Re: [Texascavers] another intimate personal story
Mallory - so well written and I totally agree. I have zero interest in going to convention any how righteous I feel about the decision as I read David’s travails. I also recall very fondly the ICS in Kerrville when at some banquet or another David set up a golf pitch which added immensely to the pleasure of ‘just another’ meal. I’m always so amazed by the rather sour folks who diss him. Just don’t read it. Or better yet, see a shrink and figure out why David’s trip reports make you so angry. cheers, 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
Re: [Texascavers] Need small group of cavers for 'emergency' trip into O9 well
there are loads of vertically competent cavers returning from convention. Maybe they could make a small detour and meet you there On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Ben Hutchins via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > Hello cavers, > > I was contacted by the rancher that leases the property above O9 well. He > needs a small group of cavers to go down the entrance drop and flush out > the pipe at the base of the windmill. I am not exactly sure of the issue, > but I think that one of the wooden rods within the pipe broke and the > shattered pieces of wood need to be flushed out so that the remaining > wooden rods can be reinserted before they dry and warp. > > This will only take a group of 3 cavers, but everyone needs to be > competent on rope, and the trip must include someone that has rigged the > entrance drop before. And it needs to be ASAP (preferably this weekend or > early next week at the latest). If interested and able, call me at 512 > 212 0230 <(512)%20212-0230>. > > thanks, > Ben Hutchins > > ___ > 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] Need small group of cavers for 'emergency' trip into O9 well
Hello cavers, I was contacted by the rancher that leases the property above O9 well. He needs a small group of cavers to go down the entrance drop and flush out the pipe at the base of the windmill. I am not exactly sure of the issue, but I think that one of the wooden rods within the pipe broke and the shattered pieces of wood need to be flushed out so that the remaining wooden rods can be reinserted before they dry and warp. This will only take a group of 3 cavers, but everyone needs to be competent on rope, and the trip must include someone that has rigged the entrance drop before. And it needs to be ASAP (preferably this weekend or early next week at the latest). If interested and able, call me at 512 212 0230. thanks, Ben Hutchins ___ 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] another intimate personal story
I, for one, am enjoying this story. David, where in the world is your Sequoia? Some other town with a random mechanic? Won't it cost you more money to get it fixed once the issues are diagnosed? And if it does get fixed, won't you have to bribe some estranged relative to give you a ride back to pick it up? Or take another bus? I think your spreadsheet this morning really lowballed the expenses you're going to end up incurring because of this trip. I've always followed these NSS adventures--they're entertaining, mind-boggling, and always fresh. I remember back in...let's see, 2010? Whenever it was you drove to Vermont, I was working at a staffing company and most of that summer I was out making sales calls to potential clients. I would drive from office to office around in the blazing sun, and on my breaks and at lunch I would read your updates. I have to admit, I gritted my teeth back then, thinking, "why does this guy get to have all the fun while I slave and sweat down here at work all day?" I was pretty bitter. But I have to say that 1. If I had a nickel for every time your emails made me giggle you could fix your Sequoia and 2. If I spent as much money as you on poorly planned road trips I wouldn't have any nickels to give you. I guess it's all a question of priorities. I will suggest that if you're going to go through the effort and expense to go to convention every year you should stay the week instead of just going to the Howdy Party, it's way more fun. But you keep doing you, boo. You keep doing you. Mallory Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 23, 2017, at 11:08 AM, David via Texascavers > wrote: > > In hindsight, I could have attended the entire NSS convention had I left the > Sequoia in Houston and just hitch-hiked straight to Albuquerque. > > > The data below is just to give someone an idea what can happen on a ill-fated > road-trip: > > Below is a rough summary of my expenses so far: > > Gas to drive to Decatur: $ 40 > Money given to my ride $ 100 > 1 Day Pass at NSS$ 60 > Motel in Decatur$ 73 > Motel in Rhome. $ 65 > Mobile mechanic $ 500 > Bus ride $ 59 > Misc expenses. $ 20.75 > City bus fare. $ 3.25 Albuquerque casino. $ > 10 > > Approximate total.$ 931 > > Craigslist rider credit. + $ 76 > > Approximate subtotal $ 855 > > The casino loss was stupid, but I will just skip casino trips to Lake Charles > and lotto tickets for a few months to make up for that. > > The $ 60 to the NSS is a worthy expense. Right ?? > > I might have missed 2 days of potential work.I certainly missed 2 days of > relaxing in my motel in Houston which was already paid for. > > I did learn some road-trip concepts that would help me on future trips, if I > had some common-sense and were not so hard-headed stubborn. > > The 2 unecessary motel fees were something that I did not budget for, and > were due entirely to me compromising my route in order to carpool with a > quasi-caver. > > But I think it seems obvious now that trying to get from Arcola, TX to Rio > Rancho, NM for a 4 day vacation road-trip was a really bad idea and the odds > of success were very low. > > > The mechanic still has not done a compression test or been able to get the > Sequoia to come close to starting and they have had it 26 hours. The > mobile-mechanic had it driveable in under 2 hours, but it only started > briefly once again before it would no longer start. > > > I heard a rumor that the NSS made about $ 80 of my LED light donations. > > I did say "Howdy" to over a hundred people at The Howdy Party, but only > briefly spoke to about 10 cavers, as I knew very few people there. > > There is a girl that I had really hoped to see at the convention and I did > get to talk with her for about 3 minutes. That sort of has intangible value, > even though she probably doesn't know me, or worse, thinks negatively of me. > I often wonder, if my life would have been different had I married a girl > that likes caves, instead of one that doesn't like caves. She was someone I > would have like to have known when I was a bachelor. > > Unfortunately, I paid for all of the above on credit. So the aftermath of > the reality of the damage has not hit me yet. > > 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] another intimate personal story
Is this stuff we really need to know or are really interested in? People who are of adult age who don't act responsibly, either physically or fiscally, should not be putting this out to other people. Makes them look STUPID. And most of us really don't care. From: Texascavers on behalf of David via Texascavers Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 9:08 AM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Cc: David Subject: [Texascavers] another intimate personal story In hindsight, I could have attended the entire NSS convention had I left the Sequoia in Houston and just hitch-hiked straight to Albuquerque. The data below is just to give someone an idea what can happen on a ill-fated road-trip: Below is a rough summary of my expenses so far: Gas to drive to Decatur: $ 40 Money given to my ride $ 100 1 Day Pass at NSS$ 60 Motel in Decatur$ 73 Motel in Rhome. $ 65 Mobile mechanic $ 500 Bus ride $ 59 Misc expenses. $ 20.75 City bus fare. $ 3.25 Albuquerque casino. $ 10 Approximate total.$ 931 Craigslist rider credit. + $ 76 Approximate subtotal $ 855 The casino loss was stupid, but I will just skip casino trips to Lake Charles and lotto tickets for a few months to make up for that. The $ 60 to the NSS is a worthy expense. Right ?? I might have missed 2 days of potential work.I certainly missed 2 days of relaxing in my motel in Houston which was already paid for. I did learn some road-trip concepts that would help me on future trips, if I had some common-sense and were not so hard-headed stubborn. The 2 unecessary motel fees were something that I did not budget for, and were due entirely to me compromising my route in order to carpool with a quasi-caver. But I think it seems obvious now that trying to get from Arcola, TX to Rio Rancho, NM for a 4 day vacation road-trip was a really bad idea and the odds of success were very low. The mechanic still has not done a compression test or been able to get the Sequoia to come close to starting and they have had it 26 hours. The mobile-mechanic had it driveable in under 2 hours, but it only started briefly once again before it would no longer start. I heard a rumor that the NSS made about $ 80 of my LED light donations. I did say "Howdy" to over a hundred people at The Howdy Party, but only briefly spoke to about 10 cavers, as I knew very few people there. There is a girl that I had really hoped to see at the convention and I did get to talk with her for about 3 minutes. That sort of has intangible value, even though she probably doesn't know me, or worse, thinks negatively of me. I often wonder, if my life would have been different had I married a girl that likes caves, instead of one that doesn't like caves. She was someone I would have like to have known when I was a bachelor. Unfortunately, I paid for all of the above on credit. So the aftermath of the reality of the damage has not hit me yet. 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] another intimate personal story
In hindsight, I could have attended the entire NSS convention had I left the Sequoia in Houston and just hitch-hiked straight to Albuquerque. The data below is just to give someone an idea what can happen on a ill-fated road-trip: Below is a rough summary of my expenses so far: Gas to drive to Decatur: $ 40 Money given to my ride $ 100 1 Day Pass at NSS$ 60 Motel in Decatur$ 73 Motel in Rhome. $ 65 Mobile mechanic $ 500 Bus ride $ 59 Misc expenses. $ 20.75 City bus fare. $ 3.25 Albuquerque casino. $ 10 Approximate total.$ 931 Craigslist rider credit. + $ 76 Approximate subtotal $ 855 The casino loss was stupid, but I will just skip casino trips to Lake Charles and lotto tickets for a few months to make up for that. The $ 60 to the NSS is a worthy expense. Right ?? I might have missed 2 days of potential work.I certainly missed 2 days of relaxing in my motel in Houston which was already paid for. I did learn some road-trip concepts that would help me on future trips, if I had some common-sense and were not so hard-headed stubborn. The 2 unecessary motel fees were something that I did not budget for, and were due entirely to me compromising my route in order to carpool with a quasi-caver. But I think it seems obvious now that trying to get from Arcola, TX to Rio Rancho, NM for a 4 day vacation road-trip was a really bad idea and the odds of success were very low. The mechanic still has not done a compression test or been able to get the Sequoia to come close to starting and they have had it 26 hours. The mobile-mechanic had it driveable in under 2 hours, but it only started briefly once again before it would no longer start. I heard a rumor that the NSS made about $ 80 of my LED light donations. I did say "Howdy" to over a hundred people at The Howdy Party, but only briefly spoke to about 10 cavers, as I knew very few people there. There is a girl that I had really hoped to see at the convention and I did get to talk with her for about 3 minutes. That sort of has intangible value, even though she probably doesn't know me, or worse, thinks negatively of me. I often wonder, if my life would have been different had I married a girl that likes caves, instead of one that doesn't like caves. She was someone I would have like to have known when I was a bachelor. Unfortunately, I paid for all of the above on credit. So the aftermath of the reality of the damage has not hit me yet. 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
