Answer a Question with a Question...

[hollydolly]

States are places that hold counties in the United States of America

 

[Rosemarie]

How did the different states get their names?

 

[hollydolly]

Do you know the names of every State by memory ?

 

[Rosemarie]

Can you name all the counties in England?

 

[mike4lorie]

do many people worry about stuff like that?

 

[Rosemarie]

Isn't it good mental exercise?

 

[hollydolly]

Do you enjoy mental arithmetic ?

 

[Rosemarie]

How did people like me manage before calculators?

 

[Gemma]

Did they use their fingers and toes?

 

[Rosemarie]

Do you remember using an abacus in Infant school?

 

[hollydolly]

Do you remember your first day at school ?

 

[Rosemarie]

Yes, doesn't everyone?

 

[hollydolly]

Do you have an especially good memory ?

 

[Rosemarie]

I remember some things very vividly, others not so well. Is it the same with you?

 

[mike4lorie]

is what the same to me or you?

 

[hollydolly]

Memories are sometimes hard to recall does anyone keep a diary like me to be able to conjure up forgotten events ?

 

[Rosemarie]

If everyone kept a journal, would historians be grateful or would they prefer to do their own research?

 

[hollydolly]

If you were a historian would you be grateful for some information straight from the horses mouth ?

 

[Rosemarie]

How could you be sure that the writer was being truthful?

 

[hollydolly]

Would you say truth is the be all and end all

 

[StarSong]

Are there times when the truth is better left unsaid?

 

[Rosemarie]

Is there any point keeping a journal if what you write isn't honest?

 

[hollydolly]

I have so many journals that they've had to be boxed up and put in the attic, do you write a journal every day ?

 

[Rosemarie]

Are you worried about who might read them after you die?

 

[hollydolly]

Would you hope your journals would be a history of your life for family members