So true,Jon. :)
But they weren't very colorful New Year's back then.
I've seen a couple of them on TV. But you are right
also in their longevity. It was due to the usage of
tubes.
Steve P.
--- jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
> "Andy Levy" <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 6, 2008 5:49 PM, <knox.james@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> This is Chinese New Years Eve. Happy New Year !
> everybody :-)
>
> > Great. Now we're importing New Years from China
> too. Why can't we
> > manufacture them here in the US? Gotta have less
> lead in them.
>
>
> Never fear, we can re-use most of the US made New
> Years from back
> in the '40s and '50s! These are still around
> because they built New
> Years to last back then. (Except for '42-45, I
> don't think there were
> any due to rationing.) Keep in mind though that any
> New Years prior
> to 1978 might also have lead in them; something to
> think about if it
> is a concern for you.
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
> .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or
> jon@jonsteiger.com -.
> | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder,
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>
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