Re: [Texascavers] Texascavers Digest, Vol 8, Issue 22
mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers -- Message: 4 Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:13:36 -0500 From: Mark Minton via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com To: texascavers@texascavers.com, s...@caver.net Subject: [Texascavers] SubTropolis Message-ID: 42f13986dbe6793f68f5e7a334e5abfe.squir...@login.snurkle.net Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 There was a story on NPR's Market Place on Wednesday about an abandoned limestone mine turned into an underground secure industrial park. http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/subtropolis-yeah-its-pretty-underground. I'd heard of such places before, and in fact anyone who went to the NSS Convention in Indiana in 2007 attended the photo salon and banquet in such a facility. This one in Kansas City is apparently the largest in the world. Full story at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-02-04/welcome-to-subtropolis-the-business-complex-buried-under-kansas-city. Mark -- Message: 5 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:38:17 + From: Geary Schindel via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com To: 'texascavers@texascavers.com' texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] NSS Board of Governors Meeting on Saturday, March 7 in San Antonio, Texas Message-ID: blupr05mb216dd0b9b4e631cb452d422d4...@blupr05mb216.namprd05.prod.outlook.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Folks, Here is some information on the upcoming National Speleological Society Board of Governors meeting hosted by the Bexar Grotto of the NSS. The meeting will be held on Saturday, March 7th at 9 am at the Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA). The EAA is located near I-35 and 281 on the north side of downtown San Antonio. The address is 900 E. Quincy Street, San Antonio, Texas 78215. Park in the front of the building (Parking off Quincy). The front of the building will be open. For more information, you can call Geary Schindel at 210.326.1576. Friday Wine Tour of the Texas Hill Country (March 6) Arranged by Sue Schindel at 210-313-9976 cell or gschin...@mindspring.commailto:gschin...@mindspring.com This will leave around 1:30 pm from San Antonio and will visit one or two wineries. Depending upon the number of people interested, we may arrange special transportation. We will be back in time for the Friday evening party. William Shrewsbury (NSS President) and Gary Barnes (NSS Secretary Treasurer) will attend the wine tour being organized by Sue Schindel. If you’re interested in going, email sue at gschin...@mindspring.commailto:gschin...@mindspring.com or call her at 210.313.9976. Here’s a chance to hang out with some of the NSS Officers. Friday Social (March 6) will be at Kurt and Kitty Menking’s House starting around 6 pm. This is a pot luck hosted by the Grotto. We ask that you please bring a dish. There will be drinks and food available. The address is 8255 Bindseil Ln, San Antonio. You can reach Kurt or Kitty at 210-325-5598. Look for blue address sign for 8255 and Aggie maroon fence and gate. Driveway is a dirt road and the house is 1,000 feet from Bindseil Lane. Saturday Social (March 7) – There will be a Saturday night social at Geary and Sue Schindel’s house located at 11310 Whisper Dawn, San Antonio Texas. The social will start around 7:30 pm. The phone number for the house is 210.479.2151. This will be light snacks and drinks. If you would like to bring a dessert or something to munch on, that would be nice. (Stay off the roof). Sunday Wine Tour of the Texas Hill Country (March 8) Arranged by Sue Schindel at 210-313-9976 cell or gschin...@mindspring.commailto:gschin...@mindspring.com This will leave around 10 am and will visit two or three wineries. Depending upon the number of people interested, we may arrange special transportation. We will need to know your travel schedule but assume that you will be eating lunch in the Texas Hill Country and will be back before dinner time. You may be expected to help with transportation costs and wine and food will be on your own. Sunday Caving (Gregg Williams) There is a gating project at Ezell’s Cave in Hays County (in San Marcos) on Sunday, March 8. Work is being coordinated by Jim Kennedy. Thanks, Geary Schindel NSS AVP -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 13574 bytes Desc: not available URL: http://lists.texascavers.com/private/texascavers/attachments/20150227/cc3150ec/attachment-0001.bin -- Subject: Digest Footer ___ Texascavers mailing list Texascavers@texascavers.com http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers -- End of Texascavers Digest, Vol 8, Issue 22
[Texascavers] NSS Board of Governors Meeting on Saturday, March 7 in San Antonio, Texas
Folks, Here is some information on the upcoming National Speleological Society Board of Governors meeting hosted by the Bexar Grotto of the NSS. The meeting will be held on Saturday, March 7th at 9 am at the Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA). The EAA is located near I-35 and 281 on the north side of downtown San Antonio. The address is 900 E. Quincy Street, San Antonio, Texas 78215. Park in the front of the building (Parking off Quincy). The front of the building will be open. For more information, you can call Geary Schindel at 210.326.1576. Friday Wine Tour of the Texas Hill Country (March 6) Arranged by Sue Schindel at 210-313-9976 cell or gschin...@mindspring.commailto:gschin...@mindspring.com This will leave around 1:30 pm from San Antonio and will visit one or two wineries. Depending upon the number of people interested, we may arrange special transportation. We will be back in time for the Friday evening party. William Shrewsbury (NSS President) and Gary Barnes (NSS Secretary Treasurer) will attend the wine tour being organized by Sue Schindel. If you’re interested in going, email sue at gschin...@mindspring.commailto:gschin...@mindspring.com or call her at 210.313.9976. Here’s a chance to hang out with some of the NSS Officers. Friday Social (March 6) will be at Kurt and Kitty Menking’s House starting around 6 pm. This is a pot luck hosted by the Grotto. We ask that you please bring a dish. There will be drinks and food available. The address is 8255 Bindseil Ln, San Antonio. You can reach Kurt or Kitty at 210-325-5598. Look for blue address sign for 8255 and Aggie maroon fence and gate. Driveway is a dirt road and the house is 1,000 feet from Bindseil Lane. Saturday Social (March 7) – There will be a Saturday night social at Geary and Sue Schindel’s house located at 11310 Whisper Dawn, San Antonio Texas. The social will start around 7:30 pm. The phone number for the house is 210.479.2151. This will be light snacks and drinks. If you would like to bring a dessert or something to munch on, that would be nice. (Stay off the roof). Sunday Wine Tour of the Texas Hill Country (March 8) Arranged by Sue Schindel at 210-313-9976 cell or gschin...@mindspring.commailto:gschin...@mindspring.com This will leave around 10 am and will visit two or three wineries. Depending upon the number of people interested, we may arrange special transportation. We will need to know your travel schedule but assume that you will be eating lunch in the Texas Hill Country and will be back before dinner time. You may be expected to help with transportation costs and wine and food will be on your own. Sunday Caving (Gregg Williams) There is a gating project at Ezell’s Cave in Hays County (in San Marcos) on Sunday, March 8. Work is being coordinated by Jim Kennedy. Thanks, Geary Schindel NSS AVP attachment: winmail.dat___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Remembering Mr. Spock
Ernie, You missed your opportunity to give the Vulcan salute and say, Live long and prosper! Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net On Fri, February 27, 2015 3:23 pm, via Texascavers wrote: When the movie, Star Trek-the Motion Picture was filmed, I as working for Boss Films, a special effects studio in Los Angeles. There were two days of fliming close-ups of Mr. Spock, one scene where he had bright lights flashing at this face. I had been asked if I had any large flashbulbs they could use for the shoot, and I did. It was the remenants of flashbulbs and a reflector I had dragged through some of the caves in Cuetzalan, Mexico while doing some cave photography. There was a worry that some of the bulbs could be cracked, in which case they would explode when fired, but luckily, none of them did during the several takes it took to film it. I worked in the darkroon and there was a sliding door leading to the front office and a hallway. As I opened the door one day, I was startled to find Lenard Nimoy leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette; he was in costume with his pointy ears, and all I could think of saying was, Hi, I understand you are from Boston. How lame, but still a notable recollection. --Ernie Garza ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Texas Land Conservation Conference, Mar. 4 - 6
The Texas Land Conservation Conference will be at the Austin Airport Hilton from March 4 - 6. Any of yawl presenting or attending? I'll be there to represent The Frontera Land Alliance (bunking at the Hilton). John Moses jmo...@chicagobooth.edu El Paso Old School Yearbook Pics View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Search by School Year. Look Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/54f0d7d24286d57d26ef1st04vuc ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] Remembering Mr. Spock
When the movie, "Star Trek-the Motion Picture" was filmed, I as working for Boss Films, a special effects studio in Los Angeles. There were two days of fliming close-ups of Mr. Spock, one scene where he had bright lights flashing at this face. I had been asked if I had any large flashbulbs they could use for the shoot, and I did. It was the remenants of flashbulbs and a reflector I had dragged through some of the caves in Cuetzalan, Mexico while doing some cave photography. There was a worry that some of the bulbs could be cracked, in which case they would explode when fired, but luckily, none of them did during the several takes it took to film it. I worked in the darkroon and there was a sliding door leading to the front office and a hallway. As I opened the door one day, I was startled to find Lenard Nimoy leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette; he was in costume with his pointy ears, and all I could think of saying was, "Hi, I understand you are from Boston." How lame, but still a notable recollection.--Ernie Garza ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
[Texascavers] set delivery off
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Re: [Texascavers] Remembering Mr. Spock
That's a really nice story. Sheryl Rieck sheryl.ri...@gmail.com You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime, you just might find you get what you need Rolling Stones On Feb 27, 2015, at 2:23 PM, via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: When the movie, Star Trek-the Motion Picture was filmed, I as working for Boss Films, a special effects studio in Los Angeles. There were two days of fliming close-ups of Mr. Spock, one scene where he had bright lights flashing at this face. I had been asked if I had any large flashbulbs they could use for the shoot, and I did. It was the remenants of flashbulbs and a reflector I had dragged through some of the caves in Cuetzalan, Mexico while doing some cave photography. There was a worry that some of the bulbs could be cracked, in which case they would explode when fired, but luckily, none of them did during the several takes it took to film it. I worked in the darkroon and there was a sliding door leading to the front office and a hallway. As I opened the door one day, I was startled to find Lenard Nimoy leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette; he was in costume with his pointy ears, and all I could think of saying was, Hi, I understand you are from Boston. How lame, but still a notable recollection. --Ernie Garza ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Remembering Mr. Spock
Spock caved. --Don On Feb 27, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Sheryl Rieck via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: That's a really nice story. Sheryl Rieck sheryl.ri...@gmail.com You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime, you just might find you get what you need Rolling Stones On Feb 27, 2015, at 2:23 PM, via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: When the movie, Star Trek-the Motion Picture was filmed, I as working for Boss Films, a special effects studio in Los Angeles. There were two days of fliming close-ups of Mr. Spock, one scene where he had bright lights flashing at this face. I had been asked if I had any large flashbulbs they could use for the shoot, and I did. It was the remenants of flashbulbs and a reflector I had dragged through some of the caves in Cuetzalan, Mexico while doing some cave photography. There was a worry that some of the bulbs could be cracked, in which case they would explode when fired, but luckily, none of them did during the several takes it took to film it. I worked in the darkroon and there was a sliding door leading to the front office and a hallway. As I opened the door one day, I was startled to find Lenard Nimoy leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette; he was in costume with his pointy ears, and all I could think of saying was, Hi, I understand you are from Boston. How lame, but still a notable recollection. --Ernie Garza ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Remembering Mr. Spock
Very cool Ernie, thanks for sharing! He was a great man and will be missed. On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Mark Minton via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Ernie, You missed your opportunity to give the Vulcan salute and say, Live long and prosper! Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net On Fri, February 27, 2015 3:23 pm, via Texascavers wrote: When the movie, Star Trek-the Motion Picture was filmed, I as working for Boss Films, a special effects studio in Los Angeles. There were two days of fliming close-ups of Mr. Spock, one scene where he had bright lights flashing at this face. I had been asked if I had any large flashbulbs they could use for the shoot, and I did. It was the remenants of flashbulbs and a reflector I had dragged through some of the caves in Cuetzalan, Mexico while doing some cave photography. There was a worry that some of the bulbs could be cracked, in which case they would explode when fired, but luckily, none of them did during the several takes it took to film it. I worked in the darkroon and there was a sliding door leading to the front office and a hallway. As I opened the door one day, I was startled to find Lenard Nimoy leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette; he was in costume with his pointy ears, and all I could think of saying was, Hi, I understand you are from Boston. How lame, but still a notable recollection. --Ernie Garza ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Remembering Mr. Spock
I imagine he went up with his fingers spread and his ears pointing the way--- ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
Re: [Texascavers] Remembering Mr. Spock
Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock Julia G Germany germa...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com To: Cavetex texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Fri, Feb 27, 2015 4:31 pm Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Remembering Mr. Spock Very cool Ernie, thanks for sharing! He was a great man and will be missed. On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Mark Minton via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Ernie, You missed your opportunity to give the Vulcan salute and say, Live long and prosper! Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net On Fri, February 27, 2015 3:23 pm, via Texascavers wrote: When the movie, Star Trek-the Motion Picture was filmed, I as working for Boss Films, a special effects studio in Los Angeles. There were two days of fliming close-ups of Mr. Spock, one scene where he had bright lights flashing at this face. I had been asked if I had any large flashbulbs they could use for the shoot, and I did. It was the remenants of flashbulbs and a reflector I had dragged through some of the caves in Cuetzalan, Mexico while doing some cave photography. There was a worry that some of the bulbs could be cracked, in which case they would explode when fired, but luckily, none of them did during the several takes it took to film it. I worked in the darkroon and there was a sliding door leading to the front office and a hallway. As I opened the door one day, I was startled to find Lenard Nimoy leaning against the wall smoking a cigarette; he was in costume with his pointy ears, and all I could think of saying was, Hi, I understand you are from Boston. How lame, but still a notable recollection. --Ernie Garza ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
