[Texascavers] book review: Than Xe Bang Fai

"The Great Cave of the Xe Bang Fai." Edited by David E. Bunnell and Patricia Kambesis. National Speleological Society, 2016. ISBN 978-1-68044-005-8. 11.5 inches wide by 8 inches, 128 pages, hardbound. $18 (NSS members $16.20, life members $14.40). Tham Xe Bang Fai in Laos is one of the great

[Texascavers] Something nice to say about Houston for a change

Buffalo Bayou: Always one to root for the underdog (Ha!) the Weazel would like to attempt the impossible by saying something nice about Houston. Onceuponatime, and a long ago time it was, the Weazel visited Wild Bill Rupley who was at that time a fuzzy faced furrier. I had first met Wild

Re: [Texascavers] cool Linux news ( for about 6 cavers out there )

it came from Donald (Trump) Bockbeer. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Bob Oakley via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > the message was delivered to me as "charlie loving via texas cavers" > > > oakley > > > -- > *From:* Texascavers

Re: [Texascavers] HHMI Tangled Bank Studios: Broadcast premiere of “Spillover—Zika, Ebola & Beyond”

me thinks it is kinda like stories about computer configurations... From: Texascavers on behalf of Diana Tomchick via Texascavers Sent: Monday, August 1, 2016 9:56 AM To: Cave Tex Subject:

Re: [Texascavers] cool Linux news ( for about 6 cavers out there )

the message was delivered to me as "charlie loving via texas cavers" oakley From: Texascavers on behalf of Charles Loving via Texascavers Sent: Monday, August 1, 2016 8:58 AM To: Cavers Texas

Re: [Texascavers] alternative convention trip report

Once upon a time we sat around the fire and tried to sing a verse that was worse than the other verse and of course we always had that quart of beer to sip on. I recall doing a cartoon lecture once about cave mapping that was quite a lot of fun to do and well thought of. As for chasing anchovies

[Texascavers] Fwd: HHMI Tangled Bank Studios: Broadcast premiere of “Spillover—Zika, Ebola & Beyond”

How is this related to caving? Many Texas cavers travel to Central America to go caving, and thus may find this interesting. Diana P.S. This weekend I went caving on a fine Central Texas ranch. Unfortunately I didn’t spray the inside of my hiking shoes and socks with bug spray, and now am

Re: [Texascavers] cool Linux news ( for about 6 cavers out there )

Sorry Sleaze I figured the stuff signed automatically. Oldman Wisdom. On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 8:06 AM, via Texascavers wrote: > Whoever sent this gibberish failed to sign their post, or to take note of > my request that any such extraneous nonsense be witty, well

[Texascavers] FW: Brown Bag Presentation, Friday, August 5 at 11:55 am at EAA.. Dr. Dan Lehrmann will present on Permian-Triassic Marine Carbonate Platforms and Karst Features of the Nanpanjiang Basin

Folks, Here is an announcement on a presentation by Dr. Lehrmann. Thought you might like to see this. Geary Edwards Aquifer Philosophical Society - aka brown bag luncheon Friday, August 5, 2016 at 11:55 AM. Permian-Triassic Marine Carbonate Platforms and Karst Features of the

Re: [Texascavers] cool Linux news ( for about 6 cavers out there )

Whoever sent this gibberish failed to sign their post, or to take note of my request that any such extraneous nonsense be witty, well written, or of some vague interest to the caving community. Sleazeweazel In a message dated 7/31/2016 9:57:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

Re: [Texascavers] some tiny hidden movies on Amazon.com: for those of you who were in Brno

I saw an incredible movie about the Dolomites a few weeks ago. An old black and white movie about a sniper in World War I who grew up in the Dolomites and was drafted into the Austrian army to fight the Italians. The film shows him creeping around in the karst formations and living in caves as he

[Texascavers] some tiny hidden movies on Amazon.com: for those of you who were in Brno

Hey, stuck in the bowels of Amazon.com ’s streaming movies are a set of nature/science films by the Austrian TV Station (ORF). They’re about 50 minutes apiece. If you’re a Prime member, some are free; if not, the cheapest ones are .99. Among the free ones are some that