January 28, 2009

MICRO-THIN plastic rain cape (Mar, 1957)

MICRO-THIN plastic rain cape can be folded to fit in cigarette-size package, even when wet. Mighty handy for rainy gallivanters.

You wont be able to fold it to fit in a cigarette-size package but it can be done.

Comment by Mike — January 29, 2009 @ 10:18 am
When I was a kid, my dad found one of these in my wallet..no..wait; that was something else entirely.

Comment by Steve J. — January 29, 2009 @ 12:46 pm
Somehow I have this vague memory suddenly pop up after decades being lost, of being in Army
training in the early 1970s. Some black NCO with a lively sense of humor was telling us trainees
what I reconstruct as: “No, no, no, no. A rain poncho isn’t supposed to keep the water out. It’s to
keep the water in so you stay wet.” Had that right. Cheers — MrG / http://gvgpd.proboards.com.

Comment by MrG — January 29, 2009 @ 6:16 pm
The problem was that you could normally only use it once. The plastic was so thin that it’d tear just from someone walking in it.

Which was handy if a shower threatened and you were wearing satin (water + satin = completely ruined forever), but otherwise it was cheaper to just bring a coat with you or, alternatively, get wet.

Comment by Charlene — January 30, 2009 @ 12:45 am
Years ago I had one with me on a concert. I was very happy about it, because it started to rain, when the concert begins.

Comment by Martina — November 25, 2009 @ 1:19 pm