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From: arthurg@is.co.za (Arthur Goldstuck)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: The FAQ -- I Trust, But How to Verify?
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 11:44:41 GMT

Emily Harrison Kelly wrote:

>It having been six months since I thought about eelskin wallets, the TAFKAC
>article completely slipped my mind, and so I rushed over to the project page
>to make sure the eelskin item was listed. It wasn't, so I slapped it in
>there. Then I did some further examination of TAFKAC and the FAQ, re-found
>the article and realized my error, and raced back to erase "eelskin wallets"
>again from the project page. It was there for about fifteen minutes, and
>you happened to look exactly then, Ian. Figures.

If you want another cite for the eelskin explanation, here's one (although I confess I have dismissed Feedback's claims of voracity for the cleaner polishes off patients story): "...An informant from the US tells us that the offending wallets were made in Taiwan. Yes, they are made from eelskin. But they also have a neat new type of catch - made from two strong magnets which cling together. They also wipe clean any magnetic strip that they touch..." - Feedback column, New Scientist , 14 December 1991

Arthur Goldstuck


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