On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com wrote: [snip] > Does this qualify as a ExplodingStove? yes ;-) > Hope this helps. > Dan McCarty > > PS. Polyester causes horrible burns because it melts to your skin, keeping > the heat in. Cotton/Wool will just burn but it does not do the same damage > as "plastic" clothes. My understanding is the US Navy got away from poly > clothes in the 70's and moved to denim for their shipboard work clothes to > decrease burn severity. Can any of you ExNavy people verify this? if i tell ya, i'd have to kill you afterwards ;-) yes, this is true, they also "outlawed" several types of dress shoes after the "stark" accident. mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: Nothing pains some people more than having to think. --Martin Luther King, Jr. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 12 1999 - 10:15:33 PDT
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