Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 18, 2013

Well, Lev, looks like you were wrong… you do get noticed!… And apparently have a way to send the DeGroots some mail!, Lol!…

“You May Already Be A Sucker! Winner!”“Hey…Give Me Some Pre-Approved Credit!”“You’ve Got Junk Mail!”or“Desperately Seeking Susan’s Money”

Does all this offer of credit mean Luann is 18?

One of those offers was how I got my very first credit card. Unbeknownst to me, my parents received a credit card offer from Beall’s (a department store) that was designed to help teens start building up credit. So my mom filled out the form, my Beall’s card came, and I began using it. Being the reliable person that I am, I paid the bills on time, built up good credit, and got more credit cards (not too many, though; I don’t want THAT!). Now at 44, I still pay my bills on time and have good credit to show for it. Of course, this may not be a good idea for all teens. It all depends, really, on how reliable and responsible they are.

“Brought to you” by…Super Ridiculously Big Mega Corp… “Deal with a successful company….with over 35 Gajillion customers, in… well, a lot of countries!… Come see why your money you matter to us!”… – Inside Job Bank… “Successfully taking… er… keeping customer’s money safe…yeah, that’s it!”…"Come in now and get a free tongue depressor as our thank you gift!"… – The Daily Stuff…. “Yup! That’s our story, and we’re sticking to it!”… “Chocked full of stuff.. and things, and whatnot… more than any other paper!…Check out our mention on Jay Leno’s Headlines!”… – Leviticus Lenders…. “You’ll Come Back!… Eventually!…”… “Hurry now, and the next 10,000 applicants get to also buy a bridge of their choice as a thank you gift!…Hurry while they last!…” – and by…M (oo) NY University… “Enroll now, and we’ll teach you about either cows, money, the State Of New York… or maybe all three!”…. “A good education starts here… we’ll figure it all out, together!”

welcome to the real world luann now your one of us

Luann has a car?! (So Frank says, panel 2.) When did that happen?

Some bottom feeder stole my Brother’s credit card number and spent thousands on an extended vacation in Mexico, it took months before he could get the credit company off his back

Interestingly Frank doesn’t seem so upset by the financial indications that Luann is becoming an adult.

I noticed the same thing, Sisyphos. only because I didn’t have my own car in high school (1952-54), nor college, nor till I was 36, which was when my 16 year old daughter needed my wheels. How differently my life would have turned out, had I had the independence of unlimited horizons.

I recall how my niece had a difficult time getting her first credit card and when my son received a credit card application for a sears card at 16 I thought why not have him get it and develop a credit history even though It basically was just an extension of my own Sears card. This proved his credit worthiness and a basis for his own credit. I doubt he needs any help now being he’s worth quite a bit for his job and investments.

Ah, YOU are Lucky Luann Dear.

Your Dad Just TAUGHT You a BITTER Life Lesson!

The POWERS that Be, ONLY Want You for Your VOTE, Your BLOOD, And Your MONEY.

CONTEMPLATE This As You Line Up Early with the REST of The ‘SHEEPLE’ to Buy Over-Priced JUNK on “Black Friday”…..,

No, Luann, they love you for your mind, just like we do. They love you don’t mind consuming..

Get a credit card.

Treat each purchase like cash paid out (because it will be) and don’t overspend. .If you ever need to rent a car, you will need that card. It will help you when you become a jetsetter

It’s probably more the “car” than anything else. The “fuel” credit cards are easier to get when under 18. And thus begins the credit history. She’ll start to get more. Whether she actually gets the credit is another matter.

I recall when AMEX actually marketed their standard green card on our undergrad campus. It was the 1st card I ever got, even before Dept. store and fuel cards.

Now, I can’t wait to get rid of them all! :) Except the one fuel card and one VISA just to keep up appearances. :)

I guess Luann didn’t do her hair today, either – looks just like yesterday.

I still remember a co-worker, who was in her late 20s, when I asked about an expensive vacation she and her husband took, saying “we didn’t have to pay for it—we put on a credit card.”

My first son is a senior now too! We only get college applications right now though in mail and email. Color brochures just about every day! His college of choice? The one ten minutes away!

“You have an education” – best punch line in today’s funnies!

Actually, mail isn’t the only way that they getcha coming and going, these days… if you were to call to look into some further education for yourself, or a family member, even if you sere just ‘poking around’, they seem to get the cue to have their reps call you for days, to get you to sign up! Or if you check on their website, all of a sudden, you may get spam or regular e-mail from them, as well as the snail mail variety of their “hooks”!…..

"Or,“The Postman Always Rings 50 Times”or,“50 Ways to Leave Your Letter” " ^Ha ha! Yeah, that, too!

Or maybe “promising the MooN (Y)”… or asking someone to show me the MooNY!…

Frank is looking forward to no longer being “MasterDad”.

Subscribe to ’Teen magazine and you will be popular as in junkmail for the entire year you are 17.

I’m sorry that the arc about Quill alone with the food truck ended with no resolution. I was hoping that Gunther’s mom would come to the rescue and end up taking over the truck. That would mean she’d be spending more time with Quill and possibly Gunther would end up jealous of Quill for reasons other than Luann…

Congratulations – you’re a commodity.

My Boss at a classified project used the shedder output as hamster habitat. We kidded him the shedder lube oil made for really slick hamster fur. :-)

Surely you jest (Yeah, I know, ’don’t call me Shirley…) Those who send out the thousands of credit card applications don’t care if the mark they are aiming at is in debt up to his or her eyeballs or not. It’s not their worry. They get paid by the number of apps they mail out that come back completed. Someone else has to worry about suing for nonpayment.

I’ll try; patience has never been one of my virtues, alas…

Are you by chance one of the few in this country who has never bought anything via the internet? That would keep you off their radar for sure…

Usury is illegal in most states of the US. Sorry about your get rich quick plan….

Whoa. I missed the stunning details the first time through. You have TEN years of college to pay off? So you earned a PhD? Please tell me it isn’t in Greek or Roman philosophy….

Either that, or the Pitts school system is that prestigious enough that even an undergraduate is more equipped than any other, including the prep schools all over….

Oops, :). I did have to email my phone company, saying, Stop sending me junk snail mail! It worked. Man, think of all the wasted paper…

OMG…

A mailman once told me that catologues keeps him employed.

Could be worse: it could be “Welcome to the Matrix”.

I once received a credit card application when I was 11. It was because I was getting star trek VHS tapes delivered.

As I often joke to my wife when I get all this spam: “Our research shows that you’ve got a great credit rating, so why not sign up with us and change all that?”

That’s what I was wondering, I don’t remember her getting a car. I think Greg is thinking of Sabrina ^Actually, the car that Luann drove with Frank being a “backseat driver” to pick up Quill, to take him to the camp, is hers. With Frank’s reluctant approval, she was able to buy it from a connection of TJs… it was red, at first, but this time around has turned green.

(or why Quill’s parents allow him to keep coming back to Pitts). ^Yeah, really!…

I forgot about the forums like Facebook and all, where people pretend to talk about the threads and go: “Yeah, ain’t that a trip? By the way, you are wasting your life away, because I can show you how to make Eleventy-seven million dollars…. and all because you breathe and can look at a computer screen! Plus, you can win an Xbox, for practically nothing! Go to www.blahblasityblahblah.com to find out how!”….

I thought it was over yesterday!… I targeted something else, and used my “allocated record hunting funds” on something else, already… I just got back now, and I see that it’s already over… but it’s okay, I found something else that I’m chasing, and will be able to use it more than Mr. Nimoy’s collection, anyway… but that’s part of the beauty of the hunt…. the paths may cross again…

Added bonus value fact!

Luann is a Senior now, should she get mail from the AARP?

@howtheduck. Especially since Quill is 24 years old.

Lets all look at the flyer in the front, Moony University. If that’s not an easter egg, I dunno what is.