Heard rumors that Keith's next firesuit would be a brown fury one.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
To: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 11:36 AM
Subject: firesuits
> Wes
>
> Do they have a web site?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; "John Beckett"
> <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; "jon amo"
<webmaster@landracing.com>; "DOUG
> ODOM" <popms@thegrid.net>
> Cc: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>; "Joe Timney"
<joetimney@dol.net>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Walter Mitty Goes to the WOS
>
>
> >
> > Keith,
> >
> > With Jenifer living in San Francisco and having worked there
myself for
> five
> > years, I'm really surprised she used the terms she did in
describing the
> > fire suit. "Mustard" and "Aubergine" would be much more the kind
of color
> > description you would hear in The City. The influence reached to
> Sacramento
> > too so you could have grown up with those terms.
> >
> > Seriously, I'm currently very much in favor of black, as in
CarbonX, for
> > fire suits. Bill at Chapman Racing gave me a preview of a talk he
was
> > giving at a convention of textile people in Boston during World of
Speed.
> > He was preparing to defend their claims and research on the fire
> resistance
> > and heat absorption qualities of the fiber, without giving away
any of the
> > secrets they have before additional patents of the fiber. Anyone
who is
> > going to buy a new fire suit should really consider getting one
from
> CarbonX
> > fabric. The stuff works like magic in protection from fire. Each
layer
> > gives up to a minute of protection and yet it breathes so on hot
days it
> > isn't going to be as hot as what is on the market now. I guess
you would
> > have to ask what staying out of the hospital burn unit is worth
for your
> > skinny butt. I watched a little second grade girl in my wife's
class who
> > had been burned over about 70% of her body. She is a tough little
> character
> > and will survive but the scarring, the pain, the years of
additional skin
> > grafts and therapy just overwhelm me. If I could get protection
first I'd
> > do it in a heartbeat.
> >
> > Wes
> >
>
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