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The Slice archive for April 11, 2013

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013

This used to be easy to find

But this afternoon, it took until the fourth grocery store to find it. Hadn't been near one of these in quite some time and was beginning to suspect they were extinct. The bridge party market isn't what it used to be. www.target.com

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Contacting the newspaper

Here's a depiction of someone providing frank feedback to a newspaper reporter. www.network54.com But that's a made-up scene from an episode of "The Twilight Zone." In 2013 reality, the phones readers use are much smaller.

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Which sounds better -- 509 or 208?

What's the most stylish area code you've ever had? Based entirely on how they trip off the tongue, my personal pre-509 favorites have been 901 and 802. Though I also lived in area code 915 and I sort of like that even if it lacks…

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Tallying up your sexual partners 

It has been entertaining to see readers' answers to today's Slice question. It's not online today (not so far, anyway). So if you don't read the print edition, you won't know what I'm talking about. Probably wouldn't be the first time.

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Spokane's best dressed? 

A) People who work at credit unions. B) Public relations spokespersons. C) Dropouts. D) People with long job titles. E) Accountants. F) Teachers and professors. G) Those who sell advertising. H) The people who greet you when you walk into a law firm. I) Department…

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Nice horns: 50 years ago tonight on "TZ"

An hour-long episode of "The Twilight Zone" called "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" first aired on April 11, 1963. It has a Spokane connection, which I'm sure I have mentioned more than once. But it also features a pre-Catwoman Julie Newmar as the hellacious…

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