Re: [Texascavers] Trip Report #3 of 50

2016-07-17 Thread Charles Loving via Texascavers 
Why do we need this silly useless commentary from Bockbeer. i could care
less if he's in Slobovia or Beaumont and who gives a damn about Netflix for
his daughter. You want dumb non caver comments Okley and I could fill the
pages. Bockbeer has gone off the deep end with tee total what ever it is?

On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 11:56 PM, David via Texascavers <
texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:

> As you might have guessed, I ignored everybody's advice and trudged
> westward.
>
> I drove all day in the intense desert sun, stopping every hour and driving
> a safe speed.
>
> I arrived at a nice motel in Lordsburg, New Mexico and surprisingly, it is
> operated by Motel 6.
>
> I had 2 minor mishaps:I leaned up against a wall at a roadside park
> and was covered in fire-ants.But I don't think any bit me.   But in the
> chaos, of dancing and brushing them off of me, I almost lost my charge-card
> in my pocket.   Speaking of which, today was the first time in 26 years
> that I used a charge card.
>
> And I was driving down the highway for 30 minutes with the hood not fully
> shut.Good thing Toyota made that latch sturdy.
>
> As I write this ( 11 pm on Saturday ) and look at the map I am only
> half-way and have been on the road a day and a half.   The hard part is
> still ahead.
>
> As I am typing this my daughter called me all hysterical in a fit of
> psychotic rage that she is about to take a sledgehammer to my fancy new
> Linux computer.   I forgot that I broke Netflix by installing a new
> kernel.   I was not expecting her to use it for another week or two.   I
> didn't have time to fix it before I left.   She was still supposed to be in
> Dallas.
>
> Anyways, I am going to get some sleep and ponder the reality of the drive
> home and how to salvage what is left of my mini-vacation.   Kartchner
> Caverns is an hour west of here, but I have been to that groad-hole before.
>
> David Locklear
>
> ___
> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com
> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/
> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
>
>


-- 
Charlie Loving
___
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] Trip Report #3 of 50

2016-07-17 Thread Bob Oakley via Texascavers 
there you go charlie- picking on the local pet raccoon..



From: Texascavers  on behalf of Charles 
Loving via Texascavers 
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 6:57 AM
To: Cavers Texas
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Trip Report #3 of 50

Why do we need this silly useless commentary from Bockbeer. i could care less 
if he's in Slobovia or Beaumont and who gives a damn about Netflix for his 
daughter. You want dumb non caver comments Okley and I could fill the pages. 
Bockbeer has gone off the deep end with tee total what ever it is?

On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 11:56 PM, David via Texascavers 
mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>> wrote:

As you might have guessed, I ignored everybody's advice and trudged westward.

I drove all day in the intense desert sun, stopping every hour and driving a 
safe speed.

I arrived at a nice motel in Lordsburg, New Mexico and surprisingly, it is 
operated by Motel 6.

I had 2 minor mishaps:I leaned up against a wall at a roadside park and was 
covered in fire-ants.But I don't think any bit me.   But in the chaos, of 
dancing and brushing them off of me, I almost lost my charge-card in my pocket. 
  Speaking of which, today was the first time in 26 years that I used a charge 
card.

And I was driving down the highway for 30 minutes with the hood not fully shut. 
   Good thing Toyota made that latch sturdy.

As I write this ( 11 pm on Saturday ) and look at the map I am only half-way 
and have been on the road a day and a half.   The hard part is still ahead.

As I am typing this my daughter called me all hysterical in a fit of psychotic 
rage that she is about to take a sledgehammer to my fancy new Linux computer.   
I forgot that I broke Netflix by installing a new kernel.   I was not expecting 
her to use it for another week or two.   I didn't have time to fix it before I 
left.   She was still supposed to be in Dallas.

Anyways, I am going to get some sleep and ponder the reality of the drive home 
and how to salvage what is left of my mini-vacation.   Kartchner Caverns is an 
hour west of here, but I have been to that groad-hole before.

David Locklear

___
Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com
Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/
http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers




--
Charlie Loving
___
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] Trip Report #3 of 50

2016-07-17 Thread Jerry via Texascavers 

 Au contraire mon ami !  Locklear provides entertainment to the masses and is 
easily deleted with little trouble or travail. Back to your cave ole surly 
hodag !

Jerry.


-Original Message-
From: Charles Loving via Texascavers 
To: Cavers Texas 
Sent: Sun, Jul 17, 2016 5:57 am
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Trip Report #3 of 50



Why do we need this silly useless commentary from Bockbeer. i could care less 
if he's in Slobovia or Beaumont and who gives a damn about Netflix for his 
daughter. You want dumb non caver comments Okley and I could fill the pages. 
Bockbeer has gone off the deep end with tee total what ever it is?


On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 11:56 PM, David via Texascavers 
 wrote:

As you might have guessed, I ignored everybody's advice and trudged westward.
I drove all day in the intense desert sun, stopping every hour and driving a 
safe speed.
I arrived at a nice motel in Lordsburg, New Mexico and surprisingly, it is 
operated by Motel 6.
I had 2 minor mishaps:I leaned up against a wall at a roadside park and was 
covered in fire-ants.But I don't think any bit me.   But in the chaos, of 
dancing and brushing them off of me, I almost lost my charge-card in my pocket. 
  Speaking of which, today was the first time in 26 years that I used a charge 
card.
And I was driving down the highway for 30 minutes with the hood not fully shut. 
   Good thing Toyota made that latch sturdy.
As I write this ( 11 pm on Saturday ) and look at the map I am only half-way 
and have been on the road a day and a half.   The hard part is still ahead.
As I am typing this my daughter called me all hysterical in a fit of psychotic 
rage that she is about to take a sledgehammer to my fancy new Linux computer.   
I forgot that I broke Netflix by installing a new kernel.   I was not expecting 
her to use it for another week or two.   I didn't have time to fix it before I 
left.   She was still supposed to be in Dallas.
Anyways, I am going to get some sleep and ponder the reality of the drive home 
and how to salvage what is left of my mini-vacation.   Kartchner Caverns is an 
hour west of here, but I have been to that groad-hole before.
David Locklear

___
Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com
Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/
http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers







-- 

Charlie Loving

___Texascavers mailing list | 
http://texascavers.comtexascav...@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] alternative convention trip report

2016-07-17 Thread Nancy Weaver via Texascavers 
written by nancy weaver.  freely available to anyone who wants to use it.

I have a safe predictable job and a safe predictable 
paycheck/pension/inheritance.  I safely and predictably preregister for NSS 
convention and put it on my calendar.  I load my safe and predictable vehicle 
with more stuff than the handcart expeditions took to settle Utah, and make 
reservations at safe, predictable camp spots/hotels.  Using my safe and 
predictable credit card, I arrive at Ely/fill in the blank without incident.  I 
go on safe and predictable field trips, attend safe and predictable salons and 
talks about gating caves to keep out the barbarians.  I used to be a barbarian, 
in fact thats how I got into in caving in the first place.  Now I am safe and 
predictable.
I drink lots of alcohol/smoke pot/fly a biplane/arrive in a pumpkin to show how 
wild I am.  Then I safely and predictably drive home.  Next year I will do the 
same thing.  Safely and predictably.  That is why I am a better person than 
David Locklear.

yr name here
___
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] alternative convention trip report

2016-07-17 Thread via Texascavers 
I have to say it was worth wading through all those other emails to be properly 
set-up for this gem.
Brilliant, Nancy
Thanks
Viv Loftin

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 1:16 PM, Nancy Weaver via Texascavers 
>  wrote:
> 
> written by nancy weaver.  freely available to anyone who wants to use it.
> 
> I have a safe predictable job and a safe predictable 
> paycheck/pension/inheritance.  I safely and predictably preregister for NSS 
> convention and put it on my calendar.  I load my safe and predictable vehicle 
> with more stuff than the handcart expeditions took to settle Utah, and make 
> reservations at safe, predictable camp spots/hotels.  Using my safe and 
> predictable credit card, I arrive at Ely/fill in the blank without incident.  
> I go on safe and predictable field trips, attend safe and predictable salons 
> and talks about gating caves to keep out the barbarians.  I used to be a 
> barbarian, in fact thats how I got into in caving in the first place.  Now I 
> am safe and predictable.
> I drink lots of alcohol/smoke pot/fly a biplane/arrive in a pumpkin to show 
> how wild I am.  Then I safely and predictably drive home.  Next year I will 
> do the same thing.  Safely and predictably.  That is why I am a better person 
> than David Locklear.
> 
> yr name here
> ___
> 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] alternative convention trip report

2016-07-17 Thread Nancy Weaver via Texascavers 
my point is not to disparage anyone but to note that in 20 some odd - the odder 
the better - years of caving, what got talked about around the campfire were 
the mishaps, the near disasters, the actual disasters narrowly averted, the 
crazy ones who lived way out on a limb (Boon, Hal Lloyd, and yes David) the 
pranks and antics and impractical jokes.  The bizarre and dangerous and 
ludicrous.  I’m glad I got to cave when I did.  Hope these things are still 
going on.

Nancy
___
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] Real alternative trip to the NSS Convention

2016-07-17 Thread Rafal Kedzierski via Texascavers 



After flurry of posts about NSS convention road trip, this is a real 
alternative report. Mark Gee made it there safe, drove straight from Dallas TX 
to Ely NV in 23 hours and 50 minutes, 1477 miles in total, if I heard it 
correctly on the phone- so averaging about 60 miles an hour. That's accounting 
for traffic in Las Vegas, which according to Mark slowed him down a bit.

So it can be done in one day, and can be done safely. It's not too late to get 
there,

RK

  ___
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] alternative convention trip report

2016-07-17 Thread Andy Gluesenkamp via Texascavers 
He makes storm chasers sound boring and his train wrecks are far more exciting 
and tragic than any story Ediger can tell. A quixotic Ahab, chasing anchovies.  
In Lubbock. Year after year.  
In the crazed planning, execution, and repetition lie the the answer to why 
many listen.  

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 17, 2016, at 1:16 PM, Nancy Weaver via Texascavers 
>  wrote:
> 
> written by nancy weaver.  freely available to anyone who wants to use it.
> 
> I have a safe predictable job and a safe predictable 
> paycheck/pension/inheritance.  I safely and predictably preregister for NSS 
> convention and put it on my calendar.  I load my safe and predictable vehicle 
> with more stuff than the handcart expeditions took to settle Utah, and make 
> reservations at safe, predictable camp spots/hotels.  Using my safe and 
> predictable credit card, I arrive at Ely/fill in the blank without incident.  
> I go on safe and predictable field trips, attend safe and predictable salons 
> and talks about gating caves to keep out the barbarians.  I used to be a 
> barbarian, in fact thats how I got into in caving in the first place.  Now I 
> am safe and predictable.
> I drink lots of alcohol/smoke pot/fly a biplane/arrive in a pumpkin to show 
> how wild I am.  Then I safely and predictably drive home.  Next year I will 
> do the same thing.  Safely and predictably.  That is why I am a better person 
> than David Locklear.
> 
> yr name here
> ___
> 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] frolicking in Arizona

2016-07-17 Thread David via Texascavers 
I should be just north of Phoenix by 1 pm. today.
( mountain time )

Since numerous cavers have encouraged me to drive on to Ely with generous
offers of financial donations, I thought I
would simplify it, and say I have a QuikPay account using my email address
at:

dlocklea...@gmail.com

Any donations will eventually be passed on someday to a cave-related
project.   Any loans will be paid back at 10%.

Please do not send too much, or I will end up like Lamar Odom.

So far, the most uneventful thing that has happened on this trip is that my
new SUV did not come with floor mats, and the windshield washer pump either
has a blown fuse or is broken.

David Locklear

Ref.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_Odom
___
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] Trip-report #1 of 50

2016-07-17 Thread Fritz Holt via Texascavers 
A trip well planned. 
Fritz

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 15, 2016, at 5:42 PM, David via Texascavers 
>  wrote:
> 
> I updated my CL rider page to include Austin area
> 
> http://austin.craigslist.org/rid/5684934740.html
> 
> In theory, my road-trip is feasible to Flagstaff and back.
> So my realistic goal is just to have a nice road-trip and be back in Houston 
> late next week.
> 
> I am already 6 hours behind schedule.   I plan to dig thru my rental storage 
> unit in Brenham here shortly, and see if I can find anything I might need for 
> a big road-trip.   
> 
> I think that I left town with nothing but the clothes I am wearing and a set 
> of jumper cables, as I did not get to go home after I got off work. 
>  
> 
> David Locklear
> ___
> 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] Trip Report #2 of 50

2016-07-17 Thread Fritz Holt via Texascavers 
Friend, David,
I must have missed your original post on your new SUV that you have mentioned 
several times. What is it? Details please. I already know the gas milage. By 
the way, what happened to the HONDA Fit and the Suzuki Bergman scooter that you 
owned?
Fritz Holt
fritz...@gmail.com

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 16, 2016, at 11:38 AM, David via Texascavers 
>  wrote:
> 
> I am eating lunch now, Saturday the 16th, in the scenic quaint little town of 
> Ozona, Texas.  
> 
> I have only driven 411 miles, not counting an hour side-trip wasted to get 
> some gear.It is somebody elses turn to drive now.The NSS Howdy Party 
> might as well be on the Moon at this point in my journey.
> 
> Here are 3 photos from my trip so far.
> 
> https://goo.gl/photos/DE17vJgA3r9YatJR8
> 
> Anyway rational person would find a nice shady campground with a natural 
> swimming hole and call the trip a success.However, I am not known in any 
> parts for rationality.
> 
> As I typed this message, my #1 client just texted me and offered to pay me a 
> respectable amount of cash to come to their office today and do some work.
> I am trying to convince them to save it till I get back.They do not like 
> to hear that.Had the jerks given me more notice, I would have most likely 
> planned a different trip.But they allegedly agreed.
> 
> On a related note, driving across the desert in the middle of the summer in 
> the middle of the day is an asinine idea.   
> 
> My new SUV is getting 16 mpg on the flats, but only 8 mpg on the uphill 
> stretches.
> 
> I probably should just go to Lake Balmorhea and spend the night and head 
> home.Right ??
> 
> Or head south to a bar in Ciudad Acuna ??
> 
> David Locklear
> ___
> 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] Road-trip ??

2016-07-17 Thread Fritz Holt via Texascavers 
I now see that David has a "new" 2008 Sequoia spacious gas guzzler. I still 
want to know the fate of his Honda Fit that I thought was purchased new a few 
years ago. What year model was it, David?
Fritz

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 16, 2016, at 7:45 AM, Charles Loving via Texascavers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Why would anyone in their right mind want to go to Vegas? But then it is, 
> Bockbeer. Go to Ely which also has gambling and houses of ill repute as well 
> as bar that I am sure have vodka and there you can sit with your pals instead 
> of the creep Vegas goers. 
> 
> Once in a life time in Vegas by mistake was enough for me. I lost my $20 in a 
> matter of seconds. 
> 
>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:24 AM, David via Texascavers 
>>  wrote:
>> There is a 4 % chance I am leaving Houston tonight ( Friday ) and driving to 
>> Vegas in my new 2008 Sequoia SUV.
>> 
>> I am tentatively offering a one-way ride to Vegas as I pass thru Austin or 
>> San Antonio.   I have room for 3 people.
>> 
>> Waiting on my jerk customers to pay me, before I can commit.
>> 
>> Not planning on making it to Ely unless stars suddenly line up in a divine 
>> miraculous way, meaning 3 supernovas would have to suddenly appear forming a 
>> perfect Equilateral Triangle bright above the western horizon.
>> 
>> David Locklear
>> 281-995-8487 ( text-line )
>> 
>> 
>> ___
>> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com
>> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: 
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/
>> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Charlie Loving
> ___
> 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] Ely / Convention related

2016-07-17 Thread David via Texascavers 
Please forward this to any caver list-serve

For any caver driving to Ely Sunday night or before lunch on Monday

Hotel invitation:

I have a fancy swanky motel in the town of Caliente just south of Ely.

Room #1 at Rainbow Canyon Motel before the Sinclair Gas Station.

I have room for 3 cavers on the floor and one joining me in my cozy
king-size bed if you don't mind me snoring loud.

Knock loud 4 times on the door and say David or caver.

my email works here

 dlocklea...@gmail.com

There is nothing else for 100 miles in any direction.   Oztotl must have
been watching over me tonight.

David Locklear
281-995-8487
( doubt cell service works )

NSS #27639
___
Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com
Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/
http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers