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The Slice archive for Nov. 2014

SUNDAY, NOV. 30, 2014

SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 2014


FRIDAY, NOV. 28, 2014

Recalling Captain Kirk at Expo 74

"Unless I missed it, nobody has noted William Shatner's appearance at the World's Fair 40 years ago," wrote John McTear. "As I recall, he was a warm-up act for the John Denver concert. Shatner stood in front of a huge, rear-projected screen showing whales and…

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THURSDAY, NOV. 27, 2014

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, 2014

Coming Thursday in The Slice Blog

Photographic evidence that I made good on my pledge to help a reader rake leaves. My first choice was the widow of one of my faithful correspondents, who died this year. But after an initial exchange of emails, she disappeared on me. Don't know what…

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Predicting the near future

When, on Monday, people ask how your time off went, how will you answer? A) "Heaven and nature sang." B) "Bird is the word." C) "Stink, stank, stunk." D) "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." E) "Whiskers on kittens."…

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The children's table

I have run this on the blog more than once. But I love this topic. So here it is again, from 11 years ago. http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=112603&ID=s1445791

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Should airline seats "recline"?

For decades, we have heard stories about the problems this causes. So why do airlines even allow for this option? Aren't they just asking for trouble on crowded flights? Wouldn't it better to just give everyone a fraction of an inch more room?

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The Wednesday Slice question 

Can you remember the phone number your family had when you were a child? We had the same number for all of my grade school years. And while I am not 100 percent certain about the last four digits, I know it started with TR8.

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TUESDAY, NOV. 25, 2014


Sometimes Spokane feels urban

There's a little convenience store just west of the STA Plaza on Sprague. Once, waiting in line there to buy a newspaper, I told the guy behind me that the store looked like a movie set that would be the scene of a holdup. Anyway,…

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MONDAY, NOV. 24, 2014



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