For a 115 yrs old and a doctor says “your numbers are up”…yes you would instantly think your days are numbered. Gertie’s mistake is she should of called Skeezix after Walt would not eat, afterall…family should be there with him at the doctors office. They instead, arrive later on and wonder what happen to the mysterious baseball card that they wanted to bank on.
Devonshade said, “Walt needs competent home care…”
Good luck finding that! We’ve been through 8 or 9 caregivers for my mother over the past few years, and the only one who actually seemed to fill all of those criteria (“competence” of course being the highest priority) was so obnoxious that my mom was miserable being around her.
This is a comic strip where a) a caregiver can be paid enough to make a lving and b) Walt can afford in home care. Before my now 91 year old Mom went into a residential care facility (not a rest home or convalescent hospital) we found that 24 hour in home care would involve having 3 people doing 8 hour shifts, etc., and though they were competent she wouldn’t be getting the skilled care in the residential facility.
Gertie”s mistake is a comic set up for this story line - it’s not real life. Also, it’s better to be too cautious than not cautious enough.
Somebody 2 days ago mentioned that the woman in the previous strips might not be the “nurse.” I’m late adding my 2 cents to that, but I said she was a nurse because of the stripe on her cap. Which isn’t necessarily true here, if the person who draws the strip doesn’t know the secret.
Here’s a bit of nursing trivia. Nurses hats toldl you what kind of nurse you’re looking at if you know the code. Newly capped nurses (student nurses now), who were not yet licensed didn’t have a stripe. Pink ladies or candy stripers could wear a pink or candy-striped hat but without the horizontal stripe of any type. Dental hygeinists had a similar cap, but with a purple stripe. Registered nurses have one or two black or steel gray stripes, depending on their school.
I have a cute little round cap with a black velvet stripe , secured at the corners with little crosses. I went to a Catholic nursing school. I still have it, I’d never get rid of it, but I’d never voluntarily wear it to work. I’ve worked with very very few nurses who still wear their caps and the ones who do seem like they’re all the MEAN ones!
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
And he don’t WANT to get it.
axe-grinder over 14 years ago
Wait, he’s not checking out?
Plods with ...™ over 14 years ago
Where have you been??? Mar 23
travburg1 over 14 years ago
Too many years, I remember Skeezix as a pup.
davidf42 over 14 years ago
You know, I just realized that if Walt golfed his age, he’d still beat me.
ORteka over 14 years ago
For a 115 yrs old and a doctor says “your numbers are up”…yes you would instantly think your days are numbered. Gertie’s mistake is she should of called Skeezix after Walt would not eat, afterall…family should be there with him at the doctors office. They instead, arrive later on and wonder what happen to the mysterious baseball card that they wanted to bank on.
mccrearyk over 14 years ago
Devonshade said, “Walt needs competent home care…”
Good luck finding that! We’ve been through 8 or 9 caregivers for my mother over the past few years, and the only one who actually seemed to fill all of those criteria (“competence” of course being the highest priority) was so obnoxious that my mom was miserable being around her.
imrobert over 14 years ago
This is a comic strip where a) a caregiver can be paid enough to make a lving and b) Walt can afford in home care. Before my now 91 year old Mom went into a residential care facility (not a rest home or convalescent hospital) we found that 24 hour in home care would involve having 3 people doing 8 hour shifts, etc., and though they were competent she wouldn’t be getting the skilled care in the residential facility.
Gertie”s mistake is a comic set up for this story line - it’s not real life. Also, it’s better to be too cautious than not cautious enough.
Dirty Dragon over 14 years ago
I think Walt is just stubborn enough to hang on until the Cubs win a World Series. He’s probably the last living witness to the previous two.
ChuckTrent64 over 14 years ago
He’d have had to be in Chicago, Radio wasn’t really in home use yet.
stringmusicianer over 14 years ago
Is this the model for the hospital? Pretty neat old building. http://www.historic1908courthouse.org/
denniesim over 14 years ago
Somebody 2 days ago mentioned that the woman in the previous strips might not be the “nurse.” I’m late adding my 2 cents to that, but I said she was a nurse because of the stripe on her cap. Which isn’t necessarily true here, if the person who draws the strip doesn’t know the secret.
Here’s a bit of nursing trivia. Nurses hats toldl you what kind of nurse you’re looking at if you know the code. Newly capped nurses (student nurses now), who were not yet licensed didn’t have a stripe. Pink ladies or candy stripers could wear a pink or candy-striped hat but without the horizontal stripe of any type. Dental hygeinists had a similar cap, but with a purple stripe. Registered nurses have one or two black or steel gray stripes, depending on their school.
I have a cute little round cap with a black velvet stripe , secured at the corners with little crosses. I went to a Catholic nursing school. I still have it, I’d never get rid of it, but I’d never voluntarily wear it to work. I’ve worked with very very few nurses who still wear their caps and the ones who do seem like they’re all the MEAN ones!