The Slice: California migration at its finest

You might say Keith LaMotte’s relatives like this area.

“My oldest brother’s three married children and their seven children are all moving to Spokane,” he wrote.

The relocation should be accomplished by June.

Those three families are used to being close. All have been living within about 30 minutes of each other (and LaMotte’s brother) in Southern California.

“When they are all here, there will be a total of 44 members of my family who have moved here in two waves since 1975,” said LaMotte.

It all started when his mother-in-law won a contest on a Los Angeles radio station during Expo ‘74.

“Let’s start with some stretching: Joe Kramarz registered for an exercise class and was told to wear loose-fitting clothing. His reaction? “If I HAD any loose-fitting clothing, I wouldn’t have signed up in the first place.”

“Here’s my advice to baby boomer women (and others): Don’t miss Jamie Neely’s column Sunday.

“Asked and answered: “When do you think that horrible unshaven look on men is going to go away?” wrote Dee Hunter.

Never, Dee. Ever since “Miami Vice” 20 years ago, it keeps cycling in and out of fashion.

“What happened after years and years to suddenly improve your opinion of someone…: “I retired and he no longer controlled my day life,” wrote Gary Polser.

“He died,” said another reader.

“Bag o’ Slice answers/feedback: Mary Ann Carey saw the question about whether the ability to correctly pronounce a few foreign phrases branded someone as a snob here. And she suggested that being able to correctly pronounce basic English phrases was enough to earn one that designation in Spokane.

I heard from several pit bull owners who are high school graduates.

Ginnie Todd said that while she understands many of the subtleties and appreciates the skills involved in her husband’s job (he is a machinist), she doesn’t think he quite grasps what is involved in her being an office manager for a food broker. “He can’t understand why I’m tired at the end of the day because ‘All you do is sit at a desk.’ “

Liberty Rozeboom said her husband, Allen, has to be the quietest, most considerate early-riser around. But Christina Kush nominated her 9-year-old son, David, who has been getting up at 5 a.m. since he was 3. “The only time he ever was noisy was when he was about 4 years old and we had some Girl Scout cookies up on the top shelf of the pantry,” she wrote. “We woke up to the screeching of the stool across the kitchen floor.”

“Today’s Slice question: If your family had a motto, what would it be?