The Slice: One vote for mail-in ballots

The thing I miss about not going to a Spokane fire station, church or grade school to vote is the warm and fuzzy Norman Rockwell moment when some older elections volunteer would demonstrate an inability to comprehend that my wife and I have different last names.

You would have thought we were the only couple in America to have made that choice, because every year it was the same: “What? Huh? But your last name is Turner!”

Look, I know people have different opinions about that last name thing. But I’ve never told anyone what to do in that regard and don’t really care what somebody else thinks of our choice.

Still, I remember when the poll workers would almost get angry about this.

Good times.

Slice answers: “When the season changes from warm summer to cool/cold fall/winter, the skin that dries out the fastest on me is my nose,” wrote Hayley Lockerbie. “This leads to a lot of unexpected bloody noses.

“While this can be a cheap special effect for Halloween, after that it just becomes an irritation. I can easily drench the rest of my body in lotions, but my nose requires special care.”

Joe Jovanovich experiences dry fingertips. He can put something on them but that makes for messy situations should he want to use his hands.

Jay Fintz gets cracks in the skin around his thumbs. “It’s amazing how many nerves are in such a small area,” he wrote.

Others mentioned spending part of the year fighting the urge to scratch their dry, itchy legs.

Warm-up questions: Do you know anyone who, based on the individual’s storytelling style, apparently finds the speaking voice of everyone else on Earth (accent, cadence, diction) endlessly amusing and in need of mocking? What percentage of high-volume online commenters are shut-ins?

Today’s Slice question: Considering the desirability of deciduous trees for autumnal beauty and conifers for that snow-flocked look, would you say that many parts of our area are blessed with the ideal mix of trees?