Cavers are good people. I get to go camping for cheap surrrounded by good people. I get to do something fun and exciting with good people. I get good food prepared by good people. I get to hang with beautiful good people.
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:22 AM, <mark.al...@l-3com.com> wrote: > 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 -- 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
