Which Delta was in "Leave it to Beaver"?
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The Slice archive for May 14, 2013
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
You be the child psychologist
What would you say about a kid who made models of airplanes flown by people who tried to do in that kid's father just 20 years before? www.thepoptopshop.com A) There really isn't a connection between the two. B) Sometimes a model is just a model.…
Know anyone who had one of these?
I am referring to the car. www.vintageadsandstuff.com
This group must have conceded defeat
At least I can't find anything recent about it. http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-01/news/vw-664_1_things-past
Have felines perfected this technology?
www.telegraph.co.uk How else would you explain your neighbor's cat being able to get in your house without you noticing?
Regard yourself as a minor leaguer?
There is not necessarily a 100 percent direct correlation between the size of a metropolitan area's population and the abilities and talents of its residents. Still, one occasionally hears people in Spokane dismiss certain fellow residents as "minor league," for one reason or another. Apparently…
A day for big beginnings
We're told that Lewis and Clark started their journey on this date in 1804. So, as a sort of tribute, what can you begin today? You want me to go first? OK. Here goes. Starting today, I am going to drink more water. Try to…
Failing to understand the headline
Saw some reference yesterday to Jewel meeting with state and federal officials in Boise. Big deal, I thought. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but she's just a singer. Of course, the story actually referred to the new secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell. www.courierpress.com
One of life's early disappointments
In terms of quality, it turned out that you pretty much got what you paid for here. www.texomaliving.com
You know you are a Spokane native if...
You take for granted the fact that you can hold open your front door for a moment after dark without worrying that your home is instantly going to be invaded by 63,000 flying insects attracted by your porch light.
No. 1 song on this date in 1967
www.45cat.com "On a Sunday afternoon."
What do you suppose she's thinking?
www.42ndblackwatch1881.wordpress.com Perhaps it would help to imagine him singing, "I gave my love a cherry that had no stone..."
Canada 101, Lesson 54
www.ahousewifespointofview.blogspot.com Toronto is Canada's New York City. The above photo notes the last time the Toronto Maple Leafs won the National Hockey League championship -- in the final season of the league's six-team era. This fact messes with the minds of many Canadians. Other teams…
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