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The Slice archive for April 10, 2014

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014

Do as I say, not as I did at your age

I was almost home this afternoon when I saw a couple of other cyclists ahead of me on a fairly busy street. The bike riders were girls who might be sixth graders. Both had helmets, but they were not wearing them. The helmets dangled from…

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All things U-boats

Do you remember some of the sites you visited when you first started using the Internet? I do. Here's one. Apparently it is still going strong. (This interest stemmed from some World War II books I was reading at the time.) http://www.uboat.net/

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Facing TV's equivalent of the change-up

You know how, in baseball, pitchers try to keep batters off balance by varying the speed of their offerings? Sure. Well, I'm convinced that the people who fit commercials into TV shows do something similar. Sometimes the commercial interruption lasts seemingly just a few seconds.…

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If only this had been a better song

Imagine how much fun it would be to hear it now and then. Alas, "Memphis" or "Kansas City" it's not. Heck, it's not even as good as "Lodi." http://www.rootsvinylguide.com/ebay_items/tom-t-hall-45-promo-mercury-73394-spokane-motel-blues-watergate-blues

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Two key questions

1. Who around here has set foot on the greatest number of Air Force bases that now do not exist? 2. What was it like to grow up as a kid who used an inhaler and see every inhaler-user in movies and TV shows be…

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