Re: [Texascavers] Public web site on the TSA Spring Convention

2011-01-21 Thread Simon Newton
Nope. The FBI has interests in LinkedIn and Friendster. On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Stefan Creaser wrote: > I thought it would be the FBI, aren't the CIA 'external'? > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:12 PM, "Simon Newton" csnew...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Only Facebook matters

texascavers Digest 22 Jan 2011 05:38:01 -0000 Issue 1230

2011-01-21 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 22 Jan 2011 05:38:01 - Issue 1230 Topics (messages 16892 through 16908): Re: website for Hinds Cave 16892 by: Gill Edigar 16893 by: Gill Edigar Re: cavers on archeo crews 16894 by: Logan McNatt 16895 by: caverarch 16896 by: tbsamsel

Re: [Texascavers] Re: cavers on archeo crews: Hueco Tanks

2011-01-21 Thread Rod Goke
"...picnickers and gang bangers from El Paso and elsewhere who were tagging the rocks with spray paint."How much time do you think will have to pass before that spray paint tagging becomes similarly protected and preserved as historically or archeologically significant "rock art"? What are the

[Texascavers] various Spring activities

2011-01-21 Thread David
Each caving organization statewide has published their public calendar, but I don't see anywhere where it is all easily condensed to grasp the overall picture of statewide activities being planned: Below is an abridged partial list of caving related things going on between now and the end of May:

[Texascavers] Re: cavers on archeo crews: Hueco Tanks

2011-01-21 Thread Logan McNatt
Fritz, et al. The Texas Beyond History website also has a great exhibit on Hueco Tanks! It is a world class rock art site, first publicized in the book /The Rock Art of Texas Indians/ (Kirkland and Newcomb, U.T. Press, 1967) . When I went back there on a project in 1999, TPWD had hired Evelyn

Re: [Texascavers] cavers at arch sites

2011-01-21 Thread caverarch
There was an alternative usage that was marginally less politically correct: Anthro-Americans. Roger -Original Message- From: Gill Edigar To: Fritz Holt Cc: Mixon Bill ; Cavers Texas ; Mandy Holt ; Jenny Holt Sent: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 7:33 pm Subject: Re: [Texascavers] cavers at

Re: [Texascavers] cavers at arch sites

2011-01-21 Thread Gill Edigar
Amalgamated Digroes it was. > To add a note (probably politicially incorrect) about the cavers who > used to support their caving habit by working at archaeological sites: > I recall they used to refer to themselves as digroes. -- Mixon

[Texascavers] East Texas Caver's Cookout - update

2011-01-21 Thread David
The manager of Camp Happy Hollow told me Friday afternoon that cavers can use his beautiful campground again for a caver gathering. I asked him for the date of Saturday, May 21, and for the exclusive use of the entire facilities of the camp for a 3 day period that weekend. He "tentatively" agreed

Re: [Texascavers] Public web site on the TSA Spring Convention

2011-01-21 Thread Stefan Creaser
I thought it would be the FBI, aren't the CIA 'external'? Sent from my iPad On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:12 PM, "Simon Newton" mailto:csnew...@gmail.com>> wrote: Only Facebook matters, since this is what goes into the CIA database. ;-) -- Forwarded message -- From: Diana Tomchi

RE: [Texascavers] Re: cavers on archeo crews

2011-01-21 Thread Fritz Holt
While stationed at Ft. Bliss during the winter and spring of 1956 a civilian kid I met somewhere who had outdoor interests said he would show me something cool. The clear spring day was perfect for such a venture. We drove a few miles east of El Paso and made a left turn off of the highway onto

RE: [Texascavers] cavers at arch sites

2011-01-21 Thread Fritz Holt
Probably? I love it. My, how times have changed. Geezer -Original Message- From: Mixon Bill [mailto:bmixon...@austin.rr.com] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 11:56 AM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] cavers at arch sites To add a note (probably politicially incorrect) about the cav

Re: [Texascavers] Public web site on the TSA Spring Convention

2011-01-21 Thread Simon Newton
Only Facebook matters, since this is what goes into the CIA database. ;-) -- Forwarded message -- > From: Diana Tomchick > To: caverarch > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:02:18 + > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Public web site on the TSA Spring Convention > So what is wrong with

[Texascavers] cavers at arch sites

2011-01-21 Thread Mixon Bill
To add a note (probably politicially incorrect) about the cavers who used to support their caving habit by working at archaeological sites: I recall they used to refer to themselves as digroes. -- Mixon A fearless man cannot be brave. --

[Texascavers] Tennessee Cave and Karst Working Group Public Meeting

2011-01-21 Thread Geary Schindel
Folks, Thought I would forward this announcement from TAGNET regarding the first annual public meeting of the Tennessee Cave and Karst Working Group which will be held this Saturday. While it is a short travel notice (I was going through my old TAGNET posts), I think this is an excellent exa

Re: [Texascavers] Re: cavers on archeo crews

2011-01-21 Thread tbsamsel
Logan,   You forgot Sebastapol (Seguin), Varner-Hogg (where we stayed in Miss Ima's cottage), Ft Richardson, the Zaragoza Birthplace  (Goliad) and a number of non-TPWD sites from the state historical (?) commission. Weren't there a few old cavers at the San Fernando Cathedral job in downtown San