Joan Helen's Profile

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Retired: interests are walking, reading, wildlife and nature conservation as well as reading comics.
Comics I Follow

Garfield Classics
By Jim Davis
Red and Rover
By Brian Basset
Peanuts
By Charles Schulz
Non Sequitur
By Wiley Miller
Andy Capp
By Reg Smythe
Daddy's Home
By Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein
Herman
By Jim Unger
Luann
By Greg Evans
The Meaning of Lila
By John Forgetta and L.A. Rose
Speed Bump
By Dave Coverly
Shoe
By Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly
Pickles
By Brian Crane
Cul de Sac
By Richard Thompson
Rubes
By Leigh Rubin
Pearls Before Swine
By Stephan Pastis
Wizard of Id
By Parker and Hart
Flo and Friends
By Jenny Campbell
For Better or For Worse
By Lynn Johnston
The Barn
By Ralph Hagen
B.C.
By Mastroianni and Hart
Crumb
By David Fletcher
Calvin and Hobbes
By Bill Watterson
Baldo
By Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos
Aunty Acid
By Ged Backland
Ten Cats
By Graham Harrop
Stone Soup
By Jan Eliot
Stone Soup Classics
By Jan Eliot
Real Life Adventures
By Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich
Lola
By Todd Clark
PreTeena
By Allison Barrows
On A Claire Day
By Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett
Peanuts Begins
By Charles Schulz
Ollie and Quentin
By Piers Baker
Freshly Squeezed
By Ed Stein
Fred Basset
By Alex Graham
Dilbert Classics
By Scott Adams
I remember, when I was a little girl in about 1947 or so, that my mother had an old-fashioned wind-up gramophone player. It was built into a polished wooden cabinet and played the 78 rpm discs. She also had some large size 78 rpm discs. They were very heavy and had classical music recorded on them. I also remember receiving a gift of a 16 rpm long-playing record when I was about 15. They played for ages, the whole disc could be used for party music but they didn’t ever catch on here in South Africa.