quote:Originally posted by tribrats: That would be Vermont unless they forgot to tell me something .
I always get those backwards unless I really think hard about it.
I remember back when I had to memorize all the states back in 8th grade, the trick I used to differentiate NH from VT was that Vermont is shaped like a "V".
Don't ask me how I can still remember that after all these years...
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I've only loosely, timidly wrapped my arms around this country. Like hugging an uncle who molested you in your youth.
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quote:Originally posted by I'mNotDedalus: I've only loosely, timidly wrapped my arms around this country. Like hugging an uncle who molested you in your youth.
Dude! YOMANK, you sick NFBSK!
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Granted, I only counted the states I remember visiting, and I did not count the ones of which I've only seen the airport.
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No point in doing a world map for me...the only place I've been outside of the U.S. is Germany. Add England if you count airports.
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quote:Originally posted by TeacherLady: I love this!! I teach Geography and I do a similar assignment with my students. They have to color a map-using different colors- with all the states they've lived in, all the states they've visited and the ones they have just passed through. Sometimes I'm amazed at how well traveled some of my 8th graders are...and I'm also amazed at how little some of them have traveled. Some of them will only have our state colored. Seems kinda sad to me!
I agree that it is sad sometimes how many kids have never been out of their home state or more than an hour or two away. I had some friends growing up whose only trip out of state was to Six Flags over Texas, a 3 hour drive. The fact that I had actually been to Washington DC & California as a child was amazing to some of my classmates. My kids have traveled much more than I had at their age but they are still slackers compared to some of their classmates. OTOH, I have a few child relatives whose travel experiences are little more than a few weekend trips to a neighboring state or two. We're going to add 2 more states to their calendars this next summer & possibly (very remote possibility) a European country.
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quote:Originally posted by Archie2K: I think it's going to be news to be the people of the Alend Is. that they are now considered part of Sweden.
They are called the Åland Islands.
quote: Though a friend studying Scandinavian history tells me that the Alend Islanders have switched nationality between Sweden and Finland numerous times in the past depending on which would be most beneficial.
Totally grasped out of thin air. From the earliest days when nations first started forming until 1809 present day Finland, of which Åland is an autonomous part, was just the Eastern half of the Swedish realm. Between 1809 and 1917 Finland was a Grand Duchy within the Russian empire.
After Finland gained independence there were discussions wether Åland should remain Finnish or join with Sweden. Although there was a petition where 96% of the signees stated that they wanted to join Sweden it remained Finnish and the present population are quite happy with that.
quote:ULTRAGUPPY: I think the little blob of red on the southeast shore of the Baltic might be White Russia? Does that still belong to Russia?
That little blob is the Kaliningrad area and is part of Russia.
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I must admit I took the lliberty to include states wher I've just spent time at airports (five hours at O'Hare is boring!) or just passed through by train.
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Looking at Don Enrico's map I noticed that not only has Finland lost Åland to Sweden. They have also annexed the islands off the Estonian coast, Hiiumaa and Saaremaa (or Dagö and Ösel to use their Swedish names, the population there were Swedísh speakers until most of them fled to Sweden after the Soviet takeover).
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What's that "not in scale" state south of Hawaii, by the way? The 51st state?
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I don't think I've added any new countries since last time we did this, even though I've been to a few new places in some of those countries.
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I need to do that New England trip at some point also.
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This is everywhere I have been this year. In March, my boyfriend (Mike) and I went to Baltimore to pick up my new truck. (1968 Chevy C10) In April we took the motorcycle down to Charleston for the Heritage Motorcycle Rally. It was Mike's birthday, and Lynard Skynards was playing, so I got tickets for his gift. In May, we went to Mt. Rushmore and the Badlands National Park on the motorcycle. In June we went to Southern IL to Hog Rock River Rally. (Again, on the bike) In August I went to Connecticut for work and took my kids to Wisconsin for a vacation. In October, Mike and I took a trip to Tennessee with another couple (on bikes) as they were thinking of moving down there.
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