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    What Are Your Hobbies Beside Geocaching?

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    Posted

    You may be on to something there -- gives new meaning to 'buried treasure'! I'm also into genealogy and waypoint marking tombstones sounds like a darn good idea - think I'm going to give it a try.

    I agree, I think I am going to make it a project for this year and probably next to obtain the coorinates of as many of the burial sites as I can. I just did a search on interment locations in my files, I have 972 of them. Maybe I had bettewr make that a five year project <_<

    An Open Letter To All Cachers

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    Posted

    To clarify -

     

    What I meant to say in the line in question was:

    I've figured out what's important: A, B & C and I've figured out what's worth getting upset over: D, E & F.

     

    I re-read what I wrote and some of it is somewhat muddled - call it a Nyquil-induced rambling (not disimilar to the mission statement that Jerry MaGuire wrote after some bad pizza). Difference being that I don't regret what I said.

     

    Not really looking for feedback, just blowing off some steam.

     

    Marky - still the same 'old me.

     

    Maybe it would've been easier to just post like Nazgul suggested. <_<

     

    Dead_White_Man:

    I was not condoning free speech or the free exchange of ideas. My point (although not stated clearly) was that they are just opinions and nothing more than that. Hardly worth the drama that seems to accompany most opinions around here lately. Not worth fighting wars over regardless of how passionate about the hobby I am.

    Well said! My apologies if I sounded harsh. It is my sarcastic nature.

    Cache Idea: Lame Or Cool?

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    Posted · Edited by dead_white_man

    Your cache will ask people to really THINK before they spend another dollar in those crappy big-box retailers. Where do they think that money is going?

    Well let's see. The Home Depot near me employs 70 people. They paid $240,000 to the state of Ohio to have the roadway expanded. They pay county property taxes out the ying yang, from which we all benefit. Also each of those 7o people pays municipal income tax, state income tax, federal income tax. I could go on, but you get the point.

    I hope that answers your question as to where the money is going. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, The stock holders get a share too. But then, shouldn't they? They are the ones who are risking their hard earned capital. Lest you think that stock holders are a bunch of rich fat cats who reap where they don't sow, keep in mind most stock holders are just ordinary people like you and I who maybe own an IRA which happens to be well invested and diversified.

    Has Anyone Found...

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    Well, I've never found a DEAD body. But here is a log post from someone who found a couple of bodies near my area. :D

     

    May 23, 2004 by Great Leaper (41 found)

    Sparc T'Flayme and I went about this from the south route. We found out it was a much more challenging climb.

     

    And because we approached from a non-standard way, we apparently surprised, well, to say it nicely, two youths teaching each other about the birds and the bees.

     

    It's amazing what you find when out caching. I think we need to add a new category for caches now: Difficulty, Terrain, and Adult Content. This was definetly a 5 star.

     

    Took nothing, Sparc left the Lucky TB.

     

    Thanks for the hike. I need to go wash out my eyes now.

     

    This actual log can be seen here BRWGL1800

    An Open Letter To All Cachers

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    I've figured out what is REALLY important and worth getting upset over. Losing my uncle to cancer. Seeing a smile on my daughter's face born out of pure joy. Throwing a ball for my dogs. Kissing my wife.

     

    I can understand being upset over your uncles demise. May I extend my sympathy.

    But I have never been upset by my childs or grandchilds smile. I would only be upset by the kiss if she kissed another man.

     

    Do I have opinions on the many threads I've read lately (Today's Cacher, Texas caching, Terracaching, etc.)? You bet. But it's just that. My opinion on something that I enjoy - caching.

     

    Of course it is your oppinion. That is what a forum is all about. In the free country in which I was reared, there was something called the first ammendment to the constitution. We all had to learn it in school.

     

    Remember, it's much harder to build than destroy.

     

    Destruction is not as easy as most people thinf, and few things we do or build are as fragile as that.

     

    QUOTE (dead_white_man @ Jan 31 2005, 07:56 AM)

    QUOTE (Rainwater @ Jan 30 2005, 12:49 AM)

    you lost me about 1/2 way through that one....

     

    what he said!

     

    Then you should re-read it once more and a little more slowly.

     

    I agree with what Kealia said. Well put.

     

    I have read and re-read it. Although it uses alot of touching, emotive, poignant, stirring, tear-jerking, tender language, it says very little that is discernible.

    Applying The Geocachers’ Creed

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    Posted

    Dangerous items?

    Since YOU are not cache police, you should email your concerns to the owner, and possibly the approver or the local group.  It would not be appropriate for cachers to start making those decisions for others.....I'm sure there are some obvious exceptions - anything worth calling the police over, well, then call the police.

    If its dangerous, I'd just trade it out. If some kid sliced his hand open on a broken piece of glass while looking through the cache and I knew it was in there I'd feel responsible.

    I'd do the same thing (actually, I have done the same thing). Trade the dangerous item for something else. With the addition that, if I knew who left the item in the cache, I e-mail them with a polite explanation of why it wasn't a good thing to leave in the cache.

    I found a cache with 2 claymore mines, 500 rounds of .223 ammo and 50 pounds of yellow cake uranium. All I had to trade for it was a broken McToy and a golf ball.... so guess what I did?

    Winter Caching

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    Posted

    I would rather deal with the bugs than the cold!

    I suppose it all depends on your location. People farther south call one thing cold, my idea is quite another. Any time you are north of say 40 deg. lat. winters can get bad, and the bugs in summer usually aren't bad. Farther south, it is just the opposite... At least that seems to be true in the eastern US.

    Lame Caches

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    Another cache I thought lame wasn't the cache so much as the false clue.

    Once again, RK, you have nailed one of my pet peaves. I find the use of fake clues, fake caches and decoys to "send me in the wrong direction" detestable. Unfortunately I know 2 local hiders who rutinely use thes tactics, so I have resolved to not hunt any more of their caches.

    Listerine Pocket Pack

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    Posted

    I think I am going to hide the tip broken off a lead pencil as a cache. For those who can't find it or sign the log it is their fault.

     

    No...wait, I am going to hide something I saw on Stargate SG-1 as a cache. It is invisible, but you can write on it.

     

    Yeah, that's what I am going to do because it would require lots of effort from me to hide and invisible object are so easy to find.

    Although this sarcasm sounds perhaps bitter, I agree with it. There was a listeine packet cache hidden in a city park here. It was a terribly annoying cache. It was "temporarily disabled" more than it was availabe. It kept disapearing. I presume because it is litle different from the rest of the litter in the park. Furthermore, it's listing gave no hints, and no description other than "micro" . Since it can litterally be hidden behind even a piece of tree bark.it is a very un-realistic cache. Within 25 feet of this cache in every direction. there were 19 trees, 64 shrubs, 8 park benches, 6 guardrail posts, 2 street signs, 1 flag pole, 2 monuments, 2 storm drains.... I could go on, but you get the Idea. My personal feeling about micros is much like groundspeaks policy on virtuals. That is, they should only be used when a regular cache can't. Don't get me wrong, I am not opposed to micros, and I use them in some of my placements, but they should have a purpose other than making the cache impossible to find.

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