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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Thursday, November 16, 2017 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Man who hates his job drags girlfriend down with griping FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I have been dating my answers may give both of you insight boyfriend for three years. We have into what he may be better suited for lived together for the last two. We emotionally, and stimulate him to do have a great life together, but there is something positive about his future. a problem I don’t know how to solve. Once he has more clarity, there may be “Jeremy” hates his job. places he can go for career counseling We met in the education department that can help him decide what his next of our college, and after graduation, steps should be. we both took jobs in the public school Dear Abby: We bought our first Jeanne system. I enjoy my career, but he Phillips home seven months ago. We love loathes his. He complains constantly it, except for one major issue. Our Advice without seeming to take action on the neighbor, who’s the same age as I issue. I know he’s miserable, but he am, is the biggest hypochondriac and hasn’t looked for other jobs or enrolled in a laziest person I’ve ever seen. new school program. She was training to be a police officer, but I have bad days, too, but I’ve reached the she had a headache every day, so she got let end of listening to the constant griping. I am go last year. Ever since then we have been usually a positive person, but he is dragging supporting her (food, Wi-Fi, OTC meds, my mood down because of this. He says I feminine products). I finally cut her off for need to guide him and give him some direc- about a week until she Facebook-messaged tion, but I don’t know what to say. I don’t think me saying she was starving and hadn’t eaten it’s my responsibility to tell another adult what for two days, so I gave in. I gave her a job last he should or shouldn’t do with his life. I don’t week, and she didn’t show up the first day. mind helping him talk through his choices, but What should I do? It’s causing arguments he wants more from me. between my husband and me. I hate to think This is the man I want to marry. Is there a she’s hungry. — Troubled In The South way to get past this issue and make it work? Dear Troubled: You are a kindhearted — Uncertain And Lost person, but you are being taken advantage of. Dear Uncertain: Until your boyfriend has If your neighbor has family that can be located, settled this uncertainty about his work life, any they should be notified that she’s unable to discussion about marriage should be put on care for herself. If no relative is willing to take hold. I agree you are not qualified to give him responsibility for her, contact social services or career advice. However, you might ask him to direct the woman to the nearest food bank or tell you what exactly it is that he hates about soup kitchen. I suspect her problems are more his job, and what he would rather be doing. His extensive than headaches and procrastination. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 16, 1917 “Patriotism first” is the motto of a Pendleton washwoman and she even places it above her means of livelihood. Rather than work for a family that was almost openly disloyal to her country, this woman gave up her job though it was her “bread and butter.” She had worked at stated intervals for a long time for a well known local family of German extraction, one of the few local German families that have been credited with disloyalty to the country of their adoption. This family had treated her kindly and generously and her personal relations with members of the family had been only pleasant. However, since this country entered the war, the German born lady has been open in the championship of the kaiser and his kind and her seditious remarks made in the presence of the washwoman rankled so much in the bosom of the latter that she refused to work longer at the house, though she needs the money she earned. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 16, 1967 The Pendleton Chamber of Commerce has warned that the notorious clan of itinerant swindlers known as the “Terrible Williamsons” continues to ply a country-wide, door-to-door trade in bogus goods and services. Les Tinhof, manager of the local chamber, said members of this group have appeared in many areas peddling “imported” fabrics or offering “bargain-priced” roof, basement and driveway repair jobs. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 16, 1992 A juvenile was injured Friday when the stolen vehicle he and another juvenile were riding in rolled and crashed into a signpost while being chased by Oregon State Police on Interstate 84 east of Boardman. David L. Alberts, 14, of Pendleton suffered minor injuries when the stolen 1986 Dodge van he was driving left the shoulder, then veered back across the two lanes and rolled. The van was stolen from Pendleton, but Kennewick police started chasing the vehicle. The pursuit was picked up by Washington State Patrol as the vehicle headed south on Interstate 82. OSP picked up the chase at the border. The juvenile passenger in the van, who was wearing a seat belt, was not injured. The youth was released to his father. Alberts was cited for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, attempting to elude offi- cers, driving under the influence of intoxicants, driving without a license, reckless driving, and failure to wear a seat belt. BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE THIS DAY IN HISTORY DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Today is the 320th day of 2017. There are 45 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 16, 1907, Okla- homa became the 46th state of the union. On this date: In 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington in New York during the Amer- ican Revolution. In 1885, Canadian rebel leader Louis Riel was executed for high treason. In 1917, Georges Clem- enceau again became prime minister of France. In 1933, the United States and the Soviet Union estab- lished diplomatic relations. In 1939, mob boss Al Capone, ill with syphilis, was released from prison after serving 7 1/2 years for tax evasion and failure to file tax returns. In 1945, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Orga- nization (UNESCO) was founded at the conclusion of a conference in London. In 1959, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music” opened on Broadway. In 1960, Academy Award-winning actor Clark Gable died in Los Angeles at age 59. In 1966, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in Cleveland at his second trial of murdering his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954. In 1973, Skylab 4, carrying a crew of three astronauts, was launched from Cape Canaveral on an 84-day mission. In 1982, an agreement was announced in the 57th day of a strike by National Football League players. In 1997, China’s most prominent pro-democracy campaigner, Wei Jingsheng, arrived in the United States after being released following nearly 18 years of imprisonment in his country. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Clu Gulager is 89. Journalist Elizabeth Drew is 82. Blues musician W.C. Clark is 78. Actress Joanna Pettet is 75. Actor Steve Railsback is 72. Actor David Leisure is 67. Actor Miguel Sandoval is 66. Actress Marg Helgenberger is 59. Rock musician Mani is 55. Country singer-musician Keith Burns (Trick Pony) is 54. Tennis player Zina Garrison is 54. Former MLB All-Star pitcher Dwight Gooden is 53. Jazz singer Diana Krall is 53. Actor Harry Lennix is 53. Rock musician Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver) is 51. Actress Lisa Bonet is 50. Actress Tammy Lauren is 49. Rhythm-and-blues singer Bryan Abrams (Color Me Badd) is 48. Actress Martha Plimpton is 47. Actor Michael Irby is 45. Rock musician Corey McCormick (Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real) is 41. Olympic gold medal figure skater Oksana Baiul is 40. Thought for Today: “No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.” — Helen Keller, American author and lecturer (1880-1968). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE