Santa ate the whole thing 1
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The Slice archive for Dec. 2012
MONDAY, DEC. 17, 2012
Cross-country travelers
Yours is not the only family that recycles Christmas boxes for packing and mailing. Some of these containers have gone back and forth between family and friends multiple times, racking up impressive mileage totals.
She really does seem glad to see him
www.vintageadbrowser.com Looks like that chart compares flying-time to driving-time. Don't recall having seen that before.
Map: Probability of a white Christmas
erh.noaa.gov The Weather Service is defining this as having at least an inch of snow on the ground on Dec. 25.
Oddest aspect of "White Christmas"?
www.tasteofcinema.com The whole thing about the general or the size of Vera-Ellen's waist?
Before the UI jazz festival
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One reaction to yet another Monday 2
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When shoveling just makes it worse 1
Here's what I believe. When there has been just a little bit of snow and the temperatures are creating a classic Spokane melt/refreeze cycle, clearing your walks just makes the footing more dangerous. If you just leave the snow, it will fluctuate between slushy and…
Remember this Christmas song?
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Seven questions
1. How many people who have tried to sing Joni Mitchell's "River" can actually skate? 2. How many kids have had their picture taken with the horse statue outside P.F. Chang's? 3. When preparing a Christmas-bonus envelope for your newspaper delivery person, do you include…
Flip them off or not? 3
You are driving north on Lincoln in downtown Spokane, in the farthest right lane. You have just passed Riverside. A driver in your lane just ahead of you has stopped, clearly intending to back into a curbside parking space. So you stop, too, leaving plenty…
SUNDAY, DEC. 16, 2012
This date in Slice history (1995)
Warm-up question: What's the most unexpected present you've received from a really young child?
SATURDAY, DEC. 15, 2012
Not exactly a modest claim
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Vodka available in Idaho and Oregon
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This date in Slice history (1994)
Today's Slice question: Is there someone in your family who, after shaking, tapping or sniffing a wrapped present, always correctly guesses the contents?
FRIDAY, DEC. 14, 2012
Bicycles as Christmas presents 5
A guy at a Spokane bike shop told me that purchases of Christmas-present bicycles tend to be last-minute. I guess the "Where to store it?" question is one consideration. And then there's the matter of coordinating with Santa. Ever get a new bike for Christmas?…
Reader challenge 4
What connects these things? 1. "Mendacity." 2. "A cup of cheer." 3. The state of Washington. 4. "A Face in the Crowd." 5. House Committee on Un-American Activities.
The No. 1 song 30 years ago
There is a chance you know people who danced to this -- people who now have families and serious jobs. Do not shun them. Everyone was young once. www.45cat.com "She'll chew you up."
This date in Slice history (2001)
When families pile into the car after dinner and cruise residential neighborhoods to check out Christmas lights, inattentive drivers aren't the only problem. No, there's another concern. People run out of things to say. Sure, "Isn't that lovely" or "Talk about bad taste" might be…
This date in Slice history (1995) 1
Today's Slice question: What's your best splashed-by-slush story?
THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 2012
Medicinal drinking on the job
I was second in a checkout line at Rosauers. An older woman ahead of me was talking to the cashier, Sharon. It seems Sharon has been under the weather. The shopper ahead of me recommended a hot toddy. Or two. When it was my turn…
This date in Slice history (1997)
Table manners: We asked readers to name the most annoying dining habit they encounter. Two clear "winners" emerged. 1. Spaghetti sucking. 2. Blowing nose in napkin.
Write your own caption 2
I'll go first. "Isn't that cute! Santa drank all the beer." www.flickrhivemind.net
Which was your family? 3
A) We had a pool table. B) We had a ping pong table. C) We went to Spokane Flyers games. D) We went to Playfair. E) We went to AAA Spokane Indians games. F) We went to Spokane Comets games. G) We raised show dogs.…
These might look familiar 3
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