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This question reveals the larger problem of where to find useful stuff
that once was so very common and which is rapidly getting hard to come
by. I bet in a very short time these canisters will not be available in
any quantities anywhere.
The question is: What to do?
My answer is that perhaps ASTC or some similar body ought to take the
initiative to round up impending rarities and store them for our use in
the future. Users would have to pay the freight (as it were) but the
cost would be worth it. Any ideas out there about who might do this or
where it might be done? I can think of a small list of stuff that fits
this category. They are cheap now but when they are gone, they are gone!
I suspect the manufacturer of these canisters would be happy to talk
with someone buying 20 or 30 thousand of them.
John Bowditch
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There are enough people around still using film that you can stock up
pretty well at Walgreen's or CVS or any place near you that does film
development. They don't want the canisters and usually just pitch them.
AD
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Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 11:13 AM
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Subject: film canisters needed - help?
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I am at my wit's end for this one...lots of us know about the
alka-seltzer
rocket activity that uses Fuji film canisters. The Fuji canisters are
best since the lid fits into the mouth of the container & not over the
edges. I have tried contacting Fuji directly - they don't send out the
canisters separately from the film. I have tried contacting every local
photo processing place - the canisters are out there, but due to the low
numbers of people using film vs. digital cameras, we can only get them a
couple at a time, requiring us to drive around massive distances to only
get a few canisters. I have tried locating a manufacturer on the web,
but
I don't really know the right keywords to use that don't bring up every
iteration of the film canister alka-seltzer rocket lesson plan in
existence on the web plus every film supplier out there.
Help! Who manufactures these things? Frankly, we could only use 60, if
we had to, but we really need at least 500 of them, if not more. We're
very willing to pay for them, but they have to be the right kind of
canister or the activity, well, fizzles out (sorry, I couldn't
resist...).
Michelle
Michelle Nichols, Master Educator for Informal Programs
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
1300 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60605
312-322-0520
312-322-9181 (fax)
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