Comments on: MICRO-THIN plastic rain cape (Mar, 1957) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/28/micro-thin-plastic-rain-cape/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Martina http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/28/micro-thin-plastic-rain-cape/comment-page-1/#comment-1072906 Martina Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:19:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6879#comment-1072906 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. 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.

]]> By: Charlene http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/28/micro-thin-plastic-rain-cape/comment-page-1/#comment-1065271 Charlene Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:45:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6879#comment-1065271 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. 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.

]]> By: MrG http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/28/micro-thin-plastic-rain-cape/comment-page-1/#comment-1065266 MrG Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:16:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6879#comment-1065266 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. 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.

]]> By: Steve J. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/28/micro-thin-plastic-rain-cape/comment-page-1/#comment-1065256 Steve J. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:46:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6879#comment-1065256 When I was a kid, my dad found one of these in my wallet..no..wait; that was something else entirely. When I was a kid, my dad found one of these in my wallet..no..wait; that was something else entirely.

]]> By: Mike http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/28/micro-thin-plastic-rain-cape/comment-page-1/#comment-1065252 Mike Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:18:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6879#comment-1065252 You wont be able to fold it to fit in a cigarette-size package but it can be done. You wont be able to fold it to fit in a cigarette-size package but it can be done.

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