If the ban is due to lead paint.Should I get rid of my life like slots???

The ban isn't due to lead paint, but yes, you should get rid of your LifeLikes.

However, you can't just throw them away (bad for the environment), so what you need to do is send them back Walthers.

Or Alabama.

Collect. :)

I can see that LifeLikes can be a major landfill issue in January, since the introduction of the T chassis.

If the ban is due to lead paint.Should I get rid of my life like slots???

only if you plan to eat them

Man, we were SURROUNDED by lead paint when we were kids. It was on the walls in our schools, on the window's and doors of our homes, on the frames of our bikes, on our red wagons ... and just about every toy you stuck in your mouth as a kid.... and yet SOMEHOW we managed to live as long as we did.

How did that happen?
:freak:

I can see that LifeLikes can be a major landfill issue in January, since the introduction of the T chassis.


I'll take every T-chassis you guys want to get rid of, they have great power and are easy to cut up for customs.

SOMEHOW we managed to live as long as we did.

How did that happen?
:freak:

Death is not the most common effect from lead poisoning. A more common injury is diminished mental capacity. I'd go into more details, but I can't. I think I ate paint chips when I was a tike.

Seems almost unthinkable today that some of us had chemistry sets when we were kids. I'll bet they are a thing of the past.

Without bending the rules here, it should be pointed out that California has always been an instrumental leader in environmental control and people just have to realize this. There are many restrictions in that state that people don't realize. Sure they may go over board but their reputation speaks for itself. I myself worry about some of the vintage car bans they have tried to enact and recently am unhappy with the new scrapping laws and money offered for junking old cars, but most of the time the extreme idealistic views of California never make to that many other states.

Seems the topic of lead poisoning is getting blown out of control. What does every kid have in his pencils? I can understand removing it from large surfaces and quantities like paint in homes but lead is a very useful material and will continue to be used in many industries forever. I think people just need more education on the uses instead of just blanket banning it.

moved

What does every kid have in his pencils?

Graphite - no lead.

The focus of bans on lead has to do with children under 7 yrs old, when the brain is most susceptible to the toxicity of lead. So, small things that toddlers can put in their mouths, and plumbing fixtures that bring water to homes is where the focus is.

only if you plan to eat them

Man, we were SURROUNDED by lead paint when we were kids. It was on the walls in our schools, on the window's and doors of our homes, on the frames of our bikes, on our red wagons ... and just about every toy you stuck in your mouth as a kid.... and yet SOMEHOW we managed to live as long as we did.

How did that happen?
:freak:

I would guess that most elected officials were exposed to lead poisoning, leading to diminished mental capabilities evident in the creation of most legislation that now control our lives. Heaven forbid I take responsibility and keep such hazardous objects out of the hands of a child who would chew on them...or even a turn marshall...or pre-race inspector...

Wow, what would they have done to us in the 60's with our weighted pickup shoes and lead-lined belly pans and even solder?

-Paul

...and yet the number one cause of brain rot and childhood detachment flourish in the gold rush state.

Most "ironical" !

My brian is fine... but thanks for looking out for it. nd

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the catch 22 is If you had diminished brain capacity you probably wouldn't know it. LMAO mj

"the catch 22 is If you had diminished brain capacity you probably wouldn't know it."

Know what??

I have been told that for every 1 loaded moving van going into California.....8 loaded ones come out.

Maybe they are moving to places like Alabama: Few tree huggers, low taxes, vast industrial growth and good ole comman sense. And yes, send your Life- Like cars here!

Come visit us sometime.....we might even put our shoes on for you!

Jim Norton
Huntsville, Alabama

The one is smuggling in people, and the eight are smuggling out narcotics (and now lifelikes).

Keep yer shoes off - we only wear Birkenstocks out here anyway.

:)

only if you plan to eat them

Man, we were SURROUNDED by lead paint when we were kids. It was on the walls in our schools, on the window's and doors of our homes, on the frames of our bikes, on our red wagons ... and just about every toy you stuck in your mouth as a kid.... and yet SOMEHOW we managed to live as long as we did.

How did that happen?
:freak:
Yes when my father was a plumbers apprentice he used to mix asbestos patches for steam pipes by hand!! He's 77 and can still kick my butt.
But I still am thankful they banned asbestos.
A lot has changed most for the better some not for the better.
We survived without seat belts ,air bags,Abs breaks(anti lock).
Childproof safety caps. But I think we are better off with them.
Chemistry sets were cool. But today a computor does all that with less mess for mom!!!