"While You Were Sleeping" Starring Bill Pullman and Sandra Bullock.
On Monday, May 13, 2019, Mallory <[email protected]> wrote: > Haha! So much for focusing on living. > > I used to be one of those people who flipped out at David’s wacky emails > but (ironically) since my head injury in 2013, I mellowed out on these > emails. I think they're just David’s way of standing out and filling some > sort of obscure niche in our community. But I agree that life is too short. > You never know when your time is up and I think the best way to honor our > fallen comrades is simply to live each day to our fullest and seize the > opportunities that come our way. I think both Bills, Lee Jay and all of the > friends we’ve recently lost would agree 💯. > > Funny somewhat-related story - One of my best friends “Pat” who was with > me the night I was injured, made a funny confession to me when he visited > me in inpatient rehab. I’m going to keep this PG-13, but he had a physical > encounter with one of the hospital residents who put me in an induced coma > about 3 weeks after said coma began. They ran into each other, recognized > each other from the hospital, started chatting it up and wound up leaving > the bar together. My friend was telling me how he felt so guilty, because I > wasn’t awake yet and might never be and here he was hooking up with this > hot doctor. He was basically asking for my forgiveness - but there was > nothing to forgive! I didn’t have the opportunity to have fun at the > moment, so I sure didn’t begrudge anyone a good time. I never laughed so > hard in that horrible rehab as I did when he was telling me the story of > this rendezvous. Life is for living, whether it’s an epic caving trip or a > weekend fling. 😂 > > Mallory > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 13, 2019, at 12:59 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Someone recently advised me to focus on the living, and not to pay much > attention to the other option. > > > > I noticed shortly after getting into organized caving that some cavers > that I knew or had become acquaintances wiith would occasuonally pass away. > > > > I can not name them all here, but the list is around 30 people, of just > the ones that I actually went on a caving trip with, or had frequent > encounters with at caving events. > > > > Sadly, I can not remember all the names, just the faces. > > > > But in a manner of showing some respect, > > > > Here is a partial list: > > > > A.Richard Smith, Jon Everage, Alejandro Villagomez, Pat Copeland, Mason > Estes, Michael Moore, Oren Tranbarger, Jim McLane, Harry Walker, Charles > Haskett, Joe Ivy, Ed Alexander, Brian Burton, Eugene Ebell, Rod Goke, Doc > Harding, Donna Mosesmann, Carl Ponebshek, Nobel Stidham, Bob Cowell, and > Rolf Adams. > > > > Not listing the recent ones out of courtesy to the mourners. > > > > It would be nice to have something very fancy at the TSC to honor them > all. > > > > I propose: an 40 foot tall cylinder 8 feet in diameter - that a visitor > crawls into, at the bottom. Inside is dark room, with a cold dripping > water cascade over a metallic surface resembling flowstone with a statue of > a caver ( with functioning headlamp ) who is climbing at the top of a dome > 35 feet above, shining his or her light upwards at helectites and soda > straws. > > > > And on the outside on the roof - a large bat-house. > > > > > > On a personal note, > > > > I never believed when I was 19, that I would live to see the year, > 2019. I never imagined I would have such a fancy tv ( which I almost > never watch ). I hope to make it to 2064, but it sure seems unrealistic. > > > > D.L. > > _______________________________________________ > > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > > [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > [email protected]/ > > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > [email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > -- Lyndon Tiu
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