Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for September 13, 2010

Send up a smoke signal.

Amazingly enough, people used to survive without cell phones.

I thought Boog’s Daddy was just up the hill?

How much has that phone been used since it was last charged? Did Rover give Boog a phone with a low battery charge??

that cell phone needs and old fashioned emergency crank! power up…..

Let’s go back to the storyline about Rufus and Joel walking through the junkyard, discussing Rufus’s love life.

Probably a Droid with the latest software upgrade. Cuts battery life 90% 2 days to 2 hours normal use.

Never heard a cell phone make that noise when it’s losing power.

Our cell phone makes a noise when one listen’s lets me know time to recharge battery. I though check cells before using.

A cell phone battery can go dead very quickly if the phone is in an environment that blocks all signals–which my daughter’s school does. The teachers turn their phones off and advise the kids to do the same. It’s something to do with cell tower placement and construction materials.

Why doesn’t the teacher take the kids back to the road and flag down a car ??. Maybe they will even find Rover.!!

Fusnr, that would be way too intelligent for this strip. Most of its entertainment value these days is in what a bunch of hapless morons the characters have turned into. Oh yes, and the artwork. Great artwork.

@Setebos: In my time (60’s, 70’s , 80’s and early 90’s) we did!

She isn’t a teacher; she is a bus driver. The bus is too close to the edge to be able to drive safely.