# Finding old links

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 19, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-links/990345 "2023-09-19T03:49:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-links/990345/4 "2023-09-19T04:19:03Z")

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> [@The horror of blimps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horror-of-blimps/152885):
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> Last week while travelling I stopped at a Zany Brainy store and saw that they had a blimp for sale. It’s called Airship Earth, and it’s a great big balloon with a map of the Earth on it, and two propellors hanging from the bottom. You blow up the balloon with helium put batteries in it, and you have a radio controll indoor blimp. I’d seen these things for sale in Sharper Image catalogs for $60-$75. At Zany Brainy it was on clearance for $15. What a deal! Last night my wife was playing tenn…

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