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August 30, 2018 by CIDU Bill

[OT] Got a bit of a scare thanks to IBB today…

  • Bill Bickel, IBB
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We’re currently having some very expensive work done on our kitchen and basement. Got an e-mail this afternoon from a contractor telling me that while working on our basement, they noticed that our gas furnace needs immediate replacement.

Fortunately, I noticed a 206 (Seattle) area code.

I was sorely tempted to respond “Sure, go ahead, and only top-of-the-line will do.”

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Yes, it’s 2018 [OT]

  • Bill Bickel, OT
  • 17 Comments

I was given my nephew’s new street address today, and I realized he’s too young to remember when that would have been accompanied by “and his new telephone number is…”

August 30, 2018August 9, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Mistake

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, John Atkinson, Wrong Hands
  • 22 Comments

aug30 wrong hands

August 29, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Okay, my best guess is…

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  • Bill Bickel, Buni, comic strips, comics, humor, Ryan Pagelow
  • 17 Comments

banana.gif

Bananas give off ethylene, which makes other fruit ripen more quickly, which is kind of analogous to zombies turning other people into zombies.

Except that only ripening bananas give off ethylene, but that’s all I got…

August 29, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Unless that’s Ex-Lax, I’m stumped

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Pardon My Planet, Vic Lee
  • 15 Comments

regular

August 29, 2018August 9, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Croppelganger

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  • Bill Bickel, Brevity, comic strips, comics, Dan Thompson, humor
  • 29 Comments

aug29 brevity.JPG

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Tuesday Evening Synchronicity

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  • comic strips, comics, Comics That Made Us Laugh Out Loud, Dave Whamond, humor, Lunarbaboon, Reality Check, The @$!# Squirrel Must Die!
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august 28 2018

I had this queued for the LOL page until I saw the Reality Check comic below and decided to use it here instead.

unicorn

August 28, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Warm Tuesday Evening Smile

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  • Arlo and Janis, comic strips, comics, humor, Jimmy Johnson
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arlo dress

August 28, 2018August 9, 2018 by CIDU Bill

Spin

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  • Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, Cornered, humor, Mike Baldwin
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aug28 cornered spin.JPG

August 27, 2018 by CIDU Bill

You know, they don’t HAVE TO sleep as far from one another as physically possible…

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  • Arlo and Janis, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, humor, Jimmy Johnson
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arlo bed

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