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Thanks to the guys at ScoutHistory.net, Cloth Talk #25 is now available for downloading either through iTunes or by direct download at http://www.scouthistory.net/blog/. Remember, you do not need to have iTunes installed in order to listen to Cloth Talk. They also have a dialup-friendly version available for those who do not have high speed internet connections.

Apologizing for the unexpected hiatus, the Cloth Talk guys tell us:

“Better late than never right? Sorry for the missed episode last time. Our brains were on spring break and they took our computers with them. But we’re back this week with the second half of our incredible interview with one of Scouting’s most notable collectors and historians: Bill Topkis.

Join us as Bill talks about the golden days of trading at events like the one he attended in Navarro California, as well as some of the best ways to store your collection archivally. Do you know the secret of the oldest known vigil pin? Bill does. But that’s not all, Bill knows a lot more about these OA Totem pins that predated flaps—like the elusive moose and the original gold turkey? Tune in as Bill gives us the scoop…”

As someone who has known Bill for several years, I can say he is a walking font of knowledge about the OA’s history in its insignia. It is certainly an interview worth hearing at least once or twice.

I took a few weeks off as I was engaged in “yard work” and suffered a serious case of “Tarheel flu”.