As most of you know all of the chapters of "Vertical" by Al Warild is
available online on our site on this page http://www.caves.com (links
on left side for each chapter).
I have also just communicated with Al and will be getting the new 2007
revised edition and hope to have it on the site in the
Last week, Donna Mosesmann of Houston was diagonosed with pancreatic
cancer. Please takejust one minute to send her a note of support. If you
do not know her, just tell her you are a caver and you wish her the
best. We all might thank her for everything that she has done for the
Texas Cavin
Looks like the countries that have oil and lots of it have cheap gas, but that
doesn't apply to the US in areas where there are lots of oil...
Bill
- Original Message -
From: George Nincehelser
To: Bill Mixon
Cc: CaveTex
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [T
Here's an interesting link on prices in other countries:
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/
George
On 5/19/07, Bill Mixon wrote:
Back some months ago, when gas prices were lower, I actually saw $1.99 a
gallon at one station. I was tempted to go in, although I would hav
Until the price of gas actually reflects the costs of extracting it and using
it, (way more than the artificially low $3 or $4 per gallon we're talking
about) the earth is in serious jeopardy. The only thing that will ever make
people conserve is economic pressure. The price of each gallon of g
Back some months ago, when gas prices were lower, I actually saw $1.99 a
gallon at one station. I was tempted to go in, although I would have needed
only a couple of gallons, just on principle.
It might help if you-know-who would stop making wars in the Middle East
and shut up about Iran. Don't
I am in possession of a photograph scan of the LOW highway bridge
over the Pecos, in case anyone is curious and wants to see, let me
know. It's NOT mine, a Historical Society lady asked me to scan her
photo library and I kept the interesting one for a desktop pattern on
my pc.
Recently th
The Association for Mexican Cave Studies needs help from somebody who can
make faithful PDF files from PageMaker 7.0 for Windows files. What is
unfaithful about my best attempts is that my PDFs all allow for 20% dot
gain. Everything that is supposed to be black, including the type, comes out
K=85%.
There are also some good stories about the US 90 bridges over the Pecos. I
don't recall details, but there was an interesting video playing at the
Seminole Canyon part visitors center some years ago.
Until surprisingly recently (after the Second World War, I think) the
highway bridge over the P
Dear Friend of the Aquifer,
An active link to the latest edition of the Barton Springs/Edwards
Aquifer Conservation District's Aquifer Bulletin is found below. This
comprehensive, new edition covers the end of the 2005-2007 aquifer
drought and the future drought outlook; an update on various
deve
Six months or 180 days?
Although this is a bit divergent from caves and the passport expiration topic,
it sorta seems relevant.
I occasionally substitute teach science and math in several local high schools.
I was in McDonalds the other day, found one of my young math students behind
the regi
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