I hear Lockleer has applied to be a Walmart greeter? On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 8:56 AM John Brooks <john.brooks.archit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Correction to Allan’s post: > > Phones are only as smart as their users. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 24, 2019, at 8:48 PM, Katherine Arens <ar...@austin.utexas.edu> > wrote: > > apologies to Jim! Got the story backwards .. . > Groad Hollow was present and accounted for, main thing! > > On Jun 24, 2019, at 8:20 PM, Jim Kennedy <cavercr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Correction to Katie’s post, I carried the Groad Hollow signs up this year > and installed them on the tent. I was unable to make the Convention last > year, my first miss since 1995. > > Jim > > Mobile email from my iPhone > > On Jun 24, 2019, at 6:01 PM, Katherine Arens <ar...@austin.utexas.edu> > wrote: > > groad hollow is alive and well, with Colin Strickland bringing the sign > this year, and Jim Kennedy last. The tent was there until late friday > evening. > > On Jun 24, 2019, at 4:49 PM, Geary Schindel <gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org> > wrote: > > Thanks David, > > I whipped this out at work and probably should have checked on some of the > names more carefully. I also misspelled Dave Belski’s name. > > Thanks, > > Geary > > *From:* Texascavers <texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com> *On Behalf Of * > David > *Sent:* Monday, June 24, 2019 4:35 PM > *To:* CaveTex <texascavers@texascavers.com> > *Subject:* [Texascavers] various NSS Convention stuff > > In the event that someone publishes any of the recent post here by cavers, > I thought I would suggest some grammar corrections to Geary's > post. > > 1 ) The Fellows Reception > 2 ) lightning ( as opposed to: a drop in the level of the > uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages > in the pelvis. ) > 3 ) Fellows of the Society ( or Society of Fellows ? ) > 4 ) Jaqueline Thomas ( goes by J. Larue Thomas ? ) now of Alabama. > 5 ) Galan Falgout was accompanied by a lady from the Huautla caving > area. Meaning she > came a really long way to attend the convention. > > > I heard a valid rumor that Maureen Handler played a roll in helping me get > from my > motel to the registration on Sunday. I had no earthly idea why there > was a volunteer > camped out at my motel in their car patiently waiting on me to take me to > the high > school. My only plan was to sleep all day. It was just pure luck > that I checked my > messages before about to doze off. I can attest to the high school > being a tad bit cold, because > I was so exhausted after registering, that I had to make a makeshift > homeless shelter in > the cafeteria to try to get some shut-eye. And I did not have a > blanket in my ridiculous > duffle bag. > > I think this was my first convention to not see Roy Wessel roaming around > somewhere. > > On the topic of basking in the glory, it is sort of unusual to see so many > people bragging of > their accomplishments. But when, you only see someone 5 minutes per > year, you sort > of have to cram it all in there. A typical conversation, might be, > something like, "Hello, My > name is David, and I am just hear to be at The Howdy Party for an hour, > and then, the other person says, > oh, I just mapped a 500 meters of virgin passage in Lech - which was > located 3 hours of hard-core > caving from a remote outpost camp where we camped underground for 4 days, > and > I am here to present a slideshow on that, plus I am here to accept an > award for saving the pristine > Deep Hollow Cave from a pipeline going thru it, saving a new unknown > species of troglobitic asellid." > > I only spent about 6 hours socializing at the convention, and probably met > face to face with 100 or more > real cavers. It is so hard to remember names, when you only see > someone for 5 minutes per year, and > when one can't associate them, with an object or a place. For example, > one of the people that I always enjoy seeing, I can't > remember his name. I think I call him Elvis. ( his partner Rita passed > away several years ago ). I feel that I > should not forget their names, but I do. > > Someone needs to set up The Oztotl Tent at Groad Hollow in 2020 at the > West Virginia Convention. What > ever happened to it ? Has it been set up since the Kerrville Convention > ? > > I have not heard anybody talk about the beer at this convention. Many > of the old-timers seem to remember a > convention based on beer. > > D.L. > ***This is an external email - beware links & attachments from unknown > senders*** > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > This message is from an external sender. 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