Now accepting definitions of "back East" 3
Yes, I have dealt with this a hundred times. But I never tire of hearing people refer to Minnesota as "back East."
The Slice archive for June 1, 2012
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2012
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Saturday: Looking to the calendar for baby names. Sunday: Nervous from the service. Monday: An easy way to tell who had the best weekend. Tuesday: Something I never thought I'd say.
When cartoon animals go camping 1
Hijinks ensue. www.gothamcitycomicsstore.com
Recalling early cell-phone performers
Can you remember back when you actually noticed people talking on cell phones? I can. At least I can remember this one guy who used to come to the Review Tower armed with a portable phone about the size of an old military walkie-talkie. To…
Convertibles: Heaven or hassles?
You used to hear that they were more trouble than they were worth. But that was ages ago. Maybe new ones are problem-free. Of course, a new one is not the kind I would want. www.ultimategto.com
No. 1 song on this date in 1968 1
www.45cat.com Coo, coo, ca-choo.
Do you remember... 5
...when Spokane's mail-addressing practice was to place the directional before the number? Sure. I think that was overturned a little more than 20 years ago, to conform with the rest of the known universe. But it used to be that we would write, say, "West…
This date in Slice history (2000)
Children's road-trip car games that never really caught on: 1. "Smack Me -- I See an SUV." 2. "Something to Cry About." 3. "Bobby Ate This." 4. "Make Montana End." 5. "Spank the County Seats." 6. "Countin' Caitlyns." 7. "Stepmom, Go Away." 8. "One, Two,…
On "The Twilight Zone" 50 years ago 2
A teacher being forced into retirement finds himself wondering if his life meant anything in an episode called "The Changing of the Guard," which first aired on June 1, 1962. Several of his former students come back to answer that question. They're all long dead,…
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