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The Slice archive for May 29, 2013
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013
Agree or disagree
An opinion piece in The New York Times the other day argued that no U.S. military bases should be named after Confederate generals. (Several are.) What do you think? www.kdhnews.com
Admiring another Paul Turner's truck
My friend Joel, who lives up near Colville, sent these photos taken at a recent Chewelah car show. He said he wondered for a moment if I had a secret life as an auto restorer. (See second photo.) I told him that if this was…
How would you do batting against her?
www.highschoolsportsscene.com Or against any decent female softball pitcher? You're thinking you would rocket a screamer down the third-base line, but I'm guessing you would pop up.
Oui, you can speak French
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This date in Slice history (1995)
Sigrid Carlson's skunk story: "We lived in Minnesota during the Depression, renting a big farm house for $7 a month. We were so poor that any way we could earn a dollar or two sure helped. My husband, Harold, and his friend, Otto, went trapping…
"The S-R...it's...it's a newspaper!"
OK, please revise to suit your personal circumstances. www.fineartamerica.com
"I ain't no senator's son"
Can you name the song in which that line can be heard?
Ever see a game here?
I saw one. It was a meaningless Houston vs. Pittsburgh yawner. The thing I remember is how I tended to lose track of fly balls. They just seemed to disappear because the ceiling was about the color of a baseball. Perhaps you have read that…
Do you remember Dave Draper?
Perhaps you would if, when you were a kid, you had an older brother who had stacks of bodybuilding magazines. www.nowpublic.com
If they named a sandwich after you
What would it contain? www.jhdeli.com
The Wednesday Slice question
What evidence do you have that there are witches in Spokane?
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