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~ " '" c.. '" M r0C) '" > ::;: '" G ot the wo rd th at the re 's supposed to be a New Pr oducts colu mn th is week, so I'm sitting here t rying to hunt and pe ck it ou t of my R oyal De sk Mod el. The problem is, yo u see (don 't ya kn ow?), tha t they've tak en away my door. Wha t's th at? Can' t hear ya. IBM Justifier is too loud? Is th at wh at y o u said? HUH, CO ULD N'T HE AR YOU. WHAT ? ~ I'm a littl e con fus ed, can ' t sraight too think. Tongues got my ca t (Is that dirty ?). New Products... hmm, New Produc ts File . Ah, my salvat ion, a ' file . Files are for when yo u can' t rem ember, right? Aaa, whe re'd I put th at file ? File, ye ah , so meone is filin g on th e door th ey to ok aw ay ... Huh ? No ? File ca binet? It was over there yesterday. Oh , there it is. File , let's see ...st uff fo r people, stuff fo r b ikes, and to ols and goo. Three ca tego ries ...h ow sys te matic? I d on't kn ow . Cabine t, file ca bin e t. Yeah.just pic k o u t som e nice o nes here for you . Wow , the re are hundreds of ' em here, hundred s of ' em . Well , h ere...t ry thi s one, a p eople's stu ff : / w applied after the n u t or b olt is tightened. Supertight is sup posed to d o that. We figure it must work pretty 'well on most substance s as we just had one he ck of a time ge tt ing th e cap off. MAC, Rm 32 8 , 9 350 Wilshire Blvd., Beverl y Hill s, Cal . 90212 . Z W ...J U >- U TOOLS AND GOO Here's an indestructable tub for draining all yo ur used goo into . It's called the Tuf-Tub and claims to be rigid and un crackable , So, we decided to see if we co uld break it. We go t o ne of the fenders once. (But, the y made good on t he guarantee .) This is just part of what we did to the Tuf-Tub. Sure enough, we co uld n 't br eak it. We were go ing to sh ow yo u a , p icture of someone taking a b ath in it, but thi s is a famil y newspap er . It ca me fro m Preston Petty 403 N. Main St., Newbe rg, O re . 9 7 132. It holds 12 q uarts, STRAWBERRY FIE LDS FOREVER ' j If yo u're sendi ng y our y o ung ste r out on one of th em child killers, and yo u're n ot su re yo u really me ant it, th en think ab o ut buying him some protective wear. Once he sees th is he 'll probabl y be on y our case so badly about it that y ou'll have no choic e but to give in anyway. Jim Davis , Bo x 1002 , Burbank, Cal. 2 13/848-4 8 59 , is selling shin and kn ee guards, sh oulder pads, elbow gua rds , a small chest protector, and a mouthguard. Prices are claimed as reasonabl e. NO FOG, ONLY STARS FINALLY Boyd and St ellings h ave fina lly caugh t up with th eir d emand an d h ave h ad time to ge t to gether their swingarm ki ts. T he swin garm weig hs five po un ds and is availab le for Kaw asakis, Bult acos, Suz u kis, Yamah as , OSSAs, CZ s, Maicos, and Hu sk ys. All h ardware is in cluded . If you 've go t handling p roblems th ere 's a fair to middling p ossiblity th at it's yo ur swingarm. Contact : Bo yd an d Stellin gs, In c., 2111 S. Gr and Ave. , San ta An a, Cal. 9 2 70 5 or 714/ 557-391 4. Woodstream-Hydron Corp. , o f Rothsville , Pa., has anno unce d the dis tribution of a ' fog fr ee' shie ld for Bell Star helmets . T hey co me in gree n , yello w 'and clea r. Eith er h ound yo ur local dealer abo u t it o r write to Woodstream-Hydron. Address? Our guess is as good as yours. FOR YO UR BIKE FOR PILL POPPERS SUPERTIGHT! One thing the wo rld (well, maybe yo ur bike) lacks for is an un obtrusive bolt lo cking subs tance tha t can be You migh t h ave be en wondering wh ere yo u co uld ge t those well advertised vitamins,Whoop-de-Chews. First you wondered what they wer e, right? Now you want to ge t so me. Well, $8.9 5 for a bottle of 100 to Pro gressive Products, Box 10 51, La Mesa, Cal. 92 04 1. In this photo an ace Co te st er dr ops a ro ck on his N head wh ile tes ting a Gr ah am Sh eet Metal bash pl ate. The tes: prcdu ced un di sp u ta ble evide nc e th at said Edito r' s head was full y ca p ab le of withstanding the imp act of a 15 pound ro ck . Oh , th e rock also hit the bash pl at e . T he scratch on th e bas h plate was similar to that on the Editor's head, however, the bash plate did not swell up. Conta ct Graham Sheet Metal , 7325 Greenbush Ave., No . Hollywood, Cal . 9 1605. 764-1808, for a CZ bash pl ate .