From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday or thereabouts, Snidely asked ...   
   > For your amusement, here's the results of two trip to the laundry 9 years ago   
   > --   
   >   
   > 9 yrs from last Tuesday:   
   >   
   > 1966                                            x       1   
   > 1978                                            x       1   
   > 1981                                            d       1   
   > 1982                                            d       1   
   > 1984                                            d       1   
   > 1990                                            d       1   
   > 1993                                            p       1   
   > 2000    SC                                      dd      2   
   > 2001    NC                                      p       1   
   > 2001    VT                                      d       1   
   > 2002    MO                                      p       1   
   > 2004    IA                                      d       1   
   > 2006    NV                                      d       1   
   > 2013            White Mountain                  d       1   
   > 2014            Great Smokey Mountains          d       1   
   > 2014            Everglades                      dd      2   
   > 2014            Arches                          d       1   
   > 2014            Shenandoah                      d       1   
   >   
   > This be a fiver, even.   
   >   
   > 9 yrs from next Friday:   
   >   
   > Year    State   Other                         Mint    Count   
   > 1967                                            x       1   
   > 1973                                            d       1   
   > 1976                                            p       1   
   > 1978                                            x       1   
   > 1980                                            dd      2   
   > 1982                                            p       1   
   > 1987                                            d       1   
   > 1989                                            d       1   
   > 1992                                            d       1   
   > 1994                                            p       1   
   > 1995                                            dd      2   
   > 1998                                            d       1   
   > 1999    PA                                      d       1   
   > 1999    GA                                      dd      2   
   > 2000    CT                                      d       1   
   > 2000    VA                                      d       1   
   > 2000    MA                                      d       1   
   > 2002    MS                                      d       1   
   > 2002    IN                                      dp      3   
   > 2002    TN                                      p       1   
   > 2004    WI                                      d       1   
   > 2005    CA                                      d       1   
   > 2006    NE                                      dp      2   
   > 2006    SD                                      d       1   
   > 2007    MT                                      d       1   
   > 2007    WY                                      d       1   
   > 2008    OK                                      d       1   
   > 2009            Northern Marianas Islands       d       1   
      
   Yesterday, the coin changer at the laundry gave me a Northern Marianas   
   Island.  This is the first one since 2017, when my .  It may be the   
   first one in 9 years.   
      
   > 2013            Ft McHenry                      d       1   
   > 2014            Great Sand Dunes                d       1   
   > 2014            Great Smokey Mountains          d       1   
   > 2014            Everglades                      d       1   
   > 2014            Arches                          d       1   
   > 2014            Shenandoah                      d       1   
   > 2015            Kisatchie                       d       1   
   >   
   > This adds up to $10.25, so I must have tossed in an extra quarter.   
   >   
   > Hope your trivia was tickled.  And if you're in the land of upstarts, here's   
   > hoping your long weekend is a bang-up pleasure.   
   >   
      
   We are now past the Last Great BBQ of the Summer Season, aka Labor Day,   
   and pumpkin spice fills the air.   Those in the Southern Hemisphere may   
   be looking for Fresh Spring touches, though.   
      
   /dps "I haven't seen an apple jack latte yet"   
      
   --   
   Yes, I have had a cucumber soda.  Why do you ask?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)