[Texascavers] Going to TCR - anybody driving past the Austin airport on Sat?

2008-10-08 Thread Fofo
Hi! Well, for the three people who might care, I'm going to TCR!!! It'll be good to be there after several years of suffering of TCR Deprivation Syndrome. I'm arriving on Saturday at 2 pm to the Austin airport. My plan is to rent a car, but if somebody just so happens to be driving by and

[Texascavers] Anyone with a TV at TCR this w/e who'll be watching the UT/OU game?

2008-10-08 Thread Stefan Creaser
Hi TCR go-ers... No, I won't be abandoning my cooking duties, but I know someone who might... Will there be anyone at TCR who'll be bringing their TV to watch the game? Cheers, Stefan -- Stefan Creaser stefan.crea...@arm.com ARM Inc.

Re: [Texascavers] Anyone with a TV at TCR this w/e who'll be watching the UT/OU game?

2008-10-08 Thread John Brooks
What game? Baseball? Aggie football? Pea knuckle world championships? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Stefan Creaser stefan.crea...@arm.com wrote: Hi TCR go-ers... No, I won't be abandoning my cooking duties, but I know someone who might... Will there be anyone at TCR who'll

RE: [Texascavers] Anyone with a TV at TCR this w/e who'll be watching the UT/OU game?

2008-10-08 Thread Stefan Creaser
I dunno. Some game played with the hands, so horribly mis-named, I think... -Original Message- From: John Brooks [mailto:jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net] What game? Baseball? Aggie football? Pea knuckle world championships? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Stefan Creaser

[Texascavers] TV at TCR

2008-10-08 Thread keith heuss
What is TV.  I haven't had one in years and I don't miss it all Keith

[Allcavers] Fwd: [Texascavers] learn to survey and enter the survey contest at TCR!

2008-10-08 Thread Diana Tomchick
Begin forwarded message: From: David Ochel li...@ochel.net Date: October 7, 2008 9:11:05 PM CDT To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] learn to survey and enter the survey contest at TCR! Hey y'all, Another TCR announcement... on Saturday, you will have the opportunity

[Texascavers] Robber Baron Workday - Sat. Oct 25

2008-10-08 Thread Joe Mitchell
Final Robber Baron Restoration Project Work Day! Thanks to the hard work of 250 people who have put in more than 3500 hours of work over five years, the Robber Baron project is nearly complete. There is only one more regular work day planned for Saturday, Oct 25. Thanks to the 53

[Texascavers] Robber Baron Open House and Caver Celebration

2008-10-08 Thread Joe Mitchell
You are invited to join TCMA and the Bexar Grotto for the Robber Baron Open House and Caver Celebration Day on Saturday, November 8 to celebrate the completion of the restoration project! We want to thank everyone who has helped make the project a success, give a chance for our neighbors

[Texascavers] Vendors and Book Sales at TCR

2008-10-08 Thread Ann Scott
Hey y'all! Just a quick note to say that the TSS will be having their publications for sale. The TSA store will have lots of cool things for sale, too! Look for the AMCS publications to be for sale in the same area! Don't forget to bring objects to donate for sale at the TCMA garage

[ot_caving] Liberatariovich

2008-10-08 Thread Gill Ediger
At 05:49 PM 10/8/2008, Scott Nicholson wrote: He said he couuld trace our current financial crisis on our mistaking freedom for consumerism. I agree with him... We've shifted to a mindset wherein it is our birthright as Americans to rabidly consume...often beyond our means. One of the

[ot_caving] FW: Homeowners in crisis need relief now

2008-10-08 Thread Fritz Holt
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Re: [ot_caving] FW: Homeowners in crisis need relief now

2008-10-08 Thread Scott Nicholson
tongue-in-cheek. I guess I'm S.O.L. since I've been making my house payments all these years.  Too bad I lived within my means and tried to be responsible about how much house I purchased... I wonder if it's too late for me to miss a few payments so I can be in a position to get some

RE: [ot_caving] FW: Homeowners in crisis need relief now

2008-10-08 Thread Fritz Holt
The congress and lenders are not all to blame but did encourage and entice people to buy homes that couldn't afford them. The normal increases in taxes and insurance premiums which annually increase escrow payments would have made it impossible for many to meet their obligation even without the

RE: [ot_caving] FW: Homeowners in crisis need relief now

2008-10-08 Thread Louise Power
Yes, Fritz, but what they did do was encourage people to live beyond their means. That's the result of people not knowing the difference between what they need and what they want. From: fholt@townandcountryins.comTo: csnichol...@sbcglobal.net; ot@texascavers.comCC:

Re: [ot_caving] FW: Homeowners in crisis need relief now

2008-10-08 Thread Don Cooper
AGREED! Same goes to putting yourself all in hock over the biggest, shiny most gas guzzling thing on four wheels. For what, vanity? Do *I* feel sorry for people who spend as much for their monthly energy bill, with their 5,000 square foot houses - as *I* do for my monthly rent? And what ABOUT

[ot_caving] andrew basevich

2008-10-08 Thread Scott Nicholson
A guy I wouldn't normally read (he's too conservative for my general tastes), Andrew Basevich, said something smart lately.  Basevich is a Vietnam/Gulf War vet, retired colonel, West Point grad, Johns' Hopkins professor, etc He said he couuld trace our current financial crisis on our