Reading University Caving Club 
A few changes – as well as a mild redesign there is now a separate links page as requested. If anyone wants anything added let me know.
More excitingly, there’s our brand new competition:
Click on the link above or see the archive page.
How it works- we’ve tried to compile a complete list of committee members/christmas party themes since the dawn of time (1986). However, as Dr Methane’s memory is not what it was a few gaps remain. And he inevitably got a bit confused in places. Consequently there is a fine Speleolabs beanie hat, some ‘Speleomix’ CDs and a colour TV available to the person who can fill the most gaps/point out the most errors. Even if you’re not the lucky winner it does make some really interesting reading.
Some Pub News. As it is out of term time a few more dedicated members are now meeting in the County Arms, Watlington Street from 10.00 onwards. Feel free to drop in. Normal service will be resumed when term begins.
1998/9 President and Secretary positions were both held jointly by myself and Chris Szabady (although officially he was president and I was secretary). The resulting confusion (or should that be laziness?) meant that for the vast majority of the year neither of us really did either of the jobs! Oops!
1996/7 Christmas party – I don’t remember a tractor quiz, but I do remember the requirement was that we each brought a sparkler.
Ooooh, I’ve come over all nostalgic!
Tom – so John is correct. Aha. I think you’ll find the sparkler was to light the tractor with.
You may not remember the tractor quiz as you were probably drunk. Sadly I do. It was dead hard unless you know the power output and bale capacity of a Massey Fergusson 110 . What I can’t remember is whether it was Mr. Rumming, Mr Chalker or Mr Horswill that was responsible. Or all three of them. One of them should own up.
Congratulations. You are now in the lead. I think the gauntlet (or in this case knackered yellow glove) has been well & truly thrown down.
I can’t help but wonder why you would want to light a tractor?
Have I really been missing out all this time on the fine art of tractor smoking?
Oooh arrr, give us a drag on that Massey, proper job! Cough cough!
By the way could someone pass on the message to everyone else that my email address has packed in on me for the last 3 weeks with no sign of it sorting itself out in the near future, so if there’s anything important I should know please call/text me on 07766605827. Cheers!
Dunno. Insurance?
You want to be careful saying ‘give us a drag on that Massey, proper job’ in farming circles as you will end up with one of these – http://secure.ssbtractor.com/cgi-bin/quikstore.cgi?category=Massey_Ferguson_Tractor_Parts&keywords=Drag%20Link%20End&and=1
I also understand that tractor smoking is also a popular pursuit amongst the agricultural drag racing community. This bit I am not making up.
By the way the colour TV is yours if you can come & collect in the next ten days.
Agricultural drag racing? Crikey! Images spring to mind of farmers dressing up in their wife’s clothes and running a lap of the potato field!
By the way, please ignore my previous comment about my email address. It fixed itself literally 30 minutes after I typed that! Typical!
Sadly I will be unable to pick up the TV and therefore wish to donate it to a needy student of your choice.
Not that have doubts about its quality or anything!
Agricultural drag racing? Crikey! Images spring to mind of farmers dressing up in their wife’s clothes and running a lap of the potato field!
By the way, please ignore my previous comment about my email address. It fixed itself literally 30 minutes after I typed that! Typical!
Sadly I will be unable to pick up the TV and therefore wish to donate it to a needy student of your choice.
Not that have doubts about its quality or anything!