Subject: Re: [baidarka] Edible nauticals - stoking the fire
From: wolfgang brinck (nativewater@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Oct 25 2001 - 11:39:17 EDT
Yeah, I couldn't resist being a wiseass. Point was
that Svend had a preference for linen/cotton/jute/flax
over nylon/polyester/polypropylene. Not sure what his
reasons were.
There, I didn't use the O word.
Wolfgang
--- SeaKayakNH@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/24/01 2:48:15 PM,
> nativewater@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << > I hate to break the news, but nearly _all_
> plastics
> > and most synthetic
> > materials ARE organic. Go check your basic
> > chemistry books.
> >
> Organic in the sense of derived from living
> organisms.
> (See basic dictionary) >>
>
> Just one more log, please . . . .
>
> All of our modern "synthetics" are derived from
> living organisms via the
> oil that was produced by their remains so many eons
> ago. The definition of
> "organic" may have started as meaning from living
> organisms only to
> transition to the chemical definition of
> carbon-based subtances. So, for
> those of us far out enough, both definition fit as
> being derived from living
> organisms.
>
> respectfully,
> Jed
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