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Parting Shot — 8.10.17

The Parting Shot today amuses me. Notice that 4 of the 6 people pictured are on their cellphones. Here, they're at a football preseason game -- and they simply can't take in the fun and feel of that. They have to be on there cellphones, rather than communicate with one another. I love cellphones. But I
The Parting Shot today amuses me. Notice that 4 of the 6 people pictured are on their cellphones. Here, they're at a football preseason game -- and they simply can't take in the fun and feel of that. They have to be on there cellphones, rather than communicate with one another. I love cellphones. But I

Fans watch players warm up before a preseason NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles Thursday in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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