[Texascavers] Authorities investigate Kartchner Caverns break-in :

2009-10-14 Thread JerryAtkin
Damage appears slight in Sunday's Kartchner break-in By Brian J. Pedersen and James E. Martinez Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.14.2009 advertisement

Re: [Texascavers] Re: Garage Sale

2009-10-14 Thread Rod Goke
Mark's suggestion makes sense for printers where the wheels are reasonably accessible. With other printers, however, it may be easier said than done, especially if you don't have a service manual to explain disassembly/reassembly tricks peculiar to your printer.Rod-Original Message- From:

[Texascavers] TCMA Grants Help Needed

2009-10-14 Thread Aimee Beveridge
Greetings Cavers,   One of the goals of the Texas Cave Management Association is to preserve and protect Texas caves.  To further this goal the TCMA is pursuing grant opportunities that will allow us to maintain and preserve Texas caves, and more importantly, purchase more caves.   We are

[Texascavers] recycling

2009-10-14 Thread Sam Young
I responded to this question from Mark but somehow, it did not get posted. Try again: Glass is particularly difficult to deal with. Green Guy does take glass but I do not have room for it with my pickup. People at TCR have told me that they just take their recyclables home. Maybe that is

[NMCAVER] GypKaP Event and WNS cleaning procedures

2009-10-14 Thread Blake N. Jordan
The upcoming GypKaP event, concerning the WNS cleaning procedures, need to be implemented regardless of which cave one goes into. We need to protect against cross-contamination everywhere. So to start off, all equipment must be clean before entering any cave this weekend. Keep your equipment in a

[Texascavers] AMCS sales at TCR

2009-10-14 Thread Mixon Bill
The Association for Mexican Cave Studies (the one with eighty-five books in our catalog at amcs-pubs.org) will be selling books at TCR, among them these new items in our catalog: Huautla: Thirty Years in One of the World's Deepest Caves, by Bill Steele. Cave Books, 2009. 305 pages

Re: [Texascavers] new Mars photos ?

2009-10-14 Thread Benjamin Yasui
Anyone who hasn't read the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson should. It will make you want to do everything in your power to become an astronaut, in the chance that, as he predicts, we colonize Mars in the next 60 years. His characters are all drawn from different scientific disciplines and

[Texascavers] Air Compressor Deal - 5hp 2 stage 60 gallon 165PSI

2009-10-14 Thread Robert B
Not Caving Related Forgive me, I'm a tool nut. Always looking for great deals. here's one http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=55391 From what I have read, this compressor is made in the United States. It's built by Atlas Copco in Rock Hill, South Carolina. They usually have Baldor

Re: [Texascavers] Air Compressor Deal - 5hp 2 stage 60 gallon 165PSI

2009-10-14 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Dead URL, it has ... in it, and I doubt that is correct. Thanks for the thought though, new toys, er, tools, are great :) On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Robert B robert.c.b1...@gmail.com wrote: Not Caving Related Forgive me, I'm a tool nut. Always looking for great deals. here's one

Re: [Texascavers] Air Compressor Deal - 5hp 2 stage 60 gallon 165PSI

2009-10-14 Thread John Brooks
Can you replace the URL to fix the compressor? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.org wrote: Dead URL, it has ... in it, and I doubt that is correct. Thanks for the thought though, new toys, er, tools, are great :) On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at

Re: [Texascavers] Air Compressor Deal - 5hp 2 stage 60 gallon 165PSI

2009-10-14 Thread egelsone
Go to harbor Freight and search for the item number from the link 55391 You will find it. Robert B robert.c.b1...@gmail.com wrote: Not Caving Related Forgive me, I'm a tool nut. Always looking for great deals. here's one http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=55391

[Texascavers] TCR food... Saturday

2009-10-14 Thread Stefan Creaser
All, SATURDAY dinner will be served at 6pm, as per tradition. During the day we will be doing a lot of preparation so if you have time please drop by and see if we need a hand, it will be much appreciated! Afterwards the washing up would certainly like company :-) We planned a Cajun Theme this

[Texascavers] TCR food... friday and sunday morning...

2009-10-14 Thread Stefan Creaser
THIS IS A NEW MESSAGE!! On FRIDAY we will be doing the Friday Night Pasta previously done by the Bexar Grotto (they were too worn out after ICS, though I'm sure some of them will be there to help out). This will be set up in the cooks area, probably about 6:30. We would appreciate a $5

[Texascavers] Texas Cavers Reunion

2009-10-14 Thread Allan Cobb
Howdy y'all, I hope to see everyone at TCR this weekend (October 16-18) at Paradise Canyon (www.paradisecanyon.com ) along the scenic Medina River just west of San Antonio. For more information and directions, visit www.oztotl.com/tcr or email a...@oztotl.com. Make sure you check the

[Texascavers] AMCS related

2009-10-14 Thread David
I think President Obama needs to sit down at the table on the White House lawn with all the variousAMCS factions and work out a memorandum of understanding or something ( with Mexican beer ). Personally, I don't see why the AMCS can't have an office in Fort Bend County or anywhere else, or why a

[Texascavers] FW: [tlamaqui] Good news of Jim's consciousness today.

2009-10-14 Thread Mark Minton
Jim Coke is recovering nicely. Seems he had bacterial pneumonia. Mark Minton From: tlama...@gruposyahoo.com [mailto:tlama...@gruposyahoo.com] On Behalf Of Gustavo Vela Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 2:04 PM To: tlamaqui Subject: [tlamaqui] Good news of Jim's consciousness today.