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  1. 5 hours ago, Mudfrog said:

    In the past, most events consisted of more than just going to a restaurant or showing up at a location for 30 minutes. You're right, a person doesn't have to read the description for these kinds of events. Matter of fact, descriptions aren't really needed at all. Sorry OP, your opening post is all wrong. :lol:

     

     I'm getting better at reading sarcasm. Yea, me! It would be good if the event host made it clear if it's an a.m. or p.m. event though.  

    I've gone back a little and found that in my area, folks held events at their homes in the past and more events were held outdoors in parks back then. It was more personal, and now I understand why some people here don't like the change in this hobby.

  2. Here's one online log I got a thanks from the owner for:

    Rode the trail to GZ with KR and immediately spotted the notorious "honey hole" then rigged our line and got to fishing. I was trying the cane pole method but KR wanted to cast and reel, cast and reel. Then, I thought, "why not just catfish and see if anything swims its way over to our bait" but it seems our bait wasn't smelly enough. Guess who caught the fish? ...The cast and reel guy did. A nice sized red, too! We punched our tag on him then I wanted to see if I could catch a trout, but had no luck there so I gently placed the red back into the "honey hole" for someone else to wrestle with on another day.

    BBQ chicken and sausage is on the menu tonight. Thanks for a fun one (cache owner) ! I believe this is the first interactive cache we've found in a TSP!

     

    Sorry if it is too full of irrelevant info for some owners and unhelpful to other searchers. How the heck is everyone supposed to know what EVERYBODY else wants in an online log ??? 

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  3. 2 hours ago, TwistedCube said:

    Ahh Texas... HEB is great...

    That log sounds like something my friend would write, except he would take it a step further by adding more nonsense.

    I applaud that cacher! I would want that kind of log on one of my caches.

    Yeah, the HEB part was about the only possible truth to his story and the part that I thought most hilarious after all the creative nonsense.  

  4.  Here's a log written by a guy who searched for this one after a friend and I got the coveted FTF. I thought it was hilarious and had a conversation with the cache owner, who's a friend of ours, about it at an event. He just thought the guy was loopy, which made it even funnier to me. I have this on my watchlist.
     
     
    03/14/2017

    No joy. Pulled up the manhole cover, got my wife to belay the rope while I went down into the underground tunnels. Got lost. Ran across some dude in a clown costume who offered to sell me some watches, but I didn't have any cash. He said he'd show me the way out, but that it would cost me an arm and a leg. Declined his offer. Followed some rats and found this crypt-like area. Thought maybe the cache was inside one of the skulls, but no luck. Floor fell out when I pulled one of them, booby trapped, I guess, and was swept away by the current. Fortunately, it dumped me out by an HEB, so I grabbed some marinated beef while waiting for my wife to pick me up. Don't recommend anybody taking a left after leaving the main shaft of light when you get down to the floor level of the sewer. That clown dude freaked me out.

     

    The guy couldn't find the cache but wrote a funny (or scary, ha!) online log. 

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  5. On 11/11/2013 at 8:47 AM, DragonsWest said:

    To Groundspeak Powers That Be (aka The Frog) -

     

    Please, may we have a Power Trail / Power Caching Attribute added? I've been planning a trip for months and now I'm about to embark on it I find my Pocket Queries are constantly clobbered by these high density trails and desert artwork, meaning I get fewer of the caches I'm looking for in my query.

     

    I'd really like an attribute, something like this pt.png That I can tick off and be spared these things (so long as Cache Owners use the attribute.)

     

    (Please don't go on about GSAK and how I can spend a lot of time mucking about in it, because the whole Idea of Pocket Queries is convenience, with a simple tick I can get the wide ranging queries which will make my trip more enjoyable.)

     

    Thanks for your consideration.

    Maybe things were different 4 years ago, but I still see no use for this yesterday or today.

  6. You know, I just don't understand how much some people need recognition. I DO, however, know several people who've done, and continue to do a whole lot more for their community/ies that deserve a hell of a lot more than this kind of recognition. Stop the sour grapes over a hobby. And, who cares about the algorithm, really? Jeez Louise... 

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  7. 11 minutes ago, SeattleWayne said:

    Of course they have. That's the job of the Reviewer. They will now follow up with the cache owners in 30 days or so, and if the CO failed to respond with their intentions, the Reviewer will archive the cache. 

     

    That's the way it works, plain & simple. I'd like to think the VOLUNTEER REVIEWERS in my area (hopefully) aren't annoyed with my NAs because I log them when common sense says they should be.

  8. 6 minutes ago, barefootjeff said:

    I must say that the recipients in my area, or at least the ones I've heard about so far on the local FB group, have very much deserved the honour and I'm sure the caches they produce will meet or exceed expectations. I look forward very much to seeing them.

    There are 2 couples in my area, plus a few other cachers that I feel the same way about, but if they aren't chosen to participate....I will make it a priority to see any cache they have (past or present) published anyway.  

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  9. 1 hour ago, sasquatchlover said:

    I'm pretty new to the hobby so I get a kick out of finding a new type of cache container I havnt seen before. 

     

    Yep, and we have seen some very neat containers that took a lot of time and $ to create. There's also the folks who hide those micro containers in a very clever way. Found many by one guy in particular in our state and they always make me either laugh or think, now how on earth did he think to do THAT?

  10. 10 hours ago, MysteryGuy1 said:

    In another thread, we talk about "what irks us the most" about geocaching.  How about listing some of the little things that we enjoy about it?  Some of mine...

    2. Finding caches with the original logbook, especially if they were placed earlier than 2010.  Given how many logbooks get destroyed, it's fun for me to see the older ones completely intact.

     

    A soda tube hidden at the back of a parking lot sure is more memorable when the original log is still inside, isn't it!? I always take a picture of the first few finders signatures when we come across one. 

  11. An old church in my town was purchased a couple of years ago by a couple who decided to change it into a wedding venue. I was told no to placing a cache container on the property but if virtuals were allowed, I might be able to get the land owner to agree to having folks drive by and have a look. It's the only remaining historic structure there (except for a few private residences) because the city tore down all the rest. 

  12. 2 hours ago, SeattleWayne said:

    I hear Texas has a real wild pig problem, too. A bunch of friends of mine when I was in the military would always take hunting trips to go kill as many as they were allowed to kill. 

    Yes, we do have an awful problem with wild hogs. Please tell your friends to come back so they can shoot them and make good use out of their meat. However (ha), no, I don't think more placed caches by a single owner equals more expense for that owner. But, I'm comparing those that have 2 time consuming, neat caches to build to those that have 1000 pill bottles. 

  13. I hate DEET and must be allergic. The chemical actually makes me ticked off and I know this after several experiences when out doing yard work (woodsy area behind our home in skeeterville). 

    As for these "natural solutions", I'd just Iike for The Almighty to tell me what to use on my dog to keep mosquitos off. I can, as a human, figure out what works for me by myself (oh dear, experiments, experiments!) but he can only depend on me to keep the devil of this planet off him.

    Scientists, naturalists, they're the same. One source always says one thing while another says something different and yet another also says something different.   

    Hogwash to all of it, most of the time.

     

  14. 1 hour ago, Keystone said:

     

    When Geocaching HQ offers to match my current salary and benefits, I'll happily quit my job as a business finance lawyer, so that I can be in a position to publish caches all throughout the day.

    Thank you, I had a good laugh!

  15. 1 hour ago, cerberus1 said:

    In the Help Center , it simply says, " Attributes communicate what to expect at a cache location".    :)

    And that helps a whole lot when I'm not familiar with an area. Proper footwear, proper clothing, bug spray, oh wait...a boat ?  climbing gear ? no dogs allowed ?  I need to pay money to access this location (state parks are in some kind of guideline violation aren't they?)  Oh gawd......let's call the whole thing off!

    This is funny to me because people seem to want things to be so ridiculously easy. But okay, if it makes the particular PQ user happy to weed out/add PTs ...live and let live, yes? Just don't set ALL attributes in stone for those who like/dislike PTs. 

  16. 5 hours ago, K13 said:

    Drives, who owns Drives Cache Closet, has hundreds of caches in play. None violate the listing guideline regarding advertising.

    I wonder if I told you that I thought he has great products and service if it would be a violation of the guidelines?

    I've only purchased Geocache related items online one time. Happened to be from them, and I was so surprised/impressed with everything! Why would you wonder if your OPINION would be a guideline violation as long as it's just that?  

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