TO "LIZ. S."{CALIF as if we would haven't.guessed.] GONG! Wrong answer. not only did you blow the state .It was South Carolina. But you blew the question. It had to do with STATES that were IRs before they joined the Union and are you sitting down liz? Because I need to tell you that Southern Calif. never was admitted to the Union. Now sit down Elizabeth, lets have none of that hysterical acting out. That a good girl! Liz, you are such a silly person. But you do get credit for the top in-flight joke of the last many months. TO THE SEESES [Calif] GONG! Wrong answer. See above note to ms LIZ. S. AS to the theft of your water by those bad southern Calif types didn't you Northern Calif good guys steal it from some other state{s}? Like maybe Navada or Utah or Colorado. TO Ken Becker{FLORIDA??} I think your question re: "uncommonpoverties" was meant for george A. I thought I would take a whack at it if there are no objections. No? Be quiet Liz. THE American Heritage Dictionary defines Poverty as "the STATE[Caps mine] of being poor". Therefore I reasoned that indeed the states that aren't Commonwealths are not called "Uncommonpoverities" But rather "POOR STATES". In sport talk it is called the "BIG MARKET TEAMS" vs. the "SMALL MARKET TEAMS" How's that? TO THE Mehmoirs[comm. of mass] DO you guys have first names? YOUR question has to do with "Since you are so HEP on Commonwalthyies,,, How about stats on number of PWDs in CMWs versus REPs? adjusted to figures Globewise. mehm." Sure, Love to, you bet, can do, no problem, just give me a minute...... ah, how about a little hint? What the h... are PWDs? Did you mean PhDs or PWPs. The only thing That comes to mind re: PWDs is something like "Preety Weird Discourse" which is fitting for this particular discourse. HINT? TO Will Johnston {MD] Two fast balls down the middle of the plate? I don't know about question #2. Could be a curve ball..HMMMMMM. Question #1 Kingdom of Franklin or do you mean FRANKLAND? What do you want to know? In 1784 a group of settlers feeling neglected by the central govt.met in Jonesboro and set up what they called the State of Franklin or Frankland. This was on land ceded by N.Carolina to the Federal Govt. This land, located on the western portion of N.Carolina, was not recoginized by the N.Carolina officials dispite the Popularity of Ben Franklin after whom the state was named. This "State lasted until 1788 and was awarded statehood in 1796 as the State of TENNESSEE.THE REASON IT WAS SOME TIMES REFERRED to as the "Kingdom of Franklin" had to do with the number of British Loyalists to be found in N. Carolina area. The Brits are every where.!! QUESTION #2 The state most recently to "formally" [IS THAT YOUR CURVE, WILL?] Join into the United States. HAWAII would be my choice.August 21 1959.Now if you threw me a curve I expect another turn at bat TO Martha Rohrer[Calif] As much as I like and admire you I must GONG you. Believe me I took no pleasure in GOINING you. Please see Silly person Liz. S. and the Seeses above. BUT I do agree whole heartily with what you had to say about digging for information. It is very therapeutic and I can now spell Massahhetts with out looking it up. With apologies to those I've offended george[[log in to unmask]] Commonwealth of Massachusetts {damn it!] [log in to unmask]