Knowing I was from the western United States, a colleague once ask me, "Is Salt Lake growing?" I launched into a detailed and, I thought, very appropriate discussion of population levels of Utah's state capital. Instead of polite interest, there was befuddlement. Another person listening in, correctly diagnosed the confusion and got us all on the right track, "He meant the lake!" Oh, the lake. Well, why did he ask me about the city then? Given t...
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