congrats to jill and bill

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01-06-2009 02:36 PM
ltb7733

congrats to jill and bill

just got my copy of the new cave book, brought it to work today, needless to say i didnt get much done! (i hope my boss doesnt cruise this forum!) i want to thank bill for including his history of F.I.T. in jensen beach. (p34) What a trip down memory lane for me. i went there in 1979 and had charley valance for a instructor too. So bill, where is charlie now? What about leon morrison? is leon springs and morrison springs named after him? what about dick mc coy? So i cant say enough to jill and bill and all the contributors to this wonderful work. thanks lance
01-06-2009 06:15 PM
rlc5925

Book

First let me thank Bill and Jill as well as the other authors who contributed. I got my copy a few days after I ordered it. What a great book
Second, WOW I was a 1978 graduate of FIT Jensen Beach. I was in the Environmental/Aquaculture program I remember Charlie well,also Joe Casper, Capt Perminter and others. Belive it or not I still have the 1978 edition of Canned Leviathan III. Lots of great pictures and memories. I lived in JB for 3 years, 76-78 Lots of great times and shore diving off Hutchinson Island. Thanks for the post Lance, brought back some great memories.
01-06-2009 10:40 PM
atedeschi

havnt got the book yet, but wish FIT was like it was when they had the j campus, heard alot of good stories, to bad we dnt to do much anymore. I graduated there in may with a bs in ocean engineering and currently dong my masters there in OE as well. Just figure say hi to some FIT alum
01-07-2009 10:27 PM
ed pavey

I was there in 78 and 79 in the UT program.. The last time I talked to Dick he was in the Carolina's selling stocks and bonds..
Ran into Joe at DEMA and he is a pilot for the Johnson sea link.. We need to plan a reunion next year in cave country..
01-07-2009 10:29 PM
ed pavey

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Originally Posted by atedeschi

havnt got the book yet, but wish FIT was like it was when they had the j campus, heard alot of good stories, to bad we dnt to do much anymore. I graduated there in may with a bs in ocean engineering and currently dong my masters there in OE as well. Just figure say hi to some FIT alum

FIT by Moon light!!!! You had to be there.. The stories are true!!!!

Not about me though...
01-08-2009 05:50 PM
rlc5925

Fit

ED,all.........We do need to plan a get together. I think the stories are true. I did manage to survive three Holloweens.
01-09-2009 10:35 AM
ed pavey

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Originally Posted by ed pavey

I was there in 78 and 79 in the UT program.. The last time I talked to Dick he was in the Carolina's selling stocks and bonds..
Ran into Joe at DEMA and he is a pilot for the Johnson sea link.. We need to plan a reunion next year in cave country..

Correction It was Craig I saw at DEMA.
01-09-2009 11:08 AM
ltb7733

F.i.t.

what about leon morrison? any connection to leon springs or morrison springs? where is he now?
01-09-2009 08:42 PM
bmwcaves

Just got my copy in the mail
Thanks Bill and Jill... I spent most of the day reading it too
Cool to see so many aspects covered so well.

Thanks
Brian
01-10-2009 05:29 AM
Kelly Jessop

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Originally Posted by bmwcaves

Just got my copy in the mail
Thanks Bill and Jill... I spent most of the day reading it too
Cool to see so many aspects covered so well.

Thanks
Brian

Thank you for including a chapter on ridgewalking.
01-10-2009 05:33 AM
Squirrel Girl

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Originally Posted by bmwcaves

Just got my copy in the mail
Thanks Bill and Jill... I spent most of the day reading it too
Cool to see so many aspects covered so well.

Thanks
Brian

Come dive with me so that I can get you to sign my book! :)
01-10-2009 10:06 AM
FW

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Come dive with me so that I can get you to sign my book! :)

Brian doesn't dive anymore, he just floats down rivers :twisted:
01-10-2009 10:22 PM
bmwcaves

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Originally Posted by FW

Brian doesn't dive anymore, he just floats down rivers :twisted:

You got to admit...its a hell of alot easier than shlepping gear a mile back through some crap hole to get in some nasty muddy water only to freeze your ass off on the other side of the sump ! But hey...I'm planning on going back to Roppel anyway !
Seriously wish I could get over to TAG more often and back to FL as well...maybe this is the year...busy trying to save the world over here...one river basin at a time !

Brian
01-12-2009 01:52 AM
mwenner

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Originally Posted by bmwcaves

You got to admit...its a hell of alot easier than shlepping gear a mile back through some crap hole to get in some nasty muddy water only to freeze your ass off on the other side of the sump ! But hey...I'm planning on going back to Roppel anyway !
Seriously wish I could get over to TAG more often and back to FL as well...maybe this is the year...busy trying to save the world over here...one river basin at a time !

Brian

Old man!.... Happy New Year Brian, to you and Patty. Nice Christmas card. Can't wait to get my copy of this infamous book I keep reading about. I'm really out of the loop lately.
About the time you save your river basin, the water table will go down in Roppel.
01-12-2009 09:02 AM
FW

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Originally Posted by bmwcaves

You got to admit...its a hell of alot easier than shlepping gear a mile back through some crap hole to get in some nasty muddy water only to freeze your ass off on the other side of the sump ! ...
Brian

To quote Dick Rutan, who flew a prop plane nonstop around the world, "If it was easy, someone else would have already done it"....