LOL! I saw a slinky ("The Original") in a store the other day for $3.99.
Yeah, I thought about it for a good minute, then convinced myself it would
rust out in no time. But I was *thiiiiiiisss* close to picking one up, just
for the sake of comparing a slinky to a plain old wire...


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Well, I did pick one up myself yesterday (Thursday), and plan to play with it
myself on Saturday (seeing that I am officially
laaid-off from the airline I work for on Saturday). We'll see if its any
different from the 20' longwire that I use now, for SWL.
the only thing I gotta do is sleep,eat,work,poop and pay taxes, everything else
falls into the 'I'll get around to it" catagory.

wilbur wrote:

Well, I did pick one up myself yesterday (Thursday), and plan to play with it
myself on Saturday (seeing that I am officially
laaid-off from the airline I work for on Saturday). We'll see if its any
different from the 20' longwire that I use now, for SWL.


Sorry to hear about your job. How long were you there?

The CBC had a show on yesterday. Some security guru was saying that in all
probability, a national security card will be mandatory within the next
eighteen months in order to get on a plane anywhere in the states.



have you heard anything about that?




mike

I used to have one of those Slinky's back in the 1950's.It was fun
watching it "walk" down the steps.
cuhulin

They won't rust. They are made of stainless steel. I've had one up in my
backyard for over 3 years now. It is getting a covering of air pollutants,
that's about it...



"wilbur" wrote in message
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LOL! I saw a slinky ("The Original") in a store the other day for $3.99.
Yeah, I thought about it for a good minute, then convinced myself it would
rust out in no time. But I was *thiiiiiiisss* close to picking one up,
just
for the sake of comparing a slinky to a plain old wire...


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Well, I did pick one up myself yesterday (Thursday), and plan to play with
it
myself on Saturday (seeing that I am officially
laaid-off from the airline I work for on Saturday). We'll see if its any
different from the 20' longwire that I use now, for SWL.
the only thing I gotta do is sleep,eat,work,poop and pay taxes, everything
else
falls into the 'I'll get around to it" catagory.

-=jd=- wrote:

On Fri 07 Jan 2005 03:20:37p, "Jim Hackett" wrote
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They won't rust. They are made of stainless steel. I've had one up in
my backyard for over 3 years now. It is getting a covering of air
pollutants, that's about it...



The one I saw *looked* like plain ol' spring steel - not bright like
stainless... Perhaps different manf's use different materials? I don't
know...

I had one that was copper plated.