Big Top by Rob Harrell for January 06, 2011

Ah! Our Petey wants a smoochy kiss. He’s growing up so fast.

Good Morning ♥Little Sister♥ - Great menu! I’ll have a patty melt and a piece of chocolate cake please.

And I want fajitas and a beer, I’m just growing old…

Thanks Lil Sis

Good Morning WoodEye!

Here you go Sojo and WoodEye. Enjoy ypor meals. :-)

Thank you ♥Little Sister♥. :-)

Little Sister: Martinis for breakfast?? Well, I suppose the sun is over the yardarm somewhere…

You’re welcome :-)

Good Morning Saskfan!

CHAR BROILED………………….

ANYTHING Char broiled……..

(Can you tell it’s winter, and the BBQ is put away?)?????

Good morning Sojourner: I’m having issues with GoComics tonight. It wouldn’t let me post a comment, then when I refreshed, I was told to sign in to comment, but when I tried to sign in, I was already signed in. Coming back to the strip, I found my comment still in the box, and still couldn’t post it.

When I typed part of it again, it posted, but now I can’t correct the tyop in it…

And NOW the edited typo=fix got posted! I give up; I’m going to bed. G’night all.

What is winter?

Saskfan that seems to happen quite a bit. you are not the first one that has had that problem with Gocomics. It happened to me a couple of weeks ago.

Good Morning Montana Lady - You sound like it’s cold there!

Good Night Saskfan - Sometimes I’ve had that problem. Once or twice I’ve found that my RAM wasn’t being freed up and I was short on it.

Firefox seemed to cause that more than Explorer as I also found the downloader I was using in Firefox wasn’t releasing RAM when downloading. Like ♥Little Sister♥ said though it sometimes just happens to us all once and awhile.

Hi, Sojo….well, it’s been warm today…..all the way up to 35!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!

By the weekend, another Alberta Clipper will come by and it’ll be in the minuses again. I’m enjoying the warmth for now. :))))

(Sasfan….I’ve had the same problem too.)

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

We still have fall leaves on the trees, therefore it cannot be winter yet. Yup! Yup!

It’s 47° outside as I now turn in for the night. Enjoy the breakfast buffet everybody

Good night :-)

Yes you may Big Sister :-) You got here just in time.

Here you go.

Good night.

Darling, cute, sweet, adorable, smart Little Sister, may I have some vegetables and a glass of water, please? (and a big piece of chocolate cake?)

Thank you, Little Sister!

Good Night, Little Sister, Montana Lady, Sojo, Saskfan, WoodEye and Peoples

Good Morning, ♥Little Sister♥, Sojourner, WoodEye, Saskfan, Montana Lady & Ooops!

LITTLE SISTER I have missed your delightful messages for 3 months, BUT I do nave a complaint about the culinary standards of GoComics. After a three month withdrawal from the intoxicating powers of DOc TOON’S WORLD FAMOUS NUCLEAR COFFEE. I whistled and *GROG sent a case of *UNOBTAINIUM collectors mugs filled with the devil’s brew. Unfortunately, the shake of my hands prevented me from typing and being able to make change in the store where I bought a gross of rolls of toilet paper.could I please have a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato and mustard and a gallon of the **DOC’S finest.

Good Morning, Lewreader… I think.

I do believe I’ve just been insulted.

Good Morning, Tribe

Getting ready for another long day…………………………….

Good Morning, ♠Lonewolf♠. Have a good one. It’ll be busy here too.

Good Morning, Grog.

Have a great day everyone. I’m hoping I can stop by before pool league tonight.

P&L

It is not morning until the sky is lightened by the sun! I should not be awake! Please keep your green eggs and ham away from me!

How about normal eggs & ham?

Good Morning, Ooops!

6 AM would be later for me, even on week-ends.

Not on a train! Not in the rain! Not dressed in black! Not in a gunny sack! I do not want green eggs and ham!

Good (gagging) Morning Grog & Doc

morning all!

Good Morning, Doctor Toon

Good Morning, Digital Frog

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠,♥♥ Little Sister♥♥, LuvH8/BBS,Grog,Doctor Toon, RwB, Doc Toon, MontanaLady, ♪Hopeandjoy♫, Johanan Rakkav, Rmom , The Sojourner,Bmonk, serenasakitty,Ladyhawk, Saskfan,lakesnake ,Digital Frog,Lewreader

Internet must have been bad all over here all of ours went very very slow I gave up and stopped.

Good Morning, Rmom & ♥Kab♥

Kab - You might have spyware or something else on your computer slowing yours down. I’ve been running a virus scan almost everyday with my Norton and removing the tracking cookies. That seems to help my surfing speed. Does just your computer have slow internet, or all the computers in your house?

Hi, Doc & Grog!

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Good Morning Doctor Toon.

Hi, Sojo!

Good Morning Rmom!

Hello, Sojourner

Good Morning Grog!

Good Morning Grog, Rmom, Sojourner,Doctor Toon, Kab, and Lonewolf (when he checks in), LuvH8 Ooops (when the sun lights her sky),all others

Good Morning HopeandJoy♫!

Hi, HopeandJoy♫!

The sun is lighting the sky…… I suppose it would be asking too much for a little color?

Hi, Oooops!

Hi, Hopeandjoy♫

Howdy folks. If anyone is interested in buying a 1999 Dodge Caravan with a faulty transmission, I just sold one to a wrecking yard down in New Orleans. Oh what fun it is to drive from north of Birmingham to New Orleans at a speed of 45 mph or less. US Highway 11 is an interesting drive. Found a Nissan Maxima for cheap to replace it temporarily. Made for a really fun Christmas/New Year’s vacation. Nonetheless, got to spend the holidays with my daughter and granddaughter at my house in Philly, so that was good. Life is good. The details sometimes suck, but I’d rather live than suffer the alternative.

Good Morning Ooops!

Good Morning MisngNOLA - Sounds like an experience to remember.

Good morning, Tribeandall……Yes this is a grand day!

35 degrees, flu is almost gone, and enjoyed John Wayne’s movie “The Searchers” last night. That sure was a fantastic film directed by John Ford…..one of his finest.

Have a great one, Family!

Good to hear from you Montana Lady!

MisngNOLA!…. I was beginning to think you were missing. Glad you had time with loved ones.

Doc T, could you tell that to the people who complain about the lack of color in my wardrobe? Apparently, colors are even supposed to be bright or light or some such thing.

Montana Lady…… Yay! Getting Better!

Book I am continue reading is getting very interesting. I have more to read over half now. For some who read fast would have it done faster.

Hi all seems my daughter had trouble with her computer, though it needs replaced, my lap top is new seems towards evening to bedtime is the most problem of slow down. Our son’s has a laptop not sure how has affected his. I had him in past check on this lap top. I offically have my new text for English small book has access code. I also inquired about one subject I passed with a C if I were to take over can they reuse access code, have been informed new book oh well. I did learn something. Almost time for lunch then the rest. I will try to get on later. Rmom nice seeing you here not sure if you would be since you have been busy organizing. I asume you are aware gas has gone up closing to $3.

Gas costs under $3? Wow!

It might have something to do with the kind of internet connection you have Sister Kab <3?

Good Morning ♥Kab♥!

Have a good day Doctor Toon!

Hi, NOLA & MLady! NOLA - There’s never a good time for transmission problem, but having it on a road trip is worse than having it locally. MLady - Yesterday & today, we’re having above temps for normal, but a cold front is supposed to move in on Sunday, maybe even snow.. Monday’s high is expected to be 29°F, low of 8°F.

Rmom, we’re expecting to get that cold front early next week. Not looking forward to it. I’m going to have shut off the water to the sprinklers & bleed them dry and winterize exposed parts. Oh joy!

Hello, MisngNOLA & Montana Lady.

Have a good day, Doc

Hi MisNola and MLady!! Out to lunch! I am getting a rest from the kitchen these past two days. Woo Hoo!

Kab - No, I didn’t know gas prices went up about a dime. Yesterday, I filled up for $2.83 @ gallon. Guess that’s good that I didn’t wait until tomorrow when I’ve got to go into town again. Ooops! - Take a look at this map and you can see how the gas prices vary across the nation. I think a lot of this has to do with gas state taxes & regulations.

Grog - When we lived in the city and had an in-ground sprinkler system, we didn’t have to winterize it. All the sprinkler heads had some sort of a drain. I can’t explain much more than that, because that was my husband’s project. It could be that equipment sold in KS is different than what is sold in your area.

Grog, can’t you just leave the sprinklers running? (Guess who doesn’t have a clue?)

Kab - I probably won’t be around the computer much this afternoon. Just doing some organizing right now that I can work on at my desk.

I don’t think so, Ooops.. First, I wouldn’t want to pay the water bill. Second, I be flooding my yard, not to mention the yards of my neighbors.

Rmom The exposed pipes will freeze, especially if there’s water in them. I learned my lesson last year. Admittedly, I did not have that problem in Dallas.

Yes, the helpful professionals who replaced our water pump (I wasn’t supervising.) took the door off the pumphouse and left it off and also did not insulate their work. Apparently, they neglected to inform anyone of this either. So…… of course that winter we had temps in the teens for over a week and once the pipes froze… They froze but good.

Sure, we were able to get the pump defrosted but over thirty yards of frozen pipes under the ground? Haaa!!!

Grog - I’m thinking that the equipment sold in areas which typically get below freezing is designed differently (and probably costs more) than what would be used in your area.

Ooops - Depending on how deep the pipes were buried underground, they might not have frozen. Usually pipes freeze first where they are exposed to outside air. It takes longer for the ground to reach freezing temps.

Rmom, it was still a costly job to repair mine.

Grog - Yep, if it wasn’t designed for freezing weather, and froze up, it wouldn’t be cheap to fix it.

Good afternoon, Tribe

A quick stop during work to say “Hi!”.

Need to go a test drive shortly.

Hi ♠Lonewolf♠!

Hi, Wolfie!

Last known alias: Plods Along Last known disguise: donkey

Don’t forget your helmet Lonewolf!

Rmom, it was a while ago…. I know a lot of the ground here is saturated throughout the winter. Temperatures below 30° during the day are a big deal here, so not something generally planned for.

okay…. okay…… no more playing with other people’s avatar’s (except Grog’s because he said I could)

Ooops! - You do such a good job though!

Good afternoon, Tribe and All!

Ooops! said, about 14 grumblings ago

We still have fall leaves on the trees, therefore it cannot be winter yet. Yup! Yup!

I can remember making snowmen that were covered in leaves–because the snow fell before the leaves were all raked up. Made for some ugly, blotchy snowmen.

Hi, Ooops! and Sojo!

Decided to go to a winter theme.

Hello bmonk!

Bmonk, that kind of looks like spring. New life breaking through the long lonely cold, all full of color and joy. I like it.

Good Afternoon Bmonk & Sojo!

Sojo, does this mean you don’t mind if I do things to your Goku avatar?

Ooops! - I guess so!

Oops!, you’d probably do it anyway - as you did the first time.

OK, it’s time for me to call it a day and a night.

Have a good evening all.

Bye Grog.

Good Night Grog

Oh! I remember the first thing I did to him. But if he wants me to pick on….. ummm…. honor Sojo with my lack of artistic talent instead of him.

Only, I am supposed to be cleaning. Parties are Icky, Yuck Phooey!!! How come someone wants a party and it is lots of work for me? The person who wants the party is always an anti-help. I don’t like parties, lots of people. Makes my anxiety level skyrocket. When it is here, I can’t leave!

or can I? (sneaky plotting)

Good Afternoon Doctor Toon!

Doc, can I leave out the back door when the first guest arrives at the front door?

Okay….. does anyone have any ideas? Why would I have to leave the house alone (or with only Monkey 2) on Saturday night? Leaving behind my relatives? They might check the story so lying is out, plus I am a lousy liar.

edit: to appear nicer than I am, time for nap

Hmm! I have to go to a party tomorrow.

Hi Doc :-)

Hello ♥Little Sister♥!

Hi Sojo, Sister Kab, And Big Sister** :-)

Hello all I had and still have a busy afternoon at work. Home now Big Sister we don’t have the taxes or regulations like where ♥Little Sister♥ does. I realize there are other states that are higher then parts of KS and then part’s of KS gas prices vary. MO I believe is a little cheaper, then I know someone who drives out there on weekends and informs me gas prices vary as well.

Big Sister I kinda agree with you on parties too much work and I have been away from a big crowd for awhile family has died off and cousins don’t get together.

Hello ♥Kab♥!

How is everyone this evening?

Doctor Toon this is your morning I realize you are on vacation I hope you enjoyed sorry it’s about to end.

I’m doing good. For those who don’t know, My grandma is back to being her normal ornery self, but she can no longer walk and is confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life..

Big Sister what type of part you talking about, I’m outa practice?

I’m fine ♥Kab♥.

Doctor Toon - LOL - Have a good night.

Ooops I had a popcorn and ice cream party (diffrent toppings) once just for fun. Sort of bizare but they knew what they were getting into. We played games and chatted.

Also, LuvH8 I loved a vacation we had in Oregon. Rode the Rogue and stayed at Medford, went to Ashland, I think and attended a play and somewhere around there I bought a quilt (Texas Star pattern) and paid too much but it is still lovely after 15 years.

Stayed in Astoria in a nice cabin by the Columbia head waters and we could see the bridge from our chairs under the trees. Very peaceful. We went over to see the Lewis/Clark Center in Washington too.

♥Little Sister♥ - I’m sorry to hear about your grandmother. That will be a big change to her and your family.

Wow it is dawning on me a week from today is class day, not great since I have lab work done and get ready for a check up 17th and I’m off that day class doesn’t stop.

Good Evening HopeandJoy♫!

Ooops (continuing my saga) Did all the falls and flew home from Portland. We found a place in Portland I would like to see again. I think it was called ”The Grotto” We rode up in an elevator and watched planes fly in from a glass-fronted edifice and then walked around a garden of peace with many figures depicting Saints.

I enjoyed Oregon the 2 times I hav been there. Didn’t go to Crater Lake again as I knew it would have changed too much from when I saw it as a teen.

Anyway, I know you live somewhere in the state and I enjoyed the coastline and Klamath Mts

Little Sis I must have missed the comments about your grandmother. I will look back on other pages.

Pardon my manners, Good evening, Sojo, Grog, Kab, Doc, as well as others.

not sleeping yet….

Sister Kab, this party is my Gma’s Christmas party. Basically, people come over, eat junk food, visit and give her presents. I hope they bring junk food she likes. I have no idea what there will be except turkey and ham so I guess I should make a little of everything too. (grumble)

Most of the parties are for my daughter, teenagers. Some aren’t even parties just three to ten people coming over.

So you are about to some fun, you have everything ready or just a quite party. I thought you would throw something wild.

My son would put dressing on pizza.

Did you know teenagers will eat whipped cream on anything? Pizza? icky

Ooops! - Sounds good and I’m not a teenager!

How many children now teens do you have I now you said one daughter? For your grandma that would be great for others to visit with her she will have fun. My mom has a sister who is older in carehome she has dementia and soft bones. Her hubby put her there may sound mean his health was horrible. He has been deceased she needs help, and loves company.

Ummm…..Sojo, you are strange!

Little Sister, is Grandma able to get around in the wheelchair herself? and BE CAREFUL!!! Cranky ladies in wheelchairs are dangerous!

My grandma can wheel the wheel chair, but most of the time an adult is there to push her around, to where she needs to go.

Part of the other reason why I am not on as much is because it is time for me to begin packing my stuff for the big move to the new house that I will be renting with a room mate.

Hopeandjoy, have you ever been to Klamath Falls. I have been there once in my life and loved it.

Yes! It is wonderful!! Sounds like you are an especially busy person the next few days. You’ll be happy when you get through the packing etc.

Talking about places you have been how I suffer from missing this. CC still has to be paid on and with vacation for me no pay.

I am getting off for awhile. For a change lap top is behaving and working yah.

I have been pretty busy. There’s hardly any time for fun. Tomorrows party is a family get together. And it is important for all of the adults to attend, including myself.

Well it is good she can wheel herself, but like I said…. you don’t want to be mowed down by a lady who is mad at you. Not fun (and don’t laugh at her, she might smack you).

I have two monkeys (one biological daughter and her older sister). The eldest I only lived with as a parental for about four years, but the bond is still there. Her mom and I never saw any reason to compete so both our daughters are comfortable with both of us.

Ummm….. some of their friends seem like they belong to me sometimes. Hmmm… Maybe if I got over that I wouldn’t find myself taking them out to eat? or making breakfast?

Good evening, Tribe!

At pool now. Down one match. I may not get to play.

Good luck Big Brother ;-)

Thanks for the update ♠Lonewolf♠ - Hope it gets better!

Well it’s time for me to get busy again.

I’ll be on and off also. If I fall asleep I’ll miss turnover.

HopeandJoy, I live near Portland. I grew up in SW Portland within walking distance of Alpenrose Dairy. Which was actually pretty cool because they had things like the Little Britches Rodeo, Baseball Games (with concession stands) for kids, Christmas &Easter stuff, etc.

Hey all. We lost! But we had fun.

Hey all. We lost! But we had fun.

Sorry to hear you lost ♠Lonewolf♠ but at least you had fun! :-)