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1. about 2 months ago on Frazz

   Back when I was in high school, it was paper straw wrappers. I’m not sure what the adhesive substance was; it probably varied depending on the menu. The classroom that the boys used for eating lunch looked like a cave with masses of stalactites. Girls usually ate in the Home Ec room and kept it clean. Which of the two rooms we went to wasn’t assigned, we just sorted out that way.

2. 3 months ago on Breaking Cat News

   Big box but with a very small screen.

3. 3 months ago on Breaking Cat News

   We didn’t yet have a TV then, but one of the other kids in my 7th grade class did. My teacher arranged to take the class to their house to watch the coronation. This was in rural Pennsylvania, so it was a small class .

4. 3 months ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Ah yes, the Boston Model KS.

5. 3 months ago on Free Range

   It’s been that way forever – at least since I was in high school almost 70 years ago.

6. 3 months ago on Andertoons
   Or think of the denominator as 1/20 so it is 0.25 /(1/20) = 0.25 * 20 = 5
7. 3 months ago on Breaking Cat News

   Raccoons are sometimes identified as “Street Cats” along with opossums and the woods kitties with the fluffy white fur on their backs.

8. 3 months ago on Barney & Clyde

   Look up Charli XCX for the scoop on brat (adjective, not noun) and lime green. Even this ancient 82 year old has heard of it.

9. 3 months ago on Non Sequitur

   Hensel 42R4 – 4 longs for us. We could ring the codes for the 15 others on the party line using the crank on the side of the phone. For any other call, we cranked one extra long to get the operator.

10. 4 months ago on Barney & Clyde

    Seems so. I just discovered via Google that “In the 2019–20 school year, 18.8 percent of public schools required that students wear uniforms.” (National Center for Education Statistics )