Guillain-Barre Syndrome is a problem with your nervous system. It can cause muscle weakness, reflex loss, and numbness or tingling in parts of your body. It can lead to paralysis, which is usually temporary.
I did not (and now feel justified in drinking a glass of vino the next time I don my 10-year-old Birks). That is one of the fun facts I discovered while researching Birko-Flor, which was not around when I acquired my pair. According to the company, Birko-Flor is a fabric âmade of acrylic and polyamide felt fibers.â The good news: Itâs waterproof and cheaper than leather. The bad news: Acrylic is essentially a plastic.
1923, from English translation of 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), by Karel Capek (1890-1938), from Czech robotnik slave, from robota forced labor, compulsory service, drudgery, from robotiti to work, drudge, from an Old Czech source akin to Old Church Slavonic rabota servitude, from rabu slave, from Old Slavic *orbu-, from PIE *orbh-pass from one status to another (see orphan).