Pickles by Brian Crane for September 14, 2024

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I’m having problems imagining him having long, personal conversations with Opal.

I have to disagree with Earl. People ought to have more face-to-face conversations. They don’t need to be personal in nature – just person-to-person talks about anything. Just stay away from politics with people whose opinions are not the same as yours.

Face to face contact was more personable, if you criticize someone face to face you immediately get results, hard to do that electronically!

Was Earl attacked by Zorro in the 3rd panel?

Face to face small talk could be exhausting unless you turned your mind onto Auto.

Sadly, we are not how to be critical thinkers from our teachers, nor to agree maturely to disagree. Too much is, “I’m offended” and get verbally or physically abusive. Satan thrives on divisiveness.

Third here! I was an avid library visitor (brick and mortar). Now all I have to do is pick up my tablet or computer to look something up. It’s wonderful!

Earl left out the party lines that happened on the telephone (land-lined) where you had to wait for the conversation on the other end to stop and you had the line (finally) before you could dial your call. Horrible times for the telephone company before things improved.

“Talking with you is still okay.”

As an old timer, I’m with Earl on this one.

I had that sort of rapport with my oldest grandson when he was growing up. Now we only can communicate electronically or by Skype, since he lives in the States and I’m in South America but we still have a strong bond.

He had the conversations with other people…..not Opal!

Speak for yourself on this one earl…..

Sometimes we had conversations on a CB radio.

Those days were best. Simple and real.

We used to write letters also.

Opal and Earl love each other and couldn’t live without each other. Do they make fun of each other and seem irritated at times? Yes. Have you ever seen a married couple that didn’t do just that?

Not me, I have been using Morse-Code since my first Amateur Radio License in 1959.

I love his relationship with his grandson.

GOOD answer

Opal was different then. So was he.

I just say thank goodness for email.

The other thing that happened is that people would force their opinion via stubbornness. They despise that they can get fact checked in real time now.

They don’t call em the good old days for nothing.

For one thing, kids played outside,used their imagination,used the dictionary, and didn’t shop at malls with their parents credit cards.

I love to see a couple in a restaurant and both are on the phone. I usually stop by and say, “She is right there, try talking to her.” The reaction is hilarious.

My, what a sweet grandson.