CANADIAN POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
MUSIC ALPHABET
NEW AGE THINKING
LET'S TAKE A "TRIP"
YOU'LL NEED INSURANCE
200
'BC'
British Columbia
200
'"A" is for a capella, from the Italian for "in" this place'
in the chapel
200
'"Hair" fans know this current "age" is a 2,000-year period of evolution toward world peace & enlightenment'
Aquarius
200
'Since 1900, only 12 baseball players have won this by leading a major league in batting average, home runs & RBIs'
a triple crown
200
'It's the term for the person entitled to get the proceeds of a policy upon the death of the insured'
a beneficiary
400
'AB'
Alberta
400
'"B" is for bis, sometimes used to ask musicians for this'
an encore
400
'This term for receiving energy & info from other levels of reality sounds like redirecting water along a passage'
channeling
400
'A low-placed concealed cable used to signal a trespasser by triggering an alarm'
a tripwire
400
'Medical liability insurance is better known as this type of insurance'
malpractice insurance
600
'NS'
Nova Scotia
600
'"D" is for decrescendo, which means this is happening to the music'
it\'s getting quieter (or softer)
600
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands by a diagram of a person in lotus position with seven colored dots along its vertical midline.) Referring to its inner vision, the sixth chakra at the center of the forehead is also known by this other ordinal name'
the third eye
600
'Often used for devotional purposes, it's the type of artwork seen here'
a triptych
600
'These "tables" that take their name from the Latin for "record keeper" are used to evaluate life expectancies'
actuarial tables
800
'YT'
the Yukon Territory
800
'"L" is for lacrimoso, meaning the music should be of this mood'
tearful (or sad)
800
'On Aug. 16, 1987 followers of Jose Arguelles gathered in various spiritual centers for the harmonic this'
convergence
800
'Destroyed by the Mamelukes in the 13th century, today it's a leading city of Lebanon'
Tripoli
800
'A film noir classic, or a clause providing for payment of twice the face value of a policy'
Double Indemnity
1000
'PE'
Prince Edward Island
1000
'"P" is for pizzicato, which informs the string players to do this, also a "P" word'
pluck
1000
'Seen here is an example of one of these graphic mystical meditation aids, whose name is from the Sanskrit for circle'
mandala
1000
'This adverb sounds like it means clumsily, but it means the opposite in phrases like "flows" this way "from the tongue"'
trippingly
1000
'Franz Kafka's day job was as a bureaucrat administering this type of compensation, like for accidents'
workmen\'s compensation
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