Re: [Texascavers] another intimate personal story

2017-06-24 Thread Julia Germany via Texascavers 
To be immortalized in a Charles Loving cartoon is quite an honor bestowed upon 
very few cavers. He always uses a play on or the commonly known nickname of the 
caver. Bockbeer is a great one. Many people like Bock Beer, and Locklear.  :)

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On Jun 24, 2017, at 07:01, Charles Loving via Texascavers 
> wrote:

I like Bockbeer and have messed about with him a few times. He is a real hoot. 
I guess my comments about him and my Bockbeer comic were taken the wrong way. 
The last episode had him in the hands of the Giant naked women of the under 
world and Karst Walker and BS trying to rescue him. The tequila mobile was also 
involved flown by another well known caver. It had drilled down the area in 
question. BS was involved with a monster rising from a sumpmcand Karst was  
about to be sacrificed to the Cave Gods. That was to be continued.

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Nancy Weaver via Texascavers 
> wrote:
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
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Re: [Texascavers] another intimate personal story

2017-06-24 Thread Charles Loving via Texascavers 
I like Bockbeer and have messed about with him a few times. He is a real
hoot. I guess my comments about him and my Bockbeer comic were taken the
wrong way. The last episode had him in the hands of the Giant naked women
of the under world and Karst Walker and BS trying to rescue him. The
tequila mobile was also involved flown by another well known caver. It had
drilled down the area in question. BS was involved with a monster rising
from a sumpmcand Karst was  about to be sacrificed to the Cave Gods. That
was to be continued.

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Nancy Weaver via Texascavers <
texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:

> 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
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Re: [Texascavers] another intimate personal story

2017-06-23 Thread Nancy Weaver via Texascavers 
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
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Re: [Texascavers] another intimate personal story

2017-06-23 Thread Mallory via Texascavers 
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

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> 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
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Re: [Texascavers] another intimate personal story

2017-06-23 Thread Louise Power via Texascavers 
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 <texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com> on behalf of David via 
Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com>
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
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[Texascavers] another intimate personal story

2017-06-23 Thread David via Texascavers 
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
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