"On this broad but synthetic continent of plastics, the countries march right out of the natural world - that wild area of firs and rubber plantations, upper left - into the illimitable world of the molecule. It's a world boxed only by the cardinal points of the chemical compass - carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen."
This is from Fortune, 1940 (I found it here and here.) Click on the map for a larger view to find that Rayon "is a plastic island off the Cellulose coast, with a glittering night life."
No doubt. Better snatch up a beachside condo before the mortgage rates get even worse.
(This one's for J.A.R.)
More like this
OK, this is from November 2004, but still...
Frontier Centre: We are all familiar with the modern theory that the world's climate is getting warmer. Is it?
Some folks suggested the Windschuttle hoax was too subtle, that the claims in the hoax article were not outrageously false.
On page 287 of his error-filled book Ian Plimer claims:
The Arctic was warmer than now between 1920 and 1940. This is
reflected in the sea ice and the local climate.[1473]"
David Appell tells of his correspondence with Tim Ball
Not to long and this is going to look like a map of the North Pacific.
I wonder if Cast Phenolic fields a team for the Olympics and if so how do they pass the dope tests?
Phenolic Fields forever...
When I was working for a plastic company in Kalamazoo in 1980, three was an updated version of Synthetica by a plastic magazie. It showed many of the new materials. Anyone have a copy of that map?
On reading my curiosity, Denise smiled and replied,