I’ve always liked cotton, wool & flannel. I think it really started one day about 65, years ago when I was burning some trash for my mother, our household seamstress, and dumped a bunch of sewing scraps into the burning barrel and watched the scraps melt on the Sid of the barrel. I knew I didn’t want to be wearing that fabric in or close to fire
I recently bought a cheap, allegedly cotton shirt made in China, where "cotton" means something it doesn't mean in the West. Decent-looking shirt but it instantly raised my body temperature to a perilous level.
Classic Bike magazine has reprinted ads from the swinging '60s for "leather-looking" 100% rainproof all-plastic one-piece riding suits. I imagine sliding down the road after a get-off, bursting into flames as I go, with the suit's melted parts bonding with my freshly flayed flesh. But I have a morbid imagination. --rats
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I’ve always liked cotton, wool & flannel. I think it really started one day about 65, years ago when I was burning some trash for my mother, our household seamstress, and dumped a bunch of sewing scraps into the burning barrel and watched the scraps melt on the Sid of the barrel. I knew I didn’t want to be wearing that fabric in or close to fire
I remember the feel of polyester crepe and it gives me the creeps to this day.
Some modern "technical" synthetics I'm OK with though.
I was burning clothes one time and noticed some clothing almost exploded in flames melting hot dripping plastic so scary I almost cried.
I recently bought a cheap, allegedly cotton shirt made in China, where "cotton" means something it doesn't mean in the West. Decent-looking shirt but it instantly raised my body temperature to a perilous level.
Classic Bike magazine has reprinted ads from the swinging '60s for "leather-looking" 100% rainproof all-plastic one-piece riding suits. I imagine sliding down the road after a get-off, bursting into flames as I go, with the suit's melted parts bonding with my freshly flayed flesh. But I have a morbid imagination. --rats
And during the Falklands war, they discovered that uniforms made from synthetics do indeed melt into skin. Horrible.
It is horrible. But it didn't stop Joe Biden's cross-dressing officers from wearing nylons.
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