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The Slice archive for Aug. 13, 2013

TUESDAY, AUG. 13, 2013

Marmot Lodge meeting postponed

The gathering never having been announced, it seems like a good idea to reschedule. Let's shoot for 2014, when we can push it back once again. I have found that never actually having the meetings works best for everyone's calendars. According to the info accompanying…

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The beers of our fathers

Conversation has ground to a halt? Pose this question: What beer did your father drink when you were a kid? www.beercansrus.com Yes, I realize not all fathers drank beer. And I also am aware that some drank too much. But I have found almost any…

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When homonyms attack

Newman Lake's Rickey Harber passed along a clipping from a Georgia newspaper. The article in question included the following sentence. "Most mosquitoes don't travel very far from where they're bread." Rye? Sourdough? Pumpernickel? Thank heavens, the S-R has never made a mistake. Well, except for…

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Kid-style time management in 1966

I seem to recall that my brother had a friend who believed that what Melville had written was this comic book. Maybe the confusion was about another Classics Illustrated comic. But apparently that young scholar didn't really understand the concept. www.mycomicshop.com

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