At 18:26 6/11/2006, you wrote: >David, > >I could very well be wrong, of course. Lord knows I have been before! >But I still take offense at him calling ANYONE on this list a troglodyte! >JMO. Sorry. > >Avery I wouldn't take being called a troglodyte particularly offensive. I was fortunate to visit them in the Loire valley some years ago and, if I recall correctly from reading and listening to local histories of the troglodyte communities, their building underground dwellings was, at least in part, a unique defensive strategy. Much more info googlable All the superannuated hippies on this list should remember the 60's and 70's flurry of berm and underground housing built which came about as environmentalists tried to save the planet. In Tunisia, Turkey and other locations they'd been doing just that for millenia. What is to be ashamed of for using the naturally cool underground for living in a hot environment. Modern usage has attached some stygma to the term, but I have flamesuits... Conrad Hoffsommer You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
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