4motion was Dahlback's 900BHP Golf

Mihnea Cotet mik at info.fundp.ac.be
Fri Dec 14 21:42:04 EST 2001


At 14:21 14/12/2001 -0500, Brett Dikeman wrote:
>Well, I hope you don't have to handle a lot of coinage.  One of the coins
>leeches nickle at more than 5x the limit established by the EU for jewelry
>etc.  Apparently, their own health laws do not apply to themselves(how
>convenient.)
>
>You may say "eh, its just nickle."  A large percentage of women, and a
>smaller percentage of men, have fairly strong skin reactions to
>nickle.  Not a problem the with 5 cent nickle here in the US; it's an
>alloy that does not allow much nickle to rub off(I believe.)
>
>Health officials are most concerned about cashiers, toll collectors, bank
>tellers, etc...

Thank God I don't have any alergic problems with nickel, but I have also
heard about that nickel issue with the Euro-coins...well, I hope there
won't be too many people affected by this if not they're going to have to
change the alloy!
Hey I see you're pretty much well informed about the Euro and all that
stuff....do they show these things on TV on the other side of the pond
saying "hey look at what those stupid europeans are doing!" ??? :))))


Regards from Belgium,


Mihnea

'85 -OOOO- Coupe quattro

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