texascavers Digest 30 Dec 2008 01:56:15 -0000 Issue 675

2008-12-29 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 30 Dec 2008 01:56:15 - Issue 675 Topics (messages 9755 through 9758): Anyone headed down to SLP? 9755 by: Terry Holsinger Re: [ProjectDisaster] Brazil: Rabid child 9756 by: wpick.cox.net Ancient Cave Painting from Northern Australia 9757 by:

[ot_caving] another LED Lantern review

2008-12-29 Thread David
Target has had an interesting LED lantern for several months, but I had to put off testing it. This one is by River Rock, and features a single K2 LED. http://i19.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/13/e9/ccf4_1.JPG The lantern is well built and gets my approval. It is probably the 3rd best LED lantern that

[ot_caving] my personal My-Space site

2008-12-29 Thread David
I finally decided to sign up for a MySpace account: http://www.myspace.com/el_speleo_gringo I presume this is going to eventually be something that I regret doing. A little voice inside my head is saying DON'T hit the send button. David Locklear

[ot_caving] OT - Radio Flyer Wagon

2008-12-29 Thread David
Do you remember your little red wagon from your childhood? Did it have cup-holders, upholstered seats, iPod dock, speakers, seat-belts? http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/TECH/12/24/radio.flyer.wagon/RadioFlyer3.jpg - Give this

Re: [ot_caving] OT - Radio Flyer Wagon

2008-12-29 Thread Don Cooper
No. I put a piece of foam rubber in it though. It made rides down the hill more comfortable. Me and my brother figured how to steer it from sitting inside it with the 'tow handle' turned backwards and we'd ride it down the biggest hill within a mile of our house. It was fun as hell, fast and

[Texascavers] OT - Spanish 102

2008-12-29 Thread David
This post is intended for gringo cavers who plan to go caving south of the border. I found a great way to improve your Spanish. National Geographic sells DVD video documentaries in a Spanish format. You can get them at HEB at the border towns.They cost 99 pesos. I presume the English U.S.

Re: [Texascavers] OT - Spanish 102

2008-12-29 Thread Nico Escamilla
According to my former employer's human resources dept. the spanish spoken in northern Mexico (specifically Nuevo Leon) is the most standard spanish in the world, pretty much anyone that speaks spanish in other countries can understand most of what we say, Nico On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM,