Alkhalikoi

One .45 caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing: antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair a nylon stockings. Shoot, a fellah could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.

I've been taking my almost-5.5 year old caching for almost a year. If you are hiking on trails, you need to exercise the normal caution you do when you take a kid on a hike: give him a whistle, teach him to stay put no matter how long it takes if he gets separated, get him his own backpack with his own water/snacks, teach him not to stick his hands where he can't see. Other than that, my experience is that it's much easier to look for urban/park caches with a little kid in tow than doing it solo. As above, a 5 year old poking around the underside of a park bench mostly removes any suspicion. The only time I have gotten much of a look was a week ago when I pulled off I-5 for GCM8WB and the boy wanted to take a direct assault on the hill on the side of the road and I figured I'd let him. A guy slowed down to try to figure out what I was doing, but we waved and the fellow moved on. The only reason not to take your kids caching is if you are easily humiliated by their ability to find micros when you are staring slack-jawed at that pinecone for the fourth time.

Last couple of times I have attempted to run a .zip file of my My Finds query through the ItsNotAboutTheNumbers website, I have received an essentially blank result (I have ~375 finds). I seem to recall seeing, somewhere, a way to tweak your .zip file so it comported with some changes the owner of the site made, but I can't seem to find that discussion about. Any suggestions on how to make that great website work again for me? (I'm a Mac user so GSAK isn't an option for statistics and GS Statistic doesn't generate the cool county maps) Thanks

Cal. Business and Professions Code: 8774. (a) The right of entry upon or to real property to investigate and utilize boundary evidence, and to perform surveys, is a right of persons legally authorized to practice land surveying, and it is the responsibility of the owner or tenant who owns or controls property to provide reasonable access without undue delay. The right of entry is not contingent upon the provision of prior notice to the owner or tenant. However, the owner or tenant shall be notified of the proposed time of entry where practicable. **** Note: "legally authorized to practice land surveying" and while access is a right, you still need permission. Of course, in that case it's not trespass. It's entry.

Trade shows are great for cheap swag. Every time I go to one in my industry (environmental / groundwater services), there is usually an unending supply of squeeze-toys, squirt guns, pens, cheap-o calculators, rulers, that sort of thing, all branded with the name of whatever company. If you are in any kind of business that has a trade show - and have reason to attend - load up. This is especially easy if you hit the floor when folks are breaking down their booths as they'd rather dump the stuff than pack it up.

There's one of those out here in the East Bay 1%.