[Texascavers] Going to unsub..

2015-01-19 Thread Ted Samsel via Texascavers
Since I'm in Oregon.. I'm probably going to unsubscribe.. later.. ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/

Re: [Texascavers] Luckenbach World's Fair 1975

2014-12-06 Thread Ted Samsel via Texascavers
No pictures of the chicken suit in action? Ted On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Logan McNatt via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Nancy Katie, et al. It wasn't a convention you're thinking of. It had to be the Luckenbach World's Fair 1975. Bill Elliott won the Laughing

Re: [Texascavers] Ladder-falling 101

2013-10-11 Thread Ted Samsel
Famous last words: Hold my beer.. On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Bill Bentley ca...@caver.net wrote: ** That's the redneck division of the PBSS - Original Message - *From:* Jacqueline Thomas jlrtho...@verizon.net *To:* David dlocklea...@gmail.com ;

Re: [Texascavers] Ladder-falling 101

2013-10-11 Thread Ted Samsel
Someone beat me to it. On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Jacqueline Thomas jlrtho...@verizon.netwrote: Hold my beer and watch this… Jacq. On Oct 10, 2013, at 9:03 PM, Sheryl Rieck wrote: Glad there was no serious damage. Sheryl Sent from my iPhone. On Oct 10, 2013, at 8:36 PM, David

Re: [Texascavers] New Invasvive Species - Raspberry Ants / aka Tawny Ants

2013-08-24 Thread Ted Samsel
Evil pesticide? Toxic is a bit more science-driven. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Julia Germany germa...@aol.com wrote: At last weekend's TCMA meeting, Matt Turner gave a very interesting report about the rapid spread of the Tawny Ant, formerly known as the Raspberry Ant, after the man

Re: [Texascavers] New Invasvive Species - Raspberry Ants / aka Tawny Ants

2013-08-24 Thread Ted Samsel
Evil pesticide? Toxic is a bit more science-driven. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Julia Germany germa...@aol.com wrote: At last weekend's TCMA meeting, Matt Turner gave a very interesting report about the rapid spread of the Tawny Ant, formerly known as the Raspberry Ant, after the man

Re: [Texascavers] Update 3

2013-08-14 Thread Ted Samsel
Don't laugh, either. On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:04 PM, James Jasek caver...@hot.rr.com wrote: Gill, Just wait until you sneeze as it makes a coughing seem like nothing. Jim On Aug 13, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Gill Edigar wrote: August 8

Re: [Texascavers] Update 3

2013-08-14 Thread Ted Samsel
Don't laugh, either. On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:04 PM, James Jasek caver...@hot.rr.com wrote: Gill, Just wait until you sneeze as it makes a coughing seem like nothing. Jim On Aug 13, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Gill Edigar wrote: August 8

[Texascavers] Sinkholes near Disney World swallow resort..

2013-08-12 Thread Ted Samsel
Carl Hiassen never runs out of material.. http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/12/us/florida-resort-sinkhole/

[Texascavers] Sinkholes near Disney World swallow resort..

2013-08-12 Thread Ted Samsel
Carl Hiassen never runs out of material.. http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/12/us/florida-resort-sinkhole/

[Texascavers] NatGeo Interactive map..

2013-08-08 Thread Ted Samsel
On the Maya.. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/08/maya-rise-fall/map-interactive

[Texascavers] NatGeo Interactive map..

2013-08-08 Thread Ted Samsel
On the Maya.. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/08/maya-rise-fall/map-interactive

[Texascavers] Re: [SWR] SAD NEWS.....Kristen Nielsen

2013-08-06 Thread Ted Samsel
I got one with more or less the same text from my painting instructor. She wasn't even in Manila, she was in Milwaukee. Ted On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Bill Bentley ca...@caver.net wrote: Folks this is most likely a scam *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* Kristen Nielsen

[Texascavers] Re: [SWR] SAD NEWS.....Kristen Nielsen

2013-08-06 Thread Ted Samsel
I got one with more or less the same text from my painting instructor. She wasn't even in Manila, she was in Milwaukee. Ted On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Bill Bentley ca...@caver.net wrote: Folks this is most likely a scam *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* Kristen Nielsen

Re: [Texascavers] Gill Edigar

2013-08-01 Thread Ted Samsel
Don't tell him any funny stories. I broke ribs about 5-6 years ago and it hurt like the dickens to laugh or sneeze. My rotator cuff repair was less painful.. Ted On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: Good to hear Ediger is recovering. Watch that first

Re: [Texascavers] Gill Edigar

2013-08-01 Thread Ted Samsel
Don't tell him any funny stories. I broke ribs about 5-6 years ago and it hurt like the dickens to laugh or sneeze. My rotator cuff repair was less painful.. Ted On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: Good to hear Ediger is recovering. Watch that first

Re: [Texascavers] Gill Edigar

2013-08-01 Thread Ted Samsel
Don't tell him any funny stories. I broke ribs about 5-6 years ago and it hurt like the dickens to laugh or sneeze. My rotator cuff repair was less painful.. Ted On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: Good to hear Ediger is recovering. Watch that first

[Texascavers] ediger?

2013-07-31 Thread Ted Samsel
What happened? Saw the fb post but it was all fairly cryptic. Ted

[Texascavers] ediger?

2013-07-31 Thread Ted Samsel
What happened? Saw the fb post but it was all fairly cryptic. Ted

[Texascavers] ediger?

2013-07-31 Thread Ted Samsel
What happened? Saw the fb post but it was all fairly cryptic. Ted

Re: [Texascavers] book review

2013-07-30 Thread Ted Samsel
A few years ago (4?), there was land (with a house) available in the area for sale. When we were in Virginia, we considered looking at it. Ted On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: I don't think a pdf version of Water Sinks is available. Mark At

Re: [Texascavers] book review

2013-07-30 Thread Ted Samsel
A few years ago (4?), there was land (with a house) available in the area for sale. When we were in Virginia, we considered looking at it. Ted On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: I don't think a pdf version of Water Sinks is available. Mark At

Re: [Texascavers] book review

2013-07-30 Thread Ted Samsel
A few years ago (4?), there was land (with a house) available in the area for sale. When we were in Virginia, we considered looking at it. Ted On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: I don't think a pdf version of Water Sinks is available. Mark At

Re: [Texascavers] the government mind at work

2013-07-11 Thread Ted Samsel
Government mind? Hardly.. just the fear of legal liability I would assume. Once bitten, twice shy. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.comwrote: Not only did they have to use headlights in the cave because it was nighttime, they conducted a severity probability

Re: [Texascavers] Re: Fwd: Private Ranch Club feat. Fifteen 100-Acre Lots, Just 20 Min. to Downtown Austin

2013-07-11 Thread Ted Samsel
Dang. Cavers won the Lotto, or what? snork On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: William Russell and I are offering a better deal. We're selling 18 acres in Legend Oaks, next door to Terry Raines, Don Broussard, and Nancy Weaver, for $14,500 per acre.

Re: [Texascavers] the government mind at work

2013-07-11 Thread Ted Samsel
Government mind? Hardly.. just the fear of legal liability I would assume. Once bitten, twice shy. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.comwrote: Not only did they have to use headlights in the cave because it was nighttime, they conducted a severity probability

Re: [Texascavers] Re: Fwd: Private Ranch Club feat. Fifteen 100-Acre Lots, Just 20 Min. to Downtown Austin

2013-07-11 Thread Ted Samsel
Dang. Cavers won the Lotto, or what? snork On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: William Russell and I are offering a better deal. We're selling 18 acres in Legend Oaks, next door to Terry Raines, Don Broussard, and Nancy Weaver, for $14,500 per acre.

Re: [Texascavers] the government mind at work

2013-07-11 Thread Ted Samsel
Government mind? Hardly.. just the fear of legal liability I would assume. Once bitten, twice shy. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.comwrote: Not only did they have to use headlights in the cave because it was nighttime, they conducted a severity probability

Re: [Texascavers] Re: Fwd: Private Ranch Club feat. Fifteen 100-Acre Lots, Just 20 Min. to Downtown Austin

2013-07-11 Thread Ted Samsel
Dang. Cavers won the Lotto, or what? snork On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net wrote: William Russell and I are offering a better deal. We're selling 18 acres in Legend Oaks, next door to Terry Raines, Don Broussard, and Nancy Weaver, for $14,500 per acre.

Re: [SWR] CaveDigger, the film

2013-07-07 Thread Ted Samsel
Here's a teaser.. wonder if he's getting silicosis. We were just up that way at the end of June.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4sfj9rKXDo Ted On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 12:15 AM, John Lyles j...@losalamos.com wrote: Documentary film by Jeffrey Karoff about the 'cathedral-like' caves dug by

Re: [SWR] CaveDigger, the film

2013-07-07 Thread Ted Samsel
http://cavediggerdocumentary.com/about.html On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a teaser.. wonder if he's getting silicosis. We were just up that way at the end of June.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4sfj9rKXDo Ted On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 12

Re: [SWR] CaveDigger, the film

2013-07-07 Thread Ted Samsel
Here's a teaser.. wonder if he's getting silicosis. We were just up that way at the end of June.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4sfj9rKXDo Ted On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 12:15 AM, John Lyles j...@losalamos.com wrote: Documentary film by Jeffrey Karoff about the 'cathedral-like' caves dug by

Re: [SWR] CaveDigger, the film

2013-07-07 Thread Ted Samsel
http://cavediggerdocumentary.com/about.html On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a teaser.. wonder if he's getting silicosis. We were just up that way at the end of June.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4sfj9rKXDo Ted On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 12

Re: [SWR] CaveDigger, the film

2013-07-07 Thread Ted Samsel
Here's a teaser.. wonder if he's getting silicosis. We were just up that way at the end of June.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4sfj9rKXDo Ted On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 12:15 AM, John Lyles j...@losalamos.com wrote: Documentary film by Jeffrey Karoff about the 'cathedral-like' caves dug by

Re: [SWR] CaveDigger, the film

2013-07-07 Thread Ted Samsel
http://cavediggerdocumentary.com/about.html On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a teaser.. wonder if he's getting silicosis. We were just up that way at the end of June.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4sfj9rKXDo Ted On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 12

Re: [Texascavers] Re: (Texas Cavers) concatenation

2013-06-21 Thread Ted Samsel
The cat ate the canary? On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: How is that related to catenary? --Ediger On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Logan McNatt lmcn...@austin.rr.comwrote: On 6/21/2013 10:30 AM, Mixon Bill wrote: It's not just a concatenation of files

Re: [Texascavers] Re: (Texas Cavers) concatenation

2013-06-21 Thread Ted Samsel
The cat ate the canary? On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: How is that related to catenary? --Ediger On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Logan McNatt lmcn...@austin.rr.comwrote: On 6/21/2013 10:30 AM, Mixon Bill wrote: It's not just a concatenation of files

Re: [Texascavers] Re: (Texas Cavers) concatenation

2013-06-21 Thread Ted Samsel
The cat ate the canary? On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: How is that related to catenary? --Ediger On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Logan McNatt lmcn...@austin.rr.comwrote: On 6/21/2013 10:30 AM, Mixon Bill wrote: It's not just a concatenation of files

Re: [Texascavers] Viewing Honey Creek Video

2013-06-19 Thread Ted Samsel
It needs need a Youtube password. It's been made private Ted On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:31 PM, bburne...@austin.rr.com wrote: Greetings, When this was first posted it was accessible by clicking on URL below. It now seems to require a password or logon to Facebook. I am not on Facebook but

Re: [Texascavers] Viewing Honey Creek Video

2013-06-19 Thread Ted Samsel
It needs need a Youtube password. It's been made private Ted On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:31 PM, bburne...@austin.rr.com wrote: Greetings, When this was first posted it was accessible by clicking on URL below. It now seems to require a password or logon to Facebook. I am not on Facebook but

Re: [Texascavers] a tale from the old days of Texas cavers

2013-06-18 Thread Ted Samsel
Here's a side view. I have the story somewhere and shall find it. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: I was there too, with my chicken suit that I was commissioned to fabricate by Guich, via Igor Loving. I'll tell the story after other folks recall

Re: [Texascavers] a tale from the old days of Texas cavers

2013-06-18 Thread Ted Samsel
for a chicken suit. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a side view. I have the story somewhere and shall find it. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: I was there too, with my chicken suit that I was commissioned

Re: [Texascavers] a tale from the old days of Texas cavers

2013-06-18 Thread Ted Samsel
I was there too, with my chicken suit that I was commissioned to fabricate by Guich, via Igor Loving. I'll tell the story after other folks recall it. Here's a photo of yon suit. There's another one. Somewhere. Ted On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote:

Re: [Texascavers] a tale from the old days of Texas cavers

2013-06-18 Thread Ted Samsel
Here's a side view. I have the story somewhere and shall find it. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: I was there too, with my chicken suit that I was commissioned to fabricate by Guich, via Igor Loving. I'll tell the story after other folks recall

Re: [Texascavers] a tale from the old days of Texas cavers

2013-06-18 Thread Ted Samsel
for a chicken suit. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a side view. I have the story somewhere and shall find it. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: I was there too, with my chicken suit that I was commissioned

Re: [Texascavers] a tale from the old days of Texas cavers

2013-06-18 Thread Ted Samsel
I was there too, with my chicken suit that I was commissioned to fabricate by Guich, via Igor Loving. I'll tell the story after other folks recall it. Here's a photo of yon suit. There's another one. Somewhere. Ted On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote:

Re: [Texascavers] a tale from the old days of Texas cavers

2013-06-18 Thread Ted Samsel
for a chicken suit. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a side view. I have the story somewhere and shall find it. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Ted Samsel t.b.sam...@gmail.com wrote: I was there too, with my chicken suit that I was commissioned

Re: [Texascavers] Adobe Photoshop et al.

2013-06-08 Thread Ted Samsel
GIMP is free... and the Help is much less cryptic than the words from ADOBELAND. YMMV. http://www.gimp.org/ On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: David McKenzie has discovered that Adobe is giving away their entire CS2 Creative Suite for free.

Re: [Texascavers] Adobe Photoshop et al.

2013-06-08 Thread Ted Samsel
GIMP is free... and the Help is much less cryptic than the words from ADOBELAND. YMMV. http://www.gimp.org/ On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: David McKenzie has discovered that Adobe is giving away their entire CS2 Creative Suite for free.

Re: [Texascavers] Adobe Photoshop et al.

2013-06-08 Thread Ted Samsel
GIMP is free... and the Help is much less cryptic than the words from ADOBELAND. YMMV. http://www.gimp.org/ On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: David McKenzie has discovered that Adobe is giving away their entire CS2 Creative Suite for free.

[Texascavers] From Mother Jones..

2013-06-07 Thread Ted Samsel
Slicing Open Stalagmites to Reveal Climate Secrets http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/06/stalagmites-are-new-tree-rings

[Texascavers] From Mother Jones..

2013-06-07 Thread Ted Samsel
Slicing Open Stalagmites to Reveal Climate Secrets http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/06/stalagmites-are-new-tree-rings

Re: [Texascavers] Photoshop

2013-05-13 Thread Ted Samsel
GIMP is free (from GNU). http://www.gimp.org/ Instructions are less cryptic than Adobe's. One could try that. At USGS I used Photoshop from 1995 to 2011. The CS packages were overkill. WTF does one need? and Adobe Illustrator from 1998 to 2011. PS 3.0 was fine by me. Digital wanking gets old.

Re: [Texascavers] Photoshop

2013-05-13 Thread Ted Samsel
GIMP is free (from GNU). http://www.gimp.org/ Instructions are less cryptic than Adobe's. One could try that. At USGS I used Photoshop from 1995 to 2011. The CS packages were overkill. WTF does one need? and Adobe Illustrator from 1998 to 2011. PS 3.0 was fine by me. Digital wanking gets old.

Re: [Texascavers] Amon Carter Acquires Painting The Caves

2013-05-10 Thread Ted Samsel
If you've never done it, go through the Delaware Water Gap.. more excellent scenery. Ted in OP, Brownbackistan On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Preston Forsythe pns_...@bellsouth.netwrote: ** Reference the Hudson River art tradition-Thomas Cole painted one of my favorite scenes, The Oxbow,

Re: [Texascavers] Amon Carter Acquires Painting The Caves

2013-05-10 Thread Ted Samsel
If you've never done it, go through the Delaware Water Gap.. more excellent scenery. Ted in OP, Brownbackistan On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Preston Forsythe pns_...@bellsouth.netwrote: ** Reference the Hudson River art tradition-Thomas Cole painted one of my favorite scenes, The Oxbow,

Re: [Texascavers] Bustamante

2013-05-08 Thread Ted Samsel
In the 1960s, our Explorer Post (Post 9, Agudas Achim Synagogue, San Antonio, Texas) went to Bustamante several times.. 64-66? No surveying, though. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:36 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote: Monica: ** This is not exactly what you are asking for, but is a piece of

Re: [Texascavers] Bustamante

2013-05-08 Thread Ted Samsel
In the 1960s, our Explorer Post (Post 9, Agudas Achim Synagogue, San Antonio, Texas) went to Bustamante several times.. 64-66? No surveying, though. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:36 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote: Monica: ** This is not exactly what you are asking for, but is a piece of

Re: [Texascavers] Bustamante

2013-05-08 Thread Ted Samsel
In the 1960s, our Explorer Post (Post 9, Agudas Achim Synagogue, San Antonio, Texas) went to Bustamante several times.. 64-66? No surveying, though. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:36 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote: Monica: ** This is not exactly what you are asking for, but is a piece of

Re: [Texascavers] Thrillers, evolution caves

2013-04-01 Thread Ted Samsel
Beware... (from GOODREADS_ * **(Oh. It's got caves in it, I guess it ought to be grea**t...**) [?]* * *Warren Fahy's new novel, PANDEMONIUM, isn’t really a “new novel” at all – Fahy released a self-published Kindle version in February of 2011, after he and his publisher came to a parting of the

Re: [Texascavers] Thrillers, evolution caves

2013-04-01 Thread Ted Samsel
Beware... (from GOODREADS_ * **(Oh. It's got caves in it, I guess it ought to be grea**t...**) [?]* * *Warren Fahy's new novel, PANDEMONIUM, isn’t really a “new novel” at all – Fahy released a self-published Kindle version in February of 2011, after he and his publisher came to a parting of the

Re: [Texascavers] Florida sinkhole article

2013-03-17 Thread Ted Samsel
One could go to a library.[?] On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Jacqueline Thomas jlrtho...@verizon.netwrote: Unfortunately, one can only read this article if s/he is a subscriber. Too, bad, because the teaser is pretty interesting… Jacqui On Mar 16, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Mixon Bill wrote:

Re: [Texascavers] Florida sinkhole article

2013-03-17 Thread Ted Samsel
One could go to a library.[?] On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Jacqueline Thomas jlrtho...@verizon.netwrote: Unfortunately, one can only read this article if s/he is a subscriber. Too, bad, because the teaser is pretty interesting… Jacqui On Mar 16, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Mixon Bill wrote:

Re: [Texascavers] Florida sinkhole article

2013-03-17 Thread Ted Samsel
One could go to a library.[?] On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Jacqueline Thomas jlrtho...@verizon.netwrote: Unfortunately, one can only read this article if s/he is a subscriber. Too, bad, because the teaser is pretty interesting… Jacqui On Mar 16, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Mixon Bill wrote:

[Texascavers] Florida sinkhole article..

2013-03-16 Thread Ted Samsel
In the Mar 18th New Yorker. Looks good. Only read the first few 'graphs.. gotta go recycle and stuff. Ted

[Texascavers] Florida sinkhole article..

2013-03-16 Thread Ted Samsel
In the Mar 18th New Yorker. Looks good. Only read the first few 'graphs.. gotta go recycle and stuff. Ted

[Texascavers] Florida sinkhole article..

2013-03-16 Thread Ted Samsel
In the Mar 18th New Yorker. Looks good. Only read the first few 'graphs.. gotta go recycle and stuff. Ted

Re: [Texascavers] Luray Caverns in the Washington Post Magazine

2013-03-15 Thread Ted Samsel
Aren't families great? On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Diana Tomchick diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu wrote: Interesting article from the Washington Post Magazine about the family that owns Luray Caverns, and their in-fighting.

Re: [Texascavers] Luray Caverns in the Washington Post Magazine

2013-03-15 Thread Ted Samsel
Aren't families great? On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Diana Tomchick diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu wrote: Interesting article from the Washington Post Magazine about the family that owns Luray Caverns, and their in-fighting.

Re: [Texascavers] Luray Caverns in the Washington Post Magazine

2013-03-15 Thread Ted Samsel
Aren't families great? On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Diana Tomchick diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu wrote: Interesting article from the Washington Post Magazine about the family that owns Luray Caverns, and their in-fighting.

[Texascavers] Re: [SWR] Let's go chthoning!

2013-02-15 Thread Ted Samsel
Chthoners baffle cavers. Ted On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:13 PM, John Corcoran john_j_corcoran_...@msn.comwrote: Thanks George and Karen! I will have to start using the adjectival form but will resist making it into a verb (for now)… ** ** Regards, ** ** John ** **

[Texascavers] Re: [SWR] Let's go chthoning!

2013-02-15 Thread Ted Samsel
Chthoners baffle cavers. Ted On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:13 PM, John Corcoran john_j_corcoran_...@msn.comwrote: Thanks George and Karen! I will have to start using the adjectival form but will resist making it into a verb (for now)… ** ** Regards, ** ** John ** **

[Texascavers] Re: [SWR] Let's go chthoning!

2013-02-15 Thread Ted Samsel
Chthoners baffle cavers. Ted On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:13 PM, John Corcoran john_j_corcoran_...@msn.comwrote: Thanks George and Karen! I will have to start using the adjectival form but will resist making it into a verb (for now)… ** ** Regards, ** ** John ** **

Re: [Texascavers] Passports

2013-02-10 Thread Ted Samsel
The books at the Johnson County (Kansas) liberry use RFID. Now they know I get cookbooks from cultures that hate each other. [?][?][?] On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:44 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote: Actually, a lot. That's when the crazys started wrapping them in foil and started buying RFD-safe

[Texascavers] Re: [SWR] RFID Credit Cards

2013-02-10 Thread Ted Samsel
Don't most credit cards used in the EU have them? My colleagues who pursue academic careers over there say their cards have a special chip in them. On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Gill Ediger gi...@att.net wrote: My passport does. Who knows what kind of information is on that? --Ediger

Re: [Texascavers] Passports

2013-02-10 Thread Ted Samsel
The books at the Johnson County (Kansas) liberry use RFID. Now they know I get cookbooks from cultures that hate each other. [?][?][?] On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:44 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote: Actually, a lot. That's when the crazys started wrapping them in foil and started buying RFD-safe

[Texascavers] Re: [SWR] RFID Credit Cards

2013-02-10 Thread Ted Samsel
Don't most credit cards used in the EU have them? My colleagues who pursue academic careers over there say their cards have a special chip in them. On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Gill Ediger gi...@att.net wrote: My passport does. Who knows what kind of information is on that? --Ediger

Re: [Texascavers] Passports

2013-02-10 Thread Ted Samsel
The books at the Johnson County (Kansas) liberry use RFID. Now they know I get cookbooks from cultures that hate each other. [?][?][?] On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:44 PM, dirt...@comcast.net wrote: Actually, a lot. That's when the crazys started wrapping them in foil and started buying RFD-safe

[Texascavers] this was also on Science Friday (thanks for reminding me, Dirtdoc..)

2013-01-19 Thread Ted Samsel
You cave mappers should study up on Ed Tufte, if you haven't already. I first heard of him when I did maps and graphics at the BEG in the 1980s. He's a great thinker. http://sciencefriday.com/segment/01/18/2013/edward-tufte-wants-you-to-see-better.html

[Texascavers] this was also on Science Friday (thanks for reminding me, Dirtdoc..)

2013-01-19 Thread Ted Samsel
You cave mappers should study up on Ed Tufte, if you haven't already. I first heard of him when I did maps and graphics at the BEG in the 1980s. He's a great thinker. http://sciencefriday.com/segment/01/18/2013/edward-tufte-wants-you-to-see-better.html

[Texascavers] Gravity-powered LEDs.

2013-01-17 Thread Ted Samsel
And at the end of the abseil/rappel, *sunt lux!* http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/kerosene-lamps-face-gravity-powered-usurper/

[Texascavers] Gravity-powered LEDs.

2013-01-17 Thread Ted Samsel
And at the end of the abseil/rappel, *sunt lux!* http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/kerosene-lamps-face-gravity-powered-usurper/

[Texascavers] Gravity-powered LEDs.

2013-01-17 Thread Ted Samsel
And at the end of the abseil/rappel, *sunt lux!* http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/kerosene-lamps-face-gravity-powered-usurper/

Re: [Texascavers] Triatoma

2012-12-07 Thread Ted Samsel
You go to the wrong doctors. Try a medical school that specializes in tropical medicine. T On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:21 AM, bmorgan...@aol.com wrote: ** In a message dated 12/7/2012 8:38:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org writes: Bruce, You should

Re: [Texascavers] Triatoma

2012-12-07 Thread Ted Samsel
You go to the wrong doctors. Try a medical school that specializes in tropical medicine. T On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:21 AM, bmorgan...@aol.com wrote: ** In a message dated 12/7/2012 8:38:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org writes: Bruce, You should

Re: [Texascavers] Triatoma

2012-12-07 Thread Ted Samsel
You go to the wrong doctors. Try a medical school that specializes in tropical medicine. T On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:21 AM, bmorgan...@aol.com wrote: ** In a message dated 12/7/2012 8:38:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org writes: Bruce, You should

Re: [Texascavers] Results of testing for Chagas in Kissing bugs in Texas

2012-12-06 Thread Ted Samsel
My old man (an ER MD) was aware of this back in the 1950s in S Texas. Thisn is not new news. Ted On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:38 PM, rafal kedzierski rafal...@hotmail.comwrote: From 'An Estimate of the Burden of Chagas Disease in the United States', Clinicial Infectious Diseases, 2009, Volume

Re: [Texascavers] Results of testing for Chagas in Kissing bugs in Texas

2012-12-06 Thread Ted Samsel
My old man (an ER MD) was aware of this back in the 1950s in S Texas. Thisn is not new news. Ted On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:38 PM, rafal kedzierski rafal...@hotmail.comwrote: From 'An Estimate of the Burden of Chagas Disease in the United States', Clinicial Infectious Diseases, 2009, Volume

Re: [Texascavers] Kiwi Sink Dig Trip Report

2012-11-13 Thread Ted Samsel
2010? On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: Sunday 11 November 2010--Marion Akers (IN), Simon Akers (IN), Tony Akers (IN), Don Broussard, Gill Ediger, Ernie Garza, Jim Jasek (Waco), Mimi Jasek (Waco), Ryan Monjaras, Justin Rader (Galveston) Terry Raines, Ron

Re: [Texascavers] Kiwi Sink Dig Trip Report

2012-11-13 Thread Ted Samsel
2010? On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: Sunday 11 November 2010--Marion Akers (IN), Simon Akers (IN), Tony Akers (IN), Don Broussard, Gill Ediger, Ernie Garza, Jim Jasek (Waco), Mimi Jasek (Waco), Ryan Monjaras, Justin Rader (Galveston) Terry Raines, Ron

Re: [Texascavers] Mountain lion killed on highway by town of Medina

2012-11-04 Thread Ted Samsel
We would see them at night between Uvalde and Eagle Pass and Crystal City in the 1950s back when I was a kid. Ted On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Julia Germany germa...@aol.com wrote: HI Geary! Thanks for posting this. However, I don't think mountain lions get email, so reminding them to

Re: [Texascavers] Mountain lion killed on highway by town of Medina

2012-11-04 Thread Ted Samsel
We would see them at night between Uvalde and Eagle Pass and Crystal City in the 1950s back when I was a kid. Ted On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Julia Germany germa...@aol.com wrote: HI Geary! Thanks for posting this. However, I don't think mountain lions get email, so reminding them to

Re: [Texascavers] Mountain lion killed on highway by town of Medina

2012-11-04 Thread Ted Samsel
We would see them at night between Uvalde and Eagle Pass and Crystal City in the 1950s back when I was a kid. Ted On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Julia Germany germa...@aol.com wrote: HI Geary! Thanks for posting this. However, I don't think mountain lions get email, so reminding them to

Re: [Texascavers] Mountain lion killed on highway by town of Medina

2012-11-02 Thread Ted Samsel
Shoot, old broads at Arkie Blue's Silver Dollar in Bandera is standard... On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Jim Evatt nmca...@comcast.net wrote: Killed by the ENTIRE town?! This event is startlingly similar to Murder on the Orient Express, where EVERYONE (except Poirot) took a swipe at the vic

Re: [Texascavers] Mountain lion killed on highway by town of Medina

2012-11-02 Thread Ted Samsel
Shoot, old broads at Arkie Blue's Silver Dollar in Bandera is standard... On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Jim Evatt nmca...@comcast.net wrote: Killed by the ENTIRE town?! This event is startlingly similar to Murder on the Orient Express, where EVERYONE (except Poirot) took a swipe at the vic

Re: [Texascavers] Mountain lion killed on highway by town of Medina

2012-11-02 Thread Ted Samsel
Shoot, old broads at Arkie Blue's Silver Dollar in Bandera is standard... On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Jim Evatt nmca...@comcast.net wrote: Killed by the ENTIRE town?! This event is startlingly similar to Murder on the Orient Express, where EVERYONE (except Poirot) took a swipe at the vic

Re: [Texascavers] Menu

2012-10-16 Thread Ted Samsel
The Maya had turkeys, but no chickens.. why are you using chicken? They didn't have pigs until the gachupines showed up either. T On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Herman Miller her...@cavechat.org wrote: Thank you all for this info, I personally do not care but my lady love whose coming all

Re: [Texascavers] Menu

2012-10-16 Thread Ted Samsel
Like the woman (a yanqui?) at a Mexican restaurant (El Mat? El Toro?) back in the late 70s who said I'm a vegetarian. I'd like carne guisada without meat.. Ted On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: Chili without chile is sort of an empty gesture. --Ediger

Re: [Texascavers] Menu

2012-10-16 Thread Ted Samsel
The Maya had turkeys, but no chickens.. why are you using chicken? They didn't have pigs until the gachupines showed up either. T On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Herman Miller her...@cavechat.org wrote: Thank you all for this info, I personally do not care but my lady love whose coming all

Re: [Texascavers] Menu

2012-10-16 Thread Ted Samsel
Like the woman (a yanqui?) at a Mexican restaurant (El Mat? El Toro?) back in the late 70s who said I'm a vegetarian. I'd like carne guisada without meat.. Ted On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: Chili without chile is sort of an empty gesture. --Ediger

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