What is "CL"

[Tryg Helseth]

On Mon, 20 Dec 1993 15:37:11 +0100, Mattias Hallin wrote:

>"CL" must be the Official U.S. Postmaster General-approved postal abbreviation
>for the state "Calisota" where Duckburg is situated; see "The Gilded Man" and
>also our discussion (on the ftp) of about a month and a half ago!

Hmmm.... I'm not familiar with either the postal abbreviation, CL, or the 
zip code, 93801.  However, the name Calisota is obviously an acronym 
formed from California and Minnesota, so a more eqitable postal 
abbreviation would use letters from both states (CS, for example...)  But 
then, who said the post office was fair! :)  

I more burning question that perhaps you more seasoned fans could help me 
out is where is Calisota located?  It seems to me that it should be 
located somewhere between California and Minnesota.  It appears to be 
located both near an ocean, a desert, and a mountain range.  The 98301 zip 
would sounds *very* West Coast to me!  The weather patterns seem very 
stange too...  For virtually eleven months of the year it is hot and 
sunny, then one month (December or January) it is cold and covered with 
deep snow!  I have looked intensly at maps of the US, but have never 
seen the state of Calisota even listed in the index.   Perhaps, like 
Lake Woebegon, it is there somewhere but just doesn't show up on the 
map due to a geographical survey error?  (Perhaps it just "ducked" out 
to avoid all the tourists?) 

DON ROSA:

>	Actually, I was just looking for something to respond to
>tonight, and yours was the only message here (except for something from
>Mattias about "what is CL?", but I think somebody just spiked his
>eggnog).   

And I thought it was a very serious and important matter! :)

>	the guy who played Ebenezer Scrooge in MICKEY'S XMAS CAROL was
>no more the real $crooge McDuck as was the guy on DUCKTALES. It was the
>Disney Corporation's usual misuse of that Dell/Barks character.

So $crooge *did* play himself in DUCKTALES after all.  Actually, I'm going 
to stick my neck out here (chop!) and say that I enjoyed DUCKTALES,  (At 
least the first years episodes...)  Of course it wasn't the $crooge we 
know, but I think it was one in a parallel universe.  I always got a laugh 
out of how they made fun of Donald's voice when he made his rare 
appearances. ("What did he say?")  I won't even watch old DD cartoons any 
more partly because of that awful voice they gave Don, and partly because 
of the violence.

ARVID:

Hello to the 69th parallel from the 45th parallel.  Even though we are a 
lot farther South, being in the center of the continent it gets very cold 
here in the Winter.  (-30F / -35C)

While I have a Norwegian name, I've never been to Norway.  My grandparents 
were born there and came to the United States in the early 1900's.  I hope 
someday to visit their homeland.

Tryg Helseth <trygve at maroon.tc.umn.edu>

"I wish they all could be Calisota Ducks!" -The Beach Drakes