RE: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers
SO WOULD I. Fritz _ From: Quinta [mailto:qui...@clearwire.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:02 PM To: Minton, Mark; Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers It is easy to say things with out thinking - I have and do it often myself. Sure would like to go back to Devils Sinkhole!!! sigh Quinta From: Minton, Mark <mailto:mmin...@nmhu.edu> To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:21 AM Subject: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers >Gee Mark, maybe we're just disabled cavers who would like to go but can't. Maybe we should just shoot ourselves since, apparently, if you can't go caving, life just isn't worth living. >Thank you Louise for defending disabled cavers - me for one. Sorry, I was not intending to discredit anyone. Maybe you're not really an ex-caver as long as you remain a caver at heart, especially if you have a physical limitation. That hadn't occurred to me. We all become arm-chair cavers someday, if we live that long. Mark Minton
Re: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers
It is easy to say things with out thinking - I have and do it often myself. Sure would like to go back to Devils Sinkhole!!! sigh Quinta From: Minton, Mark To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:21 AM Subject: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers >Gee Mark, maybe we're just disabled cavers who would like to go but can't. Maybe we should just shoot ourselves since, apparently, if you can't go caving, life just isn't worth living. >Thank you Louise for defending disabled cavers - me for one. Sorry, I was not intending to discredit anyone. Maybe you're not really an ex-caver as long as you remain a caver at heart, especially if you have a physical limitation. That hadn't occurred to me. We all become arm-chair cavers someday, if we live that long. Mark Minton
Re: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers
Thank you Louise for defending disabled cavers - me for one. I would rather be crawling but sure can not do any more. I miss it very much and this list sure helps. Quinta Wilkinson - Original Message - From: Louise Power To: mmin...@nmhu.edu ; Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 5:05 PM Subject: RE: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers Gee Mark, maybe we're just disabled cavers who would like to go but can't. Maybe we should just shoot ourselves since, apparently, if you can't go caving, life just isn't worth living. Louise Bill Steele said: >It seems to me if you haven't been in a cave in the past year, and you're reading this, then you are an above-ground caver. Sometimes I call them surface-cavers. Those are more popularly known as armchair cavers. :-) >Then there are those surface-cavers who haven't been in a cave in more than 20 years. They could be called the surface-cavers emeritus. In other words, non-cavers or ex-cavers. Sad. Mark Minton - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
RE: [Texascavers] RE: Above ground cavers
Gee Mark, maybe we're just disabled cavers who would like to go but can't. Maybe we should just shoot ourselves since, apparently, if you can't go caving, life just isn't worth living. Louise Bill Steele said: >It seems to me if you haven't been in a cave in the past year, and you're reading this, then you are an above-ground caver. Sometimes I call them surface-cavers. Those are more popularly known as armchair cavers. :-) >Then there are those surface-cavers who haven't been in a cave in more than 20 years. They could be called the surface-cavers emeritus. In other words, non-cavers or ex-cavers. Sad. Mark Minton - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com