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The Slice: We’ve curbed our enthusiasm regarding hill parking protocols

I‘ve noticed something.
A lot of people parking on inclines don’t turn their front wheels toward the curb anymore. And it seems like just a few years ago, practically everyone in Spokane did.
OK, maybe emergency brakes seldom fail. And I guess most transmissions set in “Park” would hold a car in place. But isn’t turning your wheels still a basic part of living in a city with hills?
“Note to certain Slice readers: You know the guy in Thursday’s column who said he was sure no one had fewer Bloomsday shirts than the two he owned? Um, he was kidding.
“Now here’s something we hope you’ll really like: What couple holds the record for the most attempts to watch the same recorded program (and then having one of you fall asleep)?
“Maybe spelling isn’t covered in WASL prep: Angela Geiss saw a message on a middle school reader board that included the phrase “your the best.”
“Slice answer: “When I see the police car (at Temple Beth Shalom), I think ‘Hey, that’s my brother!’ ” wrote Kathryn Dobson. “He’s usually the cop who’s there. I also think how sad it is that people cannot worship without having to have police protection.”
“If you think Spokane is conservative now…: “I really like the historical photos from the S-R archives,” wrote Albert Anderson of Moses Lake. “But I can’t be the only Slice reader who notices that women in the 1940’s and ‘50s were all named ‘Mrs.’ Joe Somebody. No first names, except their husband’s. It’s as though their entire existence was defined by whom they married.”
Actually, Albert, they were all named June.
Seriously though, I’ve wondered if young women ever notice this and realize society used to be a tad less nurturing when it came to a certain gender’s hopes and dreams.
But “Mrs. Joe Somebody” would be a good name for an irony-drenched all-girl garage band specializing in angry fem-rock.
“Two-fer: 1. A tree in North Sider Aileen Baughman’s yard is currently dropping about 50 pine cones a day.
2. Gordon Hensley and others reported that they grew up with fluoride and survived quite well. “Never had a cavity,” said Hensley. Until he moved here.
“Slice answer: “I am the principal at Sheridan Elementary and I am friends with 35 other Spokane elementary principals,” wrote Don Warner. “They are the most eclectic collection of friends one can ever have.”
“Today’s Slice question: In an online chat on the Washington Post’s Web site last week, participants noted little things that tell you all you need to know about a person. Included among the tip-offs/warning signs were various T-shirt/bumper sticker slogans, Confederate flag decals, bow ties on young men, certain huge SUVs, rolled up sleeves on a short-sleeve shirt and parking diagonally across two spaces.
What would be on your list?