Ponder Pages

Well, it's been an interesting time lately.  My life has gotten a little bit more challenging. Last weekend the mother-in-law had a stroke. The in-law family and the husband are going through a very challenging time. We for some reason have ended up with two of her dogs. The mother-in-law is still in the hospital. They are not sure if she will ever be able to back to her home. So I wonder how long I will have to take care of two of her dogs.  Here a couple of pictures of them.  This one is Little foot. But also called Little Man. He is old. We have to keep a close eye on him or he will poo and pee anywhere in the house. He is also an escape artist. But I think we have that problem solved. At least I hope so.  This is Luck. He can be a wiggle worm but at least he doesn't go in the house.  I'm not sure if this is a permanent thing or not. Or if someone else in the family wants them. There is another dog. Called Whitey. But only a couple of...

This is a question that has been bouncing around in my head for a couple of weeks. What triggered it? I was looking around at work at all the things that have plastic in them or is all plastic. Then I thought about all things in all of life that are some kind of plastic. I'm guessing that 90% of everything in our life is made of some form of plastic.  This got me to thinking about the history of plastic. So I looked it up. This is what I found. The first time plastic was revealed was in 1862 by a man named Alexander Parkes. He called it Parkesine. It was made from organic cellulose. It was suppose to do anything natural rubber could but cost less. This first attempt to mass produce was poor because he tried to reduce production costs. Just think of that, a factory trying to cut cost to make more profit. Now I know where that started. In 1869 celluloid was introduced. It was made from cotton fiber and the plant material camphor. Originally it was to be a cheaper substi...