02-10-2020, 02:21 PM | #91 |
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Lifestyle. Especially when a newspaper has a section with that name.
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02-10-2020, 07:02 PM | #92 |
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02-11-2020, 12:52 PM | #93 | |
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I'm also getting tired of "Holy Grail." "Finding a complete skeleton is the Holy Grail of paleontology." "Not losing your socks is the Holy Grail of appliance manufacturers." |
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02-11-2020, 06:07 PM | #94 |
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I hope the overuse of "Holy Grail" has't soured you on wampeters in general.
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02-12-2020, 01:14 AM | #98 |
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Wow, I don't remember any of that. Maybe it's time to read that book again.-)
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02-12-2020, 07:35 AM | #99 |
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Just sayin'.
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02-12-2020, 12:43 PM | #100 |
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02-13-2020, 01:47 PM | #101 |
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Artisanal.
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02-13-2020, 03:28 PM | #102 |
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Along with that, in the food world at least, is heirloom. Often meaning fruits and vegetables from seeds prior to selective breeding (aka old style GMO). Except that selective breeding has been going on for as long as humans have been farming, although not as sophisticated as today's.
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02-13-2020, 04:13 PM | #103 |
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"I could have told you that."
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02-18-2020, 03:10 PM | #104 |
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Vegan Leather.
It's just the same old PVC and PU made out of oil that we have had for maybe over 80 years to make really cheap shoes and jackets, but marketed at x10 the price. Almost no real leather is deliberately farmed. It's a by product of the meat and dairy industries. By all means campaign for more ethical farming and less or no dairy and meat production, but "Vegan Leather" is nothing to do with that. It's Marketing and poor for the environment (uses oil, wears out much faster, not recyclable). Look up the history and production of PVC and Polyurethane (PU). Over 80 years ago the Germans did develop a synthetic leather basically from paper, ie rags and tree pulp. Cheap paper, Cellulose, Viscose etc are made from sustainable softwood trees. Bamboo Fibre clothes are not, they are a form of Viscose made from processed bamboo. Last edited by Quoth; 02-18-2020 at 03:15 PM. Reason: Real? |
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That's what I was thinking, but then why is leather so expensive? The processing and turning the hide into leather? Considering how much beef we eat in the US I'd think that leather should be cheap.
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