Amazing sight in Cambridge Market Square this morning.

With the temperature around minus 1C, young man walking on the pavement
dressed in just a T-shirt and shorts and nothing whatsoever on his
feet.

I don't think it's Rag Week.

Jack

wrote:
Amazing sight in Cambridge Market Square this morning.

With the temperature around minus 1C, young man walking on the pavement
dressed in just a T-shirt and shorts and nothing whatsoever on his
feet.

I don't think it's Rag Week.

Jack


Cambridge United aren't playing Newcastle United, are they? grin

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Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net

On 24 Jan 2006 11:14:05 -0800, wrote:

Amazing sight in Cambridge Market Square this morning.

With the temperature around minus 1C, young man walking on the pavement
dressed in just a T-shirt and shorts and nothing whatsoever on his
feet.


Football supporters try to outdo each other in the minimum clothing
contest, many of them wearing short sleeve football shirts in sub-zero
temperatures. It seems some young men consider themselves immune to
the cold.

Martin

I don't think it's Rag Week.




Jack

Well Cambridge doesn't have a football team of note nowadays.

But you are quite right. Trying to persuade my 15 year son to dress up
properly requires quite an effort. It doesn't seem to do any good
pointing out that the military dress for the climate and it's certainly
not macho to be cold.

It also falls on deaf ears (well ALMOST) when I remind him that two or
three years ago, an 18 year Cambridge student froze to death on the way
home form a party.

Jack

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Amazing sight in Cambridge Market Square this morning.

With the temperature around minus 1C, young man walking on the pavement
dressed in just a T-shirt and shorts and nothing whatsoever on his
feet.
Aren't the British Antarctic Survey based in Cambridge.. maybe he's just
back from a long tour and this feels hot to him?

Andrew

JPG wrote:

With the temperature around minus 1C, young man walking on the pavement
dressed in just a T-shirt and shorts and nothing whatsoever on his
feet.


Football supporters try to outdo each other in the minimum clothing
contest, many of them wearing short sleeve football shirts in sub-zero
temperatures. It seems some young men consider themselves immune to
the cold.

The good thing about this is, of course, that Darwinism weeds them out
eventually.

Jim
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Keith (Southend) wrote:
wrote:
Amazing sight in Cambridge Market Square this morning.

With the temperature around minus 1C, young man walking on the pavement
dressed in just a T-shirt and shorts and nothing whatsoever on his
feet.

Cambridge United aren't playing Newcastle United, are they? grin

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net

Hi, Keith,

As you suggest, wearing as little as possible is standard dress in the
North East! The girlies keep us old men happy, though!

Having said that, even a softy like me doesn't get too worried about a
balmy -1C

Best wishes,

Ken Cook, Copley, nr Barnard Castle, County Durham
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley

Andrew McGleish wrote

Aren't the British Antarctic Survey based in Cambridge?.
Maybe he's just back from a long tour and this feels hot to him?

Of course. Now why didn't I think of that.

Jack

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Amazing sight in Cambridge Market Square this morning.

With the temperature around minus 1C, young man walking on the pavement
dressed in just a T-shirt and shorts and nothing whatsoever on his
feet.

I occaisionally see them in those ¾ length pants things I think
how cold the bottom of their legs must get.....

I could cope (in theory) with the shorts & T-shirt as long as I was
moving around, preferably running but bare feet on what must be
an extremely cold pavement - no chance!

The amount of body heat lost that way must be enormous.

Col
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