Dear Sun Spots: I am thrilled with all the information you give to your readers and now I would appreciate your help. I would like a listing of the new exit numbers with the old corresponding numbers. I often have relatives and friends traveling this way and am now unable to tell them which exit to use while traveling on the Maine Turnpike. This information, I am sure will be of great help to many. Thank you so much. – No Name, No Town.

Answer: The following is a list of the old numbers with the new ones in italics:

Exit 1 Kittery Exit 1; Exit 2 Kittery Exit 2; Exit 3 Kittery Exit 3; Exit 4 York Exit 7; Exit 2 Wells Exit 19; Exit 3 Kennebunk Exit 25; Exit 4 Biddeford Exit 32; Exit 5 Saco Exit 36; Exit 6 Scarborough Exit 42; Exit 6A Scarborough Exit 44; Exit 7 South Portland Exit 45; Exit 7A South Portland Exit 46; Exit 7B Portland/Westbrook Exit 47; Exit 8 Westbrook Exit 48; Exit 9 Falmouth Spur Exit 52; Exit 10 Falmouth Exit 53; Exit 11 Gray Exit 63; Exit 12 Auburn Exit 75; Exit 13 Lewiston Exit 80; New Interchange in Sabattus Exit 86; Exit 14A West Gardiner Exit 102; Exit 14B West Gardiner Exit 103; Exit 30 A&B Augusta Exit 109, northbound, 109 A&B southbound; Exit 31 A&B Augusta Exit 112 A&B northbound, 112 southbound; Exit 32 Sidney Exit 120; Exit 33 Oakland Exit 127; Exit 34 Waterville Exit 130; Exit 35 Fairfield Exit 132; Exit 36 Fairfield Exit 133; Exit 37 Clinton Exit 138; Exit 38 Pittsfield Exit 150; Exit 39 Palmyra/Newport Exit 157; Exit 40 Newport Exit 159; Exit 41 Plymouth Exit 161; Exit 42 Etna Exit 167; Exit 43 Carmel Exit 174; Exit 44 Hampden Exit 180; Exit 45 A&B Bangor Exit 182 A&B; Exit 46 Bangor Exit 183; Exit 47 Bangor Exit 184; Exit 48 Bangor Exit 185; Exit 48A Bangor Exit 186; Exit 49 Bangor Exit 187; Exit 50 Orono Exit 191; Exit 51 Orono Exit 193; Exit 52 Old Town Exit 197; Exit 53 Old Town Exit 199; Exit 54 Howland Exit 217; Exit 55 Lincoln Exit 227; Exit 56 Medway Exit 244; Exit 57 Benedicta Exit 259; Exit 58 Sherman Exit 264; Exit 59 Island Falls Exit 276; Exit 60 Oakfield Exit 286; Exit 61 Smyrna Exit 291; Exit 62 Houlton Exit 302 and, Exit 63 Houlton Exit 305.

Dear Sun Spots: Thank you for printing my letter and for your suggestions on possible sources for the original Skip Bo card decks. Sadly, neither of the sources you provided have the original Skip Bo cards. They have the latest edition, which unfortunately is not the white card with a very large number. We did receive a deck of cards from a 90-year-old great-grandmother who had purchased them for her great grandchildren only to learn that they were not interested in anything that wasn’t electronic. However, it too was the latest edition, not the original that Mattel advises me they no longer make. Because the original is not available commercially I have written to Sun Spots. The only source would be from someone who purchased them while they were still available. Someone like a Sun Spots column reader!

If we didn’t exhaust the last supply when we requested the cards, we are once more asking for help. Please send any of the original Skip Bo decks you or your family may have on hand but are no longer using and would be willing to part with them for a reasonable price. Please send to Ersel Murphy, 73 Mayville Road, Bethel, ME 04217-4409, (207) 824-2823. – Jim Murphy, No Town.

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