texascavers Digest 30 Jun 2014 19:08:39 -0000 Issue 2001
Topics (messages 23992 through 23996):
Re: Positive Cave Story on the News
23992 by: Jacqueline Thomas
23993 by: David
The Son Doong Cave in Vietnam is open for business
23994 by: Lee H. Skinner
Macro wildflower photos from Lost Oasis Cave Preserve
23995 by: Chris Vreeland
23996 by: Julie Jenkins
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Very well done news segment. Will you let us know what is decided about the
development? Jacqui
On Jun 25, 2014, at 7:17 PM, Justin Leigh Shaw wrote:
> Watch the Video, the text is truncated.
> The first 8 seconds might well be the most positive cave spiel I've ever
> heard a TV news reporter give.
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> Battle to protect cave heads to City Council
> http://wp.me/p4ySvf-9AG
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> I think KXAN deserves some props for this piece.
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> Justin Leigh Shaw
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> jus...@oztotl.net
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> 512-797-4734
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> Box 40056
> Austin, TX
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> "we need to start using our collective intelligence in a creative, clear and
> coherent manor"
> - John Trudell
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Do caves really cover 20 % of Texas ? Or did I misunderstand that
statistic ?
Had any Austin cavers explored this cave prior to the homeowner
finding it ? Is it listed in the Caves of Travis
County ? Has anybody been pack to push it, or do a dye-trace ?
I can see the developer rolling their eyes, and saying to themselves,
"I can get a cement truck out here in an
hour to fill that."
On a personal note ( hit delete button now ),
I worked for David Weekley homes for one year in their drafting
department. It was one of the
worst jobs I ever had, partly because my supervisor was the biggest
pr**k, I have every worked under. However, DW did throw a nice
Christmas party. He invited us once out to his mediocre lake house
to spend the night and go swimming on Lake Conroe. [ but this required
being forced to participate in his Japanese work-psychology activity
games designed to weed out people like me ]. That was 1990 ( I think
). He allegedly lived down the street, from Farrah Fawcett. They
were building crappy homes then, and I mentioned that to my boss's
boss in an email that I broadcasted to the entire company ( then about
40 people ). I do not know why, but they did not appreciate my
constructive criticism and rudely showed me to the front door, just
one day, before my 401k was vested. They were not impressed at all
at my very clever way to broadcast the email, using AutoCAD at the
messenger, as the company had no such email system at the time.
Eventually, they took all of my advice. I occasionally go in their
new model homes, and say to myself, "it is about frickin time, you
added that feature." I am strongly opposed to the common use of
"oriented strand board", and believe all that glue is about the same
as living in a mobile home. I think every builder, uses it now, but
at least it is recyclable, and is made from wood chips that otherwise,
might just end up in the landfill. If I were rich, I would never
live in a home were the walls were constructed entirely of OSB. I
feel, being exposed to those very tiny minute particles in the air day
after day for 60 years, might have some negative health effect that is
avoidable.
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Today's cave news from the media:
News story with great photos: http://tinyurl.com/kar5qwq
Son Doong Cave's website: http://tinyurl.com/9mdrl67
Lee Skinner
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Marginally cave-related:
On 1 May 2014 I met a school group at the preserve for an educational tour of
Lost Oasis Cave, and there was a profusion of blooming things all over the
property, so I went back 2 days later with my tripod & macro lens & got some
better shots. It's part of my Ongoing Incomplete, Unscientific Autodidactical
Survey Of The Various Botanical Things That Grow At Lost Oasis Research
Program, or OIUASOTVBTTGALORP for short, of course.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cvreeland/sets/72157645019867769/
Chris
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Nice photos, Chris. In all my years of managing LO, I have seem so many
beautiful blooming and prickly things. Thanks for the wonderful snippet of
Springtime Austin.
> On Jun 29, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Chris Vreeland <cvreel...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
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> Marginally cave-related:
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> On 1 May 2014 I met a school group at the preserve for an educational tour of
> Lost Oasis Cave, and there was a profusion of blooming things all over the
> property, so I went back 2 days later with my tripod & macro lens & got some
> better shots. It's part of my Ongoing Incomplete, Unscientific Autodidactical
> Survey Of The Various Botanical Things That Grow At Lost Oasis Research
> Program, or OIUASOTVBTTGALORP for short, of course.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/cvreeland/sets/72157645019867769/
>
> Chris
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