troglodytes

[ed440 at mindspring.com]

Wait, I'm confused.
Are the troglodytes the ones that stand up on the floor of the cave,
or the ones that hang down from the ceiling?
Ed S.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
>Sent: Jun 11, 2006 8:37 PM
>To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: RE: troglodytes
>
>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
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>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...
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>Conrad Hoffsommer
>You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be 
>misquoted, then used against you.
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