Originally Posted by BettyGee
K3N has the perfect answer, who puts their child near an open flame? Carol J. posed a perfect point, how in the world did I live to be 70 years old and drink out of the garden hose, eat hamburgers cooked over charcoal, raise a beautiful young man without endangering him one wit. We live in a most litigious society and the manufacturers are just CYA as fast as they can. I have used flannel all my life and no one has ever been injured and I will continue to use it as long as my fingers will work.
Common sense seems in short supply today or am I just getting old and cranky?
Iam with you on this one all the way. When I was 11 I leaned across a coil burner on our stove, the cotton top I was wearing brushed the coils and caught fire, before I even knew that I was on fire my mom had grabbed a tea towel and put it out, but it taught me a valuable lesson, it doesn't have to be open flame, just hot enough to combust. Synthetics on the other hand just melt and don't burn, this is great in home furnishings, etc
as it give the people time to escape the fire, I just don't get it on clothing tho.