Happy Aniversary, Nylon! - Bilge

F freddiefreelance Member San Diego, Ca. Joined: Feb 15, 2003 Posts: 3006	F freddiefreelance Posted posted on Mon, Feb 28, 2005 7:25 AM On this day in 1935 Wallace Carothers invented nylon, thus making possible the modern "silky" style Hawaiian, or Aloha, Shirt. Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Freelance, Ph.D., D.F.S [ Edited by: freddiefreelance on 2005-02-28 07:25 ]
UB Unga Bunga Tiki Socialite CaliTikifornia Joined: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 5878	UB Unga Bunga Posted posted on Mon, Feb 28, 2005 9:08 AM
G Gigantalope Member Shinola, California Joined: Aug 01, 2004 Posts: 913	G Gigantalope Posted posted on Wed, Mar 2, 2005 6:48 PM Hey Freelance, I read (Urban Myth?) that nylon was named as an abriv. for New York and LONdon...is this...could this be...tru? Great stuff, unless you're unloading the kiln!
T tikitortured Member Huntington Beach Ca. Joined: Apr 08, 2004 Posts: 332	T tikitortured Posted posted on Wed, Mar 2, 2005 9:22 PM I remember the first time I slipped on my mom's nylons...fond memories for sure. Gotta go, wife coming...
F freddiefreelance Member San Diego, Ca. Joined: Feb 15, 2003 Posts: 3006	F freddiefreelance Posted posted on Thu, Mar 3, 2005 8:00 AM On 2005-03-02 18:48, Gigantalope wrote: Hey Freelance, I read (Urban Myth?) that nylon was named as an abriv. for New York and LONdon...is this...could this be...tru? Great stuff, unless you're unloading the kiln! Nope. There's also an urban myth that it stands for "Now You, Lazy Old Nippon," a swipe at the Japanese (Nipon) chemical industry that DuPont was at "war" with. According to DuPont they originally wanted to call it "No Run" but the marketing people didn't like it, so they changed the letters at random coming up with "Nyl" and adding "on" to sound like Cotton or Rayon.

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freddiefreelance Posted posted on Mon, Feb 28, 2005 7:25 AM

On this day in 1935 Wallace Carothers invented nylon, thus making possible the modern "silky" style Hawaiian, or Aloha, Shirt.

Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Freelance, Ph.D., D.F.S

[ Edited by: freddiefreelance on 2005-02-28 07:25 ]

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Unga Bunga Posted posted on Mon, Feb 28, 2005 9:08 AM

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Gigantalope Posted posted on Wed, Mar 2, 2005 6:48 PM

Hey Freelance, I read (Urban Myth?) that nylon was named as an abriv. for New York and LONdon...is this...could this be...tru?

Great stuff, unless you're unloading the kiln!

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tikitortured Posted posted on Wed, Mar 2, 2005 9:22 PM

I remember the first time I slipped on my mom's nylons...fond memories for sure. Gotta go, wife coming...

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freddiefreelance Posted posted on Thu, Mar 3, 2005 8:00 AM

On 2005-03-02 18:48, Gigantalope wrote:
Hey Freelance, I read (Urban Myth?) that nylon was named as an abriv. for New York and LONdon...is this...could this be...tru?

Great stuff, unless you're unloading the kiln!

Nope. There's also an urban myth that it stands for "Now You, Lazy Old Nippon," a swipe at the Japanese (Nipon) chemical industry that DuPont was at "war" with. According to DuPont they originally wanted to call it "No Run" but the marketing people didn't like it, so they changed the letters at random coming up with "Nyl" and adding "on" to sound like Cotton or Rayon.