Dr. Nellie Bad

I hope there's an opt out feature for cache owners.

It's back

Well there is just something about that picture, after all.

Congratulations to gg and fs. Now it's on to the brookside tree. Only eight finds in six months. Should be a lot easier. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

Ah, grasshopper; Such subtleties may be beyond the intellectual grasp of small cylindrical canines such as yourself. Now return to romping through sun dappled meadows, and trouble us no more with your yipping and nipping.

That's right. There's quite enough evil in the world without publishing pictures of the very center from which all evil flows. This morning, I sent my marginally competent brother Dr. Neil E.L. Bad to take some good pictures. Expect an email soon.

Goes right through the quad. Too bad it isn't cherry blossom season. Light should be good for photography just before sunset.

I have the technology. Am sending PM>

Maybe here?

Runhills, You think this is a mere container, thrown haphazardly under some foliage? Good grief, no. This is what many of you Eastsiders call "evil". It's also, like my others, nearly unique. I guess you can be excused since you've never taken my walk around Green Lake. For the rest of you, I've increased the difficulty rating to break you out of your expectations, which seem to be preventing you from focusing. I suggest a re-reading of my profile.

Mr. Hills, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill and think things over. Or perhaps you could elicit the assistance of Ms. Dogs. I wouldn't want you be committed to an institution. I'm not sure why you think the photo of the log should be a hint as to the whereabouts of the cache. I can assure you that the photo was taken quite near the hiding place, but there is no clue to be found in it. ---------- Ms. Shoes, I'm glad you're taking an interest in this great work of public good. I also remind you that you have yet to sign the log in this cache. Surely, you wouldn't mind logging a find on at least one of my caches.

I can assure you it is all too real. I even posted a photo of the log as a tangible enticement. Perhaps I'll need to increase the difficulty rating, but not till someone finds the cache and gives me feedback. It does appear that I have succeeded in making the puzzle hard for one person to solve. Even the fabled bebubo might need to team up. As you know from my profile, and from Green Lake, there is nothing in my caches that hasn't been seen before. I merely refine, twist, or extend ideas that have been around. I really think you all will like the final hide. So don't give up. Just think of the pride you'll get when you log a First to Find on an urban micro that went over a week with a blank log sheet.

I can name at least three caches off the top of my head (two of them are mine) that rely on properties such as indexed pallette, animation frames, available to GIF but not possible in jpg. Also resizing graphics should be left up to the user. I'll understand if, for the sake of decorum, you don't want to allow gif avatars.

Cin, Let me know when you head out so I can send Neil to drive off the monsters, or maybe just to spy on you I'm not sure you should expect a quick find, though. At least I hope not.

Taunting? Why, I never. I was really just expressing concern that the prowess of our local cachers may, like the moon, be on the wane. Perhaps it's something in the water, or maybe it's exhaustion brought on by the truckload of arista capsules dumped on your heads in recent months by that Beaming person. I hope that the picture I posted will stimulate renewed vigor in the pursuit of the prize. And if you looked at the picture, you know what a fabulous prize it is. As for the puzzle; I don't think it's that hard.

and waits

nothing

Happy All Fools Day, everyone.

Looking for a wider audience.

I must say, I'm flattered that someone would recommend my beloved walk around Green Lake to an out of town visitor. What a sick and twisted bunch of cachers we have in this area.

Specialization is for insects I don't fully subscribe to the above statement, but there is value in being competent and comfortable in more than one method of doing anything. This cache is a case in point. There are several puzzles to solve but all the action takes place in a beautiful city park so solohiker has no excuse on that score (geography might be another matter). The cacher will have to manipulate coordinates in both UTM and WGS84, so the snobs on either side will have to swallow their pride. And at the end - No McToys, just a log to sign; Deal with it. Let's see now - anyone I haven't offended, who feels left out? -Nellie P.S. RPN rules, has always ruled, and shall always rule. P.P.S. All you Puget Puzzlers that haven't found GCGE6V yet; Hurry. There may be another one coming soon and you don't want to get behind.

My, my aren’t we becoming petty. Even the estimable EGH stumbles over his own fingers in a mad rush to toe the party line. What care I how you wish to spell dockhand? - Dr. Bad

To: MGTS Madmoiselle, Why yes I do see. I see that the forces of good get over confident and slam their goody-goody faces against the easiest waypoint of the lot, retreating in confusion and disgrace. This ain’t Kansas anymore, sister. And that little shower we had this afternoon? It didn’t make me melt even one little bit, Ha! quote: Sweet little Cin found it in about two minutes. I beg your pardon. It was fully nine minutes from the time they reached the oh-so-obvious site of waypoint 3 till the find was made. Brother Neil has been watching, and kept a careful log of the Brigade’s activities from the arrival of that daschund chick at waypoint 1 till they all failed to show up at waypoint 5. And then the poor dears couldn’t figure out what to do with it without using a technological crutch (cell phone) to call in reinforcements. Pathetic. If this is the best the forces of 'good' can muster, then the world is truly safe from you and your ilk. Yours in the lowest contempt, - Dr. Bad

Excellent. Neil will be skulking about in the night to make sure everything is in place for maximal hair pullage, foot stompage, and hiss fittage. Perhaps some of my hired thugs (patent attorneys) will be around to spy on you all and report back to me on the carnage. Heh, heh. - Dr. Bad

Bring it on, Grendel. My Bonnie Mad Boys, Neil and Beowulf await. - Dr. Bad