Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 13, 2022

Used to be’s don’t count anymore. They just lay on the floor till we sweep them away.

We’ll see who gets the last laugh, Luann, when you get to be your parents’ age.

Did Luann steal one of Leslie’s bowling shirts?

the older i get the better i was!

That is so much my husband and me. We used to take day long hikes. Now our knees and back won’t let us go very far.

I like the top Luann is wearing (frame 4).

Luann as you see your parents get older just remember that will be you in 30 years.

We’re all getting used to “used to”. I know I am.

I hope most agree to maintain our best habits and lessons from the last couple of years.

I saw a commercial refer to ‘must have’ spring fashion’, and wanted to barf.

Calling your parents “geezers”, is total disrespect!!!

Frank used to have a full head of hair.

The older I get, the more important my exercise is. A rebounder (you know, a mini trampoline) is doing a lot to limber up this 77 year old body. It’s very low impact, and loosens and tones just about everything. There are plenty of videos on Youtube with a good bouncy beat to show you how, but until you get into it you can’t understand how much fun it is.

Frank has been a geezer since birth imo

“Geezers,” eh?

Well one day, YOU are going to be a “Geezer,” Luann.

I’m old enough that I tell people my age. It’s an excuse for how slow I am these days.

I’ve always been a night owl, but I can remember when I was a kid, my parents always had really strict and early bedtimes for me (ranging anywhere from 8-9:30 the older I got), and as such, I was always thrilled on occasions I was allowed to stay up late; it genuinely seemed so magical to me.

Now, as an adult in his early 30s with no bedtime, the novelty has long, long worn off, and honestly, staying up late isn’t even fun at all . . . especially being an insomniac.

P.S. For 15 years now, I have refused to comply with G.W. Bush’s extension of DST (because I’ve always hated DST), and I such, I will NOT be setting my clock ahead an hour tonight (I’ll do so in April, when we used to). Anybody wanna take a stand with me?

I don’t really get that. I’m a parent too and of course I dropped a few hobbies, but only because I took up new ones that I found more interesting. Getting older doesn’t have to be a game of “used to”. It surely doesn’t have to be a “I’ve always done this, so I HAVE to continue”, but this so-called “joke” about parents giving up everything they were and are and being called boring by their kids because they’re “old” is getting … well … old.Do I sometimes think back to the times I did ballet religiously? Sure. But not with a “used to” but with a “It was fun until it lasted, but salsa dancing sounds great too, I should try it next week!”

Frank could also say, “I used to have a full head of hair. I used to have six-pack abs. I used to…”

But Nancy looks great for an “old geezer”.

“Doom, despair, agony on me. Deep, dark depression, excessive misery….”

I would love be able to stop to stay up till 2 a.m. It’s sweet that Frank and Nancy are able to talk about this together ♡. But Luann is totally right here.

It used to be funny? How about “it” being fun?

I’m 54 and I still stay up past 2 AM. I go to bed at 3 sometimes.

LOL, I will be 65 in May, and I still do.

Youth is wasted on the young

Daniel Pink’s new book "Regrets’ really does a good job dissecting this whole mind set.

Today’s cartoons are about social commentary, not humour.

Now it takes me all night to do what I used to do all night.

Now that’s funny!

There’s probably another "used to " that they may not do as much.

They “used to” have a dog!

I used to play golf too, and I miss it. I especially enjoyed the par-3 courses around my area. Those are much more my ability, and much more enjoyable for me. It also helps that I don’t keep score.

“Well, I don’t know but I’ve been told

You never slow down, you never grow old"

“One more time to kill the pain,”

(Last Dance with Mary Jane)

IF you get to be your parents’ age. WWIII, climate change, Covid variants…..

Father Time IS undefeated.

By this strip’s time scale, that will be about 2185.

I’m not coming here next week. Sick of the dog storyline.

I used to do all kinds of things. Then my hands started stinging and cramping up. What a rip!

They’re getting on in years, Luann, but I don’t think they’re that old. Middle aged, maybe, but not old.

Luann us old geezers who are 50 65 can stay up to 2 A.M.

The older i get, the better i was

Most people in their 60’s can still do yoga and make pies and play golf. They just don’t want to do those things anymore.

I’m 59. I do my own oil changes, (as well as most other maintenance and repairs on my and my family’s vehicles — unless it’s something that requires really specialized equipment such as A/C repair). I get up at 4 A.M. to be at work by 6 A.M. I mow my own lawn (practically unheard of in my community).

Well, at least the “geezers” didn’t lose Pud.

Then you’re both getting exactly what you deserved, 20-40 years later.

A lot of black ink has been used in the last 4-5 days.

favorite line from 1975’s british indie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, customized some years ago onto a hoodie: NOT DEAD YET

Try saying “used to” five times without making it sound like “yoost”.

I used to do the sun salute, but now I can’t even do the sun set

When my son was about 12, he was teasing me for being old. I called him over and we stood next to each other in front of the mirror in the dining room. I said, “This is you in 30 years.” We still laugh about it sometimes. :-)

Running a restaurant (or Nachtlokal or whatever The Fuse is) is not something that unambitious people tackle. I can well understand that Nancy doesn’t have the time or inclination to make pies!

I bet they used to be less flexible in their approaches to daily life.

Seniors get used to adjusting how exercise is accomplished while still having good form, working around arthritis, working around eye damage, working around hearing damage, and a pile of other things. After 35 it is all maintenance. After 50 it is all maintenance and adjustments that are used daily and are constantly evolving. That increases attitudinal flexibility in how life is tackled and provides greater abilities to deal with life throws at one.

We all said that or something similar many times until we got there ourselves…..

It’s still funny. Just because now we understand.

Jeff Foxworthy’s word for that is ’youst’ta’could’!

Well, at least on Sunday there’s no Piddles drama.

Way to pile on there (sarcastic).

Monday, Tiff brings back “doggie bags” from the Kafe’. But they’re not the kind needed. :-/

Yep, the older I get, the earlier it gets late.

Ah HA HA ha ha ha … whah waa WAAAAA!

Casually disrespectful of the parental units, smugly ignorant Luann walked offstage as the audience withheld any applause….

I am almost a pensioner, and I still stay up until 1am, exercise and bake pies! If you are feeling your age, you need to cultivate friendships with folks older than you. They will laugh at your “small trials” and tell you to “buckle up sweetheart, it only gets better!”