Trader Rick & Rosie
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Ooops...I confess... looks like I've already committed the ultimate sin (only once though).... Found one without a pen and I didn't have one on me, took photo proof that I found it, left swaps and listed them... Didn't realise in all my newbie ignorance how much angst this causes!! This is all very serious!!! Looks like I'll be trecking back to "sign physical log" (with pen) because finding it, documenting it and providing alternative proof doesn't count - Live and learn. Note to self ... Must read rules again so as not to be a geo-pest. Thanks.
Sarcasm in the hands of a wit can be a powerful tool; but you best not try to use it again--not workin for ya.
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Nanos can be fun for some people, I guess, but come on--
NANOS ARE NOT GEOCACHES!!!
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Just another puritan wanting excess controls on something that should be just for fun.
Sometimes a lack of control takes away from the fun. Puritans were good people.
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Some people do not have what many of us would call a life. They may be retired, self employed, work their own hours, whatever, if geocaching keeps them busy, their mind sharp and out of trouble then good for them. Let them log as many FTF as they want. They have the time and money for premium memberships, $300 handheld GPS units and so on. Thats fine, my money goes towards mortgage, car payment, wife and 2 daughters, geocaching is just something to do when I have the time.
This is an incredibly insensitive, not well-thought-out, mean spirited, insulting post. It makes you sound envious and mad at people not exactly at your stage in life. Just because people don't live your particular lifestyle, or are old, doesn't mean they don't have a "life." Retired people have a life. Self employed people have a life. People with more money than you have a life. It is not a bad thing to have a paid off mortgage or paid off vehicle. The fact that you have a wife and two kids doesn't make you superior. Older people have already done all that. It could well be that geocaching is something they do in their spare time, as well. Why all the resentment?
Retired people don't need geocaching to "keep them busy, their mind sharp and out of trouble". Seems to us YOUR mind wouldn't suffer from a little sharpening.
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iF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY to keep metal from rusting, you will rule the world.
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But not-so-good on you for posting a rant on the cache page. It seems very unlikely that the person who defaced the marker will see your note. (I rarely go back to look at the logs that I have previously found. Do you?)
Good for you for posting a rant on the cache page! The geocaching community needs to know when outrages are committed in our area by our fellows. Discuss this among yourselves.
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Any update on this?
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Pinellas Geocachers Meetup Group
If anyone is interested in joining, check it out. There have only been 2 meetups so far, but many coming up in the future.
bump!
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Any update on this?
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Is it really this serious? Lol
for a couple of them.. yes. they are also the people you'd not be in front of at the buffet line... or getting the last ticket to the trekkie convention... and you better not beat them to a newly released cache.
Yes, there are leaders in all aspects of life whether in sports, business, or "games". They gravitate to the front and make life better for all the whiners they are ahead of.
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I often have to go back in and clean out a lot of extraneous <br/> tags inserted. There doesn't seem to be any logic to avoid them, just keep cleaning them out and resubmitting the form.
That extraneous tag insertion has never bothered us. No reason here to clean them out.
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... building up my geobag.
Bug Spray
Calamine Lotion
Sunblock
Six Pack PBR Longnecks!
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I have no clue...
And that doesnt really help.
Thanks so much.
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"Geocaches can be logged online as Found once the physical log has been signed."
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One day a few years ago Boomer and i were out testing a polaris UTV, we were in Bullhead AZ and since the UTV was a rental i thought i was smarter than the average bear and would bring along a plug kit in case of a flat tire, well 10 miles into the hills...while exploring an old gold mining area, we were coming out of a mine shaft when we noticed the UTV had a flat tire...AHH-HAA!!!...Bucket to the rescue!! i pull out my plug kit and get ready to plug the tire, (it had a small puncture in it) when a very realistic and horrible thought came to mind....I FORGOT A PUMP !!!! and we are in the middle of nowhere (at first i thought ..well Boomers full of hot air, surely he could blow up a tire)
As unbelievable as it may seem.. we stumbled upon a miracle...no, not a pair of high quality jogging shoes for the marathon hike we had ahead of us!! But further up the dry streambed or wash as we call it was a very nice Quad with no one near it, now assuming how well setup this quad was we new the owner had to have a pump we could borrow but he was nowhere in site, well Boomer tracked him down a few hundred yards away curiously looking in one particular spot, well he stopped what he was doing and promptly helped us out with our dilema, after the tire was pumped up and holding air we asked him what he was doing and he said..."Geo-Caching" this was very strange for two gold prospectors to comprehend, that the idea is to go out and find something of no value and then put it back but there must be something to this "Geo-caching thing because this guy says he does it 4-5 times a week...all day...and loves it!!! anyway to make a long story longer we decided to look into the geo-caching craze and found that if we put our own twist to it, that its a blast of fun. And now its a part of our regular routine, and it all started with a flat tire, a super cool guy named Dave and a fun game called "Geo-Caching" and i know Dave reads these forums so i'm hoping he will see this post, Thanks again Dave...You Rock !! sorry we missed you last time and we definitely will be having that steak dinner in december when we roll back up to Bullhead.
PS. I have Dave's phone number but just to see how good he really is i figured to make this post a kind of "verbal geo-cache" lets see if he can find this one buried in the forums...good luck
Bucket.
You should look on the map near where you where, find a close cache, see who logged it when you where out there and then contact folks.
Remind us again the logic behind quoting an ENTIRE long post, when a quote is not even necessary?
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Lamp post nano seekers won't like this log, for a find on a cache right in the middle of the city:
September 21 by Zogstarlene (1523 found)
I'm not a wussie cacher - hell, I've done 17 Runs overland. But this was one tough to get cache...I bled for 20 minutes after getting this one. I found a place to cross the creek with minimal (shoetop) wading only to see it dumped me into abve-the-waist-high thick THICK brambles. I recrossed and tried the deeper creek crossings a couple other places and found the same, or worse bramble thickets. Went back to the first crossing cause it looked like heading north might make it less heavy bushwacking -- BAD idea...the direct route was the only "reasonable" route because going the other way ended up in chest high brambles.
I finally just gut it out and many, many bramble cuts later I'm in the general area of the cache (still a lot of brambles, but significantly less.) Then begins the search - since the actual cache is at least 35' south of the GZ this made it tougher than I thought it would be.
Then back out which was no better than in. I was plenty cut up (still am) after this one. Well worth the difficulty rating if not more.
I won't say "thanks for the cache" but will say "thanks for the challenge". SL
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I'd almost rather not see physical caches in National Parks. I don't know, if there were some there, I'd probably look for them but somehow it shatters my little illusion that I was the one who followed the well marked trail to discover the summit of Half Dome via cables if there is a cache up there.
Ok bad example, but still I like nature like I like my men, raw and untamed but yet respectful and able to pick a good wine with dinner.
No such thing. Pick one.
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You owe a great big Thank You to the hiders!!!
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Great attitude there.... so your implied insult to those who don't carry something to write with is childish and uncalled for...
I have learned to carry a writing tool now, but it's not something cachers should be belittled for not always having with them.
Who is belittling whom??? No Attitude problem. There is no "implied insult" there. Nothing childish or uncalled for, sorry.
Carrying a writing tool is a no-brainer for most cachers since YOU HAVE TO SIGN THE LOG.
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We flew over Oklahoma City a few weeks ago and so I saw all the caches within a five mile radius of the airport. I'm going to log them all as found.
I am now going to start logging all the caches on North America.
NO<NO<NO You actually have to see it, like from a spaceship--looking at a photo or map doesn't count!!!
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We flew over Oklahoma City a few weeks ago and so I saw all the caches within a five mile radius of the airport. I'm going to log them all as found.
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We don't mind if finders interpret what "sign the log" means in different ways, if circumstances require it. We've had people SIGN IN THEIR OWN BLOOD WITH A STICK, a smudge of dirt, dropping their geo calling card, dropping a signed scrap of paper, etc. etc. There is a REASON to sign the log, and part of that reason is proof of the visit.
NO SIGNEE THE LOGEE, NO SMILIE!
(BTW, why must we endure trying to decypher posts quoting the entire thread to add a one line comment?)
Sign the Log. It's the Right Thing to Do.
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That is a position that is perfectly fine for you to take with caches that you own. However, other cache owners are free to allow finds if the logs weren't signed.On the other hand she didn't sign the log. She probably shouldn't have claimed it.
No probably about it. TO CLAIM A SMILEY YOU MUST SIGN THE LOG.
By extension, CO's could allow smilies when the cacher wasn't even within a thousand miles of the cache also. You're right in saying cache owners can do what they want. That doesn't make it right.
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HEY!!! I didn't put those smilies there!!!
Logging "Find" and did not sign log
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And that's about what it's worth. Sorry , you walked into that and I couldn't resist. This discussion is not "ridicules" (sic). We do not "crate" (sic) aggravation when we make rules and enforce them. Cheaters are the ones who take the fun out of games...