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    Can I put this in a cache?

    in How do I...?

    Posted · Edited by NFA

    I think that it would be fine...

     

    Shortly after 9/11 I was flying to Miami and I had my mini-tool with a 1.5 inch blade confiscated by men with guns while a grandma in front of me walked onto the plane with 14-inch metal knitting needles...so needles must be safe!

     

    Jamie - NFA

    Purpose of the SBA

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by NFA

    Does anyone actually read really, really long forum posts?

     

    Sorry, yours was too long for me...could you summarize?

     

    Jamie - NFA

     

     

     

    Seriously though...I use the SBA log-type as a tool to alert the reviewers to the fact that there is a serious permission/legal/safety (outside of the parameters of the D/T ratings) issue that warrants archiving the cache...not if I don't like the cache location or contents or owner...

    Cache Listing Limit

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I would not be in favor of setting an expiration date on geocaches.

     

    I like finding a geocache that has been around for years, and don't like the idea of losing these caches in favor of what could be weaker ones.

     

    I have archived some of my own caches that either weren't great or got repeatedly muggled, and have logged numerous caches SBA...most of these end up archived before long.

     

    I feel as though this part of geocaching ain't broke, so we shouldn't fix it...

     

    Jamie - NFA

    Cool or Crazy?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    let me respond in order:

     

    I didn't really taste it...

     

    nobody lives there...my son thought it was haunted...maybe it is...

     

    I would probably spend some time phone-tagging my way around the DEC trying to find someone to help me, and then it owuld not be fixed because it is not a priority...

     

    I like the rope on a string idea...

     

    I didn't taste it...

     

    I like the idea of hiding a cache in the tank via a rope hung down into the glop, and then covering it with leaf litter...

     

    Hopefully nobody will be going in...this tank has been in the woods since the beginning of time, and I saw no bones littering the bottom, so I may have been the first person to notice it in a long time...with the lid on, it's invisible...

     

    Jamie - NFA

    Cool or Crazy?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by NFA

    Ben and I were down south the other day, caching in the Long Lake/Newcomb area...not our best day...1 for 3...but it was a fun day anyway.

     

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    While out in the Tahawus area, before taking a walk out into the high peaks area, we explored the ghost town left by the end of the mining operation for a while. Most of the old buildings are pretty far gone, grown back into the forest to some extent. It was really cool, and there's one more we want to visit when the weather gets warmer...it's across the river, but looks amazingly intact.

     

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    [urlWhile in the woods looking at one of the more remote "haunted houses", I stepped on something under the leaves...it turned out to be the lid to an underground tank still holding some liquid...it tastes more like rainwater and dirt than sewage :laughing:

     

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    To be clear about the location...this tank opening is about 150 yards back from the trail, and 30-40 yards from the nearest ghost-house...

     

    topozone map of the approximate location of the hidden tank

     

    I had 2 thoughts at almost the same instant:

     

    1) I should report it to somebody to avoid somebody falling in and/or getting trapped...

     

    2) I should replace the lid after hiding a cache inside the tank...

     

    I'm leaning more towards option #1, but would love your input...

     

    Jamie - NFA

    We need to move to the new Portal

    in Getting Started with Waymarking (Read-Only)

    Posted · Edited by NFA

    I tried pasting something over in the new forums yesterday and was unable to do so...it could be because I'm a potato-head, but it's possible that it cannot be done...

     

    That being said, I think that we should move all Waymarking discussion over to the Waymarking forum-space...and set a date (say Dec. 1) to delete the old forums in the gc.forum-space...with a redirect built in to, steer people to the right place.

     

    Jamie - NFA

    Cache Rally

    in Northeast

    Posted

    I'm generally not into caching to accumulate numbers but I thought a "cache rally" might be fun.

     

    Here is what I have in mind. We'll start off with a breakfast event at a central location. We then form into teams of geocachers (I was thinking 3 or 4 in a team - 4 might be better so couples can pair up if they like) and gather at a starting point. At the starting gun the teams fan out and the idea is to find as many caches as possible in 6 hours. Participants are free to go wherever and hunt whatever caches they like but they have to be back at the end of 6 hours.

     

    Some possible rules (feel free to add or comment)

     

    -for a find to count at least 1 member of the group has to have not previously found it

    -10 points for each find and a bonus point for each difficulty/terrain star over 1 (half stars are rounded up)

    -Each member of the team must sign the logbook (no stamping the outside of the container a la the infamous Geowoodstock record run)

    -The teams must stay together and ride in the same vehicle. No splitting up allowed.

     

    At the end of the day we gather at a central location (perhaps a local pub) to tally the results and award prizes.

     

    I know people with a lot of finds might be at a disadvantage, so they probably should team up with someone with fewer finds.

     

    Would anybody be interested in something like this?

     

    I would like to officially extend an invitation to interested souls to have the cache rally breakfast event in Saranac Lake, NY...I would be glad to arrange/host the breakfast at a fun local eatery, and then people can take off in any direction to try their hands at some Adirondack area caches...this might be fun in that people who have worked through their areas caches can start fresh in a new and beautiful location.

     

    Just a thought, and feel free to stay down South if you prefer...but do a search for 12945 first...we have some fun ones up here...

     

    Jamie - NFA

    are you bothered by people using their own termonology

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by NFA

    on the other side of the discussion, I once had a somewhat crabby geo-curmudgeon tell me that I was mis-using some geo-lingo when I referred to an underwater geocache as a hydrocache...I was geo-markwelled to "THE" geo-lexicon site which made very clear that a hydrocache is a geocache that you paddle to...

     

    I disagree...a hydrocache is in the water, a paddle-cache is one you paddle to...and that's the way that I play...that is the way that people up here use the terms, and I'm quite comfortable with the terms and usage...

     

    I have trouble accepting dogmatic definitions in a field of play that is only a couple of years old...the language of geocaching is still in the early stages of its evolution, and will likely be in flux for years before settling into general acceptance...

    Used Book Stores

    in Recruitment and Category Proposals Archive (Read-Only)

    Posted

    Has this already been proposed...I couldn't find a group or category Waymarking used book stores, and would love to see one added to Waymarking, as this is one of my favorite places to be in the whole world...

     

    I would be equally happy to lead, serve as an officer in, or observe this category...just wanted to guage interest...

     

    Please respond here if you have any interest in the category, and how you would like to be involved...

     

    absolute ruler

    boisterous officer

    yes-man (or woman)

     

    Thanks,

     

    Jamie - NFA

    Security Measures for Coins? Let's Discuss!

    in Trackables

    Posted

    Have them tell you the tracking number so that you can check to see if it is an activated geocoin with a mission...

     

    if it is already activated, then don't trade/buy the geocoin...it's stolen

     

    if it is not already activated, then feel free to trade/buy...it's not stolen

     

    Jamie - NFA

     

    Ownership of Tracking and Ownership of the Coin are two different things. Moun10bike for example retains the tracking on his coins even if he gives away or trades his coins to others. Some others do the same.

     

    Also unactivated coins can be stolen. Bad trade etc.

     

    In the majority of cases, accessing the tracking number would be effective, and it is much easier than a registry to implement...

    swiss army knives

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    They are against the guidelines, so I don't leave them in caches anymore (at one point I did leave tiny SAKs as a sig item, but I stopped almost 2 years ago)...I trade out knives that I find in caches to try and protect geocaching (and because I like them...)...

     

    Jamie - NFA

    Pre-Pre-Orders

    in Trackables

    Posted

    I'll take 2 of each metal

     

    2 of what?

     

    It was a joke aimed at hair-trigger geocoin addicts who jump at these threads, and make possible the sale of solely commercial, poorly deigned, and poor quality geocoins...never mind...

     

    Jamie

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