The Slice: Civil War Battle or Spokane Neighborhood?

There seems to be some confusion about this.

So let’s review. What are the right and wrong ways to pick up a cat?

Right: Using a fluid, scooping motion.

Wrong: Any way that gets you scratched or bitten.

Right: Gently supporting the weight of the feline in a cradle formed by one arm and your chest.

Wrong: Any attempt following this warning from the cat’s owner: “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”

Right: Calmly and with a measure of self-assurance.

Wrong: As if you are attempting to disarm a ticking time-bomb.

Multiple choice: I still… A) Hang clothes out on a line to dry. B) Drive a vehicle with a standard transmission. C) Don’t lock my doors all that often. D) Use cash. E) Pay bills by writing checks and mailing in envelopes. F) Remember dangerous toys. G) Have dreams about childhood adventures with our great old dog. H) Remember how tomatoes used to taste. I) Remember when old Spokane was brand new. J) Change the oil myself. K) Other.

Better late than never: The Slice asked about the contents of childhood Easter baskets.

Moscow’s Lynda Post said she would find new white gloves to wear to church.

When Gratia Griffith was growing up in the 1930s, the children in her family would put their new bonnets or caps under their beds on the night before Easter. “In the morning we found the Easter Bunny had filled them with colored eggs and candy.”

Steve LaCombe remembers that his Easter baskets often contained, along with chocolate eggs and bunnies, a kite or one or two balsa wood gliders.

Which are Spokane neighborhoods and which were Civil War battles: A)Comstock. B) Antietam. C) Lincoln Heights. D) Chickamauga. E) Shiloh Hills. F) Deep Bottom. G) North Indian Trail. H) Malvern Hill.

If you aren’t sure and don’t do Google, give me a call.

Warm-up question: Who around here has the oldest kids-sports trophy?

Today’s Slice question: Do you know any Spokane area backyard chefs who deserve to be called masters of the grilling arts?

Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; email pault@spokesman.com. Ages ago, I sat behind an older couple at a first-run screening of “The Big Lebowski,” in a long-gone theater on the North Side. After about the 50th F-bomb, they got up and walked out. I think they expected a movie about bowling. Have you ever gone to a film anticipating one thing and then found another?