Not everyone makes this connection
OK, where were we.
Oh, yeah. Life without cell phone service.
“I live near Rockford and the entire town is a twilight zone where cell phone reception does not exist,” wrote Johnna Hanson. “What is it like to live there? Heaven.”
“I live and farm in Whitman County and about 75 percent of the area is without cell phone service,” wrote Greg Jones. “But if you walk to the top of the hills you can usually get service. So lack of cell phone service is heart healthy.”
“The Spokane Tribal headquarters at Wellpinit sits in a pocket that has almost no reception,” wrote Lew Schrawyer. “… It’s odd to have such a helpful communication device that does not work 90 percent of my day.”
•Just wondering: Who holds the Inland Northwest record for accidentally breaking the most Christmas tree ornaments?
•Note from my vacation: When you’re riding the Silver Mountain gondola and look far below to see crows or ravens happily feeding on an animal carcass in the snow, it’s hard to avoid thinking that the big birds probably aren’t wishing you a safe trip.
•Speaking of my vacation: I ordinarily put the trash out by the street on Tuesday night and don’t touch the barrel again until late Wednesday afternoon, when I haul it back. But last week, because I was home, I went out to stuff in one more trash bag early Wednesday morning.
When I lifted the lid, I saw a tan purse. It was full of personal identification, credit cards and family photos.
The purse belonged to an elderly woman living on the next block. She hadn’t realized it was missing. Apparently someone swiped it from her car, removed the cash and tossed it in my trash barrel.
Aren’t people swell?
•Two for Tuesday: 1. What happens when mothers try to meddle with their grown-up daughters’ Christmas card lists?
2. Do people who grew up in homes where TV watchers constantly asked “Who is that guy?” or “Why is she doing that?” find that, as adults, they have zero tolerance for such questioning?
•Slice answer: North Idaho’s Jim Corcoran thinks the old-style aluminum helmets might have been the coolest piece of logger paraphernalia, at least back when he was working in the woods. “The more beat up the helmet, the more social status it held.”
•Signs of the times: Curbside drop-offs at Spokane International Airport require that you entertain various definitions of “No Parking.”
And doesn’t it seem odd that the “Entering Spokane County” sign on westbound I-90 is not at the actual state line?
•Today’s Slice question: Do your ears ever pop when going up the South Hill?