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Old 5th Jun 2010, 2:58 pm   #16
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Default Re: Vintage Christmas Tree lights

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Originally Posted by Darren-UK View Post
All very charming, far more so than the 'cold' looking LED stuff you get these days.
Funny how things change. When blue LEDs first appeared, I managed to get X20 that were built into prototype equipment at work when it "hit the skip". I constructed a set of lights and they were hung onto a tree decorated solely with silver tinsel. They were a real talking point and stood out from all the multicoloured stuff everyone is so "dewy eyed" about now.

Now everybody has such things, I too appreciate the "retro charm" of the older technology though
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