Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 19, 2021

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    wjones  almost 3 years ago

    Garden magazine, just one of the many wish books.

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    Charliegirl Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Boy, is that the truth. I’m still addicted, though. Same with the garden books.

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    Ahuehuete  almost 3 years ago

    House porn?

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    Da'Dad  almost 3 years ago

    I have lamented before about gardening and the lack there of which plagues my wife but this may be the year where her efforts may literally bear fruit. This may be the year when the “after” looks better than the “before.”

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  almost 3 years ago

    It’s also not as much fun when your back and knees no longer cooperate with your now feeble attempts to perform the tasks and build the projects in the DIY magazines. There are 3 precious commodities: good health, money and time. The trick is to have enough of all 3 simultaneously.

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    Sanspareil  almost 3 years ago

    Learned a long time ago that seeds are the way to go, learn about the plants and where they will grow, not to mention getting the right soil for them!

    hell of a lot cheaper than buying fully grown plants.

    Have had many passersby comment on how they absolutely love our garden!

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    Thanksfortheinfo2000  almost 3 years ago

    And then you realize that it’s OK that you’ll never afford a thing – because you never really needed it.

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    louchivegas  almost 3 years ago

    nicely said very true

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    Say What? Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    That last panel hits too true for many of us millennials who are still working on affording houses. We’ll worry about gardening later.

    https://www.investopedia.com/news/real-reasons-millennials-arent-buying-homes/

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    Deezlebird  almost 3 years ago

    I used to love HGTV and seeing how to do projects. Then instead of “you can do this” it became “with a couple of hundred thousand dollars, you can pay someone to do this.” It kills me when someone starts out with a $250,000 budget and voila! Look what we did! I’d like them to say “I have a budget of $10,000, let’s see what you can do with that.” Maybe it’s different now, I don’t know because I have not watched in years.

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    car2ner  almost 3 years ago

    When I see those lovely “outdoor rooms” I think, give them a couple of weeks and they are sweeping out spider webs, leaves, pine pollen, dirt dust, etc. Not so beautiful now, right?

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    Dani Rice  almost 3 years ago

    I don’t subscribe to Good Housekeeping; I can’t pass the physical.

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    ScullyUFO  almost 3 years ago

    It’s a form of Turner’s triangle: you only get to have two of time, health, money.

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    Michael G.  almost 3 years ago

    This was nailed in the last century when Marge Simpson was seen perusing a copy of “Better Homes Than Yours”.

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    trainnut1956  almost 3 years ago

    I enjoy the home improvement magazines with articles like “Turn your chimney into a laundry chute” and “Turn your septic tank into a swimming pool!”

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Last panel…notice Arlo’s eyes.

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    MeGoNow Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    That’s why it’s BETTER Homes and Gardens. Better homes than yours.

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    christelisbetty  almost 3 years ago

    News"paper", has a news letter via email,(sort of headlines news) Love when they have an article on the lack of affordable housing..large number of evictions, etc. Followed shortly by the real estate section’s “House of the Week” for a mere $999.999

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    timbob2313 Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    True story

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    jarvisloop  almost 3 years ago

    I can’t speak for Janis, but, when I look at the cost of some things, I feel as if my wife and I should read “Home Tolerable.”

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    Bradley Walker  almost 3 years ago

    So, instead of stuff you could break your back doing yourself, it’s stuff you could go broke buying.

    Less perspiration, more aspiration.

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    Boots at the Boar Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Same is true with all the sailing magazines Arlo probably gets.

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    becida  almost 3 years ago

    Janis voices one of those quiet behind the scene truths.

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    cosman  almost 3 years ago

    Friend showed me one of her guilty pleasures.. https://www.homesandgardens.com/

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    dv1093  almost 3 years ago

    Or need it.

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    Going Nuts  almost 3 years ago

    We used to like Southern Living, especially in the fall with the pumpkin or pecan pie cover shots, but we stopped subscribing when we couldn’t tell the articles from the ads.

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    BC in NC Premium Member almost 3 years ago

    Same goes for car magazines. But you never know; maybe one day that ’68 Mustang Fastback in candy apple red will happen (or the 87 Buick Grand National or the Dodge Challenger Stars & Stripes edition in a stunning olive color with flat black racing stripes…)

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    Cincoflex  almost 3 years ago

    I used to subscribe to Coastal Living and realized the same thing, Janis!

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    flying spaghetti monster  almost 3 years ago

    As a kid the sears catalog was the object of my desires, especially the winter / christmas one.

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    mxy  almost 3 years ago

    That’s what happened to Yankee mag. A Yankee can’t even relate to that rag.

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