Thanks Dave for the insight. Time to see if the dark night will be cold in Europe too. And as an afterthought, I think I won't have an egg tomorrow morning; too tricky! ;-) I'd like to have Tina's views on that though - I don't know her but if can help, she is welcome. Thanks again to Colin and you. Yours Phil Dave Saalsaa wrote: >You can wonder why tradition and custom developed. It is fine with me. ;-) >As Colin said, there are many people in the desert heat wearing light >colored clothing. In tradition, many of the women seem to wear black. Are >the women less affected by the heat? Most likely not but I would suggest >that religious edict may have more to do with this than function. Possibly >Tina might have some insight into this as I am certainly no expert on the >folkways of the indigenous desert peoples of the Sahara. > >Dave >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Philippe Amard" <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 3:19 PM >Subject: [LRflex] Re: Was: Comparison of M8 Photos in Infra-Red - is now >"rubbish?" > > > > >>Hi Dave, >> >>you sure might be right,. but can we not wonder why custom and how >>tradition developed so then? >> >>Off topicly Yours >>Phil ;-) >>PS: next off course off topic is about Eskimos - ready, set, :-[ >> >> >>Dave Saalsaa wrote: >> >> >> >>>The desert is not always hot. It is dry though. Dark clothing will absorb >>>heat much faster than white. The reason the people in the desert >>>countries >>>wear dark clothing may have nothing to do with actual heat protection as >>>much as it does in tradition and custom. >>> >>>Dave >>>----- Original Message ----- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>------ >>Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >>Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> >> >> > > >------ >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/