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    GCB6A8 Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Museum

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by instep_guy
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    RIP Barney. We visited with Barney last summer and he was still sharp as a tack and a joy to talk with. If anyone recorded his "story" please share it!

     

    Edited: His "story" concerns being assigned to memorize Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “When Earth’s Last Picture Is Painted,”  in the 5th grade. He could still recite it from memory!

     

     

    Oregon 550t

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted · Edited by instep_guy

    Not all usb cables allow the transfer of data. Many only provide charging capabilities. Make sure the package specifically states that data can be transferred.

     

    Edited to add that I have purchased garmin cables at Target to replace my cables originally included with my gps.

    Signing logs in random places

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by instep_guy

    I am specifically asking people NOT to date their logs. Please stop dating your logs.

    Are you pretending I'm making an arbitrary request that I haven't justified?

     

    Nope, I am asking everyone to please stop dating logs. Here are my reasons for this reasonable and polite request:

     

    1. We all know logbooks are getting smaller. Save space by putting your name only!

     

    2. There is so much drama around FTFs. Let's elevate ourselves above the petty drama by putting only our names in logbooks. It doesn't matter when you found it, it just matters that you did.

     

    3. Time is money, or, in this case, more caches. Save yourself a moment by only writing your name.

     

    4. Sometimes, geocachers inadvertently become terrible cheaters when they accidently log a find on the wrong day because they forgot to change it on the log form. If your log dates don't match between paper and online, I have no choice but to tell everyone what a terrible cheater you are. Save me the hassle and just put the date online.

     

    5. Nobody likes a logbook that is damp and crusted with dead mosquitoes. In adverse environmental conditions, it's best for everyone if you just get your name in the logbook and put it back as quickly as you can.

     

    Now that I have explained my personal preference in detail, surely everyone will humour me and abide by this simple, reasonable request. It's just a matter of courtesy. You want to be courteous, don't you? Anybody who wants to be polite and not a cheater will stop writing dates in logs.

     

     

    I'm convinced!

    Signing logs in random places

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    When I was a first year teacher at a high school we had a faculty meeting and the veteran teachers argued for about 45min. concerning some teacher's letting students chew gum while others did not. I found this kinda' amusing as anytime I walked down a hallway after a class change you could smell the odor of MJ floating around. Something about straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel comes to mind here as well.

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