Fuel for regional nostalgia
www.urbanartantiques.com From what I gather, the refinery was in Hillyard.
The Slice archive for Jan. 23, 2012
MONDAY, JAN. 23, 2012
This is definitely not a caption contest
www.neatdesigns.net
Weighing online product reviews
When reading customer feedback on products and services, It seems like there are three essentials. 1. Being able to spot cranky idiots who enjoy complaining and probably don't have sense enough to use the product as intended. 2. Spotting patterns. 3. Do you have a…
This date in the features section (1999)
We had a story I wrote recalling the year a bizarre set of circumstances led to Spokane hosting the Super Bowl. That never happened, of course. Still, though I winked at reality several times in the story, not everyone realized I wasn't being serious. Maybe…
Pound that Bud
How's your Joe Schultz impression? www.claremontshows.com
Seasonal Spokane slang
Years ago, the expression "get plowed" meant something unrelated to snow.
Re: Today's print column
I am aware that the reader who quoted a lyric from the folk song "Little Boxes" took liberties with the wording. As he put this inside quotation marks, I assumed it was what he intended. So I correctly quoted him misquoting the line. If I…
Re: The coughing you hear at work
To what is it attributable? A) Seasonal colds. B) Pot-smoking asthmatics. C) Spokanthrax. D) Skiers setting the stage for calling in sick tomorrow. E) Other.
Spokane banquet speakers of the past
Include... www.puckjunk.blogspot.com No, not Bobby. Dennis.
How often does this happen to you?
www.pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com
Imagine Soap Box Derby races on ice
www.cleveland.com
Before there was email
www.sportsartifacts.com
The No. 1 song on this date in 1967
Be sure to notice who wrote this. www.musicstack.com
Woman pretending to care about golf
www.vintageprintsandposters.com
This date in Slice history (1998)
Today's Slice question: Ever have someone making change cough or sneeze directly into the hand holding the money you are about to be given?
When you cannot think of the right word
So there's this woman whose husband was at home working on his laptop. He also had the TV on. At some point, while the woman was on a phone call or something, a super loud commercial came on the television. The woman wanted to ask…
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