Pickles by Brian Crane for July 24, 2018

At least I’m not Earl’s age where I forget my PINs.

I still remember the phone number in the song Pennsylvania 6-5000. I wonder if anybody dials that number?

Even if not everyone finds this strip funny, this is some strikingly authentic dialogue, in my opinion. I can definitely imagine being at the checkout line and hearing this conversation in real life.

I don’t have any PINumbers that I recall. I don’t deal in computerised money shifting so they aren’t necessary to me.

Pin money has a whole new meaning these days.

I made my PIN a number I can’t seem to forget – my phone number when I was a kid.

Being of the older side of life now, Pickles is exactly how life will be when you youngsters get older, too. Enjoy but learn now – and thus be prepared!

With the tap feature on many of my cards, I sometimes have a little difficulty remembering my PIN. Also; I don’t use the ATM as often as I used to.

Security makes some people very insecure. Remembering your number as a pattern on the keypad helps.

Pardon me boy?

Hey, Earl! Try using “1234”. That’s easy to remember!

Let’s do the time warp again.

Try “Track Twenty-Nine”.

No problem at all remembering my PINs. On my todo list is re-learning “Chattanooga Choo Choo”.

I remember my HS boyfriend’s phone number from 47 years ago, put PIN numbers? Never.

I feel ya, Earl!

PIN number. Personal Identification Number number. Like saying VIN number. For those that can’t remember their PIN, just use the last four numbers of your social security #. If you can’t remember that then there’s no hope for you.

My nemesis is passwords….Oy!

How old is Earl ? Over 100?

whoa….what’s the average age of the readers here!??!

Last week, Earl was writing notes on his hand, why not a pin?

Glenn Miller may dial it….? (Yes kids, “DIAL”

Some people are number oriented, others aren’t. When I first met my husband, he had an extensive memory of British car parts by number, but he had trouble writing out a complete sentence.

The only place I liked numbers was on road maps. It was easier to navigate (and remember) a route by number than it was to learn all the jurisdictional name changes a road was given.

His PIN is 6725

He’ll catch hell when he gets home for forgetting.

This would be funnier if I hadn’t just had a run in with an ATM.

I hadn’t used a particular Visa/debit card in an ATM for a couple of years and could have sworn I remembered the PIN number.

NOPE ! No way, Jose. I managed to lock myself out of the account by trying numerous combinations of what I was sure was the code. ( Of course, it wasn’t written down anywhere, either ).

Do you realize how difficult it is to get a new pin number when you don’t remember the old one ? Talk about embarrassing hassles….

Needless to say, when I finally got a new pin number for the account, I suddenly remembered what the old one was.

RCA was having a bad year that year. Chattanooga Choo-Choo sold over 1 million records and helped push them into the black. They commemorated this by having a little ceremony on Glenn Miller’s radio show and awarding him a gold record. The first gold record. I was born 30 years too far in the future.