[ot_caving] Re: reply to post about the car topic

2008-11-28 Thread David
Speaking of bottle openers, Academy Store ( in the boat section ) sells an old fashioned bottle opener that can be attached just about anywhere.It is stainless steel and has 2 holes for inserting screws. - Give this to a

[ot_caving] GM, Ford, Chrysler - the exec. jet story

2008-11-28 Thread David
Can you believe those 3 morons who flew their private jet to D.C. to ask for a 25 billion dollar loan? They should be immediatley fired for their stupidity. Their jets should be confisicated and sold on e-Bay. That is like me driving a Lamborghini to the Food Stamp office asking for a life

texascavers Digest 28 Nov 2008 14:34:00 -0000 Issue 651

2008-11-28 Thread texascavers-digest-help
texascavers Digest 28 Nov 2008 14:34:00 - Issue 651 Topics (messages 9463 through 9475): book review: lava tubes 9463 by: Mixon Bill Re: kill you for the new Hummer Truck 9464 by: Don Arburn Re: Thank you! 9465 by: TM Raines Re: OT - the new Hummer Truck (TOP

[Texascavers] Fwd: Big Imaginations - video footage request

2008-11-28 Thread Mixon Bill
Forwarded by Bill Mixon Begin forwarded message: From: Alex Dove alexd...@comcast.net List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: November 27, 2008 12:11:27 AM CST To: edi...@amcs-pubs.org Subject: Big Imaginations - video footage request Reply-To: alexd...@comcast.net Hello, My name is Alex

[Texascavers] Testing Tequila

2008-11-28 Thread Minton, Mark
For those interested in tequila, Mexican scientists have found a relatively easy method to test whether tequila is actually produced and aged the way it is supposed to be. Cheers! http://www.separationsnow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?id=19824type=FeaturechId=4page=1 Mark Minton

[Texascavers] Stone's rebreather training event

2008-11-28 Thread Mixon Bill
In October, a week-long session was held in Austin for debugging and training with the new Poseiden rebreather based partly on Bill Stone's old Cis-Lunar MK5 design, in preparation for a planned expedition to J2 Cave in Oaxaca next spring. Cavers and cave-divers from many places attended;

Re: [Texascavers] OT - the new Hummer Truck

2008-11-28 Thread Cynthia Lee
Chris, I love it when you rant. For the last week while I have been visiting in Austin I have been running around in Viv's Honda CRX which has over 300,000 miles on it, does not leak oil and I've only put $10 worth of gas in it and that includes a trip to Sugar Land and back in the last 24 hours.

[ot_caving] Prez-elect Obama

2008-11-28 Thread David
Did you hear Obama is sending his kids to a privileged private academy? What do you think? On one hand it would be easy to say that is hypocritical especially since he campaigned on CHANGE. It could be argued that his decision reflects his credibility. On the other hand, having a prez kid in a

Re: [ot_caving] Prez-elect Obama

2008-11-28 Thread Quinta Wilkinson
Private school. I would think the secret service would not be as happy with public school as they were when Carter sent Amy. The times have changed. Look at the security with this swearing in compared to the earlier ones. Quinta

[Texascavers] cave restaurants

2008-11-28 Thread Thomas Moore
there used to be a restaurant in a lava cave near the ruins of teotihuacan, but that was many years ago. th moore - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For

[Texascavers] Cavern restaurants

2008-11-28 Thread Gill Ediger
At 12:47 PM 11/28/2008, Minton, Mark wrote: Jerry Atkinson posted: Pretty much any underground chamber qualifies as a cave. And they say the only restaurants in caverns are in the Carribean. There used to be--and I see no reason why there shouldn't still be--a restaurant in a

[Texascavers] Cavern restaurant @ CaCa

2008-11-28 Thread Gill Ediger
At 01:26 PM 11/28/2008, Randy Baker wrote: I was at Carlsbad Caverns in October 2008, and the underground restaurant was closed. You could buy bottled drinks/water, and pre-packaged sandwiches, but that was it. My first trip there was in 1953 or '54 as a first or second grader. It could

[Texascavers] RE: Cavern restaurants of the Caribbean

2008-11-28 Thread Minton, Mark
Jerry Atkinson posted: http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/unusual-restaurant/cavern-mexico-santo-domingo Which says: Pretty much any underground chamber qualifies as a cave. To be a cavern a cave must 1) have formed naturally out of rock; and 2) be able to produce speleothems, which are

Re: [Texascavers] RE: Cavern restaurants of the Caribbean

2008-11-28 Thread Randy Baker
I was at Carlsbad Caverns in October 2008, and the underground restaurant was closed. You could buy bottled drinks/water, and pre-packaged sandwiches, but that was it. Randy Baker Bexar Grotto Webmaster http://www.caves.org/grotto/bexargrotto/ --- On Fri, 11/28/08, Minton, Mark

[Texascavers] Request for Caving Movie Footage

2008-11-28 Thread Minton, Mark
FYI in case anyone is interested in helping out. I know nothing about this outfit. Mark Minton Hello, My name is Alex Dove and I manage Big Imaginations, Inc. which is a children's education and entertainment company. We are creating an original series cartoon and puppet series and

[Texascavers] 2008 DFWG Holiday Party

2008-11-28 Thread John P. Brooks
Metroplex Cavers, Its that time of year again.dig those white elelphant gifts out of the closetand plan on attending the DFWG Holiday Party. The details: December 13, 2008 7:30 pm until 1:00 am 6879 Avalon Avenue Dallas, Texas 75214 214.320.0166 What to bring ?

[Texascavers] new Speleo Digest series editor

2008-11-28 Thread Mixon Bill
The Speleo Digest have been published since 1956, with the aim of reprinting and preserving the best material from local caving newsletters. It was started by the Pittsburgh Grotto and taken over by the NSS starting with the 1967 edition. It has fallen behind from time to time. I was