On 11/22/2020 10:29 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 09:44:29 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> I've been seeing ads on TV for toddler diapers that are "plant based".
>>> In the good old days that would have been called "cotton" and mom had to
>>> wash them (if she didn't have a diaper service; mine didn't).
>>
>> Same here, we used the "plant based" cotton diapers for my
>> daughter. I had to wash them since the wife refused to.
>> I didn't mind though. It was a 'labor of love'. For the baby,
>> not the lazy wife. lol
>
> Cotton and linen are plant based.
>
Pardon the pun but no shit, Sherlock!

These ads are for disposable diapers that are "plant based". I'm going
out on a limb when I say *most* of us wore washable cotton diapers when
we were babes in arms.

Jill