When is it OK to start saying...
... "old building and loan pal"?
The Slice archive for Nov. 1, 2013
FRIDAY, NOV. 1, 2013
Grade schoolers describe pulchritude
Coming in Saturday's Slice column.
One more Halloween story
The doorbell rang and a Spokane guy named Roger hurried downstairs to dispense candy. He had a mouth full of cookie. When Roger opened the door, he looked down and saw a tiny scarecrow. The scarecrow looked up and saw that the man's mouth was…
On newsstands 50 years ago
www.friendsreunited.co.uk This issue featured a Playmate of the Month, Donna Michelle, who -- from what I have read -- was 17 at the time her pictures were taken. So the notion of some randy fathers and grandfathers sitting around the barbershop and checking out a…
A CdA Halloween princess with attitude
Coeur d'Alene's Maggie Bennett shared a story. "For the last 25 years, we have decorated our porch on Halloween with a Scary Guy made from an ugly mask and various clothing stuffed with newspaper. He sits on a bench with pumpkins, a spider and webs.…
Hasn't had a trick-or-treater in 15 years
That's Howard Bisbee's report. He lives in a log home a few miles outside of Republic, at the end of a dead-end road. "If I buy Halloween candy, I know we're going to eat it."
One woman's plan for using extra hour
Peggy Ackerman doesn't pretend that her idea is breathtakingly creative. But it might sound familiar. She plans to devote the fall-back hour we gain this weekend to trying to reset clocks and watches.
One trick-or-treater requested wine
But Karla Sherry knows the woman in question and was prepared when she arrived with an empty glass. "I actually had seven bottles for her to choose from, in reds and whites," wrote Sherry. "She chose a 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon from Columbia Winery."
Halloween in Logan neighborhood
Maggie Fritz had 25 trick-or-treaters at her place. Two girls came as Care Bears, in excellent homemade outfits. They were impressed that Fritz recognized their costumes. Another kid, a boy, was made up to look like a member of KISS. He, too, was slightly amazed…
Halloween report from a friend
My friend John Kafentzis shared a Halloween 2013 headcount and a lasting memory. "The results are in and we had 81 trick-or-treaters this year, not a record but not bad in a nation where parents are crazy with fear over the dangers their children face…
Songs mentioning November include...
http://70spop.wordpress.com Do you know the lyrics in question?
The online home for Paul Turner's musings and interactions with disciples of The Slice.