Re: [Texascavers] Toyota triumphant!
200,000 on a Blazer? That's remarkable, for a Chevy. That wouldn't deserve notice if it were a 'yota. Just think, you could have logged those miles in a comfy Toy instead of a rattlebox Blazer My last Toyota-the Land Cruiser: purchased with 127,000 miles, drove the HELL out of it, and sold it at 267K. It did require a new tranny near the end of my tenure but it is still out there with a new factory 5-speed. I think Terry's has twice that mileage and is still going strong. Andy Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Drive Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 799-1095 a...@gluesenkamp.com --- On Thu, 10/27/11, Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com wrote: From: Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Toyota triumphant! To: Stefan Creaser stefan.crea...@arm.com Cc: bmorgan...@aol.com bmorgan...@aol.com, texascavers@texascavers.com texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 11:05 AM The story itself is the point, not the destination. (HOW long have you been reading Sleazewheeze's posts on Cave Tex???) Though not frequently challenged - my 21 yr old S-10 Blazer did turn 200,000 mi the other day. It's been holding its own while THREE other R-22 Toyota's I know of have lunched their motors FIVE times. (Something to be said of old technology - pushrods, low compression and large displacement. Maybe I just know how to treat my toys right.) -WaV On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Stefan Creaser stefan.crea...@arm.com wrote: You mean you drove all that way for one snake and a couple of lizards? ;-) From: bmorgan...@aol.com [mailto:bmorgan...@aol.com] Despite it being a summer day it was cold as hell up there. There seemed to be no chance of finding any snakes, but when I complained an ancient cowboy looked around and pointed at a pine tree. There to my amazement was a little twin spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei) climbing straight up the tree caterpillar style. There were also a few cold numbed alligator lizards. Clouds closed in and we were nearly out of beer so it was time to depart. -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] UT Grotto Meeting Wed Nov 2
Howdy Caver, You are cordially invited to attend the Underground Texas Grotto meeting - Wednesday November 2, 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 Jean Krejca will be presenting the Program for the evening Recent Sump Dives in Texas at O-9 Well, Reeds Cave, and Blowing Sink Jean’s adventures include sharing in the fun where it takes a few friends to haul gear down to the sump. She knows that Caves don’t end at the sump, but it takes additional effort to push the passage when it is flooded. Come check out the great program and for the fun and fellowship with Austin Texas Cavers. 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 Program calendar is wide open and needs you*, the caver with photos and a story to share about your adventures, scientific research, or something else really cool. Contact me. Sincerely, Gary Franklin UT Grotto Vice Chair Program Organizer 512-585-6057 v...@utgrotto.org
[Texascavers] TSA Meeting Minutes
Hello-The TSA Fall Meeting minutes are available for your enjoyment. They are linked from the home page: http://www.cavetexas.org/index.html and the Meeting Minutes Archive Page: http://www.cavetexas.org/TSA/meetingminutes.html. Thanks, Denise Prendergast TSA Secretary
Re: [Texascavers] Toyota triumphant!
200,000 on a Blazer? That's remarkable, for a Chevy. That wouldn't deserve notice if it were a 'yota. Just think, you could have logged those miles in a comfy Toy instead of a rattlebox Blazer My last Toyota-the Land Cruiser: purchased with 127,000 miles, drove the HELL out of it, and sold it at 267K. It did require a new tranny near the end of my tenure but it is still out there with a new factory 5-speed. I think Terry's has twice that mileage and is still going strong. Andy Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Drive Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 799-1095 a...@gluesenkamp.com --- On Thu, 10/27/11, Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com wrote: From: Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Toyota triumphant! To: Stefan Creaser stefan.crea...@arm.com Cc: bmorgan...@aol.com bmorgan...@aol.com, texascavers@texascavers.com texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 11:05 AM The story itself is the point, not the destination. (HOW long have you been reading Sleazewheeze's posts on Cave Tex???) Though not frequently challenged - my 21 yr old S-10 Blazer did turn 200,000 mi the other day. It's been holding its own while THREE other R-22 Toyota's I know of have lunched their motors FIVE times. (Something to be said of old technology - pushrods, low compression and large displacement. Maybe I just know how to treat my toys right.) -WaV On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Stefan Creaser stefan.crea...@arm.com wrote: You mean you drove all that way for one snake and a couple of lizards? ;-) From: bmorgan...@aol.com [mailto:bmorgan...@aol.com] Despite it being a summer day it was cold as hell up there. There seemed to be no chance of finding any snakes, but when I complained an ancient cowboy looked around and pointed at a pine tree. There to my amazement was a little twin spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei) climbing straight up the tree caterpillar style. There were also a few cold numbed alligator lizards. Clouds closed in and we were nearly out of beer so it was time to depart. -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Re: 200,000 on a Blazer?
200,000 on a Blazer? That's remarkable, for a Chevy. Don't forget that Tortuga had 480,000 miles on it and was still going strong when my son sold it in Albuquerque a few years back. It did have 4 heart transplants and some other routine maintenance Tortuga was, of course, an unusual and well-loved Chevy. And it was not a Blaah-zier DirtDoc
[PBSS] Veteran's Day weekend dig
I'm looking for a likely head count for digging on Five Mouth cave ranch the weekend of November 12th. Sutton County's Game Dinner is Saturday night so going to town and eating all kinds of game for $10.00 is a possibility after digging. Jacqui ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net
[Texascavers] UT Grotto Meeting Wed Nov 2
Howdy Caver, You are cordially invited to attend the Underground Texas Grotto meeting - Wednesday November 2, 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 Jean Krejca will be presenting the Program for the evening Recent Sump Dives in Texas at O-9 Well, Reeds Cave, and Blowing Sink Jean’s adventures include sharing in the fun where it takes a few friends to haul gear down to the sump. She knows that Caves don’t end at the sump, but it takes additional effort to push the passage when it is flooded. Come check out the great program and for the fun and fellowship with Austin Texas Cavers. 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 Program calendar is wide open and needs you*, the caver with photos and a story to share about your adventures, scientific research, or something else really cool. Contact me. Sincerely, Gary Franklin UT Grotto Vice Chair Program Organizer 512-585-6057 v...@utgrotto.org
[Texascavers] TSA Meeting Minutes
Hello-The TSA Fall Meeting minutes are available for your enjoyment. They are linked from the home page: http://www.cavetexas.org/index.html and the Meeting Minutes Archive Page: http://www.cavetexas.org/TSA/meetingminutes.html. Thanks, Denise Prendergast TSA Secretary
Re: [Texascavers] Toyota triumphant!
200,000 on a Blazer? That's remarkable, for a Chevy. That wouldn't deserve notice if it were a 'yota. Just think, you could have logged those miles in a comfy Toy instead of a rattlebox Blazer My last Toyota-the Land Cruiser: purchased with 127,000 miles, drove the HELL out of it, and sold it at 267K. It did require a new tranny near the end of my tenure but it is still out there with a new factory 5-speed. I think Terry's has twice that mileage and is still going strong. Andy Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Ph.D. 700 Billie Brooks Drive Driftwood, Texas 78619 (512) 799-1095 a...@gluesenkamp.com --- On Thu, 10/27/11, Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com wrote: From: Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Toyota triumphant! To: Stefan Creaser stefan.crea...@arm.com Cc: bmorgan...@aol.com bmorgan...@aol.com, texascavers@texascavers.com texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 11:05 AM The story itself is the point, not the destination. (HOW long have you been reading Sleazewheeze's posts on Cave Tex???) Though not frequently challenged - my 21 yr old S-10 Blazer did turn 200,000 mi the other day. It's been holding its own while THREE other R-22 Toyota's I know of have lunched their motors FIVE times. (Something to be said of old technology - pushrods, low compression and large displacement. Maybe I just know how to treat my toys right.) -WaV On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Stefan Creaser stefan.crea...@arm.com wrote: You mean you drove all that way for one snake and a couple of lizards? ;-) From: bmorgan...@aol.com [mailto:bmorgan...@aol.com] Despite it being a summer day it was cold as hell up there. There seemed to be no chance of finding any snakes, but when I complained an ancient cowboy looked around and pointed at a pine tree. There to my amazement was a little twin spotted rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei) climbing straight up the tree caterpillar style. There were also a few cold numbed alligator lizards. Clouds closed in and we were nearly out of beer so it was time to depart. -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
[Texascavers] Re: 200,000 on a Blazer?
200,000 on a Blazer? That's remarkable, for a Chevy. Don't forget that Tortuga had 480,000 miles on it and was still going strong when my son sold it in Albuquerque a few years back. It did have 4 heart transplants and some other routine maintenance Tortuga was, of course, an unusual and well-loved Chevy. And it was not a Blaah-zier DirtDoc
Re: [Texascavers] TSA Meeting Minutes - Fundraising
HI Everyone! I am so bummed I missed the TSA meeting - especially since I was on the agenda to present the new fundraising sub-committee! I am a professional grant specialist, focusing on federal, state and local grants, plus foundations and corporate sponsorships. I am interested in helping the caving non-profit community with fundraising for all kinds of projects, including, but not limited to: library and archiving resources land acquisition research equipment (for land management, etc) education/public outreach special events suggestions? Right now, I am a committee of one, and welcome anyone who wants to help. I will be busy looking for grants that meet the above criteria, and will add any others y'all throw at me that are eligible. As we look for corporate sponsors and foundations, I will reach out for assistance. As you know, this is a slow process, but very rewarding when successful. To be eligible for funding, the non-profit will need to be a 501(c)(3) organization, such as the TSA, TCMA, etc. In addition to acquiring the grants, I will work with non-profits on filing reports and handle the management of any grants we receive to ensure we are meeting all funding criteria and reporting requirements. I look forward to working with y'all to raise funds and awareness for Texas caves! julia germany -Original Message- From: Denise P pepabe...@hotmail.com To: TexasCavers texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:43 am Subject: [Texascavers] TSA Meeting Minutes Hello-The TSA Fall Meeting minutes are available for your enjoyment. They are linked from the home page: http://www.cavetexas.org/index.html and the Meeting Minutes Archive Page: http://www.cavetexas.org/TSA/meetingminutes.html. Thanks, Denise Prendergast TSA Secretary
[Texascavers] Government Canyon Karst Project
This is a reminder that the Government Canyon Karst Project is happening this weekend on Nov. 6, Sunday only. Any out-of-towners coming to help out with the Robber Baron Open House on Saturday are more than welcome to put in a few hours on the project Sunday morning, or for as long as they care to stay. We will meet at the Volunteer/Research Station at 9:00. Take the first right after entering the park, go through the unlocked gate, and drive about a mile to the VRS. See you there! Marvin Miller (210) 415-5190
[PBSS] Veteran's Day weekend dig
I'm looking for a likely head count for digging on Five Mouth cave ranch the weekend of November 12th. Sutton County's Game Dinner is Saturday night so going to town and eating all kinds of game for $10.00 is a possibility after digging. Jacqui ___ PBSS mailing list p...@caver.net http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/pbss_caver.net
