Re: [Texascavers] Congo

2018-05-17 Thread Bill Steele 
That’s funny! 

> On May 17, 2018, at 3:03 PM, Diana Tomchick 
>  wrote:
> 
> Not having access to it means we should rename it the Elusive Pit.
> 
> Diana
> 
> **
> Diana R. Tomchick
> Professor
> Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry
> University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
> 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
> Rm. ND10.214A
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> On May 17, 2018, at 1:57 PM, Bill Steele  wrote:
> 
> The Illusive Pit near Bustamante. I did it in 1976. Someone ought to get it 
> open to cavers again. It’s the finest pit weekend distance from Texas I can 
> think of.
> 
> Bill Steele
> speleoste...@aol.com
> 
>> On May 17, 2018, at 2:45 PM, David  wrote:
>> 
>> It seems possibly plausible that there is something in the Congo that is a 
>> catalyst for "reverse-creation" or that causes species to "de-evolve."
>> 
>> Maybe possibly something as elusive like "dark matter."  If so, I hereby 
>> name it - "The Locklear Particle."
>> 
>> 
>> On a different note,
>> 
>> an old caver from the Laredo Grotto days contacted me today and said he had 
>> recently moved near Travis County and was going to email a picture of me 
>> that he took at "The Illusive Pit" back around 1995.
>> I will try to see if he has anything else he wants to share.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> P.S.
>> 
>> I have finally made a tiny insignificant contribution to the world of Linux 
>> desktop computering.
>> 
>> If you go to the SparkyLinux Page of Facebook, you might see a post today 
>> from the developer in Poland that I found a bug and that he fixed it.
>> 
>> I am on my way of becoming a nerd someday.
>> 
>> 
>> My poem error was in the reference of the passing of Tom Wolfe.  The poem 
>> was by Thomas Wolfe, also a famous author.
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Re: [Texascavers] Congo

2018-05-17 Thread Diana Tomchick 
Not having access to it means we should rename it the Elusive Pit.

Diana

**
Diana R. Tomchick
Professor
Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Rm. ND10.214A
Dallas, TX 75390-8816
diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu
(214) 645-6383 (phone)
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On May 17, 2018, at 1:57 PM, Bill Steele  wrote:

The Illusive Pit near Bustamante. I did it in 1976. Someone ought to get it 
open to cavers again. It’s the finest pit weekend distance from Texas I can 
think of.

Bill Steele
speleoste...@aol.com

> On May 17, 2018, at 2:45 PM, David  wrote:
>
> It seems possibly plausible that there is something in the Congo that is a 
> catalyst for "reverse-creation" or that causes species to "de-evolve."
>
> Maybe possibly something as elusive like "dark matter."  If so, I hereby name 
> it - "The Locklear Particle."
>
>
> On a different note,
>
> an old caver from the Laredo Grotto days contacted me today and said he had 
> recently moved near Travis County and was going to email a picture of me that 
> he took at "The Illusive Pit" back around 1995.
> I will try to see if he has anything else he wants to share.
>
> David
>
> P.S.
>
> I have finally made a tiny insignificant contribution to the world of Linux 
> desktop computering.
>
> If you go to the SparkyLinux Page of Facebook, you might see a post today 
> from the developer in Poland that I found a bug and that he fixed it.
>
> I am on my way of becoming a nerd someday.
>
>
> My poem error was in the reference of the passing of Tom Wolfe.  The poem was 
> by Thomas Wolfe, also a famous author.
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Re: [Texascavers] Congo

2018-05-17 Thread Bill Steele 
The Illusive Pit near Bustamante. I did it in 1976. Someone ought to get it 
open to cavers again. It’s the finest pit weekend distance from Texas I can 
think of.

Bill Steele 
speleoste...@aol.com

> On May 17, 2018, at 2:45 PM, David  wrote:
> 
> It seems possibly plausible that there is something in the Congo that is a 
> catalyst for "reverse-creation" or that causes species to "de-evolve."
> 
> Maybe possibly something as elusive like "dark matter."  If so, I hereby name 
> it - "The Locklear Particle."   
> 
> 
> On a different note, 
> 
> an old caver from the Laredo Grotto days contacted me today and said he had 
> recently moved near Travis County and was going to email a picture of me that 
> he took at "The Illusive Pit" back around 1995.
> I will try to see if he has anything else he wants to share.
> 
> David
> 
> P.S.
> 
> I have finally made a tiny insignificant contribution to the world of Linux 
> desktop computering.
> 
> If you go to the SparkyLinux Page of Facebook, you might see a post today 
> from the developer in Poland that I found a bug and that he fixed it.
> 
> I am on my way of becoming a nerd someday.
> 
> 
> My poem error was in the reference of the passing of Tom Wolfe.  The poem was 
> by Thomas Wolfe, also a famous author.
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