This would interest hardly anyone
But I'm having trouble finding the answer. Was the Jack Arbour who played hockey for the Spokane Clippers in the late 1930s any relation to NHL Hall of Famer Al Arbour?
The Slice archive for Sept. 26, 2011
MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2011
Pine Needle Fest: Yes or No? 3
www.moondropclothiers.com Recent winds having ushered in the unofficial start of pine needle season, it's time once again to ask. Should Spokane have a Pine Needle Fest? Sure, we already have Art, Hoop, Spoke and one or two other fests I'm probably forgetting. But could anything…
Fifty years ago, scholarly pursuits ruled
www.mycomicshop.com
Did you realize 7-Up was so masculine? 3
www.periodpaper.com
Have a son or daughter starting college? 1
Rest assured you remain that young person's role model. Instead of, say, an invidual such as this. www.guardian.co.uk
If this is the realtor you're meeting...
...don't ask too many questions about the previous residents. www.fridaythe13thfranchise.com
Slice answer (deceptive phone voices)
"My voice sounds really young and really sexy," wrote Nancy Hartley. "I am almost 68 and, well, just a little old and a little sexy."
Maybe it's just my imagination
But I could swear there are three or four women in Spokane who look just like the late actress, Susan Hayward. Or maybe it's the same person and I keep seeing her, over and over. In any case, the hair and makeup are toned down.…
One Halloween in Spokane
www.ebay.com Collosseum? Sounds like an outpatient procedure. Pick your favorite Donovan song. A) "Mellow Yellow." B) "Sunshine Superman." C) "Hurdy Gurdy Man." D) "Season of the Witch." E) "Atlantis." F) Other. Me? Well, once I would have selected B or E. But the haunting use…
People are swell 1
North Idaho's Marge McNall was a workplace supervisor in Seattle a few years ago when abuse of the office fridge became a nagging problem. One of the people working there had filled the freezer compartment with the overflow from his freezer at home. He was…
Favorite feedback on Friday's column
Reader reaction is briefly summarized in today's print column. It was mixed. That's fine. Good for everyone to have their say. But one email I enjoyed suggested that I wouldn't have been bothered by something so insignificant as the dog doo incident if I were…
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