That is (to the best of my understanding) how dryer sheets work. They're essentially made of fiberglass, and they soften your fabrics by abraiding the fibers, thus degrading fiber strength and reducing effective lifetime of the fabric.
Ack! Ummm...
Nope. They work by redepositing the waxy film of fabric softener that's on the nonwoven fabric of the softener sheet.
Thank you Betsy! I was 300 posts back and soo frustrated.
I remember once being told that a cheap replacement for dryer sheets in a pinch is a strip of wax paper.
{{Anne}} It makes me smile to think of your grandmother going out for champagne and Belgian waffles in her final weeks. That's just wonderful.
IIRC, liquid fabric softener is bad for water resistant materials (or anything with a specific reaction to water - wicking high tech fabrics and whatnot) because it works by making the clothes you wash in it more absorbent, somehow. And the sheet things have the opposite effect. But I get confused about what you aren't supposed to use on which and mostly just don't use either.
waves madly at -t
Timelies! It's good to see you!
{{Anne}} Very sorry to hear about the other grandmother. Glad, though, that it was a peaceful way out.
Perkins! Sail! Hi!
You know, after my dad met y'all, he mentioned that you don't hear conversations like that everyday. I just thought "you do if you're a Buffista". It was great to have it all live and in person!
Alas, I am at the end of my allotted dialing up time for the evening.
t waves
'*poof*
Dunno if this was mentioned nationwide...
Minnesota's polio case is a health puzzler
How did a baby in central Minnesota contract the virus that causes polio, a crippling disease that was essentially wiped out in the United States a quarter century ago?
That question has mystified state and federal health officials since tests confirmed the polio virus in an unidentified infant last week.
The case is especially puzzling because the baby, who was born in this country, was somehow exposed to a strain of virus found in oral polio vaccines, which haven't been used in the United States for five years.
"[It] is not a public health concern for the general public," said Kris Ehresmann, chief of immunization at the Minnesota Health Department. "But it is definitely a situation that is of great scientific interest. It's a unique situation."
Investigators now are testing relatives and others who have had close contact with the child to see whether anyone else may have been infected. They suspect that someone contracted the polio virus in another country and unwittingly passed it on.
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