I have been around for so long I can remember when plastic became popular. I just looked it up and it says it was patented by Alexander Parks in 1856 and became popular around the end of WW2.
My first awareness of it was when I bought some new Bobby Pins. Bobby pins were the way the woman made curls in their hair. I had bought some new Bobby Pins and the ends were covered with something that made them smooth. I was in awe so I asked my mother, who knew everything, how could they make the ends smooth. She knew the answer, she told me it was called plastic. Before plastic, Bobby Pins had sharp ends. Now plastic is the ruination of the world.
Just like smoking cigarettes. When I was in my youth it seemed everyone was puffing on a cigarette. It was a status symbol, smoke a cigarette so you'll look cool (back then the word was probably hep). The waiting room at the doctor's office had ashtrays. Finally, after the research, studies and a little common sense, it was decided cigarettes kill you. There were many people who had common sense and didn't latch onto the habit. I wasn't one of them. I smoked for several years until my first grandkids came along and two of them, Deena and Trent, seemed to think it was their duty to remind me every time I lit a cigarette that I was going to die. I don't know how much that influenced me, but I finally quit.
Well, it's lawn mowing day and time to pay the reaper.
My first awareness of it was when I bought some new Bobby Pins. Bobby pins were the way the woman made curls in their hair. I had bought some new Bobby Pins and the ends were covered with something that made them smooth. I was in awe so I asked my mother, who knew everything, how could they make the ends smooth. She knew the answer, she told me it was called plastic. Before plastic, Bobby Pins had sharp ends. Now plastic is the ruination of the world.
Just like smoking cigarettes. When I was in my youth it seemed everyone was puffing on a cigarette. It was a status symbol, smoke a cigarette so you'll look cool (back then the word was probably hep). The waiting room at the doctor's office had ashtrays. Finally, after the research, studies and a little common sense, it was decided cigarettes kill you. There were many people who had common sense and didn't latch onto the habit. I wasn't one of them. I smoked for several years until my first grandkids came along and two of them, Deena and Trent, seemed to think it was their duty to remind me every time I lit a cigarette that I was going to die. I don't know how much that influenced me, but I finally quit.
Well, it's lawn mowing day and time to pay the reaper.
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