Duncan!
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Who invented the lamp-skirt cache hide anyway.
The first time I found a lamp-skirt cache, I thought "How cool is this?" Needless to say, it didn't take long for the thrill to wear off (but then again, I still go after them...)
I call this the "Buffalo Effect". Here's how it works: You are driving your car in South Dakota for the first time. It isn't long before you see a buffalo beside the road. You slam on the brakes, stop the car, grab the camera and shoot 50 frames in about 30 seconds. 48 hours later, having passed approximately 47,000 more buffalo, your reaction varies from boredom to out-and-out anger (because some idiot in front of you has just slammed on his brakes with no warning.) In Hawaii, this is also known as the "Cattle Egret Effect".
We've got the same thing at the zoo, the Peacock Effect. The Peacocks are allowed to wander the zoo grounds, they pick up spilled popcorn, create a crowd in front of my bus... It's like people have never seen those nasty birds before. Oh, sure, they look pretty...
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On another note:
With the recent burst of new caches in San Pasqual Valley, it's been great fun to see the FTF flury.....some hard core cachers out there. Some logs posted at 2 a.m. in the morning! I most enjoyed reading D-Jollyman's posts.....had to have a desginated driver take him.....wow! That is true love!
I thought about joining in the search last night as well but common sense and work this morning kept me away. After reading about the mud involved in the other caches, I know I made the right choice.
What is this "common sense" of which you speak?
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Left some YMS #26 cards in the new puzzle caches found over the weekend:
Counting Colors and
Traded for a YMS #26 from Intruder Alert.
Traded for a YMS #24 and #25 from Pirates of the Spanish Main.
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Congrats to Harmon for hitting the big 1 today!!!
Okay,where would you be without me (and fellow Geobabe Splashette)? Better yet: Where would I be? You're responsible for all this ya' know.
Congrats, to my Geocaching AND square dancing buddy and his bride.
Congrats to everybody I missed! Keep rackin' up those ######!
Hey Marty, I fixed it for ya
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double post, ignore
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Caption Contest
"The Strange Case of the Pushmi-Pullyu"
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I did mine, thanks.
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Analysis of file 360281.gpx
2721 unique caches.
2721 finds logged.
76 DNF logs (on found caches only).
Avg. Difficulty = 1.68
Avg. Terrain = 1.62
Avg. Challenge = 1.92
453 hard caches (17%)
5 countries
7 US states
0 multiple finds (0%)
426 (15.7%) archived
First log: 06/2/2003
Last log: 01/10/2006
Most finds: 74 on 10/17/2005
Oldest cache: #234 (GCEA)
Newest cache: #330731 (GCRWYN)
Difficulty:
1.0: 943 (34.7%)
1.5: 756 (27.8%)
2.0: 592 (21.8%)
2.5: 179 ( 6.6%)
3.0: 137 ( 5.0%)
3.5: 50 ( 1.8%)
4.0: 40 ( 1.5%)
4.5: 13 ( 0.5%)
5.0: 11 ( 0.4%)
Terrain:
1.0: 1203 (44.2%)
1.5: 593 (21.8%)
2.0: 419 (15.4%)
2.5: 235 ( 8.6%)
3.0: 168 ( 6.2%)
3.5: 65 ( 2.4%)
4.0: 25 ( 0.9%)
4.5: 5 ( 0.2%)
5.0: 8 ( 0.3%)
Cache types:
1 ( 0.0%) Cache In Trash Out Event
8 ( 0.3%) Earthcache
12 ( 0.4%) Event Cache
4 ( 0.1%) Letterbox Hybrid
11 ( 0.4%) Locationless (Reverse) Cache
122 ( 4.5%) Multi-cache
2331 (85.7%) Traditional Cache
175 ( 6.4%) Unknown Cache
50 ( 1.8%) Virtual Cache
7 ( 0.3%) Webcam Cache
Containers:
18 ( 0.7%) Large
790 (29.0%) Micro
108 ( 4.0%) Not chosen
115 ( 4.2%) Other
1122 (41.2%) Regular
512 (18.8%) Small
56 ( 2.1%) Virtual
Countries:
1 in Canada
1 in Greece
8 in Mexico
1 in Netherlands
2699 in United States
US States:
12 in Arizona
2675 in California
1 in District of Columbia
1 in Maine
8 in Nevada
1 in Oregon
1 in Wisconsin
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If this one is back in action, I believe it is wheelchair accessible.
Even if it isn't back, that area is very interesting. The "trees" along the walkway are fascinating.
I just moved this cache to the newspaper bins near the other end of the ship, but I forgot to get the new coordinates. Duh. I'll have it going again soon.
Gaslamp and Aloe Virtualis at the zoo are accessible.
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The Star is back in action!
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FlagMan 01/10/06
Retrieved "delivered" ammo can, cleaned-up & added swag, dried out logbook, and replaced the cache back to it's "Womb".
This deserves a big round of applause and an extra dose of Karma. With DJ & PW down FlagMan steps up to deliver!!
Thank you!!
My pleasure (well, I am a little sick, you know). Just trying to get my foot out of my mouth...
That's pr'bly what made ya sick in the first place!
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If this one is back in action, I believe it is wheelchair accessible.
Even if it isn't back, that area is very interesting. The "trees" along the walkway are fascinating.
I just moved this cache to the newspaper bins near the other end of the ship, but I forgot to get the new coordinates. Duh. I'll have it going again soon.
Gaslamp and Aloe Virtualis at the zoo are accessible.
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Hey Now! Maybe dis will bump it, eh?
Awating approval: GCRYXA
Yep, another puzzle, wicked easy, tho. I meant hard.
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Anyone else having problems viewing the pictures on puzzle cache webpages? I have at least two new puzzles, You In and International Dog and Bone, that I cannot view the pictures. This makes solving the puzzle impossible. I see that both have the pictures on a website other than GC.com. I am using Internet Explorer and hitting refresh multiple times, but no luck. I only accidently discovered that there are pictures on either of these pages. Until I figured out there was a problem, I was staring at blank pages and wondering how everyone else was solving them.
Maybe everyone can post the pictures on the webpage itself?
I put in a link to the puzzle just in case the image doesn't show up.
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Purloined a Flintstones and one of my namesake from the Bionicle series, sorry, can't remember which caches exactly, I get 'em mixed up.
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The photo of the front page looked alot like San Diego . . Sure enough it was Princess Toadstool's photo from Stone Ruination #9 Pond Scum
don't have time to post page but press F5 enough times and I'll bet it comes around.
Cheers! Jeff
Edit for crappy typing!
Congrats!
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Saw this over at the UK forums and thought I'd give it a go here...
For me, it was when I hiked out to Goat Canyon Trestle in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park back in May of 2003 (before the trains started running again). Nope, I didn't accidentally find a cache (although I wish I had, it's quite a hike), but I did a google search on the trestle several weeks afterwards and I came up with a nearby cache. I then found Flagman's "Grandparent's Cache" in early June.
How did you get started?
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Congrats to GoBolts! for 1 !
Congrats to the Bolts for beating the Colts!!!!
A big BZ to GB! WAY2GO!
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Hey! Got my first coins ever in the mail today! Two NYGO's! This neat-o!
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On of my TBs is now in Germany. Can someone translate the log and help me write an e-mail (in German) in response?
My hovercraft is full of eels.
(Anyone?)
I've always been partial to, "My lower intestine is full of spam."
Lovely spam wonderful spam ...
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A large B.Z. FOR Chuy's 2000th find!!!!!!
WAY2GO, CHUY!!!!!!
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WAY2GO EVERYONE!
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How did you pick your geo-name? Does it have special meaning to you?
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Yep, it's my name.
My previous handle was Duscwe!
Short for:Duncan Scott Werth
But most everyone pronounced it "douche-way".
So it had to go.
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Problem Cachers
in West and Southwest
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Why do you think he calls me at all hours??