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The Slice archive for Dec. 17, 2012

MONDAY, DEC. 17, 2012

At the post office this afternoon 

When the line at the post office seems a bit like the Nile River, people tend to critique those who finally make it up to the service counter. Are they going about their business in a quick, efficient manner? Do they show signs of having…

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Ever build civilian airplane models? 

www.oldmodelkits.com I never did. I built military planes. But perhaps that was simply a failure of imagination. After all, the movies offer plenty of entertaining scenarios for civilian aircraft. What child would not have enjoyed playing "Flight attendant Jacqueline Bisset is pregnant with Dean Martin's…

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Cross-country travelers

Yours is not the only family that recycles Christmas boxes for packing and mailing. Some of these containers have gone back and forth between family and friends multiple times, racking up impressive mileage totals.

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When shoveling just makes it worse 

Here's what I believe. When there has been just a little bit of snow and the temperatures are creating a classic Spokane melt/refreeze cycle, clearing your walks just makes the footing more dangerous. If you just leave the snow, it will fluctuate between slushy and…

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Seven questions

1. How many people who have tried to sing Joni Mitchell's "River" can actually skate? 2. How many kids have had their picture taken with the horse statue outside P.F. Chang's? 3. When preparing a Christmas-bonus envelope for your newspaper delivery person, do you include…

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Flip them off or not? 

You are driving north on Lincoln in downtown Spokane, in the farthest right lane. You have just passed Riverside. A driver in your lane just ahead of you has stopped, clearly intending to back into a curbside parking space. So you stop, too, leaving plenty…

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