me did not exceed six feet
in length. I relive these nostalgic moments when I read posts such as
this one.
Fritz
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From: Minton, Mark [mailto:mmin...@nmhu.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 9:55 AM
To: Texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: [Texascavers] RE: New tour at NBC
>T
Brian,
>So, thanks again for your comments about me, the cave for which I work, and
>some misquoted comments of an over-zealous reporter.
Sorry for sounding hard on you. The reporter did not attribute the soda
straw comment to you, and I said I couldn't believe a geologist had made the
> The press is not interested in facts just sensationalism. Remember the
article about Robber Barron being the longest cave in the world. That
reporter was interviewing George Veni.
Mike Burrell
Wow Mark. Thanks so much for the kind words.
>
>
>
> If I got paid every time I was misquoted by the p
Wow Mark. Thanks so much for the kind words.
If I got paid every time I was misquoted by the press, I wouldn't have to work
for a commercial cave, much less work at all.
You are correct. That is a crock. There are lots of places in North
America with soda straws over 6 feet in length. Hell,
[mailto:mmin...@nmhu.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 10:55 AM
To: Texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: [Texascavers] RE: New tour at NBC
>The new tour's talking points include its unusually long soda-straw
formations - one of which, at about six feet in length, is the
second-longest
>The new tour's talking points include its unusually long soda-straw formations
>- one of which, at about six feet in length, is the second-longest in North
>America.
What a crock! There are lots of places in North America with soda straws
over 6 feet long. Maybe that was supposed to sa