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[fieldmarshaldj]

No doubt Gov. Benson's heart is in the right place, but there's just no way you can restore something like that.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

How much is it going to cost the taxpayers to replace that useless piece of monstrosity?

[Arkinsaw]

Its not the same if you have to glue it back together.

[nothingnew]

Old Man of the Mountain, The Flume, The Basin, Clarkes' Trading Post BUMP...from one who spent many vacations with the family circa 1954-1963...when it took 5 hours from connecthedots to reach there...no Interstate Hiways back then...those were the days.

FMCDH

[Grig]

The reason it was such a draw was that it was a NATURAL formation. Use the money to find a new symbol for the state.

[onedoug]

Geological, begetting political mass wasting.

[jimkress]

It's called ENTROPY. Live with it.

Only Liberals waste our money to keep the environment in stasis. The crumbling of this rock was a natural phenomenon. Let's move on to more important issues like getting judicial nominees through the senate or winning the war on terror.

[Highway55]

rocks ah ruck.

[I still care]

Found this:

[AnAmericanMother]

That's a shame.

Caesar's Head up in S.Carolina just isn't the same . . .

I'm afraid they don't know what they're getting into when they talk about restoring it. Not only would it not be "the same" because man-made, it would be outrageously difficult and expensive because of the sheer size of the rock involved. I used to work in highway construction - of course we were usually getting rid of rock rather than trying to install it, but dealing with tons of stone on the sheer side of a mountain (and how far DOWN is it?) is a lot more difficult than dealing with it when you have a nice flat place to put the equipment . . . and it's difficult enough as it is.

[boothead]

Seems like a lot of things are falling off lately. Just look at the baboons in Africa.

[jonathonandjennifer]

"Governor Craig Benson says he's committed to restoring the Old Man of the Mountains. Benson says he is already working with state officials to consider the prospect of restoring the naturally formed stone profile."

So, if ten thousand glaciers cut ten thousand valleys for ten thousand years, would another "old man in the mountain" be created?

But wait! Everyone in NH who pays taxes (or, the way NH works, more likely every hard drinking, car driving, motel sleeping tourist from Mass.) will be more than happy to restore the face, possibly with UV resistant fiber glass, and why not use Mr. Benson's face for the model!