For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for July 20, 2024

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    snsurone76  3 months ago

    “…climb the backyard tree, peek into Molly’s bedroom window…”

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    howtheduck  3 months ago

    Nothing makes a parent feel older than hearing one’s children reminisce!!

    I guess Elly prefers the days when her children were too young to remember the past.

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    BJDucer  3 months ago

    Not quite sure Elly & friend should be behind a door unostentatiously listening to the boys’ conversation. At this age, the young men may have tales to tell that mothers really shouldn’t be privy to!

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    PoochFan  3 months ago

    Or seeing their children given black balloons at their 40th birthday.

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    HarryLime Premium Member 3 months ago

    I remember the 9 PM curfew horn that sounded in our town. We were warned by our parents that, no matter where we were, we had 5 minutes to be in the house. Talk about some fast footwork …

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    mourdac Premium Member 3 months ago

    We did the same, parents never worried where we were. Way before the days of even beginning video game systems. Who wanted to stay inside all day?

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    jango  3 months ago

    Sort of like a mirror in front of a mirror.

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    win.45mag  3 months ago

    The kids have good ol’ days.

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    dcdete.  3 months ago

    Off hand question here. In the fourth panel the mother beside Elly, with the brunette hair color similar to Michael’s hair color, is supposed to be Lawrence’s mother, Connie Poirier?

    But wasn’t she a blonde when she visited a day earlier?

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    flagmichael  3 months ago

    How about realizing our favorite songs are more than 50 (or 60, or dear God no!) years old.8 days from now we will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary. Right now I am heading up to the local Maverik convenience store for more on job training. Life is a cabaret, eh? I don’t think I’m fond of cabarets!

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    mindjob  3 months ago

    Waiting for the ice cream truck to drive down the street, and getting a Sidewalk Sundae

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    John Jorgensen  3 months ago

    I seem to remember being a kid and reminiscing about things that had happened ridiculously recently with that same wistfulness.

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    delennwen  3 months ago

    And this is why “Nostalgia” was included as a new emotion (though with a small role) in the new Inside Out movie. I read that the teenagers the writers worked with insisted they did have these kind of fond memories.

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    rasputin's horoscope  3 months ago

    An insignificant boo-boo by the colorist.

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    sjsczurek  3 months ago

    Reading MAD magazine all summer.

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    Foob  3 months ago

    Who’s the dude behind Mike, next to Elly?

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    Teto85 Premium Member 3 months ago

    Those children born today in 1969, Moonwalk Day, are now 55 and considered by many businesses eligible for senior citizen discounts and other perks.

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    klingon131  3 months ago

    I’m lucky I never killed myself considering all these extremely dangerous things I did as a kid and teen.

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    Strawberry King  3 months ago

    Lawrence is right about summer going by fast. It used to go nice and slow when I was a kid.

    And another thing:

    I remember going back to school in September, but kids today are going much earlier! What the heck, man?!

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    Jelliqal  3 months ago

    nice to hear the memories that are special to you – are special to them too.

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    Cactus-Pete  3 months ago

    And sitting around doing nothing while going on about how busy they are.

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    hagarthehorrible  3 months ago

    There goes the cycle of life.

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