RE: [Texascavers] RE: New tour at NBC

2008-03-17 Thread Fritz Holt
not exceed six feet in length. I relive these nostalgic moments when I read posts such as this one. Fritz _ 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 The new tour's

[Texascavers] Re: New tour at NBC

2008-03-16 Thread Minton, Mark
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

Re: [Texascavers] Re: New tour at NBC

2008-03-15 Thread CWAN
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

[Texascavers] RE: New tour at NBC

2008-03-14 Thread Minton, Mark
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 say

RE: [Texascavers] RE: New tour at NBC

2008-03-14 Thread Geary Schindel
[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 in North

[Texascavers] Re: New tour at NBC

2008-03-14 Thread vauterb
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,