Best Posts on New York OA Trader from 22nd December – 28th December 2008

Years ago in the dim ages…of collecting,  in the last millennium, letter conventions were established to allow collectors to talk about patches through the mail or in other non-face-to-face scenarios.A – Arrowhead Shaped PatchJ – Jacket Patch a larger patch of varying shapes to be worn on a jacketR – Round Patch, typically 4 inches in diameter or less.

Earlier this year, I ran a series of posts on the  Toughest New York OA to Collect (which I need to get back to).  One of the posts on Area 2-G covered Kamargo Lodge #294 an issue which was not mentioned in the post was the Kamargo Lodge #294 A1.

Harold Daw has created series of Catalogs for foreign badges by Scouting groups around the world. These PDF files are not for the faint of heart (or dial-up connection), the smallest is 1MB for Kazakhstan and currently the largest is 47MB for Alberta, Canada.

349 – The Slaw of the Land: West Virginia Hot Dog MapDecember 21, 2008 – How do you eat your Hot Dog, Frankfurter, Coney…?Lightsabers Banned By UK Supermarket [Star Wars]December 21, 2008 – Some companies are going the whole hog and are banning the sale of any weapon-style products to anyone under the age of 18, even if they are clearly toys like these.

John Pannell posted about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)and its effect on Scout patches.  In a follow-up post, he shared some further information;Third Party testing certificates for lead content. There are two effects to this new regulation.