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[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Christopher Fowler)]

On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 12:57 -0400, tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
> 
> Where I appear to disagree is on the value of geographic knowledge in
> the 
> context of human relations. Knowing that Montana is next to the
> Canadian 
> border, with a capital (and major city) of Helena isn't a skill like 
> solving a differiential equation, but is useful in social situations
> where 
> I want to connect with another human being's background. Putting names
> on 
> places and arrainging them spatially one of several ways to organize
> and 
> help remember people's backgrounds. The applications to travel and 
> communications related with that subject should be obvious also.

Its also good for ordering plane tickets.  I had to fly to Montreal and
for some odd reason I thought Montreal was in CST not EST.  I decided to
fly out of Montreal at 7:45am.  That was a mistake.  I had to get up way
too early.