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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Young couple seems to click
better when they’re apart
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: I have been with
Sometimes, I can see the number on
my boyfriend for two years. When
the curb. But many times, it’s impos-
I’m with him, I often find him
sible to spot — and I deliver during
annoying and think we have nothing
the day. I can only begin to imagine
in common. But when we are apart, I
how hard it is for couriers who deliver
miss him a lot — especially when one
at night. So do us a favor. Make sure
of us travels for work.
your house number is visible from the
When we’re apart and talk on the
street. — Wendy In California
phone, we have amazing conversa-
Dear Wendy: I’m glad you
Jeanne
tions and discuss a future together. But Phillips wrote. People in your profession
when we’re together, we don’t talk as
are not the only ones who struggle
Advice
much, and he never mentions a future
with this problem. I have also heard
together.
from fire and emergency personnel
I’m confused. Is this normal for relation- complaining about the same issue when
ships? I don’t want to stay in a relationship the situation wasn’t just inconvenient, but
that isn’t going anywhere, and it has been like life-threatening. Readers, please take a
this since pretty early on. How can I know moment to walk to the curb and see if your
if I should invest more of my time or if I street address is visible. Fixing the problem
should end it and move on? — Perplexed In could be as simple as trimming some bushes.
Virginia
Dear Abby: My husband and I have been
Dear Perplexed: If neither of you is arguing over whether food must be covered
particularly talkative and there are a lot of while it’s being heated in the microwave. I
distractions when you are together, then it’s always cover it because it takes little effort
normal. When you are apart, it’s possible that and prevents splatters. He refuses, unless the
you miss — and idealize — each other, which food is very saucy or greasy. When I ask why
is why those conversations about a future he won’t do it, he has no answer.
happen. The way to determine whether you
It would be one thing if he routinely
should invest more time in this relationship cleaned the microwave, but he never does,
would be to ASK him, and just as plainly as leaving me to do it. This has caused shouting
you addressed that question to me.
matches between us. How can we settle this,
Dear Abby: Could you please print this on short of throwing away the microwave? —
behalf of delivery people everywhere? Folks: Uncovered Out West
Please make sure your address is visible from
Dear Uncovered: Do not toss out a
the street.
perfectly good microwave over this issue.
I can’t tell you how many times I have had Praise your husband when he covers the
to drive up and down a street trying to figure saucy/greasy foods, and remember to throw a
out which house I’m supposed to deliver to. paper towel over his dinner when he “forgets.”
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 27-28, 1917
Because he made threats against the life of
the President and expressed his sympathy for
his fatherland in other seditious utterances,
Karl Lees, well known German farmer
who lives near Nolin, is under arrest today
and will in all probability be interned for
the duration of the war. Lees, it is said, has
been making himself generally obnoxious to
good Americans around Nolin ever since the
United States declared war. He is alleged to
have made hostile demonstrations against the
railroad bridge guards and to have threatened
to shoot them. Last September he is alleged
to have made the statement that President
Wilson ought to be killed and should be
placed on the first line trenches so that he
would be the first to be shot. Eventually his
pro-German utterances reached the ears of
the federal officers.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 27-28, 1967
These are busy days for Christine Beach,
Miss Oregon. The pretty Pendleton miss has
been invited to go to Hawaii and the Johnson
Islands after Christmas with the New Oregon
Singers, a non-professional group directed
by Bruce Kelly, Portland. The 70 singers,
men and women, will leave Portland Dec.
26 for Honolulu. From there they will fly the
thousand miles to the Johnson Islands to do
a show for the U.S. servicemen, then back to
Hawaii until Jan. 2. Last weekend, Chris had
her first appearance with the singing group,
at the Christmas opening of Lloyd Center
and the selection of a Lucia Queen. She had
another official duty in Portland last weekend
— an appearance at the Portland Auto Show.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Nov. 27-28, 1992
Jon Wagner, a former Harris Pine Mills
employee, traded the comforts of home in
Pendleton for rigorous work in Magadan, a
chilly city in the Soviet Far East, where he
spent more than five weeks this fall building
a Seventh-day Adventist church. Wagner and
his father-in-law, Willard Beck of Chewelah,
Wash., left Pendleton Sept. 30. He returned
on Nov. 6, after waiting 41 hours for his flight
to leave the Magadan airport. The church
construction at Magadan, a Russian seaport,
is port of Operation Bearhug, affiliated with
the denomination’s North Pacific Union in
five Western states.
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 332nd day of
2017. There are 33 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Nov. 28, 1942, fire
engulfed the Cocoanut Grove
nightclub in Boston, killing
492 people in the deadliest
nightclub blaze ever. (The
cause of the rapidly spreading
fire, which began in the base-
ment, is in dispute; one theory
is that a busboy accidentally
ignited an artificial palm tree
while using a lighted match
to fix a light bulb.)
On this date:
In 1520, Portuguese navi-
gator Ferdinand Magellan
reached the Pacific Ocean
after passing through the
South American strait that
now bears his name.
In 1861, the Confederate
Congress admitted Missouri
as the 12th state of the
Confederacy after Missouri’s
disputed secession from the
Union.
In 1905, Sinn Fein was
founded in Dublin.
In
1912,
Albania
proclaimed its independence
from the Ottoman Empire.
In
1943,
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
British
Prime
Minister
Winston Churchill and Soviet
leader Josef Stalin began
conferring in Tehran during
World War II.
In 1958, Chad, Gabon
and Middle Congo became
autonomous republics within
the French community.
In 1964, the United States
launched the space probe
Mariner 4 on a course toward
Mars, which it flew past in
July 1965, sending back
pictures of the red planet.
In 1967, actress-model
Anna Nicole Smith was
born Vickie Lynn Hogan in
Houston.
In 1979, an Air New
Zealand DC-10 en route to
the South Pole crashed into
a mountain in Antarctica,
killing all 257 people aboard.
In 1987, a South African
Airways Boeing 747 crashed
into the Indian Ocean with
the loss of all 159 people
aboard.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Recording executive Berry
Gordy Jr. is 88. Former Sen.
Gary Hart, D-Colo., is 81.
U.S. Commerce Secretary
Wilbur Ross is 80. Sing-
er-songwriter Bruce Channel
is 77. Singer Randy Newman
is 74. CBS News correspon-
dent Susan Spencer is 71.
Movie director Joe Dante
is 70. Former “Late Show”
orchestra leader Paul Shaffer
is 68. Actor Ed Harris is 67.
Former NASA astronaut
Barbara Morgan is 66.
Former Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff
is 64. Country singer Kris-
tine Arnold (Sweethearts
of the Rodeo) is 61. Actor
Judd Nelson is 58. Movie
director Alfonso Cuaron is
56. Comedian Jon Stewart
is 55. Hip-hop musician apl.
de.ap (Black Eyed Peas) is
43. Rapper Chamillionaire
is 38.
Thought for Today:
“Journalism is literature in a
hurry.” — Matthew Arnold,
English poet and critic
(1822-1888).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE