Wool Still Works

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Wool rules in my book!
I don't understand all this "it's too itchy, scratchy for me" repertoire that most people trot out. Obviously there will be some who are allergic, but otherwise I think people are just too soft like a babies arse... When I was a cadet many years ago and I had soft skin too, I was given military wool shirts to wear and yes they itched like mad at first, but I grinned and beared it because it was part of my military uniform and that was just ace back then as a kid. After a few months of wearing it 2 evenings a week, it soon wore off or I got used to it either way. One of the shirts was especially scratchy /itchy but I learnt to ignore it and I think it softened up anyway.
I have told many people over the years about the benefits of wool and 90% of the time I get this whining drivel about "its too itchy and scratchy and I can't wear it. I am allergic to it etc etc" I don't think the majority of them are, I think they are too pampered & soft arse skinned. To put it this way with some factual basis - Our ancestors in the Western World, up until very recently, used wool extensively as their garment of choice to suit the temperate environment and colder climes. Just how would we have survived as a race if 90% of our ancestors declared that wool was too itchy/scratchy for their delicate skin?? bahh, wingey, whineys, bahh, hrrumph.... ;-)