what is the history of fanny packs?
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fanny packs are so so brokeback
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I'm not sure of the exact date that Kool-aid Man started wearing jams (pants just above the knee) on television and on the Koolaid packages, but possibly when Koolaid started their "Jammers" products.  I don't think it had anything to do with censorship... more likely trying to appeal to pre-teen & teenage groups.
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Glossary\n\nof some of the words used during the\n\nVietnam War\n\nbody bag: plastic bag used to transport dead bodies from the field
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Ziploc bags were originally developed by Dow Chemical Company, and they were test marketed in 1968. Now Glad Bags are produced by Proctor and Gamble and Hefty Bags were owned by Mobil Oil at one time.. I can't be sure of their invention. I just don't know.
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http://gorp.away.com/gorp/gear/packlst_bp.htm\n\nhttp://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_trail/appalach.htm\n\nthese should tell you every thing you wanted to know and more (lol) have a great hike
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What time period do you think this is--the 70s and 80s?  Loose, please, to retain the mystery.  For that matter, no speedos either!  Boxers rule.  Nothing worse than seeing a strange man's stuff all scrunched up.  Ick.
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Some people are overly interested in looking trendy. (like the rest of us care about your purse)\nI agree with you. Could have fed the hungry for less than what some people spend on the lastest fad.
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Pair, pare, pear. LOL....language is a mystery.\n\nPeople want to know why we don't say "a pair of bras." Also, it's strange that the phrase pair of pants is the only way to refer to one such item, since the word pants is always plural. This explains why the singular pant is sometimes used, especially by the clothing and fashion industry. Though jarring to some people, singular pant has been in use since the late 19th century. \n\nPants is an Americanism first recorded in 1840, and was considered a vulgar term for at least a century afterwards. It is a shortened form of pantaloons, from Pantalone, a stock character in Italian commedia dell'arte, who wore a combination of loose breeches and stockings. The term pantaloons is first recorded in English about 1600, and was applied at different periods to leg garments of different styles. \n\nSo why do we say "pair of pants/shorts/trousers/slacks?" Until the late 17th century, leg garments were made in two parts, one sleeve of fabric for each leg, so calling them a "pair" made perfect sense. The two pieces of woven cloth (or animal hides) were tied to a belt to hold them up. Supposedly the resulting indecent exposure made the "codpiece" a useful invention. From the Columbia Encyclopedia I learned the history of pants: After the Middle Ages, a loose trouser, bound at the ankle, was worn. Then the lower legs became more fitted, and these "breeches" were shortened to the knee and worn with fitted cloths called "hose." Breeches grew shorter and hose became longer; by about 1450 the hose reached the hips and were attached by points (laces) to the doublet. Later the breeches and hose formed one garment, like tights. As the upper part of the hose became more puffed out, a separation occurred: the upper part was called "trunk hose," and the leg coverings were called "stockings." Trousers grew longer and stockings shorter. In the early 17th century, men wore pantaloon breeches, but a tight-fitting trouser was introduced in the late 18th century, eventually superseding knee breeches, or knickers. The so called "trunk hose" evolved into what we now call "pants," and the so called "stockings" are what we now also call "hose."
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Half Day Hike in\nSummer \ntrail running shoes \nnylon baseball socks \npolyester tee shirt \nnylon pants or shorts \nwaterproof breathable\nrain parka (if it's raining) \nsmall multitool \nmatches in waterproof container \nhiking stick\n(made from hoe handle) \n16 oz. lexan water bottle (carried in hand or pocket) \ntrash bag \ncamera\n(worn around neck or\ncarried in pocket)\n\nsometimes: \n\nmap \nfield guide \nGPS for geocaching \nbinoculars for wildlife\nwatching \nlumbar pack (1150 c.i.) \n\n\nThe website below has a lot of good information for different conditions like summer day, winter day etc.
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www.depauw.edu/ath/football/2005/guide/history.pdf \nwww.runningnetwork.com/results/disneymarathonfull2002.html
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I believe it originated in Croatia sometime in the middle ages where it was primarily worn by men to show allegiance to their King. It seems to have gained popularity in France where the French form for Croatia resulted in them being called 'cravat'. Details in the article.
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Claim:   Kotex  \nwere first manufactured as bandages during World War I. \n\nStatus:   True. \n\nOrigins:   Though no soldiers were charging about the battlefield with sanitary napkins tied to their arms, a new type of material which had proved so effective as bandages in that conflict was years later revamped into Kotex. What was invented to meet a critical need in a war soon afterwards found a valuable peacetime use. \n\nKotex is a product of the Kimberly-Clark company. In 1914 this (then) conservative supplier of paper developed an absorbent wadding from processed wood and dubbed it Cellucotton. Five times as absorbent as cotton and costing only half as much, Cellucotton was used to bandage wounds in World War I. (Kimberly-Clark agreed to provide it to the War Department at cost, refusing the chance to make a healthy profit.) \n\nAfter the war (1919), Kimberly-Clark faced the question of what to do with Cellucotton. The company hit upon the notion of marketing disposable sanitary napkins. Prior to this invention, women used and reused cloth rags -- this was indeed groundbreaking stuff. \n\nThe resulting product was first marketed as Cellunap, a contraction of "Cellucotton napkins." Immediately upon hire, Kimberly-Clark's first marketing agency (Charles F.W. Nichols Company) suggested changing the name to Kotex, short for "cotton textile". \n\nThough there were still battles to be waged in getting magazines to accept ads for this product, stores to stock it, and women to buy it, by 1945 nearly all American women were using commercially-made pads and tampons. (Tampax came on the market in 1936.) The days of the cloth rags were over.
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My mother remembers her first pads were a long strip of (dsposable) pad that was tied to a belt (no groovy stick-on stuff in those days).  So we haven't been using the white thin stickon pads for very long, and women have used some sort of cloth for hundreds of years...  \nwell, I guess literally since the begining of time!  \n\n\nCheck the website out.
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Its an item of clothing worn by men - similar to a thong for women. The "pouch" holds their.. well, you can imagine :)\n\nyou can get very silly ones with faces or decorated like an elephant's face for instance (I'm sure you need no explanation as to what supplies the "trunk"..)
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http://www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_WCU/SlideLectures/Sawatzky/WC_history.html\n\nhttp://www.wheelchairnet.org/WCN_ProdServ/Docs/WCHistory.html
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The jockstraps was invented by the Guelph Elastic Hosiery Company\n\nBack in 1920, the Guelph Elastic Hosiery Company invented and marketed the first keeper of the 'crown jewels' -- the jock strap. \n\nOwner and founder of the company, Joe Cartledge, worked with a doctor to develop the first athletic supporter, which was marketed under the name Protex. The Guelph company owned the patent until 1950.
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In America Fanny is a casual non medical term for saying bottom, a bit like bum in England. I only discovered this as I worked on an American Children's Summer Camp as a Counselor which basically involved looking after children. I was horrified when a boy came running to me saying that he had been kicked in the fanny. I told him that I did not think it was possible to be kicked in the fanny as he was a boy. The boy did look at me a bit funny and was surprised by my reaction. Later one of the Counselors who was American informed me of what fanny meant in America.