who knows what the puzzle designer actually intended!
Same.
Same, and in agreement with the other sectioned analysis…
So the answer is whatever you wish it to be.
That’s what i see.
You’re leaving
I see 6,8,9,2,4 and 1, which add up to 30.
Some apparently count the 3 hidden in the 8, but I don’t.
I see the nine now.
You must have seen it when you agreed with Mr. Sherman.
…i did?
No. That was LiverLips i was answering too.
i think?
Yes, sorry….Liverlips.
Nothing says “pathos” like a man and his donkey.
It says “Rock-A-Bye-Baby”…
I’m thinking it’s an old “cabinet card” , or possibly, postcard, though it’s a little wide….
Meant to be a joke souvenir.
Sold from a rack in a Southwestern tourist shop, alongside views of the Grand canyon, and photos of Navajo rugs.
You could probably also buy a real Navajo rug, or a silver ring.
“Set your ass down and rest a spell.”
When you are on the receiving end that barrel, it looks big enough to park a Bug in.
Aaaand it’s back!
Another exciting episode… WOW … on the trail of
“The Maltese Basset!”
…
A great job of animation…..
Not a lot happens, but what does is significant..
It left even more questions dangling… and teased that the entire resolution will arrive in one, final installment.
Wow… that’s gotta be a killer episode.
Hopefully, no pun intended…
Or if that meaning is intended, let’s hope all such villains are quickly dispatched…
all mysteries solved, all characters either redeemed or put well away,
….
But before I get too far ahead of the action….
What has Sam done, to be so summarily dismissed?
One moment, he thinks, this deceptive dame, she of the purplie-lidded peepers, and come-hither lips… wait a minute… LIPS? …
The long lashes, and silky ears… OK, that’s enough letting SAM think…
…..
One minute she hired him… and the next minute, figuratively speaking, maybe tried to kill him.
And now… she greets him at gunpoint… without ever giving him a chance to help her!
What did she want from him?
Has she already decided he will fail … or refuse… to provide it?
The bling-y Basset?
Where IS that cursed statuette, anyway?
Does Miss Behave know?
….
Did she hire Sam to find it, purely as a ruse?
To what avail?
What’s an avail, anyway?
Why does she want to see him in a pink slip?
I didn’t think he swung that way.
…..
All this and more in ONE final episode?
And when?
I thought these serial comics wrapped up on Fridays.
But today is Friday….
I can’t wait a whole ’nother WEEK!
BTW…
I posted quite a bit yesterday, and replied to a lot of stuff…. but I couldn’t get here till early afternoon (late afternoon on the East Coast)… which I also explained.
Usually people still come back after that, but this time it looks relatively unseen.
In the unlikely event anyone wants to look…. It’s all still there.