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Smiley Anders

Baton Rouge
As seen in: Poynter Online, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), The Marietta Daily Journal, Cherokee Tribune Ledger-News
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Smiley: And the walk was uphill both ways

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By Smiley Anders
| The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Verified
"I'm afraid I'm revealing my age, but that's OK," says 'CJD,' of Lafayette. "I was telling my grandson, 'Imagine a world where you had to walk up to the TV to turn it on and walk up to it to turn it off.
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Smiley: 'We're not in Britain anymore, Toto'

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By Smiley Anders
| The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Verified
Our unpaid British correspondent, Martin Hugh-Jones, of Baton Rouge, says our climate (and the way it's dealt with) differs from that of his home isle. He imagines this conversation: "'How and when do you know someone lives in southern Louisiana?' "'Good question. How?' "'They wear a sweater in summer.' "'Oh.' "'The air conditioning is arctic.'" "When I read on Friday about the rats at LSUNO, I almost fell out of my chair!," says David Muller, of Folsom.
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Smiley: Sometimes you wanna get away

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By Smiley Anders
| The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) Verified
Dear Smiley: I have a possible answer for Morgan Landry, who asked in Tuesday's column why his grandfather was in the outhouse he was using for target practice, when "You have a toilet in your house." I grew up in Indiana, and my grandmother also had an outhouse and indoor plumbing. When she needed a break from her loving family (i.e. the grandkids), she would go to the outhouse for some "peace and quiet." We were told not to bother her there.
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