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<DIV><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>The list isn't that
long, so I'll just append it to this -- today the mint released the list of
national parks (so called, see below) to be honored in the series of US quarters
starting in 2010.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>You might recall that a few months
ago I noted that Yellowstone would not necessarily be #1, and it isn't. More
importantly, though, I do wonder who came up with this list, and if there will
be noise about it. Because, as you can see, there are a number of places on the
list that are not national parks. Like Mt. Hood National Forest and Block Island
National Wildlife Refuge, to name two.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Ah, well, sez The
Currrrrmudgeon</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Scott Bryan</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008000 size=3 face=Garamond>Not to mention that they
completely skipped our 5th national park, Mt. Rainier. I wonder if it's
because Mt. Rainier was on the Washington state quarter?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008000 size=3 face=Garamond>Thanks for posting the
whole list, Scott.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008000 size=3 face=Garamond>Meg</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#008000 size=3 face=Garamond>who must be a curmudgeon, too --
the list smells of politics, not
appropriateness</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>