Re: [math-fun] If you're looking for milepost 420, you won't find it in Idaho.

It's also Hitler's birthday (b. 1889).  Happy birthday, Adolph.   --  Gene From: Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [math-fun] If you're looking for milepost 420, you won't find it in Idaho.

On Aug 20, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:

[From an AP story:]

"The number "420" has long been associated with marijuana, though its origins as a shorthand for pot are murky."

My understanding is that the origin was tracked down at least a decade ago:  At a high school in Marin County, California, the stoners would meet after school somewhere on school grounds to smoke together at 4:20 p.m. —Dan