RE: [Thinkpad] OT: Lower 48 states

If you're really feeling trivial Alaska entered the union before Hawaii and
thus there was a brief time during which we Alaskans used the term "lower
48" literally referring to the rest of the union. Of course, this was only
a 7-8 month period before we switched to 50 stars on Old Glory so the term
has legs beyond trivia.

Alaska was originally spread over 4 times zones! The most western zone was
over the international date line but the feds rearranged the line to move
the Aleutians back into the same day as the rest of the US.

What isn't trivial - folks buying thinkpads up here (Alaska) from ebay have
to parse through shipping terms because some vendors will only ship ground
or won't take the time to hit the USPS. Others are more flexible and
realize they can use USPS or ship 2nd day air and we'll receive the package
in 3 days...

>From: David Goldman <David@dgoldman.com> To: "'Thinkpad List'"
><thinkpad@stderr.org> Subject: [Thinkpad] OT: Lower 48 states Date: Wed, 08
>Sep 2004 21:41:24 -0500
>
>For those who enjoy trivia, the following four questions have three
>expected (and one unexpected) answer:
>
>What is the northern most US state? ALASKA What is the southern most US
>state? HAWAII What is the western most US state? ALASKA What is the eastern
>most US state? ALASKA (when viewed in respect to the international
>dateline)
>
>
>At 05:49 PM 9/8/2004, Bob Meizlik wrote:
>>Sounds like a good Jeopardy question. :-)
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ross" <ross@math.hawaii.edu> To:
>>"'Thinkpad List'" <thinkpad@stderr.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 08,
>>2004 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] FS: 40 GB 4200 RPM IBM/Hitachi Drive
>>
>>
>> > > In any case, I didn't mean to discriminate, I merely wanted to point
>> > out > > that there is no UPS Ground service to Hawaii and Alaska. > >
>>Then you shouldn't say "lower 48", as the two northernmost states are >
>>Alaska and Minnesota! > > A bit of a pet peeve of mine... > > - David R. >
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