Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for March 14, 2017

I wouldn’t have thought that (comparing two cities’ distance in miles with a musician’s death age).

I use similar mnemonic devices to remember lists of things, strings of numbers, and such. In 1969 I was at a concert with a friend. She ran into a friend who had moved to a different town, had gotten her address, and promised to write her. But she had nothing to write with and was sure she’d forget it. I said, “Tell me and I’ll make sure you can’t forget it.” She was incredulous but she told me. I said, "OK. John Lennon is 29 years old. The legal age to vote is 21. And a deck of cards with a single Joker has 53 cards. So you will easily remember ‘2921 53rd Avenue.’ " And of course, she did. And I still do 48 years later. One might argue that John Lennon’s age might be hard to remember, but the very weirdness of making that the mnemonic clue made it memorable. And 29 happened to be Lennon’s actual age, but I would have said it was even if he were 27 or 28… because the number she needed to remember was 29.

No joke, today, then..

I remember numbers by uniform numbers. I can still remember an old phone number. First three digits were easy (same as everyone else, small town). Last four were 4124. Tom Seaver and Willie Mays

Chuck later uses a different mnemonic to remember the combination to his school locker, 3-24-7. He tells Linus, “Babe Ruth was number 3, Willie Mays is number 24, and Mickey Mantle is number 7.”

Ten dollars sounds like a lot of money! What year was this published? If it was 1956, that $10 would be worth about $90 today — quite a lot for a 3-4 year old to win!

I was the same way with Star Trek episodes.

That was before I-75, it is about 63 miles now.

Not that it comes up in conversation, but seeing how it is Pi Day, a mnemonic of the first 8 numbers of Pi is May I have a large container of coffee (3.1415926)

My paternal grandfather was 57 when he died. He died about a month and a half before his 58th birthday. Tomorrow will be the 73rd anniversary of his death. Beware of the Ides of March.

Beethoven was actually 56 when he died. December 16 1770 to March 26 1827. He died before his 57th birthday.

Classic strip by Schultz here as it’s dated December 10th – What year would this one be, and are newspapers now recycling the classics now? Thanks! :)