42at42
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You should be a politician. You can stir thing up so good you get 3+ pages of condolences, pleas not to leave and good riddance.
You think of getting into politics or marketing, you will make a fortune.
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I always cache alone. It is fun.
yep. did a couple hundred caches all by myself too (including one that required a 35 km hike) and enjoyed every single one of them.
Do you still regularly cache alone?
If the question is for me, the answer is yes. I hike the Bruce Trail and cache alone.
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Sorry to see you go. I feel for you on quite a few points - caching alone in particular. That's just no fun.
I always cache alone. It is fun.
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If you can't retrieve the logbook because you need tweezers, is that a "find"?
In this scenario, I refuse to remove log sheets I don't think I will be able to put back in properly. I am talking about those pesky nano's. I don't want to wreck the cache.
If a log owner wants to delete my find in this case, I will go out attempt to remove, sign and replace the log. If unsuccessful I will relog my find. I signed the log. If I cannot replace the log properly I will also post a Needs Maintenance log.
I certainly hope most "Nano hiders" would rather have the log in place than have to go out and fix their cache.
My suggestion is that you invest $1 in a TOTT -- a log rolling tool. Easily found on ebay.
Cool tool, about $4.oo with shipping. I may check it out.
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I love when the media sensationalize everything, even after they determined it was not an explosive device they still have this headline above the video
Technically they are correct. They just failed to mention that they were the ones who brought the explosive device to the premises.
Actually I think it reads "Explosive device found in parking lot of Gabe's Tower..." The ... meaning "well it wasn't actually an exploseive device. It did explode, but it was not explosive, now a word from our sponsor"
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I love when the media sensationalize everything, even after they determined it was not an explosive device they still have this headline above the video
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If you can't retrieve the logbook because you need tweezers, is that a "find"?
In this scenario, I refuse to remove log sheets I don't think I will be able to put back in properly. I am talking about those pesky nano's. I don't want to wreck the cache.
If a log owner wants to delete my find in this case, I will go out attempt to remove, sign and replace the log. If unsuccessful I will relog my find. I signed the log. If I cannot replace the log properly I will also post a Needs Maintenance log.
I certainly hope most "Nano hiders" would rather have the log in place than have to go out and fix their cache.
If you cannot remove and replace the log of a nano them you really shouldn't look for them.
If you do find a nano because you did not know you were searching for a nano, sign the log and put it back in properly or do not log it.
After looking for 1/2 hour or more for what turned out to be a fake piece of gum, I realized that if I tried to remove it may not get replaced properly. I emailed the CO and logged the find. He was very appreciative for the email and the fact that I didn't accidentally destroy his cache.
As I said If the CO demands I sign the log I will attempt to replace log properly.
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If you can't retrieve the logbook because you need tweezers, is that a "find"?
In this scenario, I refuse to remove log sheets I don't think I will be able to put back in properly. I am talking about those pesky nano's. I don't want to wreck the cache.
If a log owner wants to delete my find in this case, I will go out attempt to remove, sign and replace the log. If unsuccessful I will relog my find. I signed the log. If I cannot replace the log properly I will also post a Needs Maintenance log.
I certainly hope most "Nano hiders" would rather have the log in place than have to go out and fix their cache.
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Before you get the knock on your car door, how can you tell it is a "pickle park"?
What happens if you pull in forward?
Questions that need to be asked. Answers I may not want to know.
That's probably going to be impossible, because I'm sure some gestures will depend on the region. The backing into a space appears to be universal though, so that's something I'll avoid doing now when I'm in an unfamiliar spot. Other than that, I'd look to see if you notice an inordinate number of people sitting in their cars who just seem to be waiting for something, and really just trust your gut instinct.
I hope the local Walmart doesn't become one
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Just remember, when parking in out of the way places, do NOT back your vehicle into a parking spot. Apparantly it's a gay signal in pickle parks.
Before you get the knock on your car door, how can you tell it is a "pickle park"?
What happens if you pull in forward?
Questions that need to be asked. Answers I may not want to know.
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I don't understand it either.
Why not just log these caches without mentioning the challenge?
Sign the log sheet. Log a TFTC. Continue the challenge.
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I read about one multi which had the first and last stages visible from the house of the owner, but the middle stage farther away. The owner would take a picture of cachers searching for the first stage, print it off, and then leave it in the last stage. The finder would have gotten quite a surprise when he found the final stage and with no danger of anyone getting shot.
This sounds like fun. It would certainly have me looking over my shoulder.
I was out doing a secret cache one night. On the way nature called and I answered it beside a tree. I continued on the cache and about 30m away I hear a voice "are you looking for the secret cache?" Looking through the trees I spot the hider with his video camera. This is his one of his filming locations. I was thinking on my way out, I hope the tree wasn't in his frame. I haven't seen it on YouTube yet.
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and if you had read the entire thread and interpreted it correctly, you would have seen that the cache page was edited to say that only after "GOF's Sock Puppet" made that post.Why would anyone think to look on the tree when the title basically says it is an LPC? Such misdirection does not, in my opinion, equate to cleaver.
The name says "Revenge of the LPC" The description says simply "Little Purple Cache".
If you read the page, interpret it correctly, you will know it is not under the lamp skirt. I think it is a clever cache.
As said about IMO.
Guilty as charged
I got confused.
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Why would anyone think to look on the tree when the title basically says it is an LPC? Such misdirection does not, in my opinion, equate to cleaver.
The name says "Revenge of the LPC" The description says simply "Little Purple Cache".
If you read the page, interpret it correctly, you will know it is not under the lamp skirt. I think it is a clever cache.
As said about IMO.
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I had an encounter early on with a vetran cacher. He pretended to be a concerned citizen and intimidate me. I was caching with my 7 year old daughter. Along came another cacher with his kids, both under 10. He proceeded with his act. Thankfully we sent the kids over to where the cache was hidden to search while this guy was doing what he was doing. No need for them to hate going geocaching because of people like this. There was another cacher showed up who knew this guy and the show was over.
I ended up friends with the other family who was harrassed so something good came out of this.
If you decide to do this, think first, you may turn someone right off of geocaching. They may think it is hillarious. Or as others have said you might get shot by someone who is carrying a gun and feels threatened.
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This cache's hiding spot is in plain sight at a ball field. It is suggested to do it at night. I did it on a VERY cold winters day and I still had to wait 20 minutes for a lady walking a dog before extracting the cache. When I did get it I was like "holy cr@p" this is big.
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Since there has been numerous attempts to solve the problem, I think the next step would be a Needs Archive log. Unless it is a grndfathered in cache and in an area where you cannot place another cache, then you should replace the container.
Depends on why it is a grandfathered cache in such an area. It is possible that it would be better for all if it just faded away. Not every location needs a cache.
That is true in somw cases but the oldest geocache in Ontario is in a Provincial Park. so if that was in trouble I would replace the container in that instance.
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Since there has been numerous attempts to solve the problem, I think the next step would be a Needs Archive log.
Unless it is a grandfathered in cache and in an area where you cannot place another cache, then you should replace the container.
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we have a cacher in our area that warns people who post spoilers that their logs will be deleted.
I would send them an email inviting them to re-log it sans spoiler information. Treat it as a newbie mistake, and not something meant to be harmful.
That is what I did. I tried to explain why I deleted the log. The last thing I want to do is upset a newbie and give them a bad taste for the game.
I probably would have given the finder a chance to edit out the spoiler before deleting it.
The only reason I didn't do it this way was it might take a couple of days. In that time some of the locals might download their PQ's with the spoiler log. The whole log was the spoiler.
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GC1WVTW
I have a multi with two stages. The first stage I placed for the sole purpose of putting a warning that I also stated on the cache page.
The fisrt stage is a little tricky. The second stage is a tricky hide. I give no hints. The name of the cache is a small hint but does not give away anything.
Yesterday I seen there was a new finder. He/she is also a new cacher, this is their 5th find. Koodos to him/her for finding this one. When I first started I would have never found this. Unfortunatly his/her log gave away where to look for the cache...both stages...I mean really gave it away.
I deleted the log immediately because I didn't want it downloaded to GSAK or something like that. I then sent an email asking the finder to log the find again without the spoiler. I haven't seen a new log yet. Is this the proper way to do this.
This is the first spoiler I've had to delete.
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I'd be surprised if it was even the end of toys in happy meals.
They will take the toy out of the box and charge the same amount for a
Happy Meal 
They will then sell the toy separate and the kids will whine, the parents will fold. It is a win-win for McD'sI think I am going to institute a lawsuit to prevent activist groups from bogging down the legal system with silly lawsuits.
The lawyers would take your case and make sure it lasts long enough to buy a couple of BMW's.
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Zoom out & approximate from the scale in the bottom corner.
Go to the Geocaches page, sorted by distance. Each one, as you select it, will show the distance to that cache from your current position.
I thought there was a way to set a circle on the map page. And as you walk you can see if a cache is within the circle.
Go to the Geocaches page, sorted by distance. Each one, as you select it, will show the distance to that cache from your current position.
Doing it this way you have to switch back and forth between logged and not logged caches.
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Is there a way to see a 160m circle on the map page to show me if there is any caches in the area.
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Outside of being a forum troll what is it you like about geocaching?
We are all sitting here in anticipation waiting for an answer.
Happy Meal 
They will then sell the toy separate and the kids will whine, the parents will fold. It is a win-win for McD's
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My first reponse was going to be 'keep your mouth closed'.
But the addition of Frank's could make caching and spiders a tasty hike.