As I get up in years, as the saying goes, I find myself attracted to this "device" for securing shoes and boots vice messing around with multiple laces. From whence did it come? The NY Times magazine (Pagan Kennedy) Sunday November 11th described its origin. In 1941 a Swiss engineer returned from a hunting trip with burs clinging to his pants and his dog's coat. Under a microscope he marveled at how they bristled with hooks shaped to grasp animal fur. He learned to mold nylon into fabric studded with tiny hooks that acted as artificial "cockleburs". And the rest is history - we now have a fastening device to rival the zipper. So, if my valet will please pass me my shoes................
tjs
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