Page 6B
East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Husband’s luddite attitude
puts a heavy burden on wife
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My husband and I
P.S. Consider asking your husband
have been together for 40 years. Like
what he would do in the case of
most people, we’ve had our good
YOUR sudden death. He, too, would
times and bad, but we’ve both been
be left completely adrift. It couldn’t
committed to the marriage, and so
hurt to warn him.
we’ve made it work.
Dear Abby: I am a widow, and
Now I’m faced with a problem for
I often dine out with my youngest
which I see no solution. My husband
son. Invariably, because I have a
refuses to learn to use a computer. He
25-year-old man with me and no
Jeanne
knows nothing about computers, not Phillips husband, we are shown to an undesir-
even how to turn one on!
able table in the restaurant. Usually, I
Advice
As you know, computers are now
say nothing.
key to even the most fundamental
This evening, we were escorted to
tasks. That means, as the only computer user a room way in the back of a large restaurant
in the house, all tasks are MY responsibility. (two-thirds full). The only other occupants
Banking, bill paying, communication with were a couple with two small children who
family, friends, lawyers, financial advisers, looked to be about 2 or 3. When I requested
arrangements for social events, business a different table, my son was furious. He said
meetings, medical appointments, travel and what I had done was rude.
other activities are totally up to me. He does
We were moved to another table. It was
NONE of it! He washes the dishes and takes between the hostess station and the kitchen
out the trash, but any function that requires door. I sat there and said nothing. This was an
brains and technology are totally left to me.
expensive restaurant, and our bill was more
I’m tired! Is this fair? I’ve asked many than $100. Was I rude? I would appreciate
times for him to go to our public library your opinion. — New Seat In Florida
and take lessons on computer use, but he
Dear New Seat: Your son was mistaken.
adamantly refuses. How do I handle this? — To ask to be seated at a table in a different
It’s All On Me In New York
part of the restaurant was not rude; it was your
Dear All On You: After 40 years you are prerogative. If you preferred a location in the
not going to change your husband, so appre- front of the place rather than near the kitchen
ciate the things he does do. I know you’re or a family with small children, you should
tired and it may not seem fair, but grit your have repeated your request. And if the host
teeth and forge ahead.
or hostess had a problem with it, you should
You have no idea how lucky you really have left and enjoyed dinner at a restaurant
are. Many wives know little or nothing about more accommodating than that one.
the family finances. If something unforeseen
To My Jewish Readers: The eight days
happens to their husbands, they are left of Hanukkah begin at sundown. Happy
scrambling to learn about realities for which Hanukkah, everyone! May we all enjoy a
they are not equipped.
joyous festival of lights.
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
Dec. 11-12, 1917
With the time for voluntary enlistment
closing on Saturday of this week, dozens
of young men are hurrying to enlist in their
favorite branch of the service. The navy
is proving the most attractive branch and
Recruiting Officer Swartz is kept busy signing
men up and answering inquiries. During the
past two and a half days 14 men have joined
the navy here, making a total of 23 since Dec.
1 and 53 since Nov. 1.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 11-12, 1967
A Columbia River landmark, the Pend-
leton Grain Growers elevator in Umatilla,
burned to the ground Friday night. The fire
was set to clear the land for Lake Umatilla,
which will be formed next spring with the
closure of the gates at John Day Dam. For
years the Umatilla Fire Department had
mapped plans on how they would fight a fire
at the big PGG elevator. When it did go up
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
in a big burst of flames they were on hand to
protect the Tidewater-Shaver tank farm to the
southeast. A breeze from the southeast about
9:30 p.m. eliminated any fire hazard and the
huge elevator burned to the ground without
incident.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Dec. 11-12, 1992
The Baha’i Faith often is misunderstood,
according to Pendleton believers who attended
the recent World Congress in New York. Vafa
Aflatooni, from the local Baha’i governing
body, says people mistakenly believe it’s
a cult or sect. But Baha’i is a worldwide,
independent religion that encompasses all
religious revelations (including Christianity
and Judaism). Vafa was among more than
30,000 Baha’is from 187 countries who
gathered in New York City from Nov. 23-26.
He was joined by his wife, Leslie, along with
Ken and Billie Robbins, Katherine Young
and Amin Mansuri, all of Pendleton; brothers
Keith and Andrew Lavadour of Adams; and
Farahmand Ziari of Hermiston.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 346th day of
2017. There are 19 days left
in the year. Hanukkah, the
Jewish Festival of Lights,
begins at sunset.
Today’s Highlights in
History:
On Dec. 12, 1917, during
World War I, a train carrying
some 1,000 French troops
from the Italian front derailed
while descending a steep hill
in Modane; at least half of
the soldiers were killed in
France’s greatest rail disaster.
Father Edward Flanagan
founded Boys Town outside
Omaha, Nebraska.
On this date:
In 1787, Pennsylvania
became the second state to
ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In
1897,
“The
Katzenjammer Kids,” the
pioneering comic strip
created by Rudolph Dirks,
made its debut in the New
York Journal.
In 1906, President Theo-
dore Roosevelt nominated
Oscar Straus to be Secretary
of Commerce and Labor;
Straus became the first
Jewish Cabinet member.
In 1925, the first motel —
the Motel Inn — opened in
San Luis Obispo, California.
In 1937, Japanese aircraft
sank the U.S. gunboat Panay
on China’s Yangtze River.
In 1946, a United Nations
committee voted to accept a
six-block tract of Manhattan
real estate offered as a gift
by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
to be the site of the U.N.’s
headquarters.
In 1947, the United Mine
Workers union disaffiliated
from the American Federa-
tion of Labor.
In 1963, Kenya became
independent of Britain.
In 1977, the dance movie
“Saturday Night Fever,” a
Paramount Pictures release
starring John Travolta,
premiered in New York.
In 1985, 248 American
soldiers and eight crew
members were killed when
an Arrow Air charter crashed
after takeoff from Gander,
Newfoundland.
In 2000, George W. Bush
became president-elect as a
divided U.S. Supreme Court
reversed a state court deci-
sion for recounts in Florida’s
contested election.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Former TV host Bob Barker
is 94. Basketball Hall of
Famer Bob Pettit is 85. Singer
Connie Francis is 80. Singer
Dionne Warwick is 77. Rock
singer-musician
Dickey
Betts is 74. Hall of Fame race
car driver Emerson Fittipaldi
is 71. Actor Wings Hauser is
70. Actor Bill Nighy is 68.
Actor Duane Chase (Film:
“The Sound of Music”) is
67. Country singer LaCosta
is 67. Gymnast-turned-
actress Cathy Rigby is 65.
Author Lorna Landvik is 63.
Singer-musician Sheila E. is
60. Actress Sheree J. Wilson
is 59. International Tennis
Hall of Famer Tracy Austin
is 55. Rock musician Eric
Schenkman (Spin Doctors) is
54. Rock musician Nicholas
Dimichino (Nine Days) is
50. Country singer Hank
Williams III is 45.
Thought for Today:
“Experience has taught me
that the only cruelties people
condemn are those with
which they do not happen
to be familiar.” — Ellen
Glasgow, American author
(1874-1945).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE