[Texascavers] 2009 National Cave Rescue Commission Scholarships

2009-02-19 Thread David Ochel
Quoting http://www.caves.org/ncrc/national/Scholarship2009.htm : The NCRC will award two $200 dollar scholarships to help students attend the national weeklong seminar in Bedford, IN June 13-20, 2009. To be considered please send a caving resume, 2 letters of support from NSS members, and a

[ot_caving] Weird Television off the internet.

2009-02-19 Thread Don Cooper
Has anyone (else) heard of Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show? Apparently a parody of a Japanese variety show. I just checked out Hulu http://www.hulu.com which I'd seen promoted at the end of 30 Rock and located very odd content distributed by Sony Entertainment. Taming of the

[ot_caving] FW: A short piece of wisdom

2009-02-19 Thread Fritz Holt
This is probably the most insightful bit of reasoning that I have ever read on this subject. Noting the year of Dr. Roger's death, I would say that he was a soothsayer. It certainly applies to our current economic situation. Fritz From: Guy Heath

Re: [ot_caving] FW: A short piece of wisdom

2009-02-19 Thread Gill Ediger
At 09:56 AM 2/19/2009, Fritz Holt wrote: This is probably the most insightful bit of reasoning that I have ever read on this subject. That is an interesting outlook, Fritz. But I wonder how it would work in the government of, say, your family. Should the baby be held off the tit because it

Re: [ot_caving] FW: A short piece of wisdom

2009-02-19 Thread Scott Nicholson
I'm firmly in the middle.    However, Gil, your family metaphor is flawed (imho) because in this instance we're not talking children vs adults.  The they are both adults in the original pondering.  Truth is, some adults don't work and earn their keep.  Another truth is that some people earn

Re: [ot_caving] FW: A short piece of wisdom

2009-02-19 Thread Gill Ediger
At 04:08 PM 2/19/2009, Scott Nicholson wrote: However, Gill, your family metaphor is flawed (imho) because in this instance we're not talking children vs adults. Yep, I knew that when I wrote it, but I wanted to point out that there are different concepts of 'government'--and they are

Re: [ot_caving] FW: A short piece of wisdom

2009-02-19 Thread Scott Nicholson
Being firmly in the middle on this topic I'm optimistic that the extremes of either ilk are bell-curve-esque in their relative smallness.the upper non-working leisure class and the lower non-working  leisure class.although I'm guessing the latter is a larger group than the former as