[Texascavers] Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula reveals a cryptic methane-fueled ecosystem in flooded caves

[Lee H. Skinner via Texascavers]

In the underground rivers and flooded caves of Mexico's Yucatan 
Peninsula, where Mayan lore described a fantastical underworld, 
scientists have found a cryptic world in its own right.



https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171128090945.htm


Lee Skinner

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Re: [Texascavers] Consumer tip - cheap phones

[MJ Gibbs via Texascavers]

I have used boost mobile for 15 yrs with two brief changes that were
unpleasant.
Boost offers decent phone prices and of you shop you can find very good
deals.  The plan I always subscribe to is the unlimited everything.  I
believe out starts at $60 to $65 per month with no contract.
You have a due date thst if you pay on time every six months you receive  $5 of
your normal price.  Thst advantage precipitated to the rate of $35 to$45 a
month.  You don't lose it.  I pay $45 a month.
My bill is the same each month.  No fluctuation. In fact recently boost has
absorbed all hidden cost,  fees,  etc thst other entities impose making my
$45 payment $45 .
If you miss a payment most other companies make you by back the days from
your payment date till the day you fiddly paid.  Not boost.  The day you
make payment simply becomes your new due date.
I have never had any serious billing or service issues.
Never any roaming.  Your home zone is the continental US,  Alaska,
Hawaii,  Puerto Rico and the virgin islands, so you can't roam inside of
the US or her territories.
Why anyone who ants an economical and reliable service uses another
provider is beside me.


On Nov 28, 2017 8:38 AM, "David via Texascavers" <
texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote:

> From David Locklear
>
>
>
> Many cavers need to find ways to save money.
>
> I switched to MetroPCS last night.
>
> I would advise against this if you are a T-Mobile customer.
>
> Also, unless you need 4 phone lines, you are probably better off with
> Cricket.
>
> My initial impression after about 5 hours of use, is their LG K20Plus is a
> decent phone.   It has some kind integrated Android Calling as long as the
> other person's phone has this feature.  Meaning, if all 4 of your family
> members on the plan have this phone or one with that feature, then video
> calling should be a simple thing to do.  My flagship LG G6 with same
> Android 7.0 does not have this video calling feature.
>
> I have been told my voice sounds clearer on the new cheaper phone.  So I
> accomplished one objective out of 5.
>
> I had other reasons besides saving money.   In our case, the MetroPCS
> store is inside a taqueria/Mexican grocery store just 5 miles from our
> house.  My wife and mother-in-law can easily go there and discuss their
> phone issues with a live person that speaks Spanish.  Meaning, I do not
> have to fix any problems they have with their phones.  They would never go
> to the T-Mobile store on their own initiative ( which was 20 miles away,
> although we just got a new store about 7 miles away. )
>
> In our case, 4 lines with unlimited everything, international calling and
> hotspot is $ 170 per month flat fee.
> That was about $ 50 cheaper than T-Mobile.
>
> Since MetroPCS only uses T-Mobile towers it is easy to imagine that the
> signal will be worse.  T-Mobile owns MetroPCS.  I should know by the end of
> the month how the quality of signal compares.   I know T-Mobile sucks in
> our house and in rural areas near Houston.
>
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[Texascavers] Wikipedia related

[David via Texascavers]

Back about 4 years ago when I was still regularly posting stuff, I
mentioned there were several articles on Wikipedia related specifically to
caves and caving in Texas.

After a brief look at all that today, I do not see anything new.

There is an opportunity for a young caver to put info on Wikipedia that is
of interest to Texas cavers.

Here is one link that I missed before:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptic_bat_rabies?wprov=sfla1

Feel free to correct me.

David Locklear


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[Texascavers] Consumer tip - cheap phones

[David via Texascavers]

>From David Locklear



Many cavers need to find ways to save money.

I switched to MetroPCS last night.

I would advise against this if you are a T-Mobile customer.

Also, unless you need 4 phone lines, you are probably better off with
Cricket.

My initial impression after about 5 hours of use, is their LG K20Plus is a
decent phone.   It has some kind integrated Android Calling as long as the
other person's phone has this feature.  Meaning, if all 4 of your family
members on the plan have this phone or one with that feature, then video
calling should be a simple thing to do.  My flagship LG G6 with same
Android 7.0 does not have this video calling feature.

I have been told my voice sounds clearer on the new cheaper phone.  So I
accomplished one objective out of 5.

I had other reasons besides saving money.   In our case, the MetroPCS store
is inside a taqueria/Mexican grocery store just 5 miles from our house.  My
wife and mother-in-law can easily go there and discuss their phone issues
with a live person that speaks Spanish.  Meaning, I do not have to fix any
problems they have with their phones.  They would never go to the T-Mobile
store on their own initiative ( which was 20 miles away, although we just
got a new store about 7 miles away. )

In our case, 4 lines with unlimited everything, international calling and
hotspot is $ 170 per month flat fee.
That was about $ 50 cheaper than T-Mobile.

Since MetroPCS only uses T-Mobile towers it is easy to imagine that the
signal will be worse.  T-Mobile owns MetroPCS.  I should know by the end of
the month how the quality of signal compares.   I know T-Mobile sucks in
our house and in rural areas near Houston.
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Re: [Texascavers] Contact Info

[Denise P via Texascavers]

Thanks!



From: Texascavers  on behalf of Mark 
Minton via Texascavers 
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 2:39 PM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Cc: Mark Minton
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Contact Info

Denise,

Bill Liebman
P.O. Box 11
Cass, WV 24927
304-456-3433 home
caver2...@sunlitsurf.com


Mark Minton
mmin...@caver.net

On Sun, 26 Nov, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Denise P via Texascavers 
 wrote:

To: TexasCavers
Cc: pepabe...@hotmail.com

Paging Bill Liebman, or anyone who has his contact info. Please reply off list.


Thanks,
Denise
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