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July 15, 2012

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Cop Car

I'll bite. How do you fill in the colors?

bogie

Indelible markers (they also make markers for fabric). Either way, you have to be careful and not put the color on too thickly or it will bleed to other states.

Ole Phat Stu

Four colours are enough, as CC can tell you.
Seven if the patch covers a teapot ;-)

Cop Car

Stu--Thanks for the vote of confidence; but, Bogie would have come up with the answer faster than I would have. Without looking, I don't know what state adjoins the largest number of other states! (That's a piece of trivia not tracked within my cranium.)

Cop Car

Stu--Oh, phooey. I just figured out that you were going with the theorem that doesn't count corners. (Do I have time to list my four excuses for not having thought of that? It's been a long day.)

bogie

One color is enough - but I don't have a color shortage here.

Ole Phat Stu

FWIW, remember that Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia are not states, they are commonwealths ;-)

/tease off

bogie

I feel sorry for you Stu.

Cop Car

Other folks tell me that commonwealths are quite difficult to work with on disaster response operations. Personally, I've only worked disasters in states, so they've not been a problem for me. I did work (professionally) in Pennsylvania for several months back in 1988 - in collaboration with Westin Controls (a Schlumberger company, at the time - may still be) of Archbald PA and an Israeli organization (whose name escapes me). That program aged me about 15 years! (Nothing to do with the state or the people of Pennsylvania, who were wonderful to me.)

buffy

Well, darn! you were close to me.....kinda. Of course, you might have crossed Indiana a lot further down the map than where it touches Illinois. Next time you plan a trip send me a note, and we'll see if we can't provide a place to stay along the way.

buffy

Hmm...a number of states touch five other states, but Idaho, South Dakota and Nebraska touch six, I think. I need a bigger map, because it looks like Pennsylvania touches more.

buffy

And Wyoming and Arkansas.....(6)

bogie

Buffy - I believe the theory is that you only need 4 colors to color in all states, while never using a color next to itself.

If we make it out as far as Illinois, I'll let you know. Guessing with me not working, we won't be doing a whole lot of traveling though.

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