There are those who attended school in clearly defined, physically separate buildings. That is, K-6 was in one school. Then 7-9 (or just 7 and 8) was in an altogether different building. And then the high school years were spent at a third location. On…
Back in either 1980 or 1981, I covered an air show and aircraft display at the Air Force base next to Tucson. One of those I talked to that day was a member of a B-52 crew visiting from Fairchild Air Force Base. I'm not…
www.timewarptoys.com So was this. www.directorblue.blogspot.com And somehow many of us grew up to be people who didn't long to crash real cars into walls or launch grenades.
I have. As of today. A colleague, noting that I had ridden my bike to work this morning, proclaimed that I was a you know what. Well, take it from this sign of spring. Don't put away your coats just yet.
Here's some spill-over from a theme addressed in today's print column. "Libby, our black Lab, has been faithfully bringing us our paper for eight years," wrote Carol Bending. "She listens at the front door for the delivery car and the plop of the paper in…
Too bad the folks in Moscow can't do what they did in Columbus, Ohio, a few years ago. You remember. They started referring to the school there as The Ohio State University. Emphasis on the THE. But that doesn't really work for colleges that have…
A) Frances "Gidget" Lawrence. B) Sister Bertrille. C) Megan Carter. D) Reg Dunlop. E) Sybil. F) Mrs. Gump. G) Other. www.gigglepedia.com
Name the man who grew up in Spokane and was a part-owner of baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. www.sportsillustrated.cnn.com
You know. What's that thing on which his head is resting? www.mycomicshop.com
We all know that people around here have wildly varied ideas about what constitutes "back East." But here's my question. Has anyone over on the West Side ever referred the Inland Northwest that way?
One summer day back in the mid-1960s, my older brother and I were at a baseball game in Cincinnati, in a ballpark that no longer exists. My mother had driven the three of us so that I could see Willie Mays play. I had a…
There were a fair number of people out walking, jogging and riding bikes this morning. Here's hoping everyone looked both ways and paid attention to lingering slick spots and potholes. But, for a few of us, there was another issue. There was a young border…
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3. "Keep them dogies rollin'." 2. "Keep movin', movin', movin'." 1. "Don' try to understand 'em."
I've long wondered if bank tellers at drive-through locations overhear interesting tidbits of conversation when people out in their cars forget that they aren't really alone. But what the tellers hear probably isn't all that exciting. If other people's cell phone coversations are any guide,…
It's not a hard and fast routine. But Saturday mornings are when I usually wrangle with bills. I wonder how many others also tackle that chore at this time. I can see thinking this would get the weekend off to an iffy start. But I…
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You would have seen the onetime Speaker from Spokane, Tom Foley, in this very setting. Except it wasn't Nelson Mandela at the microphone. www.biography.com
Maybe it's my imagination. But it seems like people saying "Spokane" on national broadcasts are getting it right more often than in the past. Coverage of the recent women's boxing competition and the Washington GOP caucuses nudged me toward this conclusion. So I guess writing…
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www.ebay.com In the mid-1960s, Coca-Cola bottlers around the country ran a promotion featuring the images of pro athletes inside bottle caps. The idea was, you collected complete sets of NFL players or whatever. Then you could redeem them for various modest prizes. I'm sure the…
www.railroadiana.org By the way, I'm referring to the animal in the postcard scene, not to the S-R.
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