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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Tuesday, November 6, 2018 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Eating leftovers becomes bone of contention at family dinners FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: My wife and I have someone else the day after he broke three teenagers — 18, 16 and 14. up with me. He said it was because we had nothing in common anymore, My wife cooks for them every day and he no longer liked talking to me or buys them fast food. I always eat or touching me. We were engaged! leftovers, which the fridge is full of. He waited all that time to decide he Our children refuse to eat leftovers or no longer loves me? cook for themselves, and they insist How do I deal with my heartbreak on having a freshly cooked meal Jeanne and build myself back up again? And every day. Occasionally, my wife needs to Phillips why in the world would he be dat- Advice ing someone new a day later? I don’t work late and asks me to buy fast want him back. As far as I’m con- food for the children. I respond that I’ll gladly cook for them or buy them fast cerned, he’s a jerk, and I’ll be better off with- food, but first they have to finish the left- out him. I just want to know how to deal with overs in the fridge. My wife gets upset and the confusion I have. — Heartbroken And accuses me of not caring about our children. Confused Dear Heartbroken: Things don’t always Who is right? — Leftovers In The East Dear Leftovers: I have a news flash turn out the way we plan. I know you are for you. At the ages of 18, 16 and 14, your hurting, and I am sorry. Start handling your kids are no longer children; they are teenag- heartbreak by being grateful you didn’t ers approaching adulthood. Rather than act devote even more time to a person who like pushovers, you and your wife should be would treat you this way. And to answer your question about how teaching them how to cook — a skill they’ll need if they are going to live healthy lives in he could begin dating someone a day after he broke up with you, it’s because he had his the future. Yes, they should finish the leftovers. Left- eye on her before ending the romance with overs are usually better the second time you. If you think he has caught the brass around because the flavors have had more ring this time around, think again. Few “fry- time to meld. No, they shouldn’t be having ing pan into the fire” relationships are last- fast food instead. If you and your wife care ing ones. Consider this a new beginning and about your progeny, start assigning each of start living your life. Thought For The Day: them an evening in which they prepare at The question now that really vexes least one dish, while you make sure they Is where we’re gonna place our “X”es know how to do it. Stop arguing and start Voting, folks, should not upset ya — parenting! Be glad we’re livin’ where they let ya! Dear Abby: My fiance dumped me three Readers, please use your voices. Go out months ago. We were together 4 1/2 years and engaged for almost a year. He started dating and vote today! — Abby 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. 5-6, 1918 Hauling hogs to market is the best way in the world to ward off Spanish influenza and to aid in the labor shortage, according to two Pendleton girls who tried it. They are Miss Madeline Burgess and Miss Thelma Thomp- son, who drove a truck to the L.L. Rogers ranch and brought in a load of hogs to the Pendleton Meat Company today. The girls, who are having a vacation because the influ- enza closed the University of Washington, got their inspiration for this service last week when they with Miss Katherine Thompson, Miss Helen Thompson and Miss Florence Rogers, hauled a load of sheep from the Burgess ranch to the Sam Thompson ranch. Since that time they have been searching for employment and think they have found their field. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 5-6, 1968 A U.S. Navyman from Milton-Freewater is playing a large role in the battle against Viet Cong guerrillas in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta as a member of River Assault Flo- tilla One, the naval component of the unique Army-Navy-Mobile Riverine Force. Radio- man 2C Albert E. Bowman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Bowman of Milton-Freewa- ter, is the radioman and part-time .50 cali- ber machine gunner aboard Command and Control Boat (CCB) 92-1, a heavily armed 60-foot gunboat in the riverine assault flo- tilla. During his time in the force, Bowman estimates that his boat has participated in more than 25 firefights. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Nov. 5-6, 1993 Sacred Heart Catholic Church needed to remodel its old building to meet modern handicapped-access codes. Or tear it down and build a new church. The structure at Fifth and College streets in Athena was com- pleted in 1911. Parishioner Doreen Munck says the decision was difficult. Families celebrated many baptisms, weddings and first communions in the old building. But a majority of parish leaders approved a new structure. The church will be dedicated and Mass celebrated at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bishop Thomas Connolly of Bend, representing the Baker Diocese, will officiate. 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 On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abra- ham Lincoln of the Repub- lican Party was elected Pres- ident of the United States as he defeated John Breckin- ridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. In 1861, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was elected to a six-year term of office. In 1906, Republican Charles Evans Hughes was elected governor of New York, defeating newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower won re-election, defeating Dem- ocrat Adlai E. Stevenson. In 1962, Demo- crat Edward M. Kennedy was elected senator from Massachusetts. In 1977, 39 people were killed when the Kelly Barnes Dam in Georgia burst, send- ing a wall of water through Toccoa Falls College. In 1984, President Ron- ald Reagan won re-elec- tion by a landslide over for- mer Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic challenger. In 1990, about one-fifth of the Universal Studios backlot in southern Cali- fornia was destroyed in an arson fire. In 1995, funeral services were held in Jerusalem for assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. In 1997, former Pres- ident George H.W. Bush opened his presidential library at Texas A&M Uni- versity; among the guests of honor was President Clin- ton, the man who’d sent him into retirement. In 2001, billion- aire Republican Michael Bloomberg won New York City’s mayoral race, defeat- ing Democrat Mark Green. Today’s Birthdays: Actress June Squibb is 89. Country singer Stonewall Jackson is 86. Singer P.J. Proby is 80. Actress Sally Field is 72. News correspon- dent and former California first lady Maria Shriver is 63. Former Education Sec- retary Arne Duncan is 54. Rock singer Corey Glover is 54. Actor Brad Grunberg is 54. Actor Peter DeLuise is 52. Actress Kelly Ruth- erford is 50. Actor Ethan Hawke is 48. Chef/TV judge Marcus Samuelsson is 48. Actress Thandie Newton is 46. Model-actress Rebecca Romijn is 46. Singer-song- writer Robert Ellis is 30. Actress Emma Stone is 30. Actress Mercedes Kastner is 29. Thought for Today: “Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.” — Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
