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Item #1: Not nearly enough<\/span>\"\"
\n Fancy Dancers<\/strong><\/a>
\n“Fancy<\/span>” is a competitive powwow dance known for its fast and furious pace.
\n“We pride ourselves on telling the fascinating stories of Canada through coins, . . .<\/em>” – – so says Alison Crawford, of the Royal Canadian Mint.<\/p>\n

What’s not to like? This . . .
\nThe coin has a face value of $30, is a collectors edition, and only 3,500 will be made.
\nA current population estimate for Canada is 37,028,880.
\n4% claim an aboriginal identity, or about 1,490,000.<\/p>\n

A few of these coins will be put on display in museums. Most will be sold once or twice and join other rare coins in homes of the rich. A very high percentage of Canadians will never see one, and fewer still will ever hold one.
\nThis is wrong. Wrong! Wrong!
\nCanadians unite. Revolt. Demand.
\nI hope ‘3,500’ is a typo. 6 zeros, not 2.
\n35 Million sounds better.<\/p>\n

Item #2:What says fall like Pumpkin <\/span>\"\"
\nLeaves are turning colors, corn is ripe (or past ripe), pumpkins are coloring, and folks are happy to take your money to see the wonders of Autumn.
\nThis link: Pumpkin Patches<\/strong><\/a> has some of the better known places in the Puget Sound area. Good photos, too.
\nThis one ( Swan’s Trail<\/strong><\/a> ) has a 12 acre (~ 9 football fields) corn maze in the shape of the State. There is a 50-acre pumpkin patch.
\nThese places accept cash and credit cards.
\nCheck such places in your neighborhood. Have fun. <\/p>\n

Item #3: A collection of Australian trolleys<\/span>\"\"
\nAfter reading this story I searched with the term “shopping carts” and images. Who knew there were so many?
\nOh well \u2013 the folks from OZ call them trolleys.
\n Trolleys go to sea<\/strong><\/a>
\nThere is a 90 second video of a guy in a white shirt with a blue tie. He stands on a dock and points at the water. Could they not pull a couple of “trolleys” from the water and show them.
\nHow much does one of these cost? Anyway, the good news:
\nThese places make good habitat for creatures. <\/p>\n

Item #4: This one is for Peggy<\/span>\"\"
\nBaker Mayfield Is the Mayor of Cleveland
\n“On Thursday night, Mayfield\u2014the first overall draft pick, a Heisman-winning quarterback out of the University of Oklahoma\u2014hopped off the bench late in the first half of a game in which the Browns trailed 14-0 to the New York Jets.
\nOne half later, the Browns had an inspired 21-17 victory. It is the forlorn franchise\u2019s first win since 1916. I mean 2016. But you know what I mean. It feels like 1916.”<\/em>
\n [Jason Gay, Wall Street Journal]
\nStory here from USA Today<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n

And that, for this week, is the not so nasty news.
\nJohn <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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