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1. about 2 months ago on Non Sequitur

   My dad made the power supplies for the space program as well. We lived next to JPL. I remember putting together those circuit boards for Christmas money. Ugh, my fingers STILL hurt.

2. about 2 months ago on Non Sequitur

   When my son was 8, he would draw all kinds of space ships and aircraft having grown up with Star Wars. One drawing was a triangle black jet with lots of angles. Pretty cool I thought. Then, several months later, they publicly announced the F-117 Stealth fighter. Needless to say, I was a bit surprised that he could design something that no one in the general public had ever seen in 1988. I think I still have it….somewhere

3. 3 months ago on Crankshaft

   We read F451 in high school over 50 years ago. Found out later it was the Texas sanitized version- left out the drug and alcohol references and bible burning. Didn’t traumatized me, but really left an impression on what freedoms are and what we could lose. The reason given for the book burnings was it kept everyone “happy”. If a person didn’t know that cigarettes caused cancer, then they wouldn’t worry about dying from cancer and kept the tobacco companies happy….win-win. I couldn’t imagine it EVER happening. Well, we are here now. SAD. These books (F451 and 1984, Brave New World)were meant to be WARNINGS not textbooks on how to DO it!

4. 3 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   This hit hard. It’s been 3 years since I lost my husband of 43 years only 3 days after our anniversary. Then my 92 year old mother passed away in January. Still having a hard time with it all. You never forget, just keep going on, and living in the memories.

5. 3 months ago on Pickles

   This is why, at 72, I still ride my horse. I don’t jump anymore, but I do show in dressage. Not as easy as when I was younger and didn’t have back issues but it keeps me going and out of the house.

6. 4 months ago on Freshly Squeezed

   I wonder why not? I stayed home with the boys during our whole 43 year marriage. My husband retired at 65, with full social security benefits. I claimed social security benefits at 62 thru spousal benefits. This transferred to his full benefits when he passed 9 years later. I talked with the social security office for help with the transfer.

7. 4 months ago on Non Sequitur

   Also born in 52. Spent formative years in La Canada, Ca, home of JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory). We had constant drop drills….under the little tiny desks and in the middle of the playground when the sirens went off. I remember seeing the movie “On the Beach” years later and having nightmares for years. Fun times.

8. 5 months ago on Nest Heads

   I remember seeing War of the Worlds and The Crawling Hand at the drive in. I was about 10. Apparently, I confused them together so I thought it was all one movie. Later when I saw the original War of the Worlds on tv, I kept looking for the crawling hand…

9. 5 months ago on Luann

   My 12 month old son did the same thing. I chained the kitchen chairs to the table(a cheap kitchen set). Problem solved…..until a few months later when he decided to stack toys in the back yard to climb a 6 ft wooden fence to visit the dog next door……. Not an easy kid to corral

10. 5 months ago on Non Sequitur

    You may be surprised to learn that someone with a certain form of synesthesia could actually smell the number 9