Comments on: The Quick 7: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

By: Brandy

Brandy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:31:59 +0000

@ Hastings

Nothing here would surprise me…my hubby was going Northbound on 301 one morning to work and I guess a pick-up truck in front of him went off the road (the driver fell asleep) and he watched the guy being ejected…he told me that only 3 people (including himself) stopped to help, out of all of those drivers during rush hour. He has no medical training but he still tried to do something. If people around here are so callous that they wouldn’t do anything for a bleeding and broken human on the side of the road, then I would expect they wouldn’t stop for a funeral procession even though it is the law…:(

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:16:04 +0000

To comment on the customs of funeral processions, on Long Island NY most people just make sure to give them the right of way. It would be a wonderful thing to see people pulling over (I have lived in NY my whole life and have never seen that happen)… here there is just too much traffic and everyone is always in so much of a rush it would probably cause an accident.

And my vote for the greatest thing since sliced bread would be the DVR.. now that I have it I can’t ever live without it!

By: Mama9cats

Mama9cats — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:45:30 +0000

Here I am, dating myself again – when I was little bitty, back in the mid-fifties, my grandma would walk to the bakery at the far end of town, passing at least two others on the way, because at the Popular Bakery, she could get 5 unsliced loaves for a dollar. Oh, just thinking about it brings back the memories! Still warm and fragrant from the oven, it would be sliced and slathered with butter and home made strawberry jam….. yummy! When I got a little older and could ride my bike that far, I would be dispatched to bring the bread for Grandma. Two bundles: three loaves together and two loaves together, wrapped in white paper that was coated with wax on the inside, folded just so and tied up with string. When I got into high school, one of my first after-school jobs was at the Popular Bakery, waiting on customers and cleaning up. I learned to use the bread slicer, which looked a lot like the one in the photo. Great post, thanks! I enjoyed reading it.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:36:22 +0000

As long as we’re talking heat and humidity in the Deep South… I’m in Mississippi and the “greatest thing SINCE sliced bread,” maybe greatest thing ever, (forget about all those trifling, life-saving medical discoveries) is air conditioning!

By: Hastings

Hastings — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:33:25 +0000

Not that this thread has anything to do with sliced bread…

sliced bread…

Best thing since? Sliced bread from the Great Harvest Bakery. The one in St. Louis not only sells sliced loaves, but they sold sandwiches at lunch on any variety you wanted. Sigh. I wish I could convince the VA branch that there’s a reason for the term “best thing since sliced bread” – I’m like you Stacy, my slicing skills leave much to be desired…

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By: Hastings

Hastings — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:30:00 +0000

@Brandy

I live in the DC area, while yes I agree many people around here would complain about the traffic nuisance, I still pull over for a funeral procession – I thought you were supposed to? But then again, I am a G.R.I.T.S…

Granted I can’t see east bound 66 pulling over for a procession in the west bound…

By: Brandy

Brandy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:18:22 +0000

@ Karen:

Your comment made me long for a place that does that. I can only imagine that many people up here (near D.C.) would feel put out even by the expectation that they pull over for a funeral procession (not everyone here, but many). I’m glad that there are still such decent areas of the country. I’m military and I lived overseas for a few years, and I feel like I moved to the most chaotic area of the country for my first tour back in the states. I don’t know if I could survive the humidity down in Alabama, but I really respect that they have such a semblance of neighborliness.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:29:47 +0000

While we are wondering about things, I noticed while driving through Alabama that everyone on the road pulled over and stopped and many people got out of their cars for a funeral. This was a divided highway and I was surprised. I hadn’t seen anyone do that in years. I know it is to pay respect, but I’m curious about the process, rules, traditions, etc.

By: John

John — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:24:34 +0000

The best think since sliced bread? That’s easy! The Backscratcher! Awwwwww.

By: carol

carol — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:51:14 +0000

This is great, I’ve often wondered about that saying. Another thing I’ve been wondering – when did they start using strips in the road for lane markings? And how did they decide on the white versus yellow and solid versus dashed lines?