TeamGumbo

Try the Google language tools page on for size. Viel Glück!

I had 3 DNFs in one day (no finds!), but here's the kicker: I had FOUR kids with me...d'oh!

Hanging with my kids. Teaching them about nature, maps, conservation, etc. All of the PHOTOS I'm taking!!!

Heck, I think I covered all of the points listed in my very first cache! I think unimaginative caches are not confined to us newbies...

That's why I wrote 'I can always tell when a cache has had that little "extra touch"'...never trust the hider to honestly assess their own hide.

1. I've only done a few, and they are puzzle caches which adds a little extra anyway. Manipulating an image, painting the container, scouting out an area, talking with the park director...man, it really adds up. I usually visit the place a few times before even submitting it, too (in fact, I have THREE unpublished caches that are already hidden that are in various stages of readiness). So to answer the question: a LOT! 2. I can always tell when a cache has had that little "extra touch"...and the converse is also true.

Start posting some PHOTOS, too!

I don't mind the Chick Tracts in geocaches that much (although I think they are ineffective and, well, goofy), but MAN it used to drive me *crazy* when I would get them while out trick-or-treating. Like....This Was Your Life?!?!?!?!? Dude, I just want some Now-Or-Laters! We ended up giving those houses a little paper of our own, heheheh...

My apologies (if that is what you are expecting...if not, I retract my apologies). I am bilingual...I *generally* understand the nuances of two languages, the subtle shadings, the hints and nudges and winks of meaning that can sometimes conspire to topple the mightiest kingdoms or the lowliest pub arguments, but in this case (and many others, both here and in the "real" world) people seem to gravitate to some perceived grievance or obtuseness that, were the tables turned, they would lift their voicesin complaint in a hue and cry that would rend the very foundations of heaven. I think. Anyway. If folks can't read the rules and understand them, p'raps they shouldn't rail against them so...eh?

Those aren't examples of "quoting something that a person has already said" but rather they are direct quotes from the listing requirements page of www.geocaching.com . Quite a difference!

I remember I had something very simple set wrong...it seems I had two parameters that cancelled each other out (sorry I can't be more specific, but it was several weeks ago). Double check your selections to see if it isn't something like that.

A couple of folks from Finland were some of the first folks to find my puzzle caches (I'm in Florida).

Tricky? I'm new, too...my first hide was a puzzle cache in a camo'ed nano container. I found a lamp post WalMart cache once and thought it was pretty clever (I had never seen nor heard of them), but most folks around here consider them *the* poster child of geocaching cliches.

Not if I get to it first. I was just about to mention this. (oops!)

Too much wiggle room!!!

There's a t-shirt.

Let me ask two questions: - if you had a very popular website, and it had clickable links that generate revenue, would you want a link on there that *didn't* generate revenue? - if you had a very popular website that relied in part on people becoming paying members, would you divert them to a competitor's site that dealt with the same subject? Eagerly awaiting your response(s)!

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Sooooo....are terrorists normally in the business of blowing up TREES?

Brace yourself: I asked a similar question when I first got here and was totally lambasted.

Have they logged in since posting the false find? It's spring break here, and some folks might not be checking their mail as much.

Just a game, but it beats the pants off of Monopoly.

Thank Gawd The Flying Spaghetti Monster it ain't a cache!

Looks like *somebody* has a case of the Mondays Tuesdays! I'd like to say I really appreciate Keystone's humor and grace, especially considering the avalanche of poo-poo sent his way recently. As far as local reviewers: Palmetto, you RAWK! *flashes head-banging devil horns*

Great...Jeremy just called me in tears. Way to go, dude.