I'm just glad folks have the energy and wherewithal to put it on each year. A lot of time and hassles without many accolades or tumultuous applause. It might be beneficial to put out a yearly update as to the logistics and operational maneuvering that happens. For instance, I didn't know that TCR had a five year continuing discount agreement with Paradise Canyon. Good acknowledgements of volunteer efforts are given each year, but Don doesn't give himself enough credit nor goes anyone else raise a rousing toast in his honor. That should be corrected in my opinion.
Jerry Atkinson. jerryat...@aol.com Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2017, at 5:38 PM, Sheryl Rieck via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > It's the same tired song and dance every year. I have noticed a trend of the > complainers being the people who are the least involved. Every friggin' year. > I like Paradise Canyon but I go to TCR to see and visit with Cavers. > > Sheryl Rieck > sheryl.ri...@gmail.com > > "You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime, you just might > find you get what you need" Rolling Stones > > On Feb 8, 2017, at 6:31 PM, Don Arburn via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > >>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 6:02 PM, Charles Loving via Texascavers >>> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >>> >>> Why are we stuck at Paradise Canyon? >> >> Charles, get over it. Paradise Canyon agreed to a good price if we kept TCR >> there for the next 5 years. If no one hasn't noticed things are getting more >> expensive these days. If you can find a better price than what we are >> currently paying with as many amenities, showers, river, electricity, >> bathrooms, ice, picnic tables, porto-potties, nice green manicured camping, >> Lodges with baths and A/C. What are you griping about, we haven’t seen you >> there in some time anyway. Besides weren’t you happy there was LODGING with >> A/C there? I distinctly remember you asking about it. >> >>> The OTR used to be fun when it moved around. >> >> Well, this isn’t OTR. >> >>> Now it is in a rut. Paradise Canyon is OK but to me it is incredibly boring >>> after the tenth time. I recall the first one where I and a few other cooked >>> at Luckenbach. Then a lot of places all over Central Texas. Now it is >>> stuck, dead in the water. >> >> Dead? Are you volunteering to honcho it up? I’d be happy to turn it over to >> you. Just say the word and it’s all yours. >> >>> OK I was chief cook for 20 years and has a myriad of volunteer people who >>> were involved in cooking. We had a rule for our volunteer cooks and there >>> were about 35 or 40 of them. The rule was cook what you want but cook, but >>> enough. Enough was a nebulous figure. We had tons of corn on the cob from >>> the valley. Fish from Galveston, A roast pig, brisket, beef clod, chicken, >>> turkey, hot links from Fredericksburg, bean salad, fruit salad, salad >>> salad, black beans, refried beans, tortillas, pie, cake, cookies, a million >>> brownies, chicken, Hatch chilis, gazpacho. all manner of stuff, we once had >>> quail, and the people gobbled it up. >> >> Great! Since we lost our cook last year, it sounds like you would be the >> perfect head cook. Are you volunteering? That menu sounds awesome, go ahead >> and purchase the stuff and get me a reciept and I’ll put you down as head >> cook. HEY EVERBODY! IGOR IS OUR NEW HEAD COOK! WOOO!! >> >>> All prepared by THE CAVER COOKS for the fun of cooking it. That tradition >>> has died it would seem. Maybe caver don't cook anymore? Not sure why but >>> the old cooks never got any new cooks to volunteer to take the reins. >> >> Well, seeing you haven't come to a -TCR- (Texas Cavers Reunion, been named >> that for only the last THIRTY EIGHT YEARS) you have totally missed out on >> some fine cooking by the experts we have that ACTUALLY STEPPED UP and >> VOLUNTEERED. Stefan and Vico and the rest of the COOKS have done an awesome >> and thankless job for everybody. But of course your stepping up will easily >> surpass their cooking, no? We look forward to it! >> >>> Maybe there was a great loss in cooking ability. I hate to say this but I >>> haven't eaten the meal at OTR is four years. I am not sure why because I >>> pay for it, but the last one just didn't meet my expectations. I apologize >>> to those who worked so hard and long but what is, is and I am a dyed in the >>> wool food Nazi. We didn't need a food trailer to cook in we just built >>> fires and got after it. >> >> Well that's just awesome, good for you. Sorry you’ll be disappointed for the >> next five years. Maybe you should just keep staying home. >> >>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Don Arburn via Texascavers >>> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >>> Paradise Canyon >>> October 12-15, 2017 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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