Re: [ot_caving] a semi-funny personal story

2008-08-21 Thread Don Cooper
You are like a big cottonwood leaf tossed about by the winds of Karma. -WaV On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:20 PM, David wrote: > I was riding my scooter all day in the rain today, because > I decided to leave my rainsuit at home. > > I decided to find a store to go in and dry off.The nearest > st

[Texascavers] NSS Convention 2008 related

2008-08-21 Thread David
Here is the tropical storm update on the town where the NSS Convention was held last week. http://www.lakecityreporter.com/articles/2008/08/21/news/doc48acdc285f486415747218.txt

[ot_caving] a semi-funny personal story

2008-08-21 Thread David
I was riding my scooter all day in the rain today, because I decided to leave my rainsuit at home. I decided to find a store to go in and dry off.The nearest store was a Goodwill Store so I pulled in there. They had the A/C on so I started feeling cold. Then I realized there were dry clot

[Texascavers] RE: Texas Cavers at Convention

2008-08-21 Thread Minton, Mark
>Somehow Cobb managed to clone himself So did Jay Jorden! Great job putting all of those images together, Grace! Mark Minton

Re: [ot_caving] Re: [Texascavers] OT - Tropical Storm Fay

2008-08-21 Thread CaverArch
WaV, Curiosity got the better of me on Friday and I went out to WeaselWorld on Friday after poking around the University of Florida campus to see how it had changed in 35 years or so. But I put the fear of God into the Sleazeweasel first by bringing along a Panama City friend who's lived i

[ot_caving] Re: [Texascavers] OT - Tropical Storm Fay

2008-08-21 Thread Don Cooper
I wonder if the Fu King Chinese Restaurant is going to suffer the brunt of it? (But once you've seen one Fu King Chinese Restaurant - I guess you've seen 'em all) _WaV PS: Did anyone run into Bill Morgan aka Sleazeweazel at the convention? On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:42 PM, David wrote: > The camp

[Texascavers] Texas Cavers at convention

2008-08-21 Thread Ernest Garza
Note: David Locklear managed to corral almost all the Texas cavers at the Terminal Syphons concert--it was like herding cats, but we managed to get most of 'em. Thanks to David and Grace for their efforts. --Ernie Garza - V

RE: [ot_caving] Cheese Freeze - used food

2008-08-21 Thread Bill Bentley-Webmail
Is he storing this cheese with all that good insulin he found a wile back? From one who has his type II Diabetes in remission! :) Bill Quoting Louise Power : DC, This may interest you: Freezing Cheese Alice Henneman, MS, RD, UNL Extension in Lancaster County Hard or semi-hard cheese can

RE: [ot_caving] Cheese Freeze - used food

2008-08-21 Thread Louise Power
DC, This may interest you: Freezing Cheese Alice Henneman, MS, RD, UNL Extension in Lancaster County Hard or semi-hard cheese can be frozen if cut in one half to one pound blocks. Wrap in plastic wrap and then put in freezer bags. After freezing, cheese may become crumbly and mealy, but, it

Re: [Texascavers] Texas Cavers at Convention

2008-08-21 Thread Joe Ranzau
Hmm... Somehow Cobb managed to clone himself and I spy a yankee from Carlsbad! On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Grace Borengasser wrote: > Hey, > > Ernie got some shots of the Texan band of cavers at the campground party > Wednesday night at convention. He asked me to put them together into one

[Texascavers] Texas Cavers at Convention

2008-08-21 Thread Grace Borengasser
Hey, Ernie got some shots of the Texan band of cavers at the campground party Wednesday night at convention. He asked me to put them together into one image and share it with all of you. Here's the link: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2784189305_9de844999d_b.jpg Enjoy, Grace

[Texascavers] OT - Tropical Storm Fay

2008-08-21 Thread David
The campground at the former NSS Convention is forecasted to have tropical storm conditions for the several days, and rain for 10 days. I bet is it already underwater. I can imagine it will be under 6 inches of water in a few days, and look like a lake with a big tree out in the middle and alliga

[Texascavers] more new LED flashlights

2008-08-21 Thread David
Check out this new LED flashlight by Leatherman: http://hotautoprods.search-autoparts.com/hotautoprods/data/articlestandard/hotautoprods/322008/533961/S3_Beauty.gif You could probably clip it to your chest harness so that you have a back up light in a vertical emergency. Leatherman claims to be

[Texascavers] Deep Roots

2008-08-21 Thread CaverArch
Cave discovery of 40 Bronze Age skeletons in the Lichtenstein Cave: BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Uncovering the ultimate family tree The 3,000-year-old skeletons were in such good condition that anthropologists at the University of Goettingen managed to extract a sample of DNA. That was then mat

Re: [Texascavers] RE: All border crossings to be put into a data base.

2008-08-21 Thread Scott Nicholson
A Boquillas   We travel to Big Bend every Thanksgiving and have been doing so for about 20 years now.  We have very very fond & hazy memories of lost days & evenings spent playing pool, eating tacos (3/$1), drinking beer and sotol  until we saw triple, and then stumbling back to the

[Texascavers] RE: Friday night campground shenanigans from NSS Convention

2008-08-21 Thread Minton, Mark
Jim Kennedy said: >Rory Tinston sent this link to the psychedelic light show photos from the >campground Friday night. All done with long exposures and various people >moving lights about. Way cool. There's one of me, and some other Texas >cavers you may recognize. Enjoy! Here'

[Texascavers] RE: All border crossings to be put into a data base.

2008-08-21 Thread Minton, Mark
Mike Gross said: The crossing at Boquillas had been unstaffed on either side at least since the early 1970's. The same was true at Lajitas, where one could drive across the Río Grande at low water. Nancy Weaver and I did that one time in the midst of a group of kayakers coming do

[Texascavers] Nominations for TSA Officers

2008-08-21 Thread Linda Palit
Nominations for TSA Officers for 2009 are now open. Please send me name of those you would like to nominate, and I will contact and see if they are willing to run. Nominations will be open until September 22, which is a month. Ballots then can be prepared. In the interest of making the vic

[Texascavers] Job posting on ecojobs.com web site

2008-08-21 Thread Geary Schindel
Folks, I'm passing along this posting for a job announcement at the Edwards Aquifer Authority in San Antonio, Texas. This is a program manager position for the Environmental Protection program and will work directly on protecting the aquifer (and cave and karst areas). If you think you're int

[ot_caving] Cheese Freeze - used food

2008-08-21 Thread Don Cooper
Yesterday I became the proud owner of 40 lbs of cheese. It's a 5 to 1 mixture of diced mozzerella and cheddar. The stuff comes shipped frozen - and as so would remain viable, good or "fresh" until some time next year. However, once thawed - as it were - still packaged - it only has a 3 day "shelf

RE: [Texascavers] All border crossings to be put into a data base.

2008-08-21 Thread Geary Schindel
You may want to get on the Big Bend Chat Page or the Big Bend National Park web page and see what the latest information is on crossings. Geary -Original Message- From: Nico Escamilla [mailto:pitboun...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:27 PM To: Mike Gross Cc: Ted Sa