In article <HOOdnYzewLt2yiXanZ2dnUVZ_q6mnZ2d@rcn.net>, singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote: [snip] > >Mid-West. To me, Midwest is everything between the >Alleghany Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. I've heard >other definitions from people born in some of those states >-- Texas in particular disapproves of it. (g) Likewise us non-Texans :-) One definition of some historical relevance is that the midwest is the states composed wholly or in part of the old Northwest Territory -- Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. -- Robert Grumbine http://www.radix.net/~bobg/ Science faqs and amateur activities notes and links. Sagredo (Galileo Galilei) "You present these recondite matters with too much evidence and ease; this great facility makes them less appreciated than they would be had they been presented in a more abstruse manner." Two New Sciences