[Texascavers] doing sinful things in caves

2014-12-23 Thread Mixon Bill via Texascavers
When I started caving, nobody thought twice about smoking in a cave. No doubt I did from time to time. (I'm one of those SOBs who quit smoking only once.) I still don't see any problem with it. Apparently some people have come to think that the merest whiff of cigarette smoke will kill

Re: [Texascavers] doing sinful things in caves

2014-12-23 Thread Stefan Creaser via Texascavers
Bill, It's not that I think the smoke is going to kill me, I just think the smell is deeply unpleasant. It also makes my clothes reek. I have never smoked a cigarette in my life and so have never needed to get used to the smell... Cheers, Stefan -Original Message- From: Texascavers

Re: [Texascavers] doing sinful things in caves

2014-12-23 Thread Josh Rubinstein via Texascavers
Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, but nothing sinful that I recall. Well, maybe not rock 'n' roll Josh On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Mixon Bill via Texascavers texascavers@texascavers.com wrote: When I started caving, nobody thought twice about smoking in a cave. No doubt I did from time to

Re: [Texascavers] doing sinful things in caves

2014-12-23 Thread Heather Tucek via Texascavers
Some people actually have allergies to the smoke and/or asthma that can be agitated by it. Not a good recipe to smoke in a cave when your caving buddy could have serious health problems because of it. -Heather On Dec 23, 2014, at 1:20 PM, Bill Bentley via Texascavers

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2014-12-23 Thread Don Cooper via Texascavers
Worse than passing gas... Many moons ago when the earth was still cooling and access to caves like Whirlpool was had for nothing more than a secret handshake, (and I had bad, bad habits which I would never repeat these days) - Myself and a companion went as far up the extent of that cave we knew

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2014-12-23 Thread Andy Gluesenkamp via Texascavers
Several years ago... There was a large group pushing and surveying parts of Longhorn Caverns, through the Crownover entrance. The treasure hunters who originally opened that entrance left a kerosene lamp in a large room past the log entrance crawl. Someone lit the lamp on the way in and

Re: [Texascavers] doing sinful things in caves

2014-12-23 Thread Fritz Holt via Texascavers
Stefan, I haven't either but was Married to two women who smoked but that was two wives ago. Thank God June doesn't. Fritz fritztcr@gmail. com Sent from my iPhone On Dec 23, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Stefan Creaser via Texascaverstexascavers@texascavers.com wrote: Bill, It's not that I think