Re: Thoughts on industrial design

Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> writes:
 

On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:52:43 -0400, Radey Shouman
<shouman@comcast.net> wrote:
 

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> writes:
 

On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:57:53 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 4/29/2025 11:11 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:04:10 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
 

https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/mas/Images/thumbnail_large_Bike%20Helmet_tcm88-1757243.jpg

 
A helmet like this would be better:
<https://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/pics/bicycles/oddities/helmet.jpg>

 

Dorky headgear but a sharp looking bicycle!

 
The bicycle looks something like a Flying Pigeon:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=Flying%20Pigeon%20bicycle%20double%20top%20tube&udm=2>
 
The helmet looks like an improvised wheelbarrow conversion.  I can't
tell from the photo, but there might some padding on top of the riders
head and perhaps a chin strap.  Notice the forward facing pneumatic
shock absorber (rubber wheel), which will provide additional head
protection against the rider flying over the handlebars.  The white
thobe is both practical and fashionable riding attire in some parts of
the planet:
<https://al-aniq.com/significance-of-white-thobes/>

 
Not a thobe -- two parts, trousers.  He's wearing a shalwar kameez,
perhaps in Pakistan or Afghanistan.

 
Thanks.  That seems correct.  (I'm obviously not an expert on Muslim
fashions):
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalwar_kameez>
"Shalwars have been traditionally worn in a wide region which includes
Eastern Europe, West Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. The kameez is
a long shirt or tunic."
 
Southern Asia includes Pakistan and Afghanistan:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia>
 
However, I believe it is acceptable to wear a thobe over pants:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=two%20piece%20thobe&udm=2>

 
Those pictures do not look like what is called a "thobe" on the Arabian
peninsula, which falls to close to the ankles, more or less.  Perhaps
"thobe" has multiple meanings in different countries, like "jumper" has
in English.
 

Language has that quality, even if it nominally is the same language, Welsh
Now just means yup I’ve heard you it’s on my list!

Roger Merriman