The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for October 09, 2022

The leopard cannot change his spots.

OK, send him to his room with no entertainment except his own imagination….I’m not so old that I can’t see Wilberforce not entertaining himself…sorry!

Nice to see Brutus get a day off once in a while. I am sure it has happened before, but this is the first time I remember seeing TBL without the title character. (Maybe Brutus is streaming a movie in his room. Either that or putting in some OT at the office so he can buy Wilberforce a phone of his own.)

What’s old is new again. Those 7" TV screens from the 1940s and 1950s are now Smart Phone screens. And as with after market add-ons of the 50s

http://www.tvhistory.tv/TV-Magnifying-Lens.JPG

we now have similar add-ons today.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/81gzYAjTPxL.AC_SL1500.jpg

Go do your homework.

She’s asking the wrong question. The actual question should be is how long has she allowed him to sit in front of the TV

While my brother and I had chores and homework to do, we were encouraged to have hobbies besides sitting in front of the black and white tv. I built model airplanes, boats and the like, took up archery and became an amateur bowyer, or whatever piqued my interest. I read and continue to read voraciously. Now, it saddens me to see not just kids, but whole families at a restaurant staring intently into their phones, texting or etc.

well that’s fine, you may look at the river stream, but your not using her phone. ;)

“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” And get out of Dad’s chair.

A good example of a techno kid!

Lesson not learned it seems…..

At least Wilburforce is honest.

At least he isn’t being sent to his room to play with all electronics and texting on his own cell phone. I am not against technology, but kids need to vary their activities.

Turn on a BallGame for him to watch! BTW… Congratulations Guardians! Bring on the Stink Stankee Yankees!!!

I’ve been doing that while lying in bed at night. Most times it takes me 3 or 4 days to watch a whole movie.

You’re expecting him to have an imagination, look who his role model father is.

Try some solitaire with a deck of cards. Nowadays a person can stream many of the same movies and other programs anytime.

dear ol’ dad always set a good example, giving us outdoor chores to do while he sat inside watching sports on the tube. many years on, i still love being outdoors and don’t own a tv…