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stretchy......snap

#1 Post by JIM » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:28 am

Has anyone else noticed what crap elastic bands are these days, they used to be really good.....are they all <MOD EDIT> made now ?????
even the postmans bands he leaves (red type) are the same........hope i have not posted this before
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#2 Post by Luxobarge » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:52 am

Yeah, you're right - I think they've changed the compound to make them "bio-degradable", trouble is if you keep some to use later, by the time you do they've "bio-degraded"!!
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#3 Post by rich. » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:07 am

i thought the same.. maybe we should start a campaign for classic elastic bands..
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#4 Post by Mrotwoman » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:49 pm

And just why do postmen feel that they can drop litter all over the place eh ?

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#5 Post by spiderbloke » Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:54 am

I still have a 1990 Post Office elastic band.... but does it qualify as a classic? :D
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#6 Post by Mrotwoman » Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:15 pm

Mrotwoman wrote:
*i said a naughty word* :evil:
Hardly!
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#7 Post by rich. » Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:32 pm

Mrotwoman wrote:
Mrotwoman wrote:
*i said a naughty word* :evil:
Hardly!
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#8 Post by Martin Evans » Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:45 pm

Fred Dibnah made reference to matches not being what they were, in one of his programmes; he said they now seem to have short grained wood.
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#9 Post by tractorman » Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:16 pm

Spiderbloke said:
I still have a 1990 Post Office elastic band.... but does it qualify as a classic?
Nah, a Post Office elastic band will never be a classic, the only classic ones were used on the Morris Minor or Porche production line ...... :evil:
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#10 Post by rich. » Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:36 pm

or pre 1973...
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