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The Slice archive for Sept. 6, 2012

THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 2012

The moment a good day got better 

I was riding slowly, so it was not going to be an issue. But the little girl walking ahead of me beneath the tree-branch canopy on 40th looked like she might be about to veer across the street right in front of me. And that's…

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How many times have you done this? 

I was walking over to Thai on 1st for a long-planned lunch with a friend. A woman on a bike waved at me. Thoughtfully realizing I might not recognize her because of her helmet and sunglasses, she said "Hi, Paul -- it's Suzi Hokonson." I…

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Because I didn't grow up here 

I don't know the answer. So I'm asking. Has there ever been a time in Spokane when picking up a television signal from Canada was pretty standard? As I kid, I lived reasonably close to the Canadian border (closer than Spokane is) in two different…

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Slice answer 

Today's print column asked if any readers had competed against someone in high school who wound up being a professional athlete. One of my regular correspondents, Gary Polser, noted that he had been on the track team at California's Clovis High School (outside Fresno) with…

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