Maybe Spokane drivers aren't so bad
I don't know how else to explain the survival of the urban turkeys.
The Slice archive for Oct. 17, 2014
FRIDAY, OCT. 17, 2014
True or false
This man was a 20th century Inland Northwest mover and shaker. http://amayberystateofmind.com
Halloween costume idea
You could be a personality-plus "Up With People" kid from Expo '74. Sure, it might take some explaining. But think of it as an ice-breaker. http://home.comcast.net
Is this how your boss looks at you?
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Your Spokane radio options in 1950 1
www.seatacmedia.com Me? I would have tuned in to "A Girl Marries" and "Portia Faces Life" on KHQ.
Gene Autry's "Cowboy Code" 3
White noting that Gene Autry apparently came to Spokane in the fall of 1955, I happened upon the Cowboy Code. I invite you to check it out. http://www.geneautry.com/geneautry/geneautry_cowboycode.html
Did anyone say "tricks or treats"?
Besides the kids in this vintage "Peanuts" special, that is. Didn't everyone say "trick or treat"? http://freeholidayquotes.com
Yelling at predawn wrong-way drivers
Loudly pointing out that a confused or wasted motorist is going in the wrong direction on a one-way street in downtown Spokane probably sounds like "Yar owing the pronghorn, OK?"
It's the late Rita Hayworth's birthday
I always get a kick out of how the prisoners in "The Shawshank Redemption" react to her hair-tossing appearance in a movie being screened for them. Is it my imagination or is that movie on some cable channel every Sunday afternoon? Anyway, there is something…
If you were born on this date in 1984
This was the No. 1 song on the day you arrived. www.cdandlp.com
"Spokane disease"
Here's the Slice column from this date in 1995. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/oct/17/the-slice-for-protection-in-the-big-city/
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