Wanderingson

"Hey Buddy, You distract him and I'll go bag the Cache" "I cache; therefore I am"

This may not really fall under the realm of geocaching, but here's a little information to help you out. Road rallies are becoming a very popular sport/recreation activity. It is extremely popular in Japan for both 4-wheeled vehicles as well as Motorcycles. Some of the more creative event organizers have extremely challenging activities at each checkpoint. SOme are mentor brain teasers and points are awarded accordingly. SOme checkpoints will have puzzles you must figure our in order to learn the next checkpoint. Some also include using decryption skills. The time is only one of the factors to be sucessful. Accurate mileage from one checkpoint to another also becomes a factor. Haven't seen one with just GPS coordinates, but it could work. Here is a link to one I found on line. http://www.adventureteam.com/dfw/showevent.asp?eventid=668&chapterid=1 "I cache; therefore I am"

Becki, Did that cute Martha Stewart map show a cute little Icon for her Jail Cell? I have made maps by scanning the map page and inserting stuff on photoshop. Just need to play with the program a lttle. "I cache; therefore I am"

OK, So if I plant watermelon seeds, I can grow watermelons--right. If I plant grass seed, I can grow grass--right I'm just curious what you can grow if you plant bird seed? "I cache; therefore I am"

Sept1c_tank Brilliant post. I like your observation about us being world explorers. Here are a few locations alraedy under my belt. Hondouras, Greenland, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Japan, Alaska, as well as many, many states in the Lower 48. Life is nothing but a jorney for us and traveling is in our blood. "I cache; therefore I am"

This guy is no dummy folks. First of all he has already had 282 people visit his website, which I must say took a few moments to create. Do I condone this type of conduct--Heck no, but he is drawing a response. Sending foul responses on his website or e-mailing him, will only encourage his behavior. He has created his own little twisted game from this game and wants to create his own rules. Sooner or later this guys identity will be known by all. If I were a betting man, I would make a little wager that this guy has probably been an avtive member of geocaching in the past. I would also venture to say that this guy probably has a few finds logged. Sooner or later he will make a post and I'm sure an IP Address could be tracked if that was desired. I would even venture to say that he is reading these forums and probably getting a pretty good chuckle at the responses. That is exactly what is driving this guy into doing what he is doing. If no one plays along with him, I'm sure he will soon fade away into the sunset. "I cache; therefore I am"

I've got a collection of remote controls. Tv, DVD, VCR, Amplifier........ Each one does something different. I even have remote controls for the tower fans, one for the vehicle, oh my how simple is life now that we have all of these really cool infrared beams dancing around the house. I can remember how the weather effected the tv reception and arguing with my sisters on who would get up to change the channel. Be patient with the inlaws my friend--I'm sure giving directions are not the only thing they get into detail about. I would bet to say that their lives are very structured. good luck In-Laws or Outlaws we still love them for what they do. "I cache; therefore I am"

"Did I mention--Sam wore shorts" Can he apply for a geocaching purple heart? "I cache; therefore I am"

This one does just fine and has all 4 wheels that drive "I cache; therefore I am"

I would get a hold of this guys lawyer. David Flood, a radio personality in Tampa, Florida has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging a 1989 Florida ban on "dwarf tossing" — barroom contests where dwarves are thrown across a room for the farthest distance. Flood, known as "Dave the Dwarf" on WFLZ, claims that the ban is unconstitutional because it violates his equal protection rights and that he should be allowed to "decide for himself whether to participate in the barroom contests." Flood told the Tampa Tribune, "As soon as you have a physical handicap… all of a sudden they treat you like you don’t have a mind of your own. Just because I’m 3-foot-2 doesn’t mean I can’t make decisions." —Source: St. Petersburg Times "I cache; therefore I am"

Just wondering what type of wildlife folks have come across while caching. I ran across this little feller right after i placed my first cache "Wild, Wild Horses". He was looking for a handout and almost had my wife buy into his sypathetic look. He actually sat and was being a true actor in hope of us throwing him something to eat. I'm sure we were not the first folks he tried this one on--let me tell you he was as sly as a...... "I cache; therefore I am"

Solohiker Said-- quote: Mature heterosexuals who are secure in their sexuality do not suffer these delusions. quote: can't believe you would even admit to it. I consider homosexuals to be perverts, but in every situation that I have encountered homosexuals making unwanted advances they backed off when I made it clear I was not interested. And I never ran out of there with a turd. First of all Sparky. I don't believe you have been in this situation with an eyeball looking at you with your pants around your ankles. Homophobia has absolutely nothing to do with it. This sick SOB was in the process of the act of peering at me. Maybe I am i little baffled and should have reponded like you would have. "Excuse me sir, I'm not a homophobic, but please don't look at me while I'm sitting here"? Get a life buddy Solohiker in recent log--took nothing, left my freaking brain. I typically wouldn't flame someone in a forum, but couldn't resist with responding to such a brilliant reply you provided. "I cache; therefore I am"

I have a 4 wheel drive van out here in Japan and have put that thing through some really awesome stuff. It has the battle scars in the way of scrapes on both sides where I drove it down some old dirt paths leading through the woods. Friends call it the Shag Wag. It actually had shag carpet in it when I got it. If this works you will the type of typical routes I take into the woods--deep into the woods. "I cache; therefore I am"

Greeting Cachers, Had another question to throw out here. When I take a newcomer out on their "First Hunt", should they log this as their first find if we are both looking for a new cache at the same time or should they wait until they do one on their own. The reason I ask is last weekend I took a friend out with me to find a cache I hadn't found yet. We both labored through the brush and woods to find it. I took him out again tonight and turned the GPS over to him. He didn't feel right about logging his first find as the one we did last weekend. See folks there is hope, there are a few ethical folks among us. Thanks "I cache; therefore I am"

Actually I try to match the paticular landscape to the paint job. Olive drab, black and brown would stand out a little too much in a grey or tan environment. I like to have a little fun sraying my "blotches". "I cache; therefore I am"

I think the dragon ate the evidence of it's existance. "I cache; therefore I am"

I lost my mind once--does that count? Actually, I'm delighted that you found it. "I cache; therefore I am"

Let me fill you in on a rather funny rest stop story. Well, it wasn't funny at the time. Years ago while driving through Utah in the middle of the night, I had to make a stop at a rest stop to take care of some sit down business. I left the wife and two kids in the car and instructed her to lock the door. I went inside to take care of business. Well, it appreaered that I would be there for a few minutes and almost insictively began tapping my foot. Not sure if I was trying to concentrate or just occupy the time. Well, as I was sitting there, I began to look around the stall and read some of the grafetti on the wall. Some was rather humorous. Then I read the rather discriptive passage that basically said "for a great#$@(*(***&, meet me here on this date at this time and tap your foot. Well, I did a quick memory jog and realized it was the same date. I then looked at my watch and realized it was close to the same time. Then I looked down and realized I was tapping my foot. I immediately broke out in a cold sweat when I heard someone in the stall next to me. I looked over and saw an eyeball looking at me through a hole in the wall. I grabbed my pants and pulled them up as I bolted out the doorwithout even wiping. I ran to the car like you wouldn't believe, I grabbed my keys opened the door and jumped in. I fired up the car and speed away from the rest stop as fast as I could. The whole time my wife had a look of panic on her face and kept asking "What's wrong" "What happened". After about 5 miles of distance down the road and checking the rear view mirror, I finally settled down enough to tell her what had happened. She actually had the nerve to laugh at me. She didn't know just how close I came to losing my manly virginity. Rest stops still spook me and I avoid them at any cost. On a lighter side--I too can laugh at this one now. "I cache; therefore I am" [This message was edited by Wanderingson and Compass Rose on August 11, 2003 at 04:23 PM.]

quote: You wouldn't want give the anti-geocaching crowd any more ammo. BrianSnat I wouldn't want to give my exwife any more ammo either. "I cache; therefore I am"

Wow--all this entertainment in the "Getting Started" forum. Well, I guess we will either scare them off or we will have us some keepers. "I cache; therefore I am"

Leave it for the next finder. I recently passed up a nice set of binoculars because I already had a few sets. The next guy that came along grabbed them in a heartbeat. If I take the time to look through a cache, then I get what I look for, otherwise I may as well take a pass. I recently almost overlooked a travelbug and didn't see it until I read the log. "I cache; therefore I am"

Funny, I should read this thread. I was going to include geocaching in my book on outdoor activities (no, I won't go into specific details here). This natually will be an add in after the rest is compiled and I have many more caching experiences under my belt. At the moment, I am still conducting extensive research and many folks will have references from personal expeirences. Interested in participating, drop me a line. I will not cloud this forum with the nature of my work. Writer, I wish you well, but you do need to cover the basics of land navigation and build from there. Although these high tech geo pointers are great, nothing, and I do mean nothing will ever replace the good ole map and compass skills. ALso, have you ever sat back and wondered about gear, I seem to recall a thread on here about what was in your backpack. Another thought is geosnacks--all of us have our favorite geo-foods. What about setting up a geo-base camp (aka campsite) for those multicache days where you want to cover as many as you can without having to drive back home? I could go on forever, but then I would be taking away from your opportunity of finding additional angles. Might I suggest a simple question/answer type survey and have anyone interested e-mail you for a copy. There are folks in the forums that may flame you for your efforts. This will be my only reposnse to this in this forum, e-mail works on my end for further discussion. "I cache; therefore I am"

Just ask her to test the wallsocket before she gets a chance to ask. "I cache; therefore I am"

BrianSnat, Thanks. Naturally, I wouldn't log it as a find. That just would seem right. The TB didn't have any goals or any hickhiker attached. Just sitting in a little ziplock bag with a lable on it. Thanks for the insight. "I cache; therefore I am"

Greetings fellow Cachers, I just went for a little ride to do some beachcombing today and checked on one of my caches. I must have just missed a cacher visiting from Tokyo because he found it and left a travel bug in it. My question is; Is it wrong for me to take a travel bug from my own cache and take it to another cache? I will be traveling from Japan to the States and figured the TB could get some great milage? Wasn't sure if I would be breaking any protocols. Natually I would log it on my cache page and log it on the TB page as well. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. This is my first exposure with a TB. "I cache; therefore I am"