Recent Comments

1. 23 days ago on Baldo

   This is inaccurate. At least, it is not true in the US. Only 21% of millionaires/billionaires inherited anything. Only 16% inherited over $100,000. Only 3% inherited over $1,000,000.

2. 8 months ago on Broom Hilda

   The native tribes would stampede Bison herds off cliffs and kill or injure hundreds or thousands of them at a time. This type of hunting occurred as long as 12,000 years ago. It stopped stopped after the tribes acquired horses and guns and were able to hunt more discriminately.

   Most of the bison were left to rot because more than enough were killed. Also, it was mainly the cows that were harvested. The bulls were left behind.

3. about 1 year ago on Red and Rover

   No character in the Star Trek movies or TV series ever said, “Beam me up, Scotty”.

4. almost 2 years ago on Working Daze

   I was also one of those who put in thousands of hours to prevent problems that could be caused by Y2K.

   It was a no win situation for us. If we did our jobs correctly and nothing happened, people assumed there was nothing to worry about to begin with. If we hadn’t done our jobs correctly, we would have been blamed for all the issues. Either way, we were destined to be ridiculed.

5. over 6 years ago on Frazz

   I have a hard time believing that most cyclists fail to come to a full stop at a stop sign or stop light because they fear for their safety. I’ve asked several cyclist friends about this and not one of them cited safety as a reason for not coming to a stop. Instead, they all said that they did not want to lose their momentum by stopping.

   I grew up on U.S. military installations around the world back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. I have no idea if this still happens, but back then, the military police would pull over cyclists who did not follow the rules of the road, just like they did with motorists. So, we made sure to signal our turns, stop at all stop signs and lights, obey the speed limits (some places had limits of 15 MPH in residential areas), and ride where we were supposed to. I learned how to behave as a cyclist.

6. over 6 years ago on Frazz

   What really annoys me are the motorcyclists in my area who think it is fun to ride on just their back wheel. I’ve even seen one pass me while doing a “wheelie” on the local interstate where the speed limit is 70 MPH.

7. almost 9 years ago on Shirley and Son Classics

   That sounds like the first computer I used when I was a junior in high school. However, the first computer I owned was a TRS-80 Model I Level I. It had 4k of ram and data had to be stored on cassette tape using a regular cassette tape recorder.

8. almost 12 years ago on Tank McNamara

   Why do you say Jackson was the least culpable? Buck Weaver hit .324 and played errorless ball. Was Jackson less culpable just because he got 12 hits to Buck’s 11? Both players new about the fix even though they may not have actively participated in it on the field.

9. over 12 years ago on Arlo and Janis

   This explains things for me. My son and I actually saw a rainbow touch the ground once. I didn’t see a pot of gold. It was the same end that Arlo ran towards. So, I guess we saw the beginning of the rainbow, not the end.