Re: [Texascavers] new Texas laws

2009-10-02 Thread wwildchild
I think all the occupants on the Powerwagon Bus have to be strapped in. Unless there are 16 cavers on board ).Feel free to correct me on that. Unless you remove the seatbelts behind the front seats. :-7  The law is specific in that it is only an offense "Provided the vehicle is equipe

[Texascavers] sexy things in caves

2009-05-14 Thread wwildchild
While it doesn't look like any of the sexy cavers I have seen recently, it is suppose to be 36,000 years old: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/oldestsculpture/ Puppy =:-)

Re: [Texascavers] Loghorn Cavern?

2009-02-10 Thread wwildchild
Ah, LOGhorn cave, now I see. :7?? While on the thru-trip I believe it was one?of the?ASS?cavers that asked me what the difference was between a cave and a cavern. I didn't know but I?suspected something along the lines of the difference between a caver and spelunker so that is what I though

Re: [Texascavers] Loghorn Cavern?

2009-02-09 Thread wwildchild
Loghorn Cave? Nope, the sign says Longhorn Cavern, and the TSS has it listed as Longhorn Cavern, so I'm going to say cavern and you can say cave. Puppy =:-) -Original Message- From: Don Arburn Cc: Texas Cavers List Sent: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 9:44 pm Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Log

[Texascavers] Longhorn Cavern dig and thru trip 02/07/09

2009-02-09 Thread wwildchild
Below is a link to the Loghorn Cave dig project this past weekend to clear out one passage that had become silted up and to push a lead that is more accessible due to the low water.? My waterproof camera is overexposing all of the pics so I apologize for the quality I tweaked most of them to get

[Texascavers] RE: The alter-Epic at Honey Creek Cave

2009-02-05 Thread wwildchild
YIKES!!? I made a HUGE error in my original story. I credited Vivian, when it sounds like it was in fact Linda Palit that was my guardian angel and took control of me in the camper along with?Kitty Swoboda. Ellie jumped in later. And I think it was Kurt that was part of getting all of my campin

[Texascavers] WWBRD? [Texascavers] The alter-Epic at Honey Creek Cave

2009-02-05 Thread wwildchild
For the record, since I failed to?include one of?the?funniest moments in my alter-epic story of hypothermia in Honey creek, less than an hour into my ordeal a catch phrase popped into my head and I actually said it out loud and laughed pretty hard because well I didn't actually know, except th

[Texascavers] The alter-Epic at Honey Creek Cave

2009-02-04 Thread wwildchild
Puppy here.? I haven't opened my texas cavers mail folder in a long time (1,236 unread messages) since topics tend to vary way off of caving at times but I saw the epic Honey Creek title and couldn't help jumping back in to tell my long winded epic. So delete now if you've already seen the movi

Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage

2008-07-23 Thread wwildchild
Another job outsourced to foreign labor. Puppy =:-) PS: I love you NICO and you are a good caver so take that with all the humor that it was intended. Rumor has it that Nico Escamilla has become the Texas Caver remailer moderator? -WaV On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Nico Escamilla wrote:

Re: [Texascavers] caving in austin

2008-01-08 Thread wwildchild
Nico, Howdy Y'all?? Nico, we need to work on you English. I'd gladly take you to Airman's just to see you try?to get through the keyhole, but?my arm is still recouping from surgery so crawling is out.? Besides I know you have never understood (nor want to) why some of us actually like airman's.

Re: [Texascavers] OT - future of automobiles

2007-12-11 Thread wwildchild
Same here Don always?flown in?but never landed.? But I prefer the Cadillac feel and exquisit sound of the Super Constellation with its first class seats?(no wood floor seating?packed like a sardine)?and its four supercharged turbo 3200hp engines that pretty much suck you out the side of the plan

Re: [Texascavers] RE: Honey Creek/Airmen's

2007-12-05 Thread wwildchild
I'm 6'2" and I kind of like the One-Legged Man.? But you don't have to do that anymore - we made a bypass years ago.? Or did that collapse? ? Mark Minton Bypass is still there. I'm too short to make it through one legged man without a lot of trouble especially dealing with a pack. puppy =:-

Re: [Texascavers] Breakthrough in Texas Longest Cave

2007-12-03 Thread wwildchild
James Brown, It's about time you made it through that little hole. Bravo, your my new hero! I guess this means you'll want to go back with more gear (like boots). :) I'm thinking maybe Will and the dozen cavers that went to the boneyard should have gone first with all the gear at sunrise a

[Texascavers] Re:[Texascavers] OT license plates

2007-11-28 Thread wwildchild
www.publicdata.comis what i have used before. there is a fee. puppy =:-) -Original Message- From: Nico Escamilla Sent: November 28, 2007 9:43:00 PM GMT To: Texas Cavers List Subject: [Texascavers] OT license plates Is there a way in TX to find out who the owner of a trailer is i

Re: [Texascavers] Hand Made Vertical Cave Near Houston

2007-11-13 Thread wwildchild
I've been through some of?the drainage tunnels (The main ones are about 8-10' dia brick/stone) under downtown in recent years, and I just want to say that there is no way anyone could talk me into?ever doing a restoration project down there. :)? 100+ lb chunks of broken manhole covers everywher

Re: [Texascavers] kayving?

2007-11-07 Thread wwildchild
Nico, Ok, in addition to numerous other stupid accomplishments, I have placed 3rd in what is billed as the hardest kayak race in the world and I have done? (twice) what Bill S says is the hardest cave in Texas, but let me just say that anyone that wants to do 40'+ drops into a 6' pool? in a k

Re: [Texascavers] (A pox on Both their houses) RE: Off-Topic Satellite Radio

2007-10-18 Thread wwildchild
I have XM, I can't compare it to Sirius since I have never tried it. But let me say this, I love it. I can drive from Houston to Monterrey MX listening to the same channel without hearing one commercial or losing the signal. (Fungus and Squizz, both punk stations are my favorites) an Important f

Re: [Texascavers] OT - computer news ( Vista )

2007-10-08 Thread wwildchild
If you have your windows update set to automatic (and depending on the settings you choose) you already have all of the updated patches, if not then just manually start windows update. It's simple, automatic, and almost fool-proof.  A remember the days when MS bug fixes were over a year apa

Re: [Texascavers] OT - homebrewing query

2007-09-18 Thread wwildchild
Wow, I like how Sandi works.? She is gathering people that do homebrew to bring homebrew to her location. That is such a novel idea, that I am going to say that I love Chili so I am going to gather all of you who would like to make? some chili to come to my camp (with your chili) so we can discu

Re: [Texascavers] More from a Florida caver on the storm, plus photo link

2007-07-27 Thread wwildchild
I do recall one message from John Locklear saying he would be sleeping under a tarp.??I hope he didn't seek?refuge in a porta-john.?? The possibilities of irony would be endless. Humor aside, I truly hope?John and everyone else?is ok and dry.??I image those that were stuck in the storm were re

Re: [Texascavers] a border crossing ordeal

2007-06-27 Thread wwildchild
So, due to events beyond my control I had to buy 2 expensive plane? tickets for my? family to fly to Monterrey. ( that was not in my budget ).? "due to events beyond my control", David I think those pshyco analysts call that denial, or perhaps it's something about not taking responsibility fo

Re: [Texascavers] take this mpg Dave L

2007-06-18 Thread wwildchild
The beers that I like (I said beers not bears) are between 15-30 grams of carbohydrates thus 1 or two beers is about the same as a packet of Goo.  Liquid carbohydrates man, it's the energy drink of the future, today! Go to almost any marathon and you will find runners drinking beer around mile

Re: [Texascavers] RE: The Hardest Caving Trip in Texas

2007-05-23 Thread wwildchild
I no longer think of going to the sump as being a hard and incredibly difficult trip but that opinion is restricted to simply having a pack of typical caving gear.  But when you add to the typical gear of water/food/lights and add Hauling a 35+ lb scuba tank in your pack, or 25+lb large pelican

Re: [Texascavers] OT - computer news

2007-05-04 Thread wwildchild
Wow, and to think that my Commodore Vic 20 with 5k of RAM actually ran an operating system at all. Since your talking bogomips, it would be in the neighborhood of .004 And to make the cave/computer relationship, I havn't been able to open texascaving.com lately. :7 Puppy =:-) It's not pow

Re: [Texascavers] Cave BASE jumping

2007-04-05 Thread wwildchild
Nico, I don't drink red bull, but yea if you have juju I'll take it and say thankya. As long as that pit is 800 foot minimum lets go! Think of it as an adventure. You'll either remember it or not. I will give you the "guaranteed to learn on your first jump" course or your money back. I persona

CaveTex: Bustamante/GPS waypoints

2007-03-26 Thread wwildchild
I am traveling to La Gruta del Palmito in Bustamante Labor day weekend, which will be my first trip accross the border via vehicle, not to mention my lack of spanish speaking skills. I found info from the past bustamante restoration projects as to procedure for crossing the border etc, but I wa

CaveTex: Car title question at border going to bustamonte

2007-03-26 Thread wwildchild
Hola, I'm traveling to La Gruta del Palmito near Bustamante on Saturday for my first trip ever driving accross the border and I just found a problem with my title and I wanted to see if anyone has experience with this. I have an Original Title in my name as owner, there is one lien holder

CaveTex: A noobies first adventure to Bustamante

2007-03-26 Thread wwildchild
Hola!! Several people on cave-tex helped me so I wanted to post a trip report on my adventure to Bustamante Mex this past weekend. My name is Roy Lewis (my friends call me Puppy) I live near Galveston and I am new to caving, just a few trips through most of the Texas show caves (as a t