You just never know who you're gonna talk to on these lines. Good work!
________________________________ From: Texascavers <texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com> on behalf of Charles Loving via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:57 AM To: Cavers Texas Cc: Charles Loving Subject: Re: [Texascavers] my unsubscribe call may result in a new caver in India! Very cool. On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 6:17 AM, Jacqueline Thomas via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>> wrote: Nicely done, Logan! J. LaRue Thomas jlrtho...@verizon.net<mailto:jlrtho...@verizon.net> > On Jul 10, 2017, at 11:30 PM, Logan McNatt via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto:texascavers@texascavers.com>> wrote: > > I want to share an unusual phone conversation I had today. As one of the > Texas Speleological Survey Directors, I sometimes get unsolicited "Small > Business" mailings to TSS c/o my address. Got one today from Dell, so I > called to unsubscribe. The representative needed the exact address info to > cancel it. Gave it to him, and of course had to spell Speleological. Asked > him if he knew what it meant, and of course he didn't. > > When I told him it was the study and exploration of caves, he said "Wow, that > sounds interesting. I enjoy trekking in the wilderness." I asked him where he > lives--India. He asked more questions, so I gave him several website links > (e.g. Sotano de las Golondrinas), which he looked at while we were talking. > Told him I'm not familiar with caves in India. I thought we could get cut off > at any time, so reached for the closest thing at hand-- my copy of Atlas of > The Great Caves of the World (Courbon, Chabert, Bosted, and Lindsley, 1989). > We talked for about 20 minutes, and he said he was going to search online for > caving groups in India. He is 24 years old, personable, and eager to learn > and experience a new adventure. He actually gave me his email and asked me to > send any more info I could. > > So, cavers, please send any contacts, references, and suggestions regarding > cavers and caves in India to me. I don't want to give out his email address, > but will forward them to him. Based on our brief conversation and his > attitude, I think he has strong potential to become a hardcore caver. > > Thanks, > > Logan McNatt > Austin, TX > NSS 11274 RL (FE) > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com<mailto: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<mailto:Texascavers@texascavers.com> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers -- Charlie Loving
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