Cheney Free Press -

I remember Dad used to sometimes take my sister and me to the soda fountain in the town where we grew up. I just said "soda fountain"; does that make me a senior citizen?

I remember seeing a little boy and his older sister drinking a large milk shake with two straws.

The little boy couldn't drink very fast, and he told his sister she was taking too much, and she answered, "I'm using my own straw and so I can take as much as I want!"

I thought that wasn't fair because there was only one milk shake between them. I didn't say anything to anyone.

My wife and I drove into Spokane the other d...