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Peter Thomas, 5, asked his father what you call a sun-dried worm on the sidewalk.
His dad, Jeff, didn’t know. So Peter told him. “Bird bacon.”
Good old days: “I worked at the Crescent department store 1983-1984,” wrote Nadine Presta. “I would like to know where the personnel who trained us as clerks are now. Spokane’s current department stores could sure use their expertise!”
North of Brazil: Julie Foster was attending college down here in the states when she told another student that she was from British Columbia. “That’s cool,” the girl replied. “Where in South America is that?”
The Inland Northwest definition of “workaholic”: Not cutting out early on Friday afternoon.
Thanks: For all the vacation postcards. Keep ‘em coming. We’ll share a few favorites at some point.
The truth about winter: More people have birthdays in July and August than at any other time of the year, according to national statistics.
Independence Day revisited: According to Gabby Hendrix, 8, that’s the day when you celebrate having your “independix” removed.
Slice answers: Moose, Canada geese, a pot-bellied pig, a rolling cart occupied by a dog, a marriage proposal and “my soon to be exhusband with his girlfriend” were among the interesting things readers have seen on area golf courses.
In the matter of when the new arena will be torn down, one reader predicted it will be in the year 2020 but she guessed that we will stop taking proper care of it around 2015. Another caller suggested the answer can be found in the 1969 Zager & Evans song “In the Year 2525.”
Warm-up questions: What is the Spokane area’s favorite midnight snack? Are visitors interested in the stuff on your refrigerator door?
Today’s Slice question: Could everyone around here with grandchildren in California fit in the Opera House? , DataTimes ILLUSTRATION: Drawing
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