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Date:      Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:14:46 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net>
Cc:        advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Logo merchandise
Message-ID:  <19990329001552.XHER4957949.mta1-rme@wocker>
In-Reply-To: <36FEC37B.BBE26454@uswest.net>

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On 28 Mar 99, at 16:04, Nocturne wrote:

> Dan Langille wrote:
> >On 28 Mar 99, at 15:18, Nocturne wrote:
> >
> >> Dan Langille wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On 28 Mar 99, at 8:23, Andrew I. Arbuckle wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Even a white T-Shirt requires dye, otherwise it would be a grayish color.  I
> >> > > would thing a dime would suffice for the dye, and something for handling,
> >> > > but $4.00 seems excessive!
> >> >
> >> > On a green-clean note, why not have unbleached cotton?  It's not white,
> >> > looks good, and doesn't go gray as it gets older <grin>.
> >>
> >> I don't like white t-shirts, it's hard to keep them looking clean and
> >> new.  I prefer that mottled grey color... (or is that the unbleached
> >> cottom colour?)
> >
> >OOPs.  premature send.
> >
> >Grey?  As in what you often see many sweat pants and sweat shirts?  No,
> >not that grey.  I just rang my neighbour, who's a colour expert, to find
> >out about this.  Unbleached cotton is more of a cream colour.
> 
> The grey I'm talking about commonly found in athletic t-shirts.  Hanes
> and Jockey both make them in packs of three.  It's a softer neutral
> colour (white can be rather harsh and clash with darker colours.)

Fair enough.  But the main reason I mentioned unbleached cotton was 
environmental.

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Dan Langille
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