Re: where are the proofers???

["'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, SteveOrdinetz wrote:

> Not a mistake I'm likely to have noticed. I have no use for those 2-letter
> state abbreviations....it's not always obvious which state it's an
> abbreviation for. For example, which state is MI the abbreviation for?
> Michigan?  Missouri? Mississippi, Minnesota?  Whose bright idea were these,
> anyway?
 
The post office, I think.  I'm just guessing, but I'd say that Minnesota
is probably MN, and either Missouri or Mississippi is MS.  I'd also guess
that Arkansas is AR.  One might think that Arizona would be AR, but I
think that's AZ.  AK is Alaska. 

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