On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 7:59:01 PM UTC+1, Tosspot wrote:
On 29/05/2020 18.23, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2020 09:14:08 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Why would you have the least curiosity about the failure of a
polyethylene container after nearly 20 years of often exposure
to UV?

Perhaps because this is a technical newsgroup, and not a political
forum? I'm told that most important discoveries start with someone
doing something ordinary, noticing that the results were not what was
expected, and often saying "That's odd".

Often trying to develop something else, Post-It notes, superglue, and
who could forget Viagra, all spring to mind.

Nobody forgets the Viagra! -- AJ