The Slice On Again, Off Again, Is There Any Easy Way?
We have a question for people who regularly travel on Interstate 90.
When it comes to ease of use and the overall sanity of the driving experience, how would you rank the exits and on-ramps between the western edge of Spokane and the east side of Coeur d’Alene?
Which is the best? Which is the worst? Feel free to rate any or all.
We’re curious because readers calling Slice Headquarters regularly regale us with I-90 Merging Horror Stories. And we wonder: Is it just that there’s a lot of bad driving out there or do certain exits and freeway entrances seem to give motorists particular problems?
Of course, this won’t be an official scientific survey. But, to paraphrase a line from the movies, Slice readers don’t need no stinkin’ badges to express their opinions.
Please include a daytime phone number with your response. Thanks.
Just wondering: What is the Inland Northwest’s most common tattoo?
Slice answers: Odessa’s Marlys Kissler said eight people in her family know how to milk a cow - her husband, a daughter, two sons and four grandchildren. “The smartest thing I ever did was NOT learn how to milk a cow,” she wrote.
In another matter, the mother of a GSL wrestler said the record for weighing oneself the most times in one day would almost certainly be held by a high school grappler.
And after asking which STA route had the best-looking riders, we mostly heard from readers who preferred to discuss good-looking bus drivers. Honest.
Pet obit: Frosty Cakes Chandler Wasicek, Spokane’s corn-on-the-cob-eating cat, Sept. 12, 1977 to Feb. 10, 1997. She had been in ill-health since December. She was preceded in death by her mother, Blackie, and her traveling salesman father. Also her half-sister, Lovey.
Frosty is survived by her adopted parents, Sarah and Frank. And by her housemates, Sweetheart, Dusty, Charlton Hairston, Ginger and Bookaboom.
Warm-up question: Can you name a current local business or civic leader who streaked at least once back in the ‘70s?
Today’s Slice question: How often do you have to spell “Spokane” to someone on the phone?
(OK, OK. We’re just going to take for granted that this question will prompt derisive snorts from Coeur d’Alene residents.)
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MEMO: The Slice appears Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; fax (509) 459-5098. One reader suggested that if an eruption along the lines of “Dante’s Peak” happened, the mining companies would be forced to clean up the mess.