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--Apple-Mail-7--804075922 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > Subject: TONIGHT, CBC-TV, 8 pm - NATURE OF THINGS > > Note TV listings for 8 pm TONIGHT ON CBC-TV -- Thursday is the > normal night for The Nature of Things (2 different episodes, at 8 > pm. on regular CBC and 11 pm on CBC-Newsworld, unless pre-empted as > happened last week) -- The Herald listings for 8 pm say it's on > "The Evolutionary Past of Humans". I heard a CBC-Radio interview > earlier in the week with a scientist involved in this, and he > contends that the very best marathon runners in the world are > humans, which literally ran down large game animals in Africa and > "fried them in their own skins" during the chase. Human nakedness > is a huge advantage over fur-covered prey and competing predators > in hot climates by allowing chasing, running humans to cool > themselves, whereas their prey animals die from overheating. I > wish I could remember more details from the interview, but it was > compelling. He did recommend that anyone who wants to try running > barefoot to start very carefully and slowly!! > > Then at 11 pm on Newsworld Channel, the subject is not listed, but > I hope it will be whatever was pre-empted last week. I recall that > the episode two weeks ago announced something about lots of > different animals for the next episode to come. We'll see. > > By the way, I am not ashamed to say that I still use videotapes and > a VCR to tape a lot of shows, and that I don't know how to used our > TV/VCR combo to "tape" shows in modern ways!! > > Cheers from low-tech Jim in Wolfville, who watches way too much > junk TV!! --Apple-Mail-7--804075922 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br></div><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>TONIGHT, CBC-TV, 8 pm - NATURE OF = THINGS</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Note TV listings for 8 pm TONIGHT ON CBC-TV -- = Thursday is the normal night for The Nature of Things (2 different = episodes, at 8 pm. on regular CBC and 11 pm on CBC-Newsworld, unless = pre-empted as happened last week) -- The Herald listings for 8 pm say = it's on "The Evolutionary Past of Humans".<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I heard a CBC-Radio = interview earlier in the week with a scientist involved in this, and he = contends that the very best marathon runners in the world are humans, = which literally ran down large game animals in Africa and "fried them in = their own skins" during the chase.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Human nakedness is a huge = advantage over fur-covered prey and competing predators in hot climates = by allowing chasing, running humans to cool themselves, whereas their = prey animals die from overheating.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I wish I could remember = more details from the interview, but it was compelling.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>He did recommend that = anyone who wants to try running barefoot to start very carefully and = slowly!!</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Then at 11 pm on Newsworld Channel, the subject is = not listed, but I hope it will be whatever was pre-empted last = week.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I recall that = the episode two weeks ago announced something about lots of different = animals for the next episode to come.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>We'll see.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">By the = way, I am not ashamed to say that I still use videotapes and a VCR to = tape a lot of shows, and that I don't know how to used our TV/VCR combo = to "tape" shows in modern ways!!</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cheers from low-tech Jim in = Wolfville, who watches way too much junk TV!!</div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-7--804075922--
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