Did you watch... 2
...the installments of PBS' "American Experience" on Billy the Kid and Butch and Sundance? What did you think? www.thirteen.org
The Slice archive for Feb. 13, 2014
THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 2014
Candy hearts personality profile quiz 1
Watch out for the glaring typo high up in this piece from 16 years ago today. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1998/feb/13/affairs-of-the-hearts/
Recycling some tales of true romance
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/feb/13/real-romance-forget-the-flowers-its-the-little/
When your birthday is Valentine's Day 1
That is Gayle Ray's situation. The Chattaroy resident said she still remembers being crestfallen upon discovering in first grade that all the cards and decorations were not for her.
"Calvin and Hobbes" snow men
Calvin wouldn't have had much to work with if he had been a little boy living here this winter. But we can always recall a time when he did. http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Calvin's_snowmen
Were you going to movies 30 years ago? 2
How many of these did you see? http://www.imdb.com/search/title?year=1984,1984&title_type=feature&sort=moviemeter,asc
When nurses forget how to use a phone 2
Hold the handset up to your mouth, please. http://kb-outofthisworld.blogspot.com
Recognize any of these NC cheerleaders?
http://thebestofhabibi.com Probably not. In addition to this picture having been taken decades ago, the North Central High in question is in Indianapolis.
Smoking around the grandchildren
And other issues of the day, all in the Slice column that appeared on this date in 1996. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/feb/13/the-slice-nothing-keeps-you-warm-quite-like-a/
The only way they could stand each other
Was to get 'faced. www.dailymail.co.uk
When Lawrence Welk had No. 1 song
It was February of 1961, and the song was one of the all-time ear worms, "Calcutta." Yes, you could dance to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oZ1cP1bxx0&feature=kp
Step outside and check out the moon 3
But watch your step. Still a lot of slippery spots.
Ever live somewhere where... 2
... it was not unusual to hear sonic booms? I did when I was a kid. If I was outside, I always looked up. Thought about that when I saw that it is Chuck Yeager's birthday. I met him shortly after "The Right Stuff" came…
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