Antisocial during Indian Summer

A decision was made to have the Social at Ginnie on July 2nd because of several reasons:
1) The first and most successful Cave Divers Forum Social was held at Ginnie on July 4th.

The first social wasn't on a holiday weekend. It was at Ginnie on July 20, 2002.

The most successful social WAS on a Fourth of July weekend (2003), but it wasn't at Ginnie, it was at Jim Hollis' River Rendezvous.
Russell

Woops, sorry if I got that point wrong! One of the other CDF Moderators made that statement, for the July 4th justification, and I just paraphrased it.

At any rate, I think everyone understood the post.

[JE]

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I don't know, I'm a little leery of this trip in October-!

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JE

[Sid]

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I don't know, I'm a little leery of this trip in October-!

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JE

Hell that was nothing compared to me getting my nads kicked into the back of my throat during the roshambo maylay in Edds driveway. Herbie said he was only pissing blood for about a week after getting that cane through his spleen and kidney. Just wear a steel cup and some kevlar body armor and you'll be fine.

[JE]

"Hell that was nothing compared to me getting my nads kicked into the back of my throat during the roshambo maylay in Edds driveway. Herbie said he was only pissing blood for about a week after getting that cane through his spleen and kidney. Just wear a steel cup and some kevlar body armor and you'll be fine.
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Sid Sid Sid"

Holy s--T...> Sid,

Do Ya know any black ops guys that may be available-?......Lord only knows what is on the minds of certain deviant cave diving gangsters-!

[DeWayne]

Was a firm date ever decided upon for the anti-social? I heard from Edd that he will be going to Oregon October 12-27, and let's face it, Edd and CaveAdventurers is a big part of the anti-social atmosphere. TAG Fall Cave-In is going on October 6-9, so the next best time would be the weekend of the 29th. Good news is that Edd has bought the property next door and will look into the possibility of allowing us to camp there as well as providing a porta-potty. Let's show our support for the man that has done more to improve the conditions on the Mill Pond than anyone else and plan this event around his schedule. It just would not be the anti-social without Edd there.

[DeWayne]

Edd has even mentioned the possibility of hosting a Bar-B-Q if we put this off until the weekend of October 29, or November 5. Given the dates that he will be in Oregon, I think that November 5 would be the ideal weekend to get together, party, and dive our asses off in the Mill Pond.

It looks like we have a problem. Although we can't be expected to arrange the date based on one person's schedule, I agree that Edd is a very important pillar in the panhandle community.

October 29 isn't good, as that's the date of the Cave Excursions Diver Appreciation Day, and I'm sure a lot of us have already put that on our schedules (I know I have).

If Cave Adventurers will be open without Edd, we might have to stick to the 22nd of October. If his shop will be closed, there won't be any gas fills within fifty miles, and most people don't bring enough doubles for a whole day of diving. We'll HAVE to move the date.

Back in the late 1990s, it became tradition for a lot of us to go to Jackson Blue the first Saturday after Labor Day (when the park closes for the year), as it was the first weekend we could dive JB in three months. Before there was a Cave Diver's Forum, a lot of us subscribed to the Yahoo cavedivers e-group, and I remember the one in 2000 when I met several of our now-regulars (Gary in particular) for the first time. I think I'll call the Jackson County Commission tomorrow about September 10, although for the last several years there has been a private party on the first Saturday after the park closed.

People, let's hear some input.

Russell

edit: I posted this before I read DeWayne's last post, so November 5 is also an option.

[John L.]

Russell,
Don't worry if I can make it that weekend or not. If I am the one you are talking about. Sure, I would love to make the antisocial and meet some of you guys for the first time, and dive, but I have had to work the weekend of the CDF social the last three years, so it won't kill me if I miss this. You guys ought to have it when Edd is there anyway. My 2 cents.
John

[DeWayne]

I did not even think about the to do down at Bill's. I like the idea of holding it the weekend after Labor Day, even though I will be up in Alaska then. I am not sure what Edd has in place for the time he is planning to be gone; I would like to think that he has made arrangements for the shop to stay open, but he has not mentioned anything in his emails. He did express a desire to be a part of this, and for reasons other than the availability of gas I think that it just would not be as enjoyable given all he has done for the Mill Pond area if it was held while he was out of town. Add to that the fact that he is looking into letting us camp on his property and offering to host a Bar-B-Que and it makes even more sense to plan this around his schedule. The weekend of November 5 would actually work out best for me, but that is really a non-issue.

[JE]

I've already put in from my job to have off the week end of Oct. 22nd, 2005-!
Please folks let me know what where doing here-? we need to firm the date of this event-! As far as the Cave Excursions thing on Oct. 29, I don't think that I will be able to make that, as I will probably have to work on that week end.
You also have Matt 'The Dreamer' Johnston planning to try to make it down for our anti-social.......This should be the dive party that we should concentrate on. I don't need to win anything, other than the fellowshiip of my caving friends........Seriously-!

Jack