--- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: << "The Lower 48" means the same thing as "Continental US", or "the contiguous states". >>
No, no, no, Alaska IS continental... It's not an island! (Neither is Rhode Island, but that's another story ;-).) Continguous, on the other hand, does indeed refer to the same states as the "lower 48". I believe this term originated in post-statehood Alaska as we are "lower" than they are. Today it is really rather obsolete since Hawaii is in fact just as "low" as most of the "lower" states (and lower than many of them), but nonetheless it is still a popular term. New Doug __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
