<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just before I went on leave, the nickel = (?) plated center pins or silver colored or whatever they were, were the hottest innovation.  When I came back to work, I learned (by reading the = archives) that the plating had crumbled off the plated pins in Young Changs (is = that right?).  Anyway, were ALL plated pins a = problem?  Can you tell I have an ample supply of them in my parts cabinet?  :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara = Richmond</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>