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  pault on Entertaining lies I have been told on May 21 at 2:43 p.m.

  Are you alluding to the recurring jail-bait theme in said group’s hits?

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  usgsdgf on Entertaining lies I have been told on May 21 at 2:19 p.m.

  How about Gary Puckett and the Union Gap?

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  arliacne on Spokane rain check on May 21 at 9:46 a.m.

  Nothing is finer than a good, steady, rainy day in my book. For the record I’ve seldom been in Seattle when there was rain, but I have been in Seattle when the temp was soaring. Seattle needs to get over herself.

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  arliacne on Before the graphical user interface on May 21 at 9:43 a.m.

  Since decent beer comes in non-screw-top bottles, a church key is pretty useful (since most decent beer drinkers probably don’t thunk the lid off on the edge of the kitchen counter).

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  arliacne on 20 years ago on "Northern Exposure" on May 21 at 9:34 a.m.

  Good show up to a point, and I particularly liked this episode.

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  pault on On this date at Expo 74 on May 21 at 8:23 a.m.

  Right.

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  pault on 48 years of mishearing "I Get Around" on May 21 at 8:18 a.m.

  “Don’t Worry Baby.”

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  jjovanovich on Ever drive by a yard sale and think... on May 21 at 8:03 a.m.

  I saw the worst example of this up in Hillyard a couple of weeks ago. A two week+ long sale “weathered” rain, high winds and the owners’ strange sense of “organization” which produced a sight not unlike the destruction of a trailer court in Oklahoma after the tornado.

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  jjovanovich on 48 years of mishearing "I Get Around" on May 21 at 7:59 a.m.

  OK, I’ll bite…what was the song on the other side? “Good Vibrations”?

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  gws44spokesman on Before the graphical user interface on May 20 at 8:56 p.m.

  I remember very well the “Church Key” - still have a few.

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  sh5646 on If people here did not water their lawns on May 20 at 8:27 p.m.

  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we reached the point in the public discussion of these issues where the bragging rights went to the folks most Conserving of the Resources? Show us your Avista bills and utilities statements! Bonus points for avoidance of electricity and burning batteries listening to demagogues on the radio.

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  MikeA on In busy store parking lots on May 20 at 6:17 p.m.

  Not careful enough in at least one memorable case. We had not been back in Spokane more than a few months from our time on the wet side when I parked my brand new, fresh from the dealer vehicle in a local parking lot, leaving spaces on each side as new-car drivers tend to do.

  Before I could get out of the car, this beastly large, sun-blotting barge pulled in the space next to me (a 15-year old Lincoln Continental as I remember). Looking out my driver side window I saw this huge slab of a door detach itself from this craft and head my way. A gray-haired woman was getting out, and she placed both hands firmly on the door sill for support and propelled it forcefully toward my car.

  I only had time for a brief “Oh no” thought before the “clunk-crunch” against the side of my vehicle confirmed that she had not only found the firm hold she was looking for getting out of her rolling mansion, but also the side of my car.

  I did not say anything to her as she toddled around the back of the estate-sized car to meet her only slightly more spry gentleman partner/husband….I mean how would it look for me to be berating a blue-gray haired tiny woman in a parking lot? I just got out an looked at the dent she left…smaller than I had feared, but still the first one hurts the most….

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  Pigrobin on If people here did not water their lawns on May 20 at 1:23 p.m.

  I do suspect that some people who claim to be liberal politically are the biggest hypocrites when it comes to (wasting) energy and our limited resources…Al Gore comes to mind. And somehow “they” consider themselves to be the spokespersons of the “ecology crowd.” What a joke!!

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  sh5646 on If people here did not water their lawns on May 20 at 1:07 p.m.

  I’m not so sure that it signals “a lack of concern”…..just a lack of thought, mindlessly following the norm, or just being a competitive simpleton. Lots of people leave the water running while brushing their teeth, never turn out lights. I do suspect that some people who claim to be conservative politically willfully waste water thinking they are sticking it to the “ecology crowd.” These are the same people who loudly wonder why Al Gore doesn’t come shovel the snow in their driveway. Really.

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  gws44spokesman on Ever drive by a yard sale and think... on May 20 at 10:53 a.m.

  Yep.

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  gws44spokesman on In busy store parking lots on May 20 at 10:50 a.m.

  I always try to park some distance away from other cars,
  and get a bit of exercise by walking across the parking lot.
  It does not always work - some drivers will park right next to you even when there are several spaces open on either side.

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  polistra on Spokane rain check on May 19 at 12:19 p.m.

  Yup, the rainy stereotype about Seattle is the one that really needs debunking. Seattle gets about the same rain as Kansas City … in other words nothing special.

  People who know even the littlest bit about Spokane, know that it’s fairly dry.

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  MikeA on Spokane rain check on May 18 at 7:19 p.m.

  I lived in the Seattle area for a few years before moving back to Spokane. One of my favorite rejoinders to “doesn’t it rain there all the time?” was to point out that Pittsburgh gets more precipitation on average than Seattle annually, and they are only a day or two behind on ‘precipitation days’.

  Now, ironically, I work for a Pittsburgh based company, and manage a team that is largely based in the Pittsburgh area. I have taken to pointing out to them that their “early sub-tropic” climate is due to the fact they are at about the latitude of northern California, while we in Spokane are somewhere on the same latitude as upper/northern Maine.

  Isn’t geography interesting???

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  MikeA on On this date at Expo 74 on May 18 at 6:10 p.m.

  …and what a tale your thoughts could tell, right ?

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  mikmca on The Wednesday Slice on May 17 at 6:17 p.m.

  M - More of everything. I love the daily nostalgia trip. Less of anything and it just wouldn’t be the same. I especially love the old magazine ads and railroad memoribilia. Keep up the great writing….

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  MikeA on Memorial Day Sales: Yes or no? on May 17 at 5:30 p.m.

  I agree - think what you might about the many pointless, distorted and bizarre ways our military might has been (mis?) used by politicians over the decades.

  It seems to me Memorial Day (and Veterans Day) should be two days where we can stop, put down the excesses of American life that our veterans service and sacrifice have on many occasion helped preserve (like a sale on every possible occasion) and thank them for the time they took out of their lives to serve without question, and sometimes make the ultimate sacrifice.

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  pault on Fan mail from a Slice hater on May 17 at 2:31 p.m.

  I emailed him back on the morning of the 15th, noting my plan to post his feedback on the blog. Requested that he confirm that the name on the email address was him and I asked that he provide me with a daytime phone number. Got a reply on the 16th. He said his note was intended for just me and not for a larger audience.

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  Spudbob on Fan mail from a Slice hater on May 17 at 1:56 p.m.

  Have you considered emailing slice hater back and saying something confusing?

  Something that looks like you are answering a different comment?

  How about this; “Bless you for your comments sir, it is people like you who have made this country what it is today!”

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  pault on Re: Comic strips you read as a child on May 17 at 1:19 p.m.

  Hadn’t heard that. Thanks.

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  palousereader on If people here did not water their lawns on May 17 at 10:48 a.m.

  Despite Spokane’s enviably large aquifer — unlike our limited and declining groundwater on the Palouse — it makes sense to limit landscape watering. No one knows its limits, and the Washington/Idaho population that depends on it is growing.

  The Spokane River is related to the aquifer, and increased pumping can ultimately mean less water in the river, affecting wildlife, recreation and power production. And don’t forget the link between water and energy … the more you pump, the more you pay.

  Unnaturally green lawns signal a lack of concern about living within sustainable limits. Does Spokane want to be known for that?

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  polistra on If people here did not water their lawns on May 17 at 6:45 a.m.

  Why worry about this? Water on lawns eventually filters back down into the aquifer that it came from. Water that goes through plumbing eventually goes back into the river, which is where the aquifer’s water also goes.

  In other words we’re not really “using up” anything here, unlike some cities that depend on river water or locked-in aquifers.

  The only question is the capacity of the water and sewer processing facilities.

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  Gato on If people here did not water their lawns on May 17 at 6:33 a.m.

  I stopped watering the lawn last year. I mow a few times in the spring, then stop so it gets a bit longer than usual to shade the roots. It turns partly brown in July and August, turns green again when the fall rains come. No watering, a lot less mowing, and a lot more time in the hammock. Give it a try. If you don’t like it, just add water.

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  vinceg on Re: Comic strips you read as a child on May 16 at 2:59 p.m.

  Nancy: A 50-year Russian experiment to try to write a joke. I read that somewhere. … Cathy: Nancy grown up. I read that somewhere as well.

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  jjovanovich on The Wednesday Slice on May 16 at 1:38 p.m.

  In my opinion, Paul, your blog, like your column is perfect. It reflects Spokane in almost the same light I see it and this sometimes absurd, but always hilarious, life we live here almost exactly as I might imagine writing a column in a newspaper if I could imagine such a thing. Your wealth of ideas and funny takes on things amazes me. I’m a fan, I’ll admit it, and proud to…

  Just continue to be Paul, Paul…

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  Onetwothree on This date in Furry Talk history (2000) on May 16 at 1:06 p.m.

  That one made me smile. Thanks!

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