Two advantages to not having AC
1) Lower energy costs. 2) You are less apt to obsess about people opening the front or back door 552 times a day and letting in baked air.
The Slice archive for July 31, 2014
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014
North and South
Do people who are now South Hill residents but who went to Shadle or NC ever find themselves pointedly alluding to their high school days when they sense someone is about to start bashing the North Side?
Remember her?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGsIoiHQMs
What's going on here?
Care to guess what this ad is suggesting? I realize the text is unreadable. But I don't think that's key to understanding the message. http://carsofgm.blogspot.com
On newsstands about now in 1967
www.takemeback.to
Have any August Eve traditions?
Of course, not. No one does. But if you had to have one, you could do worse than listening to a live performance of this song and enjoying the early-70s hair. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTv0K2SUlCY
When timing bites you in the ass
The Slice column that will appear in Friday's paper deals with some problems I am having with mail delivery at home. It's not a bitter screed. But you can judge for yourself tomorrow. I wrote it on Monday, which is my deadline for Fridays. But…
Can you find Spokane in this list?
After opening, click on "Dressed To Kill Tour (KISS)" at the top. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressed_to_Kill_Tour_(Kiss) Where were you in the spring of 1975?
Fact checking can ruin a good story
A reader who had seen a reference in my column to families surviving home-remodeling passed along a story culminating in the birth of his daughter in 2003. I won't rehash the whole thing, but it was unusual enough that the S-R wrote about it. And…
Any thoughts about "Sharknado 2"?
Or has it all been said. http://entertainment.ie
Dolly Parton 2004 tour dates
Yes, 2004. You missed it. But I love lists that mention Spokane. http://countrymusic.about.com/library/blfall04-dolly.htm And here's Jim Kershner's review. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/dec/20/dolly-as-always-a-crowd-pleaser/ And finally... http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/slice/tags/dolly-parton/
Can you name any of these WFL teams?
www.funwhileitlasted.com
How many of these songs ring a bell?
http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1970.htm
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