[Texascavers] Facebook event for TCMA Save the Caves Fundraiser at Buffalo Billiards
Please consider support caves by buying event tickets and raffle tickets early and having a great time at Buffalo Billiards in Austin on August 3rd! https://www.facebook.com/events/2197458153707192/ ___ 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] Video "clip" of the week
I am giving the video in the link below a merit award, but only as a "clip," and not as an entire video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E-xFXON0BU at 50 seconds, the cameraman has to get out of the way, and so for about 30 seconds the clip is not watchable, but then the caver being filmed appears to bypass the awkward restriction. I have been in several wet squeezes. Klar's Ranch Salamander Cave ( # 1 or # 2 ?? ) Eriks River Cave in Indiana, and Lamplighter's Cave in Indiana. I have been stuck momentarily in some dry squeezes The One-Legged-Man Passage in Airman's ( long legs ), and The Corkscrew in Midnight Cave in Carta Valley ( only because I was fat ) I think any other tight spots that I encountered ( in the late 80's ) where only because I was 6 feet tall and had broad shoulders and was over-weight. D.L. I have a question for you. Imagine yourself as self-employed and all alone operating some sort of business - as your only source of income ( no other money coming in ). How much money, would you realistically expect to profit per day after subtracting expenses and taxes ? I don't see how anybody can do it. I worked my tail off today, and while I may eventually someday get paid $ 100 for that work, I had $ 50 in gas expenses, and overhead related to an office, fax machine, internet, cell-phone, car repairs, taxes. ( One can write off just about everything though, so when it is all said and done, there is not enough taxable income to even pay for social security ) But you got to figure in the dead-days, or in my case dead-weeks. I do pay my fair share of taxes, as I eat out 14 meals per week, and stay in motels, and buy lots and lots of gas.For the past 21 years, about 10 % of my income probably went to sales taxes. ___ 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] UT Grotto Meeting 7/17 7:30pm
It’s Alma Estrada Rodriguez. Here’s a link to a video of Alma’s keynote speech at the NSS convention last month. Tomorrow night’s presentation by her will be different. https://vimeo.com/343819967 Bill Steele speleoste...@aol.com > On Jul 15, 2019, at 10:41 PM, Underground Texas Grotto > wrote: > > Greetings Cavers, > > We meet again this coming Wednesday, July 17th at 7:30 pm at The High Road on > Dawson - 700 Dawson Road, Austin, TX 78704, off Barton Springs Road. Please, > no outside food or beverages. They have happy hours from 5-7 pm for $2-$3 > beers, otherwise beer is $3-$4 and a burger with fries is $5. Arrive early to > order! > > > You don't need to be a member of the UT Grotto to attend this presentation - > you can learn how to become a member at the meeting, if that interests you. > You can also learn about more caving opportunities locally, and throughout > the world. > > > > Our featured speaker for the evening is Estrada Rodriguez Alma, who will > present the tale of her experiences with Proyecto Espeleologico Sistema > Huautla, which she has partnered with since 2016 to provide diplomatic > assistance to cavers exploring Sistema Huautla, in her traditional Mazatec > home Of Huautla de Jimenez, Oaxaca. An experienced educator, she has served > as a liason between cavers exploring the system and the local people, sharing > her knowledge of Mazatec ritual and the science of caves to educate both > groups in important ways to bridge cultures with the understanding of the > importance of the cave system and the people who live above them. > > Kara Savvas > UTG Vice President > > Photo credit Drew Thompson > > > > ___ > 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
