[Texascavers] TSA first call for mail-out ballots

2010-10-02 Thread Ron Ralph
Member of the Texas Speleological Association, If you will not be able to attend TCR in two weeks but wish to vote in the general election of Texas Speleological Association officers for 2011, you need to write me with your best USPS address to receive a ballot. Official ballots will be mailed

[Texascavers] Paging Megan Files, Jared Fuller, Creature Krejca, and Vico Jones

2010-10-02 Thread Mark Alman
Your latest issue of the TEXAS CAVER is looking for your home and came back to me all lost and confused. Could y'all send me and Darla your new addresses? Thanks! Mark

Re: [Texascavers] E O Wilson

2010-10-02 Thread speleosteele
As those of you who know me know, I work at the national office of the Boy Scouts of America. We publish a magazine for Scouts called Boy's Life (published since 1911, and there was a cover article about Dr. E.O. Wilson, an Eagle Scout by the way, included in the June 1996 issue. It can be

Re: [Texascavers] New Guinea people shots from a '75 caving trip

2010-10-02 Thread germanyj
Hi Frank! Thanks so much for sharing these fabulous fotos. What a great experience for you! I am curious about something tho: Just how many condoms does one take on an expedition to Papua New Guinea? Great alternative use for them :-) Rainy day target competition. The expedition had a

[Texascavers] Condoms for caving expeditions

2010-10-02 Thread Frank Binney
Julia wrote: I am curious about something tho: Just how many condoms does one take on an expedition to Papua New Guinea? Frank replies: That¹s another funny story. When I was helping unpack the expedition¹s 18 tons of supplies and equipment at our Telefomin base camp, I opened a crate to find

Re: [Texascavers] Condoms for caving expeditions

2010-10-02 Thread Rod Goke
Frank, It's too bad your expedition couldn't have donated those excess condoms to the Entomology Lab at the University of Florida. They probably could have put them to good use. At about the time of your expedition to Papua New Guinea (actually a few years earlier), I was a graduate student