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Tomorrow’s horoscope
Watch it, you idiot!
Dear Annie: My husband
and I often take car trips together
on the East Coast to visit family.
When my husband gets angry at
other drivers, his temperament
changes completely from fun-lov-
ing to someone who is going to
“teach people a lesson.” He gives
dirty looks and cusses them out.
He thinks he’s a great driver.
Anyway, today I told him
he was being a butt to the other
drivers. He became profane and
told me what I could do with my
opinions. I waited a few minutes
before telling him I did not feel
I deserved his language. He said
he didn’t care. I know that I called
him a butt first, but was I wrong
to say that I did not want to be in
the car with him any longer? He
refuses to let me drive.
I have been suggesting mar-
riage counseling because he mim-
ics me when he is angry, but so
far, he is too busy. I have avoided
being in the car with him as much
as possible. He says I am being
too paranoid and judgmental of
his driving. I disagree. What do
you think? — Buckled Up
Dear Buckled: Not paranoid,
just smart. Your husband needs
to address his road rage problem
Dear Annie
By
Annie
Lane
Creators
Syndicate
Inc.
before he hurts someone with his
aggressive driving.
Ask whether he’d be willing
to let you record him in the car
sometime. Then play it back to
him a few days later, when he’s
at home and calm. For many peo-
ple, it’s enough of a wake-up call
just to hear how they sound when
they’re in road rage mode.
I would also encourage him
to seek anger management treat-
ment before marriage counseling,
as this seems to be less a problem
between you and more a problem
between him and himself.
Dear Annie: I am in my late
70s, and I am distraught at my
friends who drive but are so infirm
that they can barely move their
legs or their necks. To see some-
thing to the side, they have to twist
their upper body because of stiff-
ness in their neck.
But they all drive. There is no
way their legs could quickly move
up and over to their brake.
My plea is to the middle-aged
child. Look at your parents!
Assess their flexibility and alert-
ness. Be their passenger if you
dare.
Please take their car away
when the need becomes obvious.
It is only going to get worse. —
Scared of My Friends
Dear Scared: Thank you for
raising this important issue. It’s
understandable that after a life-
time of driving, people are reluc-
tant to give up the keys, but after
you turn 70, the risk of being
injured or killed in a motor vehi-
cle crash increases as you age.
The Department of Motor
Vehicles suggests the following:
• Exercising regularly to
increase strength and flexibility.
• Asking your doctor to review
medicines to reduce side effects
and interactions.
• Having your eyes checked by
an eye doctor at least once a year.
• Driving during daylight and
in good weather.
Stay safe out there.
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2016
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You may sin-
cerely know you are right, but that is not the
point. Being right doesn’t automatically protect
you. You still need to prepare yourself for pos-
sible opposition and other incidents that could
happen.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Maybe it’s too
early for a rest from commerce and travel and
business of all kinds, but it’s not too early to
plan one and prepare for it. The dormant peri-
ods are important to your well-being. How are
you going to make it happen?
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Just because
you passed this way before does not mean
that you are regressing. Think of this as running
laps. Each repetition makes you stronger, helps
you grow faster and counts toward your general
progress.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The visiting will
be better when you use the time between vis-
its to better yourself. That’s the time you prac-
tice, hone your skills and fine-tune your image.
Challenge yourself to show up even stronger
next time.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Right now the fruit
of your labor is a lot like a watched pot. It will
seem not to ripen while your eyeballs are on it.
Back off. Let time and the sun do their job while
you plant elsewhere.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Men have gone
mad from anticipating what stays out of reach
for too long. Perhaps it takes a bit of madness
to keep going past a certain point. Is it really
worth it? Much depends on how much you val-
ue the prize.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There’s humor
in the situation. In order to see it, though, one
would have to have the funny kind of mind that
needs the laughter, looks for it, finds it and is
FRANK AND ERNEST
BLONDIE
THATABABY
SALLY FORTH
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
B.C.
LOLA
DILBERT
SIX CHIX
BIZARRO
MUTTS
NON SEQUITUR
BABY BLUES
WIZARD OF ID
ZITS
ROSE IS ROSE
released by it. That’s you!
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Groups and
crowds are not the same thing. The few behave
differently than the many, and different rules
apply for managing them. And yet, what you
get right on the small scale today will definitely
work when you scale it up.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The small
rubs of life can be more detrimental to your hap-
piness, health and well-being than big events.
Coping is a lifestyle issue. Build a reliable set of
go-to strategies for dealing with daily stresses.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If you don’t
lunge for the brass ring, no one will know
you want it. But if you lunge for it too hard,
you’ll throw yourself off balance and fall. Core
strength is needed here for a graceful, con-
trolled grab.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). An emotional
weather front may seem like an uncontrollable
natural force — nope! It’s the air currents that
carry the weather. You’re an air sign. Blow a lit-
tle and the storm moves away.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There’s no
such thing as a pattern of one. The first time
something happens it is difficult, if not impossi-
ble, for you to see that it is part of a cycle. The
second time brings awareness, new questions,
and the comfort of repetition.
THURSDAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 27). They
think you’re working strange magic, but really
you’re just starting to get an awesome result
from the years of practice you’ve put in. Some-
how you’ll produce without effort and manage
without meddling. Because of this, you’ll be
promoted. There’s love all year, but in Novem-
ber and May it colors your whole world. Aries
and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are:
5, 40, 21, 35 and 19.