texascavers Digest 18 Oct 2011 17:09:50 -0000 Issue 1417
Topics (messages 18871 through 18881):
UT Grotto Meeting - Wed Oct 19
18871 by: Gary Franklin
Re: TCR Cooks thanks...
18872 by: galenfalg...@yahoo.com
18877 by: Gill Edigar
Re: a cool caver-type project
18873 by: Herman Miller
18874 by: Herman Miller
Rod Goke Update?
18875 by: Mark.Alman.L-3com.com
18876 by: Jim Kennedy
18880 by: Don Cooper
Re: TCR 2011
18878 by: Espeleo Coahuila
18879 by: Espeleo Coahuila
Re: Mapping workshop
18881 by: Karen
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Howdy Caver,
You are cordially invited to attend the Underground Texas Grotto meeting.
Underground Texas Grotto meeting on Wednesday October 19, 2011 from 7:45
P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall (156 West 24th Street,
Austin TX 78712) http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html
Terry Raines will be presenting – Adventures in Peru.
Terry and company spend time down south in the highlands traveling around an
enchanted land seeking Limestone. Come check out the great program and for
the fun and fellowship with Austin Texas Caver Community.
For information on Underground Texas Grotto activities, please see
www.utgrotto.org
Officer contact, trip reports, event calendar, and new caver training links
to beginner trips or vertical rope training are available.
Before the meeting, take advantage of Sao Paulo www.saopaulos.net for
happy hour specials. This area is the best place to park and meet folks
walking over to the meeting. Then after the official meeting, we continue
with the decades long tradition to reconvene for burgers, beer, and tall
tales of caving at Posse East. www.posse-east.com
The UT Grotto needs you, YES, YOU !!! the caver with photos and a story to
share about your adventures, scientific research, or something else really
cool. The docket is wide open you you to take the Main stage. Contact me.
Sincerely,
Gary Franklin
UT Grotto Vice Chair & Program Organizer
512-585-6057
v...@utgrotto.org
Terry Raines <trai...@amcs.org>
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Thanks to everyone who helped prep. Terry for doing such a good job getting all
the food for me. And expecally to Heather for helping me cook those spinners I
whpld not.have been Able to cook two dishes without you.
Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint!
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From: "Leslie Bell" <bellem...@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 9:01 pm
Subject: [Texascavers] TCR Cooks thanks...
To: "Allan B. Cobb" <a...@oztotl.com>, "Heather Tucek" <trog...@cavechat.org>
Cc: "Stefan Creaser" <stefan.crea...@arm.com>, "Cavers Texas"
<texascavers@texascavers.com>
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There were a few people who paid their registration fee while (essentially)
standing in line. There were no wrist bands available at the time so a few
people may have appeared to not have paid but I don't think there was anyone
in line who didn't pay.
--Ediger
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Stefan Creaser <stefan.crea...@arm.com>wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how the veggie recipe was, by the time I ate it was long
> gone?! I hear the fish was excellent too, but that's not my bag.
>
>
> I was at the front of the line for a bit until Don Arburn took over, after
> that I went down the line a few times and everyone had a band.
>
> I did see the couple of people you saw Aimee (but I was too busy to do
> anything about it), I know who they are and hopefully they'll be making a
> suitable donation to a caving charity in the very near future (copy of the
> receipts would be appreciated ;-). Overall i'm glad the majority of people
> know what it takes to make sure everyone has a good time!
>
> Even thou I arrived later than I wanted, and worked more that planned, I
> still had a great time (perhaps more than the other years i've been involved
> - probably due to TerryH). Thanks to those who pull TCR together, and to
> Dave 'Cave' McClung for manning the bar (those who missed out on that missed
> out on some great drinks! - next year y'all).
>
> I have a theme in mind for next year already, planning begins!
>
> Stefan
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Oct 17, 2011, at 8:04 PM, "Aimee Beveridge" <aim...@yahoo.com<mailto:
> aim...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> I want to thank all the Chief Cookies for making it all go so smoothly,
> especially, Mr. Holsinger for the super squash recipe. Yum!
>
> It was a great feed. The menu is a very nice addition. ASS did a good job
> helping.
>
> One suggestion for next year: get someone parked in the front of the line
> to sit and watch to make sure everyone has their bracelets on. There were a
> few (eating with the cooks no less) that had not paid.
>
> Anyway, there will always be those that feel entitled I guess. Or, maybe,
> just maybe they really wanted to pay but the registration gurus had stepped
> away.
>
> Aimee
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Heather Tucek <trog...@cavechat.org<mailto:trog...@cavechat.org>>
> To: Allan B. Cobb <a...@oztotl.com<mailto:a...@oztotl.com>>
> Cc: Stefan Creaser <stefan.crea...@arm.com<mailto:stefan.crea...@arm.com>>;
> Cavers Texas <texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:
> texascavers@texascavers.com>>
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 1:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] TCR Cooks thanks...
>
> And thank you for everyone who stayed afterwards and cleaned up!!!
>
>
> All,
>
> The big feed on Saturday would not have happened without the extreme
> generosity of one person and the hard work of two others.
>
> Please give a *big* thanks to Don Arburn for donating the beef!!!
>
> And another to Vico Jones for butchering the steer, AND the pig (and
> cooking it). Sorry to those who haven’t seen the cow butchering video on
> facebook (or not, it was graphic!).
>
> Finally to Terry Holsinger who did the majority of the legwork in getting
> all the food bits together. I hope you all saw the Pirate menu or read the
> description cards of the dishes :-)
>
>
> And of course please thank your cooks for slaving all day over hot burners
> and cutting boards, and all the time before hand in putting it together…
>
> Denise Prendergast and Jocie Hooper – coconut bars (Pieces of Eight)
> Matt Zappitello (w/Crystal LeBoeuf) – Pineapple Upsidedown cake (Cabin
> Boy’s Delight)
> Aimee Beveridge (w/?) – Cup cakes (Kraken Snacks)
>
> Heather Tucek – Fruit Salad (Seadog Salad)
> Leslie Bell – Green Salad (Jewel o’ t’ Eart’ Salad)
> Terry Holsinger (w/Sandi Calhoun) – Rice and Peas (Cat o’ nine tails)
> Terry Holsinger – Beans & Tomatos (Drawn and Quartered)
>
> Galen Falgout** – Escoveech Fish (Shore Leave)
> Terry Holsinger – Caribbean Style Chicken (Scurvy Island Chicken)
> Vico Jones – Whole Roasted Pig (The Last Mutineer)
> Aimee Beveridge – Spicy Punkin Curry (Parrot’s Booty)
> Umm – Caribbean Beef Stew (Scalawags Surprise)
>
> Galen Falgout** (w/Heather Tucek) – Spinners (Rotten Doubloons)
>
> (** Galen said to me a few weeks ago that he’d like to help, but didn’t
> want to do/own a whole dish. So he ended up doing two!! We appreciate that!)
>
> And to their many helpers for
> cutting/slicing/chopping/stirring/frying/turning/opening/etc.
>
> And to ASS for serving it all (and pulling that together, it’s more
> complicated than you think!!), and for generally being awesome for doing a
> lot of final prep and help for various dishes – Smoked beef and sausage
> slices, for instance.
>
> Thanks y’all, and very much so from me.
>
> Stefan
> (Chief Cook and Bottle Washer).
>
>
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> Go find out!
> -Heather Tuček
> UT Grotto
> NSS 59660
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I am not for or against but I just feel the changing environment around the
hot tub is a sign of a changing demographic of the "Texas Caver.". I noticed
a few years ago the "Aggie explosion" that began a changing of the guards if
you would. While the ASS represents a growing percentage of Texas cavers,
they also represent a group of cavers that are both casual and transient. I
feel the large influx has eroded some of the tradition that being a Texas
Caver represents. For the casual Caver they may never know what it's like
to come out of a cave soaking wet on new years day with your only care being
to get out of your wet muddy clothes and to get warm or to get to the one
point in your cave trip where you have to cross that near sump where it
would be completely pointless to get everything wet.
I think we should welcome every caver with open arms....well not the best
words but you understand. We all eventually cave to the greater culture
which is that of the Texas Caver!!!
On Monday, October 17, 2011, <tbsam...@verizon.net> wrote:
> This is great!
>
>
> Oct 14, 2011 10:53:11 AM, bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote:
>
> Mike Pugliese called my attention to this:
>
> http://www.jaccuzzi.ch/html/affichjacc_264_e.html
>
> Makes the hot and cold tubs at the TCR look simple in comparison. I
> suppose I shouldn't be giving Pete ideas... -- Mixon
> ----------------------------------------
> I believe there are
> 15,747,724,136,275,002,577,605,653,961,181,555,
> 468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,
> 631,031,296 protons in the universe and the same number of electrons.—
> Sir Arthur Eddington
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PpI am not for or against but I just feel the changing environment around
the hot tub is a sign of a changing demographic of the "Texas Caver.". I
noticed a few years ago the "Aggie explosion" that began a changing of the
guards if you would. While the ASS represents a growing percentage of Texas
cavers, they also represent a group of cavers that are both casual and
transient. I feel the large influx has eroded some of the tradition that
being a Texas Caver represents. For the casual Caver they may never know
what it's like to come out of a cave soaking wet on new years day with you
On Monday, October 17, 2011, <tbsam...@verizon.net> wrote:
> This is great!
>
>
> Oct 14, 2011 10:53:11 AM, bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote:
>
> Mike Pugliese called my attention to this:
>
> http://www.jaccuzzi.ch/html/affichjacc_264_e.html
>
> Makes the hot and cold tubs at the TCR look simple in comparison. I
> suppose I shouldn't be giving Pete ideas... -- Mixon
> ----------------------------------------
> I believe there are
> 15,747,724,136,275,002,577,605,653,961,181,555,
> 468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185,
> 631,031,296 protons in the universe and the same number of electrons.—
> Sir Arthur Eddington
> ----------------------------------------
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Just checking in to see if there is any new info as to services for Rod
and to thank whoever set up the memorial for him at TCR.
It was very thoughtful, beautiful, touching, and well done.
He would be most pleased.
Thanks,
Mark
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It was posted on CaveTex about a week ago. Services will be (or maybe
WERE by now) held in Memphis, TN, where his family is.
I agree, it was a nice memorial at TCR. Thanks to Paul and Katherine
and whomever else was involved.
-- Crash
From: mark.al...@l-3com.com [mailto:mark.al...@l-3com.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 9:40 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: [Texascavers] Rod Goke Update?
Just checking in to see if there is any new info as to services for Rod
and to thank whoever set up the memorial for him at TCR.
It was very thoughtful, beautiful, touching, and well done.
He would be most pleased.
Thanks,
Mark
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I happened upon the tent/shrine while trying to find my way back to
camp, in the wee hours of the morning - quite a surreal and deeply
moving experience.
My heartfelt appreciation also to those who put it together.
It meant a lot to me to have a way to say "goodbye".
-WaV
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:40 AM, <mark.al...@l-3com.com> wrote:
> Just checking in to see if there is any new info as to services for Rod and
> to thank whoever set up the memorial for him at TCR.
>
> It was very thoughtful, beautiful, touching, and well done.
>
> He would be most pleased.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
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Thank you friends, this year was my second time to participed in TCR, the
first 2009, I cannot to help much, and you help me alot with my treatments,
this weekend received a lot hugs and good words from you, and some
donations.
Thank you again for let me help in some areas that you need help: Aimee:
with the cup cakes, Aimee and Geoff: to support me too, Ellie: in the
registration area, that's a wonderful place to meet people, say hello, and
give hugs, with Nick : to carrie wood to hot tube, I try help. Gill: thank
you for give me a rait, Linda and Allan thank you for your support. Jenni
and Don: for help me.
Ruff and Roger: thank you for help me.Ellie thank you for your help too.
the flavors of the food, was very good. The time with the friends was
wonderful
the contest was great, I win in survey team (my first time) and the costume
( thanks)
Well I saw many people, friends from Austin, Houston, San Antonio, a new
friends, Mexico. Hope the next year come again and help more...
Love you
Hope you understand my english....
See you soon in the Bexar Grotto.
Moni Ponce.
2011/10/17 Carl Kunath <carl.kun...@suddenlink.net>
> Congratulations and thanks to Allan Cobb and his host of unsung
> volunteers for yet another great Texas Caver Reunion. You folks do a great
> job!
>
> Special thanks this year to whomever followed though with providing name
> tags at registration. Wonderful!
>
> ===Carl Kunath
>
--
LCC Monica Grissel Ponce Gonzalez
San Antonio, Texas
espeleocoahu...@gmail.com
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And Thank you Steve Gutting, to help me in the survey team.... wonderful
job....
Moni
2011/10/18 Espeleo Coahuila <espeleocoahu...@gmail.com>
> Thank you friends, this year was my second time to participed in TCR, the
> first 2009, I cannot to help much, and you help me alot with my treatments,
> this weekend received a lot hugs and good words from you, and some
> donations.
> Thank you again for let me help in some areas that you need help: Aimee:
> with the cup cakes, Aimee and Geoff: to support me too, Ellie: in the
> registration area, that's a wonderful place to meet people, say hello, and
> give hugs, with Nick : to carrie wood to hot tube, I try help. Gill: thank
> you for give me a rait, Linda and Allan thank you for your support. Jenni
> and Don: for help me.
> Ruff and Roger: thank you for help me.Ellie thank you for your help too.
> the flavors of the food, was very good. The time with the friends was
> wonderful
> the contest was great, I win in survey team (my first time) and the costume
> ( thanks)
>
> Well I saw many people, friends from Austin, Houston, San Antonio, a new
> friends, Mexico. Hope the next year come again and help more...
> Love you
> Hope you understand my english....
>
> See you soon in the Bexar Grotto.
>
> Moni Ponce.
>
>
>
>
> 2011/10/17 Carl Kunath <carl.kun...@suddenlink.net>
>
>> Congratulations and thanks to Allan Cobb and his host of unsung
>> volunteers for yet another great Texas Caver Reunion. You folks do a great
>> job!
>>
>> Special thanks this year to whomever followed though with providing name
>> tags at registration. Wonderful!
>>
>> ===Carl Kunath
>>
>
>
>
> --
> LCC Monica Grissel Ponce Gonzalez
> San Antonio, Texas
> espeleocoahu...@gmail.com
>
>
--
LCC Monica Grissel Ponce Gonzalez
San Antonio, Texas
espeleocoahu...@gmail.com
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I'm just now catching up on Cavetex, but I'm happy to see there are plans
for another Mapping Workshop. I found the walk-throughs, especially for
drafting new maps, extremely useful and informative. In addition, it was a
lot of fun! Thanks to everyone for taking the time out to do this.
I definitely encourage people to attend the next one.
Cheers,
Karen
Ron - I forgot the all important "reply to all" button, so you'll have two
of these. I apologize for the spam!
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Ron Ralph <ronra...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Cavers,****
>
> ** **
>
> The workshop at the Texas Speleological Survey office was a success and
> will be repeated hopefully this next spring. Below is a report produced by
> instructor Leslie Bell.****
>
> ****
>
> The TSS Survey Mapping Workshop was held on Saturday, September 24, 2011
> from 10:30AM to 5:30PM. ****
>
> Jim Kennedy and Leslie Bell taught the workshop, and Rod Goke and
> Christopher Francke helped with the setup and IT support. The digital
> projector used during the workshop was provided by Jim Kennedy. ****
>
> ****
>
> The workshop had three attendees: ****
>
> Rick Corbell from San Antonio, TX ****
>
> Gary Franklin from Austin, TX ****
>
> Karen Masters from Austin, TX ****
>
> ****
>
> The first half of the workshop covered scanning paper maps and taking them
> into GIMP to clean up the scanned maps. GIMP is a free software raster
> graphics editor. Corresponding actions in Adobe Photoshop (a popular but
> more expensive raster graphics editor) were also shown to the attendees. As
> all of the TSS computers have been set up with GIMP, each of the three
> attendees used the information given to them to clean up scanned Williamson
> County maps. ****
>
> The workshop then broke for lunch at Pho Hoang. ****
>
> The second half of the workshop covered entering survey data into WALLS,
> exporting a line plot from WALLS and then taking that line plot and creating
> an official profile or plan map using Inkscape, a free software vector
> graphics editor. ****
>
> ****
>
> Although there were only a few attendees, each of those attendees did get
> to learn valuable information that they can use in the future and will now
> have the tools in their arsenal to draft their own maps and submit them to
> the TSS. Jim Kennedy and Leslie Bell both agree the workshop was a general
> success and would like to see more workshops in the future. ****
>
> ****
>
> Although there were no donations given, attendees did pay for their own
> lunches at Pho Hoang. ****
>
> ****
>
> Tutorials for GIMP and WALLS were drafted for the workshop and future
> workshops will be able to include and build on these tutorials. ****
>
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