Meet Ben and Olivia, a retired couple who babysit their grandchildren when their daughter goes back to work. Warm, funny and filled with gentle humor, BEN shows seniors as active, healthy and still in love after all these years. Created in 1996 and nationally syndicated in newspapers and magazines across North America, BEN has won the hearts of fans all over the world. Artist and creator Daniel Shelton touches on everyday details with affection, bringing to life characters in whom we are sure to recognize ourselves and our families.
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Beardo by Dan Dougherty
Berger & Wyse by Pascal Wyse and Joe Berger
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The J.A.M. said, 4 months ago
Oh come on. The most I’ve got was a sandwich, a banana, and some juice :P
renrod001 said, 4 months ago
Easy Ben. I know you love the sweets, but take it easy. Make sure you have some coffee to wash it down.
Gator007 said, 4 months ago
Cookies and OJ.
Gator007 said, 4 months ago
They Do this to observe you for a few minutes. To make sure you don’t get lightheaded or dizzy when you leave.
listmom said, 4 months ago
My local Red Cross has juice and cookies — usually including Garibaldis. Yum!
Number Three said, 4 months ago
As I said yesterday… WAY TO GO, BEN! We’re all proud of you.
I wonder what his blood type is?
Mine’s common but it can help other types.
xxx
memere said, 4 months ago
@Gator007
That’s all they serve in my area also!
Dragon0131 said, 4 months ago
Juice, cookies, chips and/or doughnuts are served around here. They even recommend hanging around for 15 minutes. When you leave, they suggest you eat a good meal soon.
Ghost01 said, 4 months ago
Only seen juice & crackers.
whmIII said, 4 months ago
That’s the best part…
comicsssfan said, 4 months ago
@The J.A.M.
That’s much better than doughnuts.
Chem Gal said, 4 months ago
The clinic here often has soup, Crave cupcakes, cookies, and I have seen doughnuts.
Samky said, 4 months ago
Back when we were young and stupid we would sign up to donate at lunchtime when they came to our workplace. We were given 4 hours of “recovery time” after we donated. We would stay the 1/2 hour they asked us to stay and then we would go to ChiChi’s for lunch and have margaritas. Then we would go across the street to the mall and shop our little hearts out. I would still be donating but because of all the drugs I take for my various health issues so they won’t take my blood anymore. It’s hard being old.
swr said, 4 months ago
Wow, we get some granola bars, smartpop corn, pretzels, and one Keebler brand of cookie, along with grape and orange juice, and Coke products. They use to have Nabisco Laurna Doonies and I’d grab an extra one for my lunch the next day.
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said, 4 months ago
@Gator007
That and, quite actually, to replace your sugar level. The ARC really screwed the pooch with me, though. I won’t go into detail; I will say that their pathetic recordkeeping has resulted in numerous pestering phone calls that reveal their left hand doesn’t know what their right hand is doing. I finally cut up my donor card and sent it back with a very angry letter. To make matters worse, for the last month — 25 years after they screwed the pooch — they started calling my cell phone, a number they had no reason to have, but they never left a message. I finally answered the call and found they were looking for my wife. She has her own cell phone. Again, pathetic recordkeeping: Why aren’t they calling her!?