[Texascavers] Adapting to Darkness: How Behavioral and Genetic Changes Helped Cavefish Survive Extreme Environment

2010-09-15 Thread Ron Rutherford
Adapting to Darkness: How Behavioral and Genetic Changes Helped Cavefish Survive Extreme Environment http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100914171325.htm -- Ron Rutherford Microsoft SQL Server DBA/Developer - Visit our

Re: [Texascavers] Laguna De Sanchez

2010-07-02 Thread Ron Rutherford
ey are probably stuck due to road problems caused > by the recent weather event. > Would it do them any good to notify Civil Protection authorities? And how > would that be done? > > -WaV > -- Ron Rutherford

Re: [Texascavers] Re: Mexico visas

2010-05-12 Thread Ron Rutherford
Does anyone know if our unexpired FMTs are still good, or do we need to stop and get one of the new FMM permits? -- Ron Rutherford Microsoft SQL Server DBA/Developer

[Texascavers] Re: Driftwood and TSA

2010-03-26 Thread Ron Rutherford
Wes is going to meet me. Thanks. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Ron Rutherford wrote: > Is anyone from the Driftwood area going to the TSA Spring Convention? > I would like to send you with a few auction items. > > -- > Ron Rutherford > Microsoft SQL Se

[Texascavers] Driftwood and TSA

2010-03-26 Thread Ron Rutherford
Is anyone from the Driftwood area going to the TSA Spring Convention? I would like to send you with a few auction items. -- Ron Rutherford Microsoft SQL Server DBA/Developer - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To

[Texascavers] Phylogenetic Analysis of Mexican Cave Scorpions Suggests Adaptation to Caves Is Reversible

2010-03-19 Thread Ron Rutherford
Phylogenetic Analysis of Mexican Cave Scorpions Suggests Adaptation to Caves Is Reversible http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100312133722.htm -- Ron Rutherford Microsoft SQL Server DBA/Developer - Visit our website

Re: [Texascavers] Re: Howie's Harness ?

2010-03-05 Thread Ron Rutherford
> > Ron Rutherford does some sewing in the Driftwood/Rolling Oaks area, a > little closer to home for some. Custom caving pants are in the works. > > -Original Message- > From: Geary Schindel > To: germa...@aol.com ; texascavers@texascavers.com < > texascav

[Texascavers] kids gear

2009-11-03 Thread Ron Rutherford
anyone out there have any kid sized (9 - 12 year olds) frog systems that their kids have outgrown that they may want to sell? Looking for 2 sets. Thanks -- Ron Rutherford

Re: [Texascavers] RE: new Texas laws

2009-10-01 Thread Ron Rutherford
Before I was 18, I prob. logged more hours in the back of a pickup truck than inside any vehicle. Sure I fell out a couple of times, but I was a dumbass back then, well maybe a little still now. How are country folk supposed to get around? -- Ron Rutherford

Re: [Texascavers] RE: The smell of dirt

2009-08-13 Thread Ron Rutherford
but you ate them? On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Fritz Holt wrote: > The latter. > > -- > *From:* Ron Rutherford [mailto:rcrutherf...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:41 PM > *To:* Fritz Holt > *Cc:* texascavers@texascaver

Re: [Texascavers] RE: The smell of dirt

2009-08-13 Thread Ron Rutherford
reptomycetes), but one of the compounds responsible for > the odor of dirt is called geosmin: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin>. > It is a relatively simple molecule whose biochemical pathway has recently > been elucidated: < > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070916143521.htm>. > > Better living through chemistry! :-) > > Mark Minton > -- Ron Rutherford

Re: RE: [Texascavers] guano question

2008-12-05 Thread Ron Rutherford
uld be > pretty nasty way to go. Considering the hazards of caving in guano, has > anyone ever been diagnosed with a bat intestinal parasite. > > > > G > Ron Rutherford

[Texascavers] Re: Philosophical question

2008-12-05 Thread Ron Rutherford
phrase may have other meanings, it is accurate. I am fond of the George-Paul's term "shit lahar" though. If poop slides and no-one is there to see it, does it need a name? Ron Rutherford > >

Re: [Texascavers] Yet another brine well collapse sink in SE New Mexico :

2008-11-05 Thread Ron Rutherford
n-made lake or a natural lake? How does it get > classified by state/federal govt? > > Ron Rutheford > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Louise Power wrote: > > If this doesn't stop, eastern NM will be just one big sinkhole. > > -- Ron Rutherford

Re: [Texascavers] Yet another brine well collapse sink in SE New Mexico :

2008-11-05 Thread Ron Rutherford
If a big sinkhole (one that is caused by human meddling) fills in with water, is that a man-made lake or a natural lake? How does it get classified by state/federal govt? Ron Rutheford On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Louise Power wrote: > If this doesn't stop, eastern NM will be just one big s

[Texascavers] Laguna de Sanchez project and Extortion in Mexico

2008-06-28 Thread Ron Rutherford
after Espeleo Coahuila. -- Ron Rutherford

[Texascavers] Laguna de Sanchez trip (need rider)

2008-06-20 Thread Ron Rutherford
I could use a rider in my truck to Laguna de Sanchez. Anyone want to come along? We are leaving Sat morning and I will be coming back Wed the 25th. -- Ron Rutherford

Re: [Texascavers] RE: OT- aluminum bottled beer

2007-10-29 Thread Ron Rutherford
but it would be a great > innovation if easily and cheaply implemented. > > Mark Minton > -- Ron Rutherford

Re: [Texascavers] OT - satellite radio

2007-10-18 Thread Ron Rutherford
nly > extended about 100 miles over the border. I think Canada might have more > coverage now. > Ron Rutherford

Re: [Texascavers] Off to OTR--NOT

2007-09-04 Thread Ron Rutherford
Anyone care to enlighten me? > -- Ron Rutherford

Re: [Texascavers] spiritual overalls

2007-09-04 Thread Ron Rutherford
One of the ways I have contemplated Heaven / Hell / Eternal Caving: Heaven or Hell could be: A perceived eternity of what you make it to be, the moment before your brain stops functioning. Whether it is a real eternity or only perceived one (they would be the same to you) does not matter. If you

Re: [Texascavers] OT - fuel efficient cars in the news

2007-08-28 Thread Ron Rutherford
from a NOT very well traveled, Big Truck Drivin Texan. Dang it! I need more gas already! I just filled up yesterday! I got to go caving one day while over there (See cave related!). Great fun. Those guys are sport cavers, and made me realize how out-of-shape I am! -- Ron Rutherford Wimberley, TX

Re: [Texascavers] Using heat to remove graffiti

2007-06-28 Thread Ron Rutherford
have to think about it more. -- Ron Rutherford - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com

Re: [Texascavers] RE: OT - USB memory sticks

2007-06-25 Thread Ron Rutherford
to go to Zacatón, but that's over 300 m deep, so if this memory stick fell in there it would probably be useless even if someone were able to retrieve it. ;-) Mark Minton -- Ron Rutherford - Visit our website: http://texa

Re: [Texascavers] One for Winnie-the-Pooh

2007-06-17 Thread Ron Rutherford
Me and a friend had a similar incident on rope down on the greenbelt in the late 80's. We rigged two ropes side by side so I could talk him through any problems. We rappelled down past an overhang only to be attacked by dozens (seemed like hundreds or thousands) of red wasps from about seven nest

Re: [Texascavers] [maybe spam] Re: [Texascavers] the hole in Mars

2007-05-24 Thread Ron Rutherford
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Re: [Texascavers] Re: $ 2.89 lowest price found - way OT!!!! warning!!!

2007-05-22 Thread Ron Rutherford
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[Texascavers] Treasure Trove Of Fossils Found In Limestone Cave

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Rutherford
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070412102430.htm And I thought all that dirt was just something to be moved out of the way. One man's trash.. and so on. -- Ron Rutherford - Visit our website:

[Texascavers] OffTopic - Quantum Secrets Of Photosynthesis Revealed

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Rutherford
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Re: [Texascavers] Fw: lost and found

2007-04-02 Thread Ron Rutherford
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Re: [Texascavers] Salamanders Suffer Delayed Effects Of Common Herbicide

2007-03-30 Thread Ron Rutherford
Everyone knows that ShipShips are just the little ships the ALIENS use to fly around in thier BIG ships (and to explore caves on this and other planets). On 3/30/07, Cynthia A Lee wrote: that should be spaceship. On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Cynthia A Lee wrote: > > > > cover up? does anyone suspe

Re: [Texascavers] Ironite - Alternative

2007-03-28 Thread Ron Rutherford
I don't want to know what they pour on railroad lines to keep the weeds from growing. I've seen them using burning petrolium (smelled like kerosene) down the Mo-Pac line in Austin. Is that what they use everywhere? Someone was/is a railroad tycoon/engineer/conductor here on texascavers (Gill Ed

Re: [Texascavers] Ironite......good and good for you too!

2007-03-28 Thread Ron Rutherford
But nothing makes them roses grow in calcium rich/iron poor soil like a good dose of Ironite! What am I supposed to do now, bury some old tractor parts to rust away in the dirt and provide that much needed iron for my plants?!? Now we've got greasy tractor parts leaching (who knows what chemical

Re: [Texascavers] Salamanders Suffer Delayed Effects Of Common Herbicide

2007-03-28 Thread Ron Rutherford
with atrazine, but that doesn't mean there aren't any. Jacqui - Original Message - From: Don Cooper To: Ron Rutherford Cc: CaveTex Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 1:09 AM Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Salamanders Suffer Delayed Effects Of Common Herbicide The article first state

Re: [Texascavers] - Re: Caves on Mars in the news

2007-03-26 Thread Ron Rutherford
Dark, long, lava tubes extending for tens or hundreds of unexplored kilometers, on a hard to reach planet, far from the conveniences of Earth (like air, water, and toilet paper), full of unknown life forms...Sounds like a good Sci-Fi action thriller, or has this one already been done? -Origina

Re: [Texascavers] [SPAM] - Speleotherapy - Bayesian Filter detected spam

2007-03-26 Thread Ron Rutherford
Interestingly enough, I have found myself to suffer cedar fever symptoms off cedar season while I'm caving around central Texas. I always chalked it up to molds/fungi from the caves. But one day I came out all yellow, like our cars get in Jan., and I realized that I have been crawling around in l

RE: [SPAM] - CaveTex: Raise money for TCMA!!! - Email found in subject

2007-03-26 Thread Ron Rutherford
Here is a link to a map / photo of the location. Maybe it will help someone figure it out. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.797009,-97.599610&spn=0.005524,0.00700 2&t=h&hl=en -Original Message- From: owner-cave...@cavetex.net [mailto:owner-cave...@cavetex.net] On Behalf Of Aaron Addis