The Slice: Sometimes the truth sags through

When Betsy Lawrence’s stepmother saw an older woman who obviously had a lot of cosmetic surgery done in an attempt to look younger, she would say “Sure, she’s pretty, but look at her elbows.”

Falling asleep on the job: “(Thursday’s) column helped me remember a high school job at a radio station in Pasco in the early ’70s when Bob Robertson was the voice of the Husky football program,” wrote Keith Hegg. “My job was to punch in advertising tapes after Bob said ‘And now we take time out on this Husky football broadcast.’

“Unfortunately, like most high school kids, I was sleep deprived on Saturdays and once I woke up to dead air. In a panic, I pushed the ad cassette in and just as it started Mr. Robertson came back on air. For about 20-30 seconds, seemed like forever, his voice and the ad were running simultaneously. It was a miracle that no one at the station ever said anything to me.”

Just wondering: “Ever noticed that, even though you are the person who carefully put the hoses away last fall, they still come out tangled?” – Bev Gibb

“Where is the oldest sidewalk in Spokane?” (Judging by the year stamped in the concrete.) – Ron Hardin

Aromas triggering time travel: “Fresh bark in the landscape reminds me of the first time I saw the landscaping for Expo ’74 during a press walk-through,” wrote Meta Gibbs, a volunteer docent in the American Art exhibit during the fair.

Judi Durfee and her husband were driving up near the Canadian border last year when they encountered farmers burning leaves. “We stopped at the edge of the field, opened the car windows and drank in the smell.”

It took them back to a time when everyone burned leaves.

The country you have wanted to see: “Always and forever, wanted to visit Norway, where my father was born and raised and I still have family there,” wrote Carol Polser. “Had a chance to go in 2012, but suffered some severe medical problems so it didn’t work out.”

All the pretty horses: “My wife, Sue, still has the 1967 Mustang that her mother won in 1967,” wrote J. Scott Miller. “It was actually second prize for a slogan contest by Cudahy Meats (first prize was two matching Mustangs). It’s in our garage and has 61,000 original miles. It’s fun to drive around town.”

Today’s Slice question: What’s one thing that can’t be blamed on baby boomers?

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