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Re: Bank i.d. and copy card memory questions...

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From: Michael A. Covington
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 1991 05:14
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Is it true that the urban legend (eelskin wallets erase mag cards)
originated when there was a popular line of eelskin wallets with
magnets for clasps?

Or is this just a rationalistic counter-legend?
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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Bank i.d. and copy card memory questions...
Message-ID: <1991Jan26.051450.26400@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 26 Jan 91 05:14:50 GMT
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