>From: Steve Jernigan <jernigan_at_chester.uccs.edu> >To: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_home.com> >CC: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Hi Mike et al! > >Actually, I think velcro is a NASA invention, developed originally to keep >tools and other materials from wondering off in a zero-G environment. You >would be amazed at the number of everyday technologies that are NASA >spin-offs! Your tax dollars at work! >ByeBye! S. Hi Steve, Nope, you damn yankees didn't invent everything you know :-)! (I'm allowed to slander yanks 'cause my mom was one!) Check out http://www.velcro.com/htm/loop/invent.htm - not Canadian, not American, but Swiss in origin. By the way, contrary to popular misconception, Teflon was not a NASA invention either, although your president seems to be making full use of it:-) Philip Torrens N49°16' W123°06' *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Sep 15 1999 - 15:14:31 PDT
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