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The Slice archive for June 14, 2013
FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013
Another Flag Day Slice answer
"We moved to Sandpoint in the summer of '84 from Colorado," wrote Diane Jones. "One of my new friends gave us a beautiful, one of a kind, handmade wind sock from Hawaii for a house warming gift. We put it on the front stoop of…
Editorial comment 3
Noticed this morning that some free-speech vandal had written a two-word vulgarism on an S-R vending box downtown. You've heard this expression before. It's the one that starts with "No" and ends with a familiar four-letter synonym for excrement. The author, who used a black…
Flag Day Slice answer
Today's column asked readers if they have had a flag stolen. Ray Dickelman, who lives in the South Perry neighborhood, had an answer. "We have had five flags stolen in over 20 years."
True or false 2
These guys are waiting for the Empire Builder in Spokane back before Expo '74. www.shotcontext.blogspot.com
Multiple choice 2
What's he saying to the boy? A) "Plastics." B) "No, Joey. Those mountains are not real." C) "Expensive coffee drinks -- that's the future." D) "Think, Joey! Where did you put the remote?" E) "Californy is the place you oughta be." F) "Look, just face…
Can a placemat be cool? 1
Sure. www.streamlinermemories.info
A few more concerts remembered 1
"The best was Bob Dylan with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, 1987 tour," wrote Bob Witte of Sandpoint. "Worst was Joe Cocker. It was in a small club and he threw up on stage. I've been trying to forget it ever since." Darlene Brice said…
Where does this song take you? 1
It was No. 1 on this date in 1971. www.45cat.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8b8Nz31jZw
Happy birthday to Dr. Eric Heiden 1
www.sportsillustrated.cnn.com I can still remember hearing women talk about his legs, which was illuminating. I had heard women speak admiringly of attractive men before, of course. But there was something unreservedly lustful about the appreciation of the Olympic speed skater's male form. I had no…
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