From the salmon-colored sofa that is the center of the Arlo & Janis universe, this unique and quixotic comic strip has been just about everywhere. From unvarnished human drama to flights of unfettered comic fantasy, from unabashed pathos to unsurpassed observational wit, Arlo & Janis is perhaps the most unpigenholeable comic strip ever. It also invents new words!
The characters Arlo and Janis have played the parts of mermaids, squirrels, alligators and grasshoppers over the years, all while exploring the unexaggerated human condition and managing to become, with their son Gene, perhaps the most believable family in the funny pages. This unique approach has garnered Arlo & Janis an intelligent and engaged readership and guaranteed that a percentage of it will be confused at any given moment. However, readers eagerly return every day for another quaff from what has been the holy grail for a generation of comic-strip authors: quintessential Boomer humor.
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uh-oh
said, 4 months ago
72?
Shirl Summ
said, 4 months ago
@uh-oh
Not me. Its 63. But then I’m out here i the desert – no humidity.
finale said, 4 months ago
Janis….get one of those LED reading lights also….won’t have to have several other b lights on. Arlo, start whittlin’ something.
hope4best111 said, 4 months ago
I’m at 64 during the day, 68 evening and 60 overnight…It’s Boston!
JDS said, 4 months ago
I’m with Johnson. We own an 80 year old log cabin in the North woods. Lately we’ve been using electric space heaters to warm the place up simply because they are convenient, But the old oil heater, which is in the middle of the cabin and hard to light, still can’t be beat for comfy warmth on a cold morning.
yaakovashoshana said, 4 months ago
I WISH I could set the thermostat on 72. Unfortunately, I live with my 75 year old mother who has been cold all her life. She’d set the temperature to 85 if I let her. I finally drew the line at 79. (Not kidding. The woman wore sweat suits in the middle of a Texas summer.)
doublepaw said, 4 months ago
62 at my place day and night. You get used to it pretty quickly.
david_42 said, 4 months ago
We have zoned heating. The prior owners of our house built a large addition without adding heating ducts or increasing the size of the furnance. So, we added a heat pump in the master bedroom and use a space heater in the Great (900 sf) Room downstairs whenever we have a party. Once we have 15 people attending, we can shut the heater off.
Shyygirl27 said, 4 months ago
I usually keep mine at 70. The bedrooms get warm but the rest of the house is still chilly at 70.
Gokie5 said, 4 months ago
My husband and I have thermostat wars sometimes. I want it at 71 or less to save energy, and he likes 75+ because he doesn’t want to put on a sweater. We live in central Florida, and he likes it cold in the summer. I about freeze!
proczach
said, 4 months ago
the hat looks like a 1920’s lady’s hat
poihths said, 4 months ago
It’s sweet that she wants his bed to be warm for him.
whmIII said, 4 months ago
67…not too warm or cold. Just damp!!!
olddog1 said, 4 months ago
@doublepaw
Me too, but in my mid sixties I started needing a space heater for showers (no, not in the shower).
hippogriff said, 4 months ago
20°C (68°F) is considered “room temperature” for chemical reactions and experiments.