Interesting thread... even more interesting are the participants stats (in order of appearance in this thread):
gm100guy: Found 25 caches
DonnaG: Found 36 caches
TrimblesTrek: Found 201 caches
Jayloki: Found 118 caches
Goldguru: Found 144 caches
Cache Canucks: Found 9 caches
Yorelken: Found 173 caches
Car37 & Shnde: Found 96 caches
Zartimus: Found 96 caches
Bullzie: Found 308 caches
Tripper: Found 251 caches
Coupar-Angus: Found 79 caches
Wicka: Found 9 caches
Jomarac5: Found 135 caches
Bystander: Found 0 caches (go figure... I'm a bystander)
The originator of this thread, gm100guy has a grand total of 25 finds since May 2001. Not a single find in over 7 months. Who elected him to speak for the rest of you? Surely a poor choice. And who comes to his rescue? Cache Canucks... with 9 finds. Not geocaching experts by any stretch of the imagination.
Take a look at gm100guy's other thread He'll claim he didn't start it of course, but judging from the third message of the thread, it's pretty obvious that gm100guy was the one that contacted jmp and prompted him to post! jmp after all, is obviously not a geocacher...
Anyway, those of you who think that the actions of a few zealots are going to mess up the fun for the rest of you are right on target. History has shown this to be true again and again.
From a bystanders point of view I think that the true geocachers should just get on with their hobby (it sounds wonderful). The rest should find a hobby in which they are actually interested in participating, and stop cluttering this geocaching forum with extraneous commentary.
Of course I expect to now be flamed by gm100guy, and Cache Canucks... maybe others. Let me get you started (along with my pre-written responses)...
- well yada yada yada, he's not a geocacher
* True... freely admitted. I'm a bystander. But, I submit that you aren't a geocacher either... not really.
- well yada yada yada... you're a dork for posting about something you know nothing about.
* Sticks and stones. This isn't rocket science! It's hunting tupperware in the woods for goodness sake. You should try it sometime.
So, potential flamers, go ahead a post if your personality forces you too. Otherwise, lighten up kids. This is a game.
Edit: Adjusted Jomarac5 finds... sorry.. was just a typo. You are of course an obviously active geocacher... no harm intended.
[This message was edited by Bystander on June 17, 2003 at 05:33 PM.]
