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Well, you've added yet another new one - I'll give you that. Hmmm....lessee now. Then maybe I feel that I shouldn't post any DNF's until I've made .... ohhhh.....1000 to maybe 1500 finds! By then I should have some idea about what I'm doing. But y'know.....we can really work this thang! Maybe I should decide that I'll start filing DNFs when I reach a count one higher than what I've found, & just make that permanent. Why, that way I won't ever have a DNF!! And no shame!! My, my, my. Puzzles aren't puzzles any more; 'First' don't mean "the incremental position greater than zero and immediately preceding the second position". Instead, it could mean any one of any number on a team or coincidental bystanders in the vicinity - or all of 'em!! And now "did not" means "until I'm ready for it to happen". Poor ol' cache hiders don't know whether to blink or go blind. What's this world comin' to?!? "I didn't rob that bank, your honor! I haven't done 5 of 'em yet....so I'm innocent just by not knowin' what I was doing!!" Ye-e-e-aah...at'll work. ~* PS: No problem d00d....jus' funnin' on ya some. Play yo' game -- they ain't no rules. Now that is not only welcoming, but completely off topic and beside the point. I have no shame in posting a did not find. I do however notice that this community takes cache logs, finds, locations extremely seriously. Perhaps too seriously. And, as a newbie just learning where things are hidden, how they are hidden, where to look, when to look, how to look. Not knowing how a logged DNF affects a cache, you can understand my lack in desire to log each and ever trip. I frankly can’t even imagine how logging whether you found a small plastic container on the first attempt relates to robbery or worse. I can make one very important observation from this experience. This is my second, and last post in any forum on Groundspeak. I will not attend or join any “group” events, and I may give up on the whole game on the off chance I’ll ever end up as patronizing and arrogant to someone who has 4 finds and has been geocaching for a whole week as you have been. Thanks for the warm welcome.

A note from a newbie: It took me 2 trips to 3 different caches before I made my first find. I didn’t post DNF’s for those. I figured that as they were literally my first attempts, I was no better than a muggle. When I did find them on my second attempts, I posted the finds and that it took me 2 attempts. I’m at only 4 finds now (and climbing), but I don’t feel that I should post any DNF’s until I’ve made 10 to 15 finds. By then I should have some idea about what I’m doing. After that, I see no shame in a DNF. If the day comes where I decide to leave a few caches of my own, I hope other’s will post DNF’s to let me know if I hid them well enough, or too well.