Flight,

It always gets very quiet here on weekends so I thought I might try to get a rise from some of you with this breaking news.

WASHINGTON,D.C. -- Hang on to any of the new State of Texas
quarters. If you
have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents. The U.S.
Treasury
announced today that it is recalling all of the Texas quarters
that are part
of its program featuring quarters from each state.

"We are recalling all the new Texas quarters that were recently
issued,"
Treasury Undersecretary Jack Shackleford said Monday. "This action
is being
taken after numerous reports that new quarters will not work in
parking
meters, toll booths, vending machines, pay phones, or other
coin-operated devices."

The quarters were issued in the order in which the various states
joined the
U.S. and have been a tremendous success among coin collectors
worldwide."The
problem lies in the unique design of the Texas quarter, which was
created by
a Texas A&M graduate," Shackleford said. "Apparently, the duct
tape holding
the two dimes and the nickel together keeps jamming the coin-operated
devices."

Tom Gator 851.