"Better or Worse " Comics..True Story

[deziloooooo]

I don't come here , EE, that often, usually at Political", in fact one of my last offering was a long thread of exclamations of what I was trying to say about a banning on the old zone was about.
However , I did bring up a thread on comics that seemed to catch on with some folks and just read this one from the author of my favorite , "Better or worse ".
Those familier with it , comic strop, know it was a story of a family that of little kids, births , people ageing, loves , favorite pet passing, grand parents , also eventually passing , finally a wedding , a ending of the strip and then the beginning of the strip from the beginning again.
So much of the strips are based on happenings of the authors life experiences with a comment on Sunday's on line strip. Todays reminded of me of a similer event in my life so thought I would post here too. Possible some can relate and enjoy, I thought the story was neat,
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"Lynn's Notes:
When my dad went to the , we always wondered if he'd bring home more than he left there. The North Vancouver was about 6 miles from home, then a circuitous drive down a long dirt road. Going there was as exciting as anything we ever did on a weekend and my brother and I would fight for the front seat when we saw the folks pitching stuff into the back end of the car.

A great chain link fence ran around the "nuisance grounds" and the " man" would meet us at the gate. He'd roll his cigarette into the side of his mouth and ask what we were bringing in. Then he'd direct us to the appropriate space in the compound and Dad would steer the old green Volvo into position for the drop. After we'd made our deposit, we were free to check out the scattered offerings hoping to find some treasure. The smell of wet paper, burning fabric and decay was not too bad - considering the fact that stuff here was FREE, so we happily climbed over the rubble on our quest for the perfect thing to rescue and take home. Our shoes took a beating, but all for a good cause.

The man was cool. He didn't have a uniform, but he had a sort of military air. He enjoyed his place of authority and the fact that dad brought him a beer now and then improved our chances of getting out with something big!

The score I remember most was the goose-neck lamp that dad found. It was a sort of greeny-grey....brass, I think, and not too badly scarred from the fire. The cord and plug looked good and Pop figured this was just the thing to go on his workbench downstairs. Mom, of course, was unimpressed and quietly told me later that she expected it would be gone in a fortnight - if she had anything to do with it.

Advance to the year they sold their house and moved to Hope. The lamp went too. When our parents passed away, there in the basement on Dad's workbench was the goose-neck lamp. It had followed them for 40 years and was now an heirloom. The trouble with heirlooms is...the heirs have to decide what to do with them. Alan and I thought about taking it to the , but we couldn't.

Alan is retired from teaching, now and has a workshop in his basement. He makes one-of-a-kind kayaks. He has a nice workbench where he cuts the wood and copper, which he carefully sets into the sides of his kayaks... and, illuminating the workbench, is the goose-neck lamp. Going to the has lost its luster for us now, but our memory of Dad's "hunt for treasure" and the goose-neck lamp still remains"

[DebMD (banned)]

Thank-you.
;D

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

I know - I tried to muddle through it - I only read through the second paragraph and now I wonder if a comic strop is something a bad comedian uses to sharpen his wit.

[deziloooooo]

Feb 6, 2011 22:43:34 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

I know - I tried to muddle through it - I only read through the second paragraph and now I wonder if a comic strop is something a bad comedian uses to sharpen his wit.

It's not my copy, it's a article the author wrote as she explained her comic of the day...for me a nice human interest story , to you a waste of space and the beat goes on...
It's has one of the biggest comic followings in the country, plus foreign too, ran for 27 years..now starting all over again..she is Canadian, the author.

google "Better or Worse ", you might enjoy, then again...

your welcome Deb

[DebMD (banned)]

Comic strips are interesting in that with few words and the proper image convey much information.

To write one takes a special talent indeed.

[sesfw]

I love 'For Better or Worse'. I was sad when she ended the strip but understand her thoughts about it. I caught up with the strip about the time April was born so it's interesting to see the beginning now. Especially when Michael met Deanna in kindergarden. The love story of the century.