<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">At a political gathering here in Santa Fe, I saw Al Franken do his drawing of the 50 states, all the while responding to political questions. Impressive feat. He then auctioned it off to raise money for the DSCC. As I recall it went for $3500 to Bob Odenkirk, Sol of Better Call Sol.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">Here's my guess...Delaware.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>George Duncan</div><div>Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University<br><a href="http://georgeduncanart.com/" target="_blank">georgeduncanart.com</a></div><div>See posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram</div>
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<div>On 6/6/20 8:34 PM,
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<p class="MsoNormal">When I was on sabbatical in England and
feeling Very homesick, I set about to draw a memory map of the
United States. I was really pleased with the result, and
showed off with pride to my family. One of my children
pointed out to me that I had only 49 states. <br>
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<p>I was VERY impressed when I saw Al Franken do his: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-FYyuvrRk&list=PL0UW7LoJRk9fFIEVBUq_mX94CYioFkdOL&index=273" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-FYyuvrRk&list=PL0UW7LoJRk9fFIEVBUq_mX94CYioFkdOL&index=273<br>
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<p>the one I saw myself was one he narrated and it took a lot
longer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4XtczOvT6c" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4XtczOvT6c</a></p>
<p>I'd probably remember them all and maybe even in the right
location, but with only a few regions reflecting accurate scales
and boundaries. New England and the northern Atlantic Seaboard
would suck... the West and Midwest would probably be fine... I
think I could *nail* the 4 corners states though!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Can you guess which one I left out? </p>
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<p>I'm not good at these guessing games, and without reference to
your age/era when you were in England, I'd be winging a tail at a
donkey here.</p>
<p>Seems like a "trick question", which becomes my best angle for
guessing:</p>
* Switzerland? (doh! not a state!)<br>
<p> * NM? (though a hard one to leave out geometrically). <br>
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<p> * AK/HI ? (too obvious)</p>
<p> * MA (nahhhhh...)</p>
<p> * Idaho?</p>
<p>OK... yah got me!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nicholas Thompson<u></u><u></u></p>
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<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com" target="_blank"><friam-bounces@redfish.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve
Smith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 6, 2020 6:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] word of the day: "Eschatology"<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One day, during geography, I raised my
hand and said, “How come north/south America and
Europe/Africa sort of <i>fit together?” </i>General
merriment on all sides, including the teacher’s. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Did she do that to YOU, also? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Nah, but my 4th grade teacher drew her own maps on
mimeograph. When we were studying Europe, she left out
Switzerland. When she handed out the unmarked maps as
homework and asked us to fill in the country names and
place/identify their capitals, I noticed she had left out
Switzerland! I raised my hand, waited for her to call on me,
then politely (or possibly too eagerly) asked "Where is
Switzerland?". I don't remember what happened next... but
she basically told me to "shut up". I did. But I did not
do *any more* Geography homework (or at least her hand-drawn
map) assignments for the rest of the year. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>When I flunked (who gets an F in a class in 4th grade?) the
class, my parents intervened and made the deal with her that
she would pass me if/when I did all the homework that
summer. It grated the hell out of me, but I remember
whipping out the whole year of assignments in the first week
(or so) because we didn't not do what our parents told us to,
even if we sometimes didn't do what our teachers told us to
do. I had, after all, paid attention in class and *read the
book* as I was as fascinated with geography as anything
else... I held the line on the Europe-sans-Switzerland
assignment and my parents acquiesced. I *LIKE* to think that
Ms. McCarty was more careful with her maps after I
(innocently) asked her about "Switzerland?". <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Later she told me to shut up when she was teaching "weather"
and my father had just shown me (he took daily meteorological
readings at the USFS offices) about wet-bulb temperature and
even alcohol thermometers (which are preferred over mercury
ones for very low temperature use)... the "shut up" came when
I raised my hand and asked if the thermometer she was showing
us was mercury or alcohol. I think she said "there is no
such thing" before she told me to shut up. I don't know why
she ever called on me, but then one could ask why I ever
bothered to raise my hand. I think I did cut way back on
that as the year progressed.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Did your first grade teacher break a ruler on your knuckles
for having bad penmanship (age 6) ? And I didn't even go to
Catholic School! Her name was Mrs. Hay and *should have been*
a Nun...<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>- Steve<u></u><u></u></p>
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