It fits Buddy, so it must be good

OK, here’s one last bit of feedback on the S-R’s new design.

Julie Johnson’s dog, Buddy, likes the narrower format.

The Airway Heights Lhasa apso can now sit in the chair with Johnson without being covered up by newsprint. “He used to just hate it when I read the paper in the morning,” she said. “Now he doesn’t mind.”

This is how we deliver satisfaction, folks — one customer at a time.

“Finish this sentence: Tossing the TV remote to a person across the room seemed like an OK idea until …

“Nicknames Department: “Our boss is known as ‘The Barracuda,’ ” wrote a reader who not surprisingly wished to remain anonymous. “Fortunately, she is single, because speculation is that if she had any young, she would have eaten them.”

Do barracudas do that? No matter. We get the point.

“Despite what I said Sunday: There are Slice readers who have, in fact, set foot in Idaho’s Lincoln County way down south.

“I grew up about 10 miles or so from the Lincoln County line,” wrote Aaron Schab, a grad student at the University of Idaho.

He noted that, among its other attractions, Lincoln County is the home of the Shoshone Snack Bar — “Where locals and travelers can get some of the best corndogs and tater tots in the state.”

Coeur d’Alene’s Alyssa Swartz actually worked at the aforementioned dining establishment. And she noted that the Shoshone Indian Ice Caves is another point of interest not to be missed.

“Spokane’s quintessential sound: Gary Smith nominated “The varying rush of the lower falls.”

Sarah Daggett offered “children playing” and “dogs barking.”

I agree. But what about trains?

“Weekend grooming: “Shave?” wrote Lawrence Killingsworth. “On the weekend? Are you kidding?”

His defense of stubble continued.

“Article 602b, paragraph 31 of the Geneva Convention states clearly that we are not required to do so — except under extraordinary circumstances, such as going out to a fancy restaurant on Saturday night or on those occasions when we are expected to show up in church, looking spiffy.”

Another reader, John May, disagreed. He said a guy definitely should shave on the weekend. “Because he is going to spend his time with the people he loves most in the world.”

“Agree or disagree: “If everyone in Spokane would keep right except to pass, all traffic flow problems would disappear,” wrote former New Englander and admitted foliage snob Cathy Denham.

“Today’s Slice question: Who around here makes the best macaroni and cheese?