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stretchy......snap
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:28 am
by JIM
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
Jim......................
Re: stretchy......snap
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:52 am
by Luxobarge
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"!!
Re: stretchy......snap
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:07 am
by rich.
i thought the same.. maybe we should start a campaign for classic elastic bands..
Re: stretchy......snap
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:49 pm
by Mrotwoman
And just why do postmen feel that they can drop litter all over the place eh ?
*i said a naughty word* 
Re: stretchy......snap
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:54 am
by spiderbloke
I still have a 1990 Post Office elastic band.... but does it qualify as a classic?
Re: stretchy......snap
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:15 pm
by Mrotwoman
Mrotwoman wrote:
*i said a naughty word*
Hardly!
Re: stretchy......snap
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:32 pm
by rich.
Mrotwoman wrote:Mrotwoman wrote:
*i said a naughty word*
Hardly!
eh?
Re: stretchy......snap
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:45 pm
by Martin Evans
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.
Re: stretchy......snap
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:16 pm
by tractorman
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 ......
Re: stretchy......snap
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:36 pm
by rich.
or pre 1973...