On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 9:35:49 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> 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.

Regular disposable diapers are plant based too. It's just that the plants lived
millions of years ago.
>
> Jill

--Bryan