Pickles by Brian Crane for December 08, 2022

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    allen@home  almost 2 years ago

    Sorry Earl it’s hard losing a family member. But it has passed. Time for a service. Then turn it into mulch.

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    sirbadger  almost 2 years ago

    Is she talking about upper branches or lower branches?

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 2 years ago

    time to get out the vacuum cleaner and to go to the compost bin

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    Erse IS better  almost 2 years ago

    Our “tree” is getting up there. Some of the plastic-ish “needle” are starting to be too brittle, and I keep thinking one of the “branchlets” that you have to actually bend into place are going to give up the ghost and break. So far, though, it’s still “good enough”… (I would much prefer a real tree, other things being equal… but they aren’t).

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    stairsteppublishing  almost 2 years ago

    Depending on the quality of the artificial tree, it should last 10-20 years to get your money’s worth out of it. It helps to store it in a tree bag, in a dry cool place and not the attic.

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    Ratkin Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    With a very active grabby 2-year-old coming for the holidays, we decided not to put one up this year.

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    Macushlalondra  almost 2 years ago

    How have they had it so long with Muffin in the house?

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    Gator007  almost 2 years ago

    I have three grown kids and no GK. I just turn seventy a couple months ago.

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    TStyle78  almost 2 years ago

    Shouldn’t the mess be more under the tree?

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    TStyle78  almost 2 years ago

    Shouldn’t the mess be more under the tree?

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    TStyle78  almost 2 years ago

    Shouldn’t the mess be more under the tree?

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    iggyman  almost 2 years ago

    Calling Charlie Brown!

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    MayCauseBurns  almost 2 years ago

    “Nice Christmas tree, dad. Are you going to put it up yourself?” “No son, I’m going to put it up in the living room.”

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    The Reader Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Maybe a little extra tinsel this year.

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    Darryl Heine  almost 2 years ago

    Everything tree he touches gets ruined!

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    jagedlo  almost 2 years ago

    Time to say goodbye to this particular member of the family, Earl!

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    ANIMAL  almost 2 years ago

    Fake trees lose NEEDLES..??? – There is SO much I don’t know…..

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    assrdood  almost 2 years ago

    @animal Yes, fake trees shed fake needles. And they are harder to “hoover”.

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    goboboyd  almost 2 years ago

    No less sincere. More decorations!

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    Zebrastripes  almost 2 years ago

    Having kids never stopped us from putting up a tree! Just hang unbreakables on the lower half of the tree but still teach them not to touch.

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    We bought a 24" tree when we retired and hit the road in 1996. It served us well but this year we bought a 34" to replace it even though it still had most of its needles.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    Poor Earl!

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    tremaine53  almost 2 years ago

    Bwaaaaaaahahahaha! No, wait. That’s not funny.

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    rmcarignan  almost 2 years ago

    With two grabby cats I never put up one. lol

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    Moonkey Premium Member almost 2 years ago

    No trees going up here again this year. I have a large artificial one and a small one that only needs to be carried up along with the table it goes on, a tablecloth put over the table and the tree set on top, all decorations on it. It’s all too much work, although I do miss sometimes seeing all the very old decorations I still have from my parents and my own starting from the 1970s. Some from my parents must be close to 100 years old, and all glass.

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    eced52  almost 2 years ago

    I told the tree trimmer to just take a little off the top, not prepare it for basic training.

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