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Oddly enough...

posted 15 years ago by frannywentzel
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The stain resistant properties of the fabric were discovered a year later by a two chemists working for 3M. We know it as Scotchguard.

The luminous nature of said suit is finding use today in the high visibilty coatings of highway signs and road workers safety gear.

As for wear resistance. the British as depicted in this film were being rather small minded in thinking all this would've been good for was clothing. One thinks of the great strides carbon fibre materials are making in the Aerospace industry.

But no, the Socialist mindset where every gain equals a loss bogs down the thinking of these sad souls. Seems nobody told them that in a consumer society clothes barely wear out before their owners decide they want something new anyway.

Which is too bad since the Chinese have pretty much taken over the textile industry of the world to the detriment of the narrowly self-serving British in this movie.

[–] tmf_scipio 15 years ago

That's all well and good... plus highly interesting... but. Did you like the movie?

I found it very enjoyable, especially the subtle bits of great acting. Especially the change in expression Mr. Birnley does at the end when he's watching Straton leave the mill.

"Whenever Mrs. Kissell breaks wind, we beat the dog."

[–] frannywentzel 15 years ago

I could take it or leave it...

[–] zurichpoet 15 years ago

I got a basketball for a youthful member of my family. It’s an indoor/outdoor basketball that is as good as leather in terms of feel and playability but you can play with it outside, leave it in the rain if you want, and it doesn’t wear down. They don’t put it in stores as they need their products to fail, their regular outdoor ones, thus, you buy another one. I had to order it directly from the factory. Mine that I got as a kid is still in great shape. I looked into this at around 12.

[–] salmanp0020 14 years ago

^^Can you give more details about this basketball you speak of?

[–] palitodecanela 13 years ago

Don't or you'll get mobbed

[–] joestone99uk 12 years ago

Another clueless yank...

[–] ilsonowl 12 years ago

The actual industry, I would suggest, is irrelevant to the attitudes depicted in the film. The outcome would still be the same, big business and corporations require planned obsolescence to function, profit and remain profitable for as long as possible, and the workers, society and managers collude in perpetuating this economic model for the sake of their own short sighted comfort and standard of living within the status-quo. It's painful to note how relevant this film is in 2012 as it was in 1951, if not moreso.

[–] gribfritz2 11 years ago

another arrogant brit...

[–] PoppyTransfusion 11 years ago

As for wear resistance. the British as depicted in this film were being rather small minded in thinking all this would've been good for was clothing.

That's not what's shown actually. The concern is the effect on shares and jobs. What use the material will be is irrelevant in comparison. If you can't grasp the importnace of this in post-WW2 British society then more fool you.

But no, the Socialist mindset where every gain equals a loss bogs down the thinking of these sad souls.

Seems that you know as little about Socialism as you do the British ...

Which is too bad since the Chinese have pretty much taken over the textile industry of the world to the detriment of the narrowly self-serving British in this movie.

Aah, the vestige of the moral coward. Hailing China's economic growth is not a good sign. Ironic too given that the biggest market for secondhand Western clothing is China. It can't get enough of the fabric marketed for Western countries that is not readily available in its own!

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