The Slice Brother, Can You Spare 66 Cents?
Spokane’s Robert Riggs had $23 on him when his grocery total came to $23.66.
“I didn’t have time to be embarrassed,” he wrote.
That’s because both the person next to him in line and the woman sacking his purchases instantly handed him the money he needed.
Kid stuff: Marguerite Carlson’s 6-year-old grandson said grace this way: “Bless the food and the hands that repaired it.”
And Cheney’s Ellen Proctor was in a Spokane restaurant when she overheard a mother tell a disgruntled preschooler to sit up and be happy. The kid’s response? “How can I be happy when everybody is making me so miserable?”
Slice answers: We heard about more than a dozen divorced couples who enjoy great post-breakup relationships. Several of the stories were truly touching, including one in which a grave illness brought out the best in one legally separated couple. And then there was a woman who described her ex-husband as a terrific father, adding “We’re just wonderful since we got divorced.”
Words or phrases readers want stricken from daily use include: you guys, maiden name, you know, “We’re going to the coast,” good girl (when not addressing a dog), and handicapable.
Several Deer Park residents said, yes, they see deer there.
And Janey Youngblood reminded us that while there are no nesting loons at Loon Lake, the birds often can be seen and heard there when the lake isn’t frozen over.
After we asked what businesses have a lot of people coming in at least partly to check out a gorgeous employee, Katie Youngren wrote to nominate Donut Parade, where her sister, Tracy Biernat, works.
And in the matter of seeing the same people during the drive to work on I- 90, a reader named Bob said he repeatedly encounters one maniac in a Nova. “I flip him off a couple of times a week,” said Bob.
Today’s Slice question: Are fewer Spokane area drivers giving other motorists the thank-you wave after being let into merging traffic?
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