Re: very well, then. the sequence completed

Post #180,670 by deSitter 10/23/04 9:28:32 PM Reply	Re: very well, then. the sequence completed And the rule is? This was not fun. A puzzle has to be difficult and clever. -drl
Post #180,699 by rcareaga 10/23/04 11:14:48 PM 10/23/04 11:16:17 PM Reply	not fun The presidents in the invisible (see above) column B—a chronological sequence from McKinley forward—were born during the terms of the presidents in column A. I thought it was cleverer than it was difficult, but since I appear to be the only person holding this opinion I am persuaded that I am wrong in this instance, and apologize to anyone who feels his energies were ill-applied in the exercise. cordially, Cthulhu for President. Why vote for a lesser evil? Edited by rcareaga Oct. 23, 2004, 11:16:17 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #180,700 by deSitter 10/23/04 11:15:42 PM Reply	Re: not fun You penance is to construct a solvable puzzle involving presidents! -drl
Post #180,702 by Another Scott 10/23/04 11:27:26 PM Reply	Please confess. You didn't have their terms and birthdates in your head, and you had to look that stuff up. Didn't you?!? Cheers, Scott.
Post #180,711 by rcareaga 10/24/04 12:29:55 AM Reply	split the difference Well, I could have told you all the terms of the 20th century presidents. I'd also long known, just by way of a random bit of historic trivia, that Eisenhower was born in the Harrison administration. I knew as well the birth years of the presidents from Kennedy forward, so it was easy to correlate these with the relevant administrations. It helped to remember that Nixon was born in January, which put him under Taft rather than Wilson (presidents used to take office in March). I did have to doublecheck on Gerald Ford, whom I remembered to have been born in 1913, but whose sign I did not (Leo, with Wilson rising), and I had to consult the same almanac for the birth years of Truman back to McKinley. I should perhaps mention that since very early childhood I have tended to maintain these internal chronologies—enough that it was remarked upon by bemused adults within a year or two of my starting school—in a freakish yet somehow endearing sort of, you know, high-functioning autistic kinda way. cordially, Cthulhu for President. Why vote for a lesser evil?
Post #180,739 by Another Scott 10/24/04 10:56:45 AM Reply	My older brother has mild Autism or Asperger's syndrome or something similar. (Like much of mental health, those are not really hard-and-fast diagnoses.) He remembers things like "it snowed today in 1973". Freaky, but entertaining at times. :-) Thanks for the explanation. Cheers, Scott.
Post #180,745 by deSitter 10/24/04 12:39:13 PM Reply	Re: split the difference At one point I thought the idea might be like Woodrow Wilson Pickett William George Clinton Richard Nixon Hell Boy George Washington etc. -drl

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