Damn! You figured out Sheryl and my ulterior motive, Lyndon! As Sheryl stated, please be aware that your responses can/will be used in the next issue of The TEXAS CAVER.
If you have no problem with this, post away! Thanks, Mark -----Original Message----- From: lyndon....@gmail.com [mailto:lyndon....@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Lyndon Tiu Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:19 AM To: Sheryl Rieck Cc: TexasCavers Subject: Re: [Texascavers] 10 Reasons I Would Rather Be Caving Sounds like a good title for a TC article. On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Sheryl Rieck <sheryl.ri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I started caving a bit later in life than many people and promptly became > too busy to cave even though I had fallen in love with the peace and beauty > of the caves I had visited. I have not been in a cave in 4 years, but almost > no day goes by that I don't think about caving. It is my choices that have > kept me from caving. That doesn't keep from missing it any less. > > > > As I was wading through the massive number of issues associated with a > go-live (the ultimate goal of my projects) that was in too short a time span > and with too little information, I found myself thinking yet again of caving > and how I would so much prefer to be underground with a bunch of fun folks > than getting my butt kicked by issues. About this same time, the emails > from Mark began. > > > > I agreed with the assessment of the publications becoming very scientific. > I'm an accountant. I have no scientific knowledge in the realm of > speleological studies. I don't read those articles because they make my eyes > roll back in my head and that just makes my eyes hurt. So, in an effort to > give Mark an article and to give us laypeople something to read, I came up > with 10 reasons I would rather be caving. I thought maybe you could send > Mark YOUR 10 reasons you would rather be caving. Knowing the Texas caving > community as I do, I think that the articles would be fascinating. > > > > Here are my 10: > > > > 1. The snakes are only at the entrance of a cave and look like snakes. > > 2. A traffic jam is just a good way to rest in a cave. > > 3. The people who annoy me most would never be able to find me in a > cave. > > 4. My laptop cannot get a signal in a cave. That is my story and I am > sticking to it no matter what. > > 5. My cell phone cannot get a signal in a cave. Ditto sticking to it. > > 6. Saying you have been mapping a cave sounds more interesting than > saying you have been mapping a chart of accounts. > > 7. Mapping a cave IS more interesting than mapping a chart of > accounts. > > 8. When I am in the dark in a cave that is the way it is supposed to > be. > > 9. I have met some interesting, entertaining, and/or incredibly odd > people on caving trips and that is just fun. > > 10. I am usually not the strangest person in the group. > > > > I cannot wait to see what others' 10 reasons are that they would rather be > caving. I have read some truly amazing words from so many of you. You are > verbose, imaginative, and clever people and I think your 10 reasons would be > worth a read. > > > > Disclaimer: Not all submissions will be published and you know why. -- Lyndon Tiu --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
