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   Snidely to All   
   Re: 2020 quarterly musings   
   12 Nov 20 13:34:43   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday or thereabouts, Questor declared ...   
   > On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 13:35:20 -0800, Snidely  wrote:   
   >> Wednesday, Questor quipped:   
   >>> Despite talk of a coin shortage, I have been collecting the 2020 quarters   
   >>> at regular intervals.  The flying foxes, Weir Farm, Salt River Bay, and now   
   >>> another long name, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller, have all made their   
   >>> appearance  in my change.  And all new and shiny, unlike some issues -- I'm   
   >>> looking at  you, Everglades.  All that remains is the final 2020 release   
   >>> and just one  more in 2021.  As I understand it, even the U.S. Mint hasn't   
   >>> decided yet what  will be next after they finish the America the Beautiful   
   >>> quarter series.   
   >>   
   >> You're ahead of me.  The two in the middle of you list have eluded me   
   >> so far.   
   >   
   > Almost all my purchases are on a cash basis, and I also do most of the   
   > grocery shopping for the household.  I usually get change.   
      
   Not all the groceries here are giving change, and while I have Ulysses'   
   visage in my wallet, that's unusual, and grocery bills over $10 get   
   carded.  I've been carded at more drive thru's than usual, partly   
   because I don't go to the ATM as often.   
      
   /dps   
      
      
   --   
   Killing a mouse was hardly a Nobel Prize-worthy exercise, and Lawrence   
   went apopleptic when he learned a lousy rodent had peed away all his   
   precious heavy water.   
   _The Disappearing Spoon_, Sam Kean   
      
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