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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Man’s stop-and-go romances
may indicate lack of empathy
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I’m a man in my
my case all the time because I don’t
mid-30s who has recently recognized
clean the bathroom every day. She
a pattern in my romantic relationships.
grew up in the ’50s and ’60s and was
A few of them lasted for several years,
a stay-at-home mom to two boys.
before they ended for various reasons.
However, I am a graduate student
In between, I’ve gone a couple of
with a part-time job. I spend hours
years before seeking out and starting
studying, and when I get some free
a new relationship. In the in-between
time, I use it to do things I actually
time, I go online and meet people I
want to do.
Jeanne
have no intention of meeting in “real Phillips
My grandmother insists that
life,” but who provide conversation
everyone she knows/knew cleans
Advice
and intimacy while I enjoy single life.
their house every day, and when she
I’m about to repeat the pattern
talks about cleaning the bathroom,
again. I’m a few months out of a three-year she doesn’t mean just picking things up;
relationship and have met someone online. she means spraying down all surfaces and
It’s great to chat online and over the phone, getting out the bleach or foam spray to
but we are not close geographically, and clean down the bathtub. I don’t think she
I have no intention of meeting in person. understands that no one I know — at least
What’s your insight on this, and do you think my age — cleans their house that way every
this is healthy for me? Any ideas you can offer single day, and that because I’m busy most
regarding this pattern? — New Relationships days and often tired, I don’t want to come
Dear New: I wish you had told me more home and clean the whole house.
about the circumstances of your breakups.
Am I lazy, or am I right in telling her
Were they your idea or the other person’s? that I will not deep-clean my bathroom/
If they weren’t your idea, you may be using apartment every day? (I think deep-cleaning
the in-between relationships as a safe form every two weeks is ine.) The free time I
of entertainment while you are healing.
have is precious. How often is appropriate?
If you are upfront with the people you’re — Southern Marie
meeting online, and they realize you have
Dear Southern Marie: If you haven’t
no intention of letting these friendships go been able to convince your grandmother by
anywhere, then I suppose they are healthy now that your circumstances are different,
for all concerned. If not, then what you are the chances of it happening are slim to none.
doing shows not only a lack of character, but Under normal circumstances, deep-cleaning
also a lack of sensitivity for the feelings of your bathroom once a week is ine and
others, and it may be one of the reasons your should keep it sparkling. If you’re smart,
long-term relationships aren’t lasting.
you’ll avoid arguing with her about this,
Dear Abby: My grandmother gets on because it’s a waste of breath.
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 11-12, 1916
In the July number of the Outer’s
Book, a sportsmen’s magazine, is a story
entitled “Why is a Sportman,” written by
Mrs. Nancy Dickson, wife of Westbrooke
Dickson of this city. The story deals with
her husband’s fondness for outdoor life, her
lack of appreciation of the lure that took him
away from home on Sundays and of her
discovery, through a trip to the duck ponds
of “Herneiston,” of the irresistible call of the
outdoors. The story is very cleverly written
and is illustrated with photographs taken by
the author. One of them is a picture of her
husband and James R. Bowler equipped for
a trip to the duck ponds.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 11-12, 1966
A sudden notion to buck by a recently
purchased horse provided an impromptu
rodeo at the Don Greenup ranch recently.
Sue, 16, one of three Greenup children to
be thrown, ended up in Pioneer Memorial
Hospital with a badly bruised and sprained
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
right hip. Last week Mary Ann, 7, rode him
about two miles to where cattle were being
rounded up. Greg, 12, and Sue were along on
other mounts. Something frightened the new
horse and he suddenly started bucking. Mary
Ann rode him for several minutes, but was
then thrown. She was unhurt. Sue got on him
“to teach him a lesson” and was also able to
stay only a short time before she was thrown.
Greg then tried to ride the horse, but was
eventually also thrown, though not injured.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
July 11-12, 1991
More than $10 million will be spent at
McNary Dam in the next few years to help
young ish migrate to the Paciic Ocean. The
Army Corps of Engineers in Walla Walla is
planning to modify or replace holding and
loading facilities for downstream passage of
juvenile ish at McNary, with construction
beginning next year. The project will include
changes to the ish collection channel, new
raceways for holding ish, laboratory and
ofice space, a barge loading facility and
other improvements in a ish handling
system irst developed in 1980.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 194th day
of 2016. There are 172 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On July 12, 1984,
Democratic
presidential
candidate Walter F. Mondale
announced his choice of U.S.
Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of
New York to be his running-
mate; Ferraro was the irst
woman to run for vice presi-
dent on a major-party ticket.
On this date:
In 1543, England’s King
Henry VIII married his sixth
and last wife, Catherine Parr.
In 1862, during the Civil
War, President Abraham
Lincoln signed a bill autho-
rizing the Army Medal of
Honor.
In 1909, the House of
Representatives joined the
Senate in passing the 16th
Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution, allowing for
a federal income tax, and
submitted it to the states.
(It was declared ratiied in
February 1913.)
In 1948, the Democratic
National Convention, which
nominated President Harry
S. Truman for a second term
of ofice, opened in Phila-
delphia.
In
1957,
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower was
lown by helicopter from
the White House to a secret
mountaintop location as part
of a drill involving a mock
nuclear attack on Wash-
ington.
In 1965, the Beach Boys
single “California Girls”
was released by Capitol
Records.
In 1967, six days of
race-related rioting erupted
in Newark, New Jersey; the
violence claimed 26 lives.
In 1975, the African
island nation of San Tome
and Principe became inde-
pendent of Portugal.
In 1977, President Jimmy
Carter defended Supreme
Court limits on government
payments for poor women’s
abortions, saying, “There
are many things in life that
are not fair.”
In 1988, Democratic
presidential
candidate
Michael S. Dukakis tapped
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas
as his running-mate.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Movie
director
Monte
Hellman is 87. Comedian
Bill Cosby is 79. Singer-mu-
sician Christine McVie is 73.
Actress Denise Nicholas is
72. Singer-songwriter Butch
Hancock is 71. Fitness guru
Richard Simmons is 68.
Actor Jay Thomas is 68.
Singer Walter Egan is 68.
Writer-producer Brian Grazer
is 65. Actress Cheryl Ladd
is 65. Country singer Julie
Miller is 60. Gospel singer
Sandi Patty is 60. Actress Mel
Harris is 60. Actor Buddy
Foster is 59. Rock guitarist
Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum)
is 54. Actress Judi Evans
is 52. Rock singer Robin
Wilson (Gin Blossoms) is 51.
Actress Natalie Desselle Reid
is 49. Actress Lisa Nicole
Carson is 47. Olympic gold
medal igure skater Kristi
Yamaguchi is 45. Actor
Topher Grace is 38. Actress
Michelle Rodriguez is 38.
Thought for Today: “If
opportunity doesn’t knock,
build a door.” — Milton
Berle, American comedian
(born this date in 1908, died
2002).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE