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1. 1 day ago on Pickles

   Sounds like Earl will need to talk to Dusty over at “Elderberries”. He’ll have some suggestions for what to do with charcoal and raw meat.

2. 1 day ago on Crankshaft

   No; it’s not plugged in. I’m hoping the lack of usage will keep the electronics from degrading until I’m ready to digitize the tapes, using the method “Mopman” described.

3. 1 day ago on Bad Machinery

   Apparently Romesh’s tingle is quite perspicacious.

4. 3 days ago on Crankshaft

   I still have a VCR, but have no idea if it still works. We’ve got some VHS tapes that were converted from our Super 8mm home movies. I didn’t move fast enough, so I converted from one obsolete format to a different obsolete one. I was planning to convert the VHS to DVD, but that might be too late already.

5. 5 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Sounds like you two had reached your “Sell By” date, and it was time to move on.

6. 5 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Similarly, my wife and I met on Memorial Day weekend 1996, got engaged Columbus Day weekend, and married that Christmas Eve. In a few days we’ll hit our 28th anniversary.

7. 5 days ago on Bad Machinery

   This whole adventure reminds me of the plotline for the movie Mortdecai. Mortdecai is forced to search for the maguffin because everyone who is trying to steal it thinks he already has it. (Quite a fun little movie — not great, but entertaining.)

8. 5 days ago on Bad Machinery

   “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.”

9. 6 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Sorry. If there was a spoiler option available in these comments, I would have used it.

10. 6 days ago on For Better or For Worse

    IIRC, a few years from now Mike has his degree and is working at the newspaper. Rhetta’s relationship with the other guy has broken down; she and Mike meet; she begs him to get back together; he rejects her.