I think you hit a point in life where you have tried everything you’ve wanted to try that your personal time and money allow. Some of the things you try, you realize you don’t care for (remember Arlo’s dream of sailing, and then the nightmare worries about being caught in a storm once he had his boat?). Others you want to do more of.Some folks hit the “money” stop sooner than others and some hit the “time” stop. (There are two aspects to “time”: Enough time in your day to do the thing, and doing the thing that requires good health while you still have it.)
Sometimes we have great ideas about doing things but don’t. I think it’s just that we like the thought of doing it but when it comes right down to doing it, we don’t want to. Does that make sense?
“get a hair” refers to the colloquialism “get a wild hair up your a$$” or suddenly decide to do something wild or crazy. The what or level of wild or crazy is up to the individual. For a baker known to bake only Angels Food cake, to suddenly decide to bake a Devils Food cake would be the result of “getting a hair”.
Our family’s life is pretty routine. The dog loves it that way. She knows where mommy will be almost all the time. Sometimes I leave the house and she stays by the door waiting for me to return, even though there are 2 other people in the house.
I frequently tell people “if I have to leave my house to walk across the street and check my mail, then it no longer counts as a day off”. They tend to laugh and think it’s a good joke…
I think the true measure of success, is when you have time off and have all the means to travel, but stay home voluntarily, because you’re happy there.
But what does “We can still get a hair (though it’s becoming more rare)” mean? Who says “we can still get a hair”? Is this some hip way of expressing something? Is this just a crappy poem? Is it just ID-10T-ic ?
Ya’ll whiners were never in the military, were you? Try wearing a gas mask for 4-6 hours at a time then come talk about your itty-bitty paper mask that doesn’t even make your eyeballs sweat.
alasko about 2 years ago
Mode, retirement.
SpacedInvader Premium Member about 2 years ago
We get accused of this rather often. I rather like not being in the race but enjoying the sidelines.
wjones about 2 years ago
The first signs of old age. There is no escape.
Da'Dad about 2 years ago
Very poignant thoughts Mr. Johnson. It is absolutely great to be this close to someone. My heart goes out to those who do not share such a mean.
Bwingblue1 about 2 years ago
My wife had been B******* about a lack of change in scenery and being cooped up since the covid started.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 2 years ago
You mean it isn’t a competition?
SWCarter about 2 years ago
Is “get a hair” an idiom of some sort? I tried looking it up, but all I got were ads for hair transplants.
nosirrom about 2 years ago
With the way things are going these days, routine is very comforting.
biglar about 2 years ago
I think you hit a point in life where you have tried everything you’ve wanted to try that your personal time and money allow. Some of the things you try, you realize you don’t care for (remember Arlo’s dream of sailing, and then the nightmare worries about being caught in a storm once he had his boat?). Others you want to do more of.Some folks hit the “money” stop sooner than others and some hit the “time” stop. (There are two aspects to “time”: Enough time in your day to do the thing, and doing the thing that requires good health while you still have it.)
Jhony-Yermo about 2 years ago
“we can still get a hair . . .” WTH does THAT MEAN?
[Traveler] Premium Member about 2 years ago
Sometimes we have great ideas about doing things but don’t. I think it’s just that we like the thought of doing it but when it comes right down to doing it, we don’t want to. Does that make sense?
trainnut1956 about 2 years ago
So what if your life is the mean? Brew up the juice of the bean. It really is great, though it keeps you up late, so enjoy your time on the scene.
ChessPirate about 2 years ago
These two on their GoComics Page, have amused us for what seems like an age.
And my own aging wild hair (see what I did there?),
is only my device screens to engage…
rodgerd Premium Member about 2 years ago
can someone please explain “get a hair”?
sekotsydna Premium Member about 2 years ago
“get a hair” refers to the colloquialism “get a wild hair up your a$$” or suddenly decide to do something wild or crazy. The what or level of wild or crazy is up to the individual. For a baker known to bake only Angels Food cake, to suddenly decide to bake a Devils Food cake would be the result of “getting a hair”.
Flossie Mud Duck about 2 years ago
Surfing standing straight up with Janis sitting backwards reading? That’s what it looks like, anyway. Seems fun to me.
jarvisloop about 2 years ago
The Eagles have “Life in the Fast Lane.”
Myself, I have “Life in the Passed Lane.”
FrankLeeMeiDere about 2 years ago
Uh, “We can still get a hair”?!
rph9 Premium Member about 2 years ago
“Still get a hair”????
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 2 years ago
At the end of a day Arlo and Janis are in bed together.
CynthiaLeigh about 2 years ago
Get a hair?
ron about 2 years ago
“…get a hair…”???
locake about 2 years ago
Our family’s life is pretty routine. The dog loves it that way. She knows where mommy will be almost all the time. Sometimes I leave the house and she stays by the door waiting for me to return, even though there are 2 other people in the house.
locake about 2 years ago
“Still get a hair”? Sounds like most readers never heard of that.
locake about 2 years ago
I did lots of exciting things before I turned 30 and had kids. There was not a single activity I needed to wait until age 50 to do.
raybarb44 about 2 years ago
Routine is very comfortable…..
Teto85 Premium Member about 2 years ago
That’s why our grandparents fought WWII. To have a day in the garden, a day at the beach and to sleep comfortably in their beds. Thanks so very much.
majobis. about 2 years ago
Well married life can have it’s fair amount of routine.Would a single life be any better?Like mine…
Purple-Stater Premium Member about 2 years ago
I frequently tell people “if I have to leave my house to walk across the street and check my mail, then it no longer counts as a day off”. They tend to laugh and think it’s a good joke…
I think the true measure of success, is when you have time off and have all the means to travel, but stay home voluntarily, because you’re happy there.
Charlie Sloden Premium Member about 2 years ago
But what does “We can still get a hair (though it’s becoming more rare)” mean? Who says “we can still get a hair”? Is this some hip way of expressing something? Is this just a crappy poem? Is it just ID-10T-ic ?
eastport46 about 2 years ago
what does “get a hair mean” ?..
Lightpainter about 2 years ago
Today’s strip is strange.
fej about 2 years ago
That’s how I thought too. Then my wife of 40 years took off
Muzi54 about 2 years ago
Ya’ll whiners were never in the military, were you? Try wearing a gas mask for 4-6 hours at a time then come talk about your itty-bitty paper mask that doesn’t even make your eyeballs sweat.
flingebunt about 2 years ago
Variety is the spice of life, and the plural of spouse is spice