{"id":3093,"date":"2008-12-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/29\/best-posts-on-new-york-oa-trader-from-22nd-december-28th-december-2008"},"modified":"2008-12-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T05:00:00","slug":"best-posts-on-new-york-oa-trader-from-22nd-december-28th-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/29\/best-posts-on-new-york-oa-trader-from-22nd-december-28th-december-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Posts on New York OA Trader from 22nd December &#8211; 28th December 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last week, here&#8217;s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out:<\/div>\n<ul style='padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;margin-top:15px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px'>\n<li style='padding-bottom:15px'><b><a href='http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/28\/f-or-s-whats-in-a-letter' style='color:#0000FF'>F or S? What&#8217;s in a Letter?<\/a><\/b>\n<div><small>Posted on Sunday, December 28th, 2008 in <a href='http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?cat=123'>Collecting Basics<\/a> &#8211; Comments: (2)<\/small><\/div>\n<div>Years ago in the dim ages&#8230;of collecting,\u00c2\u00a0 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 &#8211; Arrowhead Shaped PatchJ &#8211; Jacket Patch a larger patch of varying shapes to be worn on a jacketR &#8211; Round Patch, typically 4 inches in diameter or less.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style='padding-bottom:15px'><b><a href='http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/22\/kamargo-lodge-294-a1' style='color:#0000FF'>Kamargo Lodge #294 A1<\/a><\/b>\n<div><small>Posted on Monday, December 22nd, 2008 in <a href='http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?cat=55'>eBay<\/a> &#8211; Comments: (0)<\/small><\/div>\n<div>Earlier this year, I ran a series of posts on the\u00c2\u00a0 Toughest New York OA to Collect (which I need to get back to).\u00c2\u00a0 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.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style='padding-bottom:15px'><b><a href='http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/23\/kazakhstan-scouts-guides-in-color' style='color:#0000FF'>KAZAKHSTAN SCOUTS &#038; GUIDES in COLOR<\/a><\/b>\n<div><small>Posted on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 in <a href='http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?cat=32'>Checklists<\/a> &#8211; Comments: (0)<\/small><\/div>\n<div>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.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style='padding-bottom:15px'><b><a href='http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/22\/shared-items-from-around-the-web-december-22-2008' style='color:#0000FF'>Shared Items From Around The Web &#8211; December 22, 2008<\/a><\/b>\n<div><small>Posted on Monday, December 22nd, 2008 in <a href='http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?cat=54'>Miscellaneous<\/a> &#8211; Comments: (0)<\/small><\/div>\n<div>349 &#8211; The Slaw of the Land: West Virginia Hot Dog MapDecember 21, 2008 &#8211; How do you eat your Hot Dog, Frankfurter, Coney&#8230;?Lightsabers Banned By UK Supermarket [Star Wars]December 21, 2008 &#8211; 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.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style='padding-bottom:15px'><b><a href='http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/22\/shu-shu-gah-lodge-24-ea2008-3' style='color:#0000FF'>Shu Shu Gah Lodge #24 eA2008-3<\/a><\/b>\n<div><small>Posted on Monday, December 22nd, 2008 in <a href='http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?cat=5'>Shu Shu Gah #24<\/a> &#8211; Comments: (0)<\/small><\/div>\n<div>John Pannell posted about the  Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)and its effect on Scout patches.\u00c2\u00a0 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.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>If you enjoy the content on this site, please make sure to subscribe to the RSS feed.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last week, here&#8217;s a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out: F or S? What&#8217;s in a Letter? 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