Aloha, Trenton

I want to see if I can name all 50 states, from memory, not in any particular order.


Hawaii


Alaska


Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont


New York


Delaware
Maryland





Pennsylvania


Ohio





Indiana


Illinois


Wisconsin





Minnesota


Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia







Virginia                   
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida


Alabama
Mississippi


Kansas


Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma


Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arizona


California
Oregon
Washington


North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado


Nevada
Idaho


Iowa     Nebraska


Michigan


Rhode Island





Massachusetts


Utah


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That's 48.  Now, which two could I not think of?


Answer:  Connecticut, and New Jersey


Why?  Why?  Why?


How could I forget two states?  Have been through, and also to, both New Jersey and Connecticut.





And also, in the first round, I forgot Massachusetts, where I lived, for five years...  Good grief.


-------------------- When I was in fourth grade, or the summer after, maybe, I memorized the capital city of each state.  I got the info from a red plastic pencil box which had, on the lid, a map of the U.S., and two little "windows" and a dial. 


When you dialed the state, and landed on Ohio, for example, in the "state window," the capital would show up in the other window:  Columbus.  California:  Sacramento.  Rhode Island:  Providence.  Etc.




I did not have the 50 states memorized, to just rattle off...but if you named me a state, I could name you the capital.




It seems like these types of accomplishments are from that category during childhood that might have been filed under "OK, what can I do next?"...
   





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