The Slice What Does This Say About People In Polter?

We can almost always guess the identity of people’s medical insurance provider just from checking out how they dress at work.

Admit it: You’re pumped about the idea of nightly reruns of “Seinfeld” and “Newhart.”

Slice reader Barry Lychak weighs in on the appeal of Randy Shaw-Debra Wilde banter: “I think it’s wonderful - couldn’t do without it.”

Divide and conquer: Miriam Hauer - who used a butcher knife, Betty Wood and Bob Harding are among those who took it upon themselves and turned the US West Spokane phone book into two manageable volumes.

Of course, it’s still in some dictionaries as an acceptable secondary pronunciation: At least a few Lincoln County residents who monitor the police radio channels get a kick out of the dispatcher who pronounces “coupe” as “koo-pay.”

Life with felines: Once, long ago, Rose Ann Hosler was lying down on the floor when her cat crawled inside her robe, climbed up on Hosler’s back and delivered a kitten.

A birthing-room box was quickly set up and the rest of the litter arrived in a more traditional setting.

And a couple of years ago, when little Andrea Dietrich was 2, the family’s cat used to wrap itself around her head to sleep during the child’s nap times. “She looked like she was wearing a raccoon-skin hat,” said Andrea’s mom, Carrie.

For the record: More than a few readers took issue with our assertion that the vehicle roaring up behind you and riding your bumper on I-90 is likely to have Washington plates.

Fashion explained: Women look great in men’s shirts.

Warm-up question: What’s the best way to handle it after you decide that certain of the neighborhood kids are a horrible influence on your own children?

Today’s Slice question: What person or program best makes the case that idealism is not dead in the Inland Northwest?

, DataTimes ILLUSTRATION: Drawing of telephone book and hatchet

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