Taoiseach
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No, it's like Chris Pronger stealing the puck after someone else achieves a milestone
No, it's like Patrick Kane skating down the ice after scoring the winning goal and nobody sees it.
Wait, this isn't about marathons anymore.
Not unless you're this guy
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It's more like taking a victory lap.
No, it's like attending an awards banquet six months later.
No, it's like Chris Pronger stealing the puck after someone else achieves a milestone
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Doesn't narcissa get to decide what to include in her history? Cache logs are autobiographical, after all.
you don't post logs to your own profile, you post logs to a cache listing. them being linked to your own profile is merely a side effect.
For the record, the cache that Narcissa chose to post TFTC on was probably one of the most poorly thought out caches that I've had the displeasure of finding. We were uneasy about finding it in the first place, but I had a pretty good guess as to where it would be (it was not a skirtlifter) and was able to find it very quickly. When I eventually find the time to catch up on my logging (I'm so far behind because I refuse to write single-digit word logs), I likely won't choose to bite my tongue, as Narcissa did.
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I looked at that list and the virtual may be sketchy. Looks like the oldest was changed to a virtual from a traditional. You may have to look and see when it was changed to see if it was indeed the 1st. That is if you care enough to be as accurate as possible.
Some of those Multis might not be the first either. 300mag claims that GC958 is in fact the first multi, and that others were changed later.
I'd like confirmation on this, but it does call all of the other so called 'firsts' (save for the first traditional) into question.
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Just doing some reading on the internet - it looks like Pennsylvania's state government is planning massive cutbacks to the parks and threatening the closure of 35 parks.
Tax dollars, huh?
Hey! That's great news! Now, if only the gubment would close the other 85! Then Pennsylvanians won't have to worry about paying to place caches, and they'll have a whole bunch of new parking lots to place 1/1 traditionals in!
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I found my first 2 geocache and im asking myself if we got to be a premium user to add as found on our profile ?
No. There is a box in the top right of the cache page. Click on 'Log your Visit' and write about the find. Oh, and remember, a lot of cache owners like it if you write a little something about your experience.
Hope you enjoyed yourself!
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Up here in Canada, we got Lock'n'Locks coming out of our eyeballs.
My favourite place for Lock & Locks is actually Home Hardware. They don't have the best price by any means (they're not bad, but...), but they have an amazingly extensive selection of sizes.
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For all those who say that plenty of people would be happy to pay, let's examine the caching situation in a few random NC state parks. NC has had a similar fee for many years in their state parks.
Out of curiosity, have caches ever been outright banned in NC state parks ever? I think a big part of the reason that we and other Eastern Ontario cachers that we know would be willing to pay the fee is that caches have been banned in Ontario Parks.
A $25 fee is much better than simply not being allowed to hide caches in Ontario Provincial Parks.
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Just send me 25$ and I'll let you hide one!
You don't have the authority to let me place a cache in an Ontario Provincial Park.
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AN OUNCE OF ACTION IS WORTH A TON OF THEORY.
A SIMPLISTIC PLATITUDE WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS IS WORTH MORE THAN A PLATITUDE WRITTEN WITH PROPER PUNCTUATION AND IT ALSO MAKES ME MORE RIGHT THAN YOU.
Oh, wait.
Just saying actions speak louder than words....
Again - Convince Ontario Parks to let us hide caches in exchange for $25 and we'll be sure to go out and hide a couple.
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That would be Toronto
Oops, I knew that too.
It's ok.
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YOU WOULD. But yet you haven't. You are incapable due to distance rules or maintenance issues. Thats like me saying "I would pay 25$ to place caches in Ohio, but can't because I never go there". It's an empty statement, and my opinion wouldn't really hold any value since there's no way to tell if I'm being truthful.
We would happily pay $25 to place caches in Ontario Provincial Parks, and would love to have the opportunity to do so.
AN OUNCE OF ACTION IS WORTH A TON OF THEORY.
There's no need to yell...
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You don't pay for the parks department when you pay you taxes? Or do you just not pay taxes?
Oh no, I pay, I pay plenty.
My taxes get paid to Harrisburg, not Albany, not Trenton, Sacramento, Olympia or Ontario.
I think they are high enough already.
The $25 fee? I don't mind. If my town charged the same for my park hide? I would pay.
That would be Toronto
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Right. You can't place a cache there. Therefore its all talk. My point is I would like to see anyone place a few caches under these guidelines. I'm glad you THINK you would do it, but you are knowing unable to. 25$ fee is that same as saying "stop putting geocaches in the park".
We would definitely have caches in Provincial Parks if they were allowed. Even if we had to pay a fee. I'm also quite confident that there are many others around here who would happily do the same. Narcissa and I frequently go camping in Provincial Parks, and would love to be able to place caches in our favourite spots!
PS I do not have any in PA state parks but could easily (should I care to pay 25$ which I NEVER will).
Good for you. Narcissa and I would.
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You don't pay for the parks department when you pay you taxes? Or do you just not pay taxes?
Geocachers are just hikers that play a game while hiking. Why should we have to pay extra when others do added things for free. Picnickers play Frisbee. Campers fly kites. They aren't paying extra for their added activities why should you?
My taxes also pay for transit services, doesn't mean that I (well, I have a pass, but some people) don't have to pay $3.25 whenever they take the bus!
Also, hikers generally don't go off trail, thereby creating potential damage to the environment.
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Anyone who advocates this fee should go place two caches in that park now. After that I will believe you really will "happily pay". Until then its all talk.
I can't possibly maintain a cache in Pennsylvania.
Convince Ontario Parks to let us lace caches at $25 apiece, and I'll do just that!
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Just out of curiosity for what are you being asked to pay the piper? What added features do geocachers get for the $25? Boaters pay for boat ramps and docks and such. Campers pay for campsites, restrooms, perhaps shower facilities. Any hiking trails are already there. What added value over the basic use of the park has been added for the convenience of the geocacher?
It is still their land to manage, and the increased traffic it would cause in (potentially) sensitive areas will require increased maintenance. I'm quite sure that reducing the number of caches placed without entirely banning them, is a big part of implementing a fee/permit system.
If I want to call the tune (i.e. place a cache on public land), I have absolutely no issues with having to pay the piper.
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There are several people in this thread who have said they would happily pay.
Several ???,,,I went back through every post, and I could only find one person saying that they would "happily pay". Oh, and that person would be you. So your statement is Bishop Testimony.
I guess you didn't look that well! Here's what I had to say-
Imagine if your State Parks system said that it was planning to institute a permit system (including a placement fee). Would you put up a huge fuss about it because they're charging you to use 'your' land? Would you prefer they ban geocaching altogether? If they did ban geocaching, I bet that your opinions on paying for a permit would change quite quickly.
I can think of one Provincial Park system that demanded that we remove existing caches and refrain from placing new ones. I'd love to be able to pay $25 and place a cache in a Provincial Park! But, then again, I'm not morally opposed to being asked to pay the piper
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Folks, we've just seen a convergance of opinions from sbell1, Clan Riffster and mtn-man. What other litmus test do you want to put this practice of "logging" to?
Well, we still don't have Mr. T on board.
I'm on Narcissa's ship
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So does a multi require a fee for each stage that has a hidden container containing coordinates? Would a four stage multi cache run you a $100?
I hope not. I wish more people used multis in parks. They're a great way to encourage cachers to follow a particular route to a cache, so they can be used to keep people on the trail.
Psst, multis are way less maintenance and way more fun when you use things like signs and plaques instead of containers.
And, that way they only drop one proximity circle, instead of several!
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Apparently, the cache owner has authorized this.
Did the owner of the Alien Head caches also authorize this?
We did not move these caches.
Why not?
These are a different series of caches(pretty obvious). Maybe you can come on down and DOUBLE your find count!
Good lord! Why would we want to do that? Numbers don't give you status, and if we're going to travel such a great distance to cache, hours of repetitive nonsense is not what we would be looking for. Doing one of these power trails would probably just make us angry.
Maybe we'll go down there on a mission to see if permission was obtained to hide all of these caches...
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Was it a Delaware one? The site had some sort of glitch where a bunch of people accidentally got a Delaware souvenir.
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We bypassed Kenora itself, so I can't speak to how gross it is.
Fort Frances was nice. I can't imagine that Rainy River or Kenora are too gross.
And Dryden gave us Chris Pronger!
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Exactly.