BEST Inc. Anonymous
Anonymous
mg5n+eax0596uwy9pwww8q1bgw8db1bj6t6xeu3y5onxr8mk at andrew.cmu.edu
Thu Apr 21 03:22:42 PDT 1994
> >
> > Actually, there's a very elegant solution. Get an eel-skin
> > wallet which erases magnetic information.
> >
> Eel-skin wallets are made of two types of eels. Originally, they
> were made of a particular species, which was very expensive.
> Then someone decided to make cheap eel-skin billfolds. They used
> a different species. One which erases the magnetic strips. (at
> least it does on credit cards). I found this out much to my
>
> Has this happened to anyone else?
Yes - check the back issues of comp.risks. It isn't the eel skin but the
magnetic catch on the wallet that trashes your cards.
>
Ian Turton - School of Geography, Leeds University
0532 -333309
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