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1. about 5 hours ago on Chuckle Bros

   In it’s time, the 8-track tape player was revolutionary in enabling user selected music to be played in motor vehicles. It was invented by Bill Lear who also invented the car radio as well as the personal business jet that was named for him.

   8-track technology was rather flawed but far better than the only other option at the time… a record player that was quite bulky, cumbersome and far more prone to malfunction. It became relegated to the junk heap after the development of cassette tape player incorporating Dolby noise reduction technology.

2. 3 days ago on Gary Varvel

   2024 could be an historic year in a very bad way… total gross interest payments on the national debt could total $1 trillion amounting to almost one out of every six dollars the U.S. government spends. By comparison, in 2021, it was one out of every fifteen dollars. In 2023, 13 cents of every tax dollar collected was spent on interest and it will likely be higher this year. Bottom line, it isn’t the size of the debt that matters but rather the cost of servicing it with dollars that could be much better spent.

3. 5 days ago on Mutt & Jeff

   I was feeling bad and someone said “Cheer up, things could be worse”. I cheered up and sure enough, things got worse.

4. 7 days ago on The Barn

   I figured that part out but didn’t get “Go for Rory”.

5. 8 days ago on Bloom County

   So ‘catch the persimmon’ has some sort of sexual overtone but I don’t get it.

6. 8 days ago on The Barn

   ?

7. 12 days ago on The Barn

   This is a widely misquoted line from ‘I Love Lucy’. Ricky never actually said it. It’s an urban myth.

8. 14 days ago on Shoe

   It was so hot that I saw a squirrel roasting his nuts on the sidewalk.

9. 15 days ago on Herman

   That is ancient history. Popping the hood costs more than $84 nowadays.

   Local auto shop quoted me almost $300 to replace a little gizmo. After researching it, I bought the part for $30 and replaced it myself in less than a minute after watching a youtube video.

10. 16 days ago on In the Bleachers

    Step 1. Cut hole in ice

    This reminds me of a joke. How do you catch a polar bear? Cut a hole in the ice and pour peas in it. When the bear comes to take a pea, kick him in the ice hole.