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1. 1 day ago on Doonesbury

   To be without a(n orphans) home

2. 3 days ago on Andy Capp

   Capp’s cap

3. 11 days ago on Peanuts

   I had one of those certificates. Came in handy. I should have had it printed on a t shirt

4. 13 days ago on Peanuts

   A very relevant strip for the time. Baseball owners did treat players like cattle before the 1976 season. Because of the “reserve clause”, once a player signed with a major league team, he was their property for life. An owner could cut a players salary, send him to the minors, trade him and the player could do nothing. Even if his contract had expired. On December 23rd, 1975, an arbitrator ruled that the Reserve Clause was invalid and a player could sign wherever he wanted when his contract was over. For good or evil, the free agency era had begun in 1976, when the strip was run.

5. 13 days ago on Peanuts

   She tried to milk it for all its worth.

6. 13 days ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Pep was one of the most elusive and effective boxers in history. He won close to 2000 rounds in his career. One opponent said the fighting Guglielmo Papaleo (you can see why his name was shortened) was like “trying to put out a grass fire just by stomping on it.”. Then again boxing was so corrupt back in the day, winning a round without landing a punch could be possible.

7. 13 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   I’ve always said “take normal people with a great deal of caution”. Watch documentaries on serial killers. 90% of the time, you’ll see witnesses saying “Gee, he seemed like a normal guy.” Until they found the 47 heads in his freezer. Gacy, Rader, Buono, Ridgeway, Bundy, Berkowitz…

8. 13 days ago on Off the Mark

   Sold! Where do I send the money? Price is no object!!

9. 13 days ago on Bloom County

   Everyone got hooked on General Hospital at the time. The famous Luke and Laura wedding. Even I watched for a little while until the “Ice Princess” storyline. The kicker, Mikkos Cassadine was going to freeze the world. I said “what am I doing watching this drivel?” and quit.

10. 14 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    Indeed. The Internet is a rich source of goof stuff I would have killed for when I was younger. I was always huge on military history. When I was 12, we took a long family trip southward. The least favorable to me was a stop at Gettysburg. When you come in from the west, it’s farm, farm, farm. Yawn. Instantly, you hit the battlefield and the huge equestrian statue of General John Reynolds. I was hooked from that moment on. i had to know everything about Reynolds, the battle and the war.