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Hi, just a thought...I just bought a couple of pelican cases on ebay, average cost of about $10...they range from pretty tiny to huge, and they are tough and watertight. nfa

ok...what's a pickle park? nfa

Hi, I'm writing to ask a favor of sorts... A good friend of mine who lives in Moab, Utah is getting married this summer. I would like to give him a GPS unit so that he and his new wife, who are avid outdoors-people (both in their early 30s), could do some geocaching in the Southwest. I was wondering if there are active geocaching groups in the Moab area, and if somebody from one of these groups would be willing to take my friend out to find his first geocache. If not able to go out with him, I would be grateful for an email contact that he could get in touch with to discuss local caches and caching. I would really appreciate any help that ayone could give me...being the kind of guy that he is, Dan might not ever do that all-important first cache if nobody helps him get out the door (he can be a little tech-phobic, and can be leery of new things). Thanks in advance, nfa

Nah...your thinking of a nausaleum.... Wouldn't that be a nausetorium? depends on if it is past or present... So if I'm in the process it's ? And after it's? You guys are nauseating. And this discussion begs the question, "Is it appropriate to eat food recovered from an autopsy?" Now I'm nauseated. Hi, Nothing to add, I just like looking at the nested quote boxes nfa

Hi, The Northern New York Geocachers (NNYGeo) is a geocaching organization in Northern New York with a mission to increase awareness, appreciation, and enjoyment of geocaching in Northern New York. Activities of NNYGeo will include online forum and chat opportunities, geocaching-related education and outreach, and geocaching events and activities. We are celebrating the addition of the 25th member to our fledgling organization, and hope that you will join us in improving geocaching in Northern New York. Please join us in working to enhance geocaching in Northern New York. Membership will cost you nothing, and the benefits to us all will be huge. (NNYGeo) seeks new members as well as to work with, not against, other geocaching groups like NYGO. We look forward to meeting and greeting and geocaching with new members. Sincerely, nfa

Hi, In addition to the survival whistles I described above, I also often drop off coins of one sort or another: buffalo nickels steel pennies from 1943 wooden coins issued by the Northern Forest Archipelago nfa

Hi, Shrek 2 with my wife on Friday (no school) Finding a number of caches and hiding 2-3 caches over Saturday, Sunday, Monday nfa

Hi, My GPs uses AA, and my camera uses AAA. I simply bring spares in both sizes...how hard is that? I would like to have all of the batteries be of the same type, but I won't buy new equipment to make this happen. nfa

Hi, I find that cache listings seems to be correctly spelled in general, which indicates to me that people make their spelling mistakes in the forums due to rushing in their haste to post their clever responses first...a spell checker will not work for people who will not take the time to use it nfa

Hi Jester, Try this code: http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...nsert+text+here nfa

As I mentioned in an earlier post, forest preserves have a special status under NY's constitution. I doubt geocaching will ever be allowed there because of that. You're best off focusing your efforts on other DEC lands. hi, deja said... nfa

Hi, I have followed the same method for years... always take 1st aid kit, water, knife, gps, compass, lighter, garbage bag take extra stuff (clothing, food, etc.) based on the day's plan the other stuff in my bag is examined before I go out, and anything I didn't use last time stays home This tends to reduce the clutter, and keep my bag as light as it can reasonably be. nfa

Hi, Here's gc.com's guidelines Note the use of: "rule of thumb", "arbitrary distance", and "guideline" I take this to mean that a valid reason for having a cache within 0.10 miles of another cache could be argued, and a temporary event cache in a cache-rich environment could be an argument for this very thing. Guidelines interpretation disclaimer: The above are just my thoughts based on my reading of the rules, the approvers are much wiser than I, are not recognised nearly often enough, deserve better than us as disciples, and most probably have a special (no waiting) entrance into heaven. nfa

Hi, The Northern New York Geocachers will be hosting a get-together and YJTB distribution event. We will be holding the event in Long Lake or Indian Lake once the YJTBs have shipped, I am hoping for June 19 or 20, but we will see. More information as this event unfolds, nfa ps - all of this is predicated on the belief that TPTB will ship NNYGeo some YJTBs.

Hi, I would remove it. nfa

Hi, I found a source for nice survival whistles, and I guess they are my signature item. They are made from safety orange plastic, have a whistle (of course), flint striker, compass (actually a pretty nice one) in the end, and have a watertight and gasketed compartment about 3"X1". I've left these in a number of caches I've visited, and think that they are a great treasure...one lives in my caching bag permanently as a part of my equipment. nfa

Hi, I prefer the weather to be cool...50 degrees and under...down to about 10 below...below that gets unpleasant if you're out for too long. nfa

Hi, Here is a link to Buxley's Geocaching in Australia Map. This will show you most of the caches in Australia, and will also show the 50 most recently caches in Australia. Good Luck! nfa

I like the idea of the series...I think I will lay out a number of traditional caches in hiking distance of each other, with each one contributing a piece of the puzzle to find a final traditional cache, making it sort of a multi made up of traiditonals. Thanks for all of the help and advice so far... nfa

hi, anyone else with an opinion or some guidance or help...or has the debate about the silly thread taken it out of everyone? nfa

well yeah...how would you feel if a paying member of a club you belonged to raised a question in a polite manner about how the club's message system is run? what nerve I don't know if Leapfrog and Ladybug are paying members or not, but we should probably taken em out back and open up a can of whup-a** on them for suggesting that something could be changed in this member-and-volunteer-driven organization that has forums so that its members can talk about the organization. nfa (poke, poke. stir, stir)

hi, the "coffee table" factor has always bothered me...my coffee table has books on composting toilet construction, small scale farming, abnormal psych, and some hardcover mysteries (oh yeah, and a mug full of cold coffee)...I would assume that most approvers would have different stuff on their coffee tables...this whimsical "guideline" seems to celebrate, not just suggest, a subjective aspect to cache approval nfa

Have you ever had an abcess gained while geocaching that you treated with bacitracin, only to notice that it looked silvery? nfa

Hi, I don't actually care one way or another...I just like poking at cranky-bottoms, and stirring the pot a little on pointless debates. I visited the AS thread once, found it to be exactly as labelled (sp?), and have managed to avoid it since without too much inconvenience. nfa

like smallest spelled without the "t" ? nfa