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quote:Originally posted by Night Tracker:Support PETA: Please Eat Tasty Animals That is just TFF! Back on topic, though: I STILL can't get the Groundspeak store to let me buy patches. Has anyone else done so with success? HELP! I want to buy at least twenty... They will make great cache booty... ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

quote:Originally posted by Night Tracker:Support PETA: Please Eat Tasty Animals That is just TFF! Back on topic, though: I STILL can't get the Groundspeak store to let me buy patches. Has anyone else done so with success? HELP! I want to buy at least twenty... They will make great cache booty... ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

quote:Originally posted by kd7mxi:discrimination against geocachers with lower found and hid counts Well, James... if you spent less time posting derogatory, unnecessary and negative responses to this forum and more time doing actual GEOCACHING, you too could have a higher found-count. ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

fractal; You inspired me to "feed my head", and I felt proud that I took on the challenge and completed it. It was such a thrill to get that email from you saying, "Yep, that's right!" It gave me a new sense of purpose, and inspired us to travel to someplace we'd never been before. I just wish that you could keep "Contact" together and move it to another spot. Heck, those of us who have solved it should start a club! We could compete with Mensa! Okay, maybe not... Thanks for "Contact" fractal. You have inspired me and set the bar for every puzzle cache to follow. Let us know what museum you put the container in, or if you recycle it for another cache. ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

fractal; You inspired me to "feed my head", and I felt proud that I took on the challenge and completed it. It was such a thrill to get that email from you saying, "Yep, that's right!" It gave me a new sense of purpose, and inspired us to travel to someplace we'd never been before. I just wish that you could keep "Contact" together and move it to another spot. Heck, those of us who have solved it should start a club! We could compete with Mensa! Okay, maybe not... Thanks for "Contact" fractal. You have inspired me and set the bar for every puzzle cache to follow. Let us know what museum you put the container in, or if you recycle it for another cache. ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

I agree with Zuck (my brain locks on to your nick and I hear it chanted over and over in my head in the wee hours after heavy drinking... don't ask me to spell it, please?). Seems like some folks didn't read this through. In a state as small as Utah (hey, compared to Alaska, Texas and California, Utah is small), I don't see it as all too difficult to log a cache in each county. And I certainly don't see it as elitist to get some type of special recognition for it. As for the comment made by the person who refused to approve it - I'm sorry, but if you judge what makes a suitable cache based on whether or not a tourist visiting the state would be able to accomplish it, then I'd say 50% of the caches should be archived! I mean, think of it: Complaints abound because the 5/5 caches are "too difficult" for the average tourist family, so they shouldn't exist. That is just one example, I'm sure that all of you can think of a similar scenario that would make many of the caches in your area difficult for visitors, tourists or anyone. The whole excuse seems like a big stretch of logic to me. Maybe because you chose just to "give stuff away" - THAT doesn't sound like what is described on the main page under "Guide to finding your first cache". I vote that it should be approved, and right now! ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

quote:Originally posted by DxChallenged: Any cachers stuble on aliens while caching...the live or almost live variety... and post pictures...? I say "Bring em on" Me? I quite frequently experience "alien stuble"... especially sometime around the second day after shaving. That stuble is most certainly alive, but I am absolutely positive that you DON'T want to see my photographic proof. Sorry, DX... just playing! ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot:And yet, when we finally get to see Yoda in action in "Clones," the scene is so over-the-top, the entire theater was laughing. Made some of the sillier "Spiderman" scenes look like high drama. The whole reason I changed my sig-line here was because we had just come back from seeing Episode II and I LOVED watching Yoda do the major-mack butt-kick on Dokuu. If I were only a few feet tall and a Master Jedi, I would hope I could propel myself higher and faster than the average "I-have-become-much-stronger" arrogant Darkside bonehead former Padiwan. I'd heard that Yoda finally drops the cane and takes up his lightsaber. I too have seen the Spider-man movie and expect a few flaws from even the greatest CGI masters - it is a growing and changing field, sometimes so fast that it has to be hard to keep up - but I was truly dazzled and ENTERTAINED by Episode II, and Yoda's performance was icing on the cake for me.

quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot:And yet, when we finally get to see Yoda in action in "Clones," the scene is so over-the-top, the entire theater was laughing. Made some of the sillier "Spiderman" scenes look like high drama. The whole reason I changed my sig-line here was because we had just come back from seeing Episode II and I LOVED watching Yoda do the major-mack butt-kick on Dokuu. If I were only a few feet tall and a Master Jedi, I would hope I could propel myself higher and faster than the average "I-have-become-much-stronger" arrogant Darkside bonehead former Padiwan. I'd heard that Yoda finally drops the cane and takes up his lightsaber. I too have seen the Spider-man movie and expect a few flaws from even the greatest CGI masters - it is a growing and changing field, sometimes so fast that it has to be hard to keep up - but I was truly dazzled and ENTERTAINED by Episode II, and Yoda's performance was icing on the cake for me.

Considering the expertise he professes in his profile, if he can't program the date on his camera, I wonder how he performs on the job? And it looks like a stray shadow on the underside of that GPS... but hey, I didn't look too close. ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

That's funny! I didn't look either! I've taken classes in ASP programming and other server-side scripting languages, and I am supposed to look for that blank spot... I must be tired. Where the source page is blank is where the server-side code resides on the web host's server. I like how it works and can't be ripped off... don't get me wrong. I love looking at the source code to see how others put their pages together, and I don't mind when people look at mine. For this reason I am pretty anal about the appearance of my code and will spend hours cleaning up slop left by another programmer to a site I'm working on. It's just me. ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

I'm sorry... did I miss something? I don't put geocaches together for the random group of thirteen year old malcontents who MIGHT plunder it. And if they happen upon my cache, and decide to STEAL it and use the contents for their own personal enjoyment, do you really think that the tiny $1.69 pocket/keychain knife is going to murder someone or become more of a hardened criminal based on that trinket? If so, then I should be concerned about screwdrivers (they could use it to break into a house, car or ATM machine!), water balloons (they could fill them up with ammonia and drop them into a small mound of TIDE laundry powder and start a nasty arson fire!), golf tees, plastic sporks, or sewing kits (these are small pointy objects - God knows what kind of mischief THEY could do!) or any other number of items that IN THE WRONG, CRIMINALLY-ORIENTED HANDS can do a great deal of damage. Please! Waterproof matches left in a geocache that is twenty miles from the nearest paved roadway is NOT a bad thing to leave! If my tire went flat because of the scree I drove over to get to the parking area of that geocache in the wilderness and my cellphone (which I refuse to own, by the way) was out of signal range, I would be thrilled to find that box of w/p matches, a lighter, an emergency blanket, etc. They are handy, useful items and I for one will not stop using them as cache booty. I certainly refuse to adapt my mentality of what I use for cache trade items based on whether or not some child who's parents forgot to teach them about reality or that No means No, or didn't kick them in the a$$ enough when they were bad will do something destructive with it after they have pilfered it from a cache container. Beer and wine are nice condiments for cooking. It is unsuitable for consumption by minors. It doesn't keep them from getting it, or guns, or matches or knives to do with what they will. If these people's parents can't or refuse to control them, does that mean I need to completely alter my behavior to accomodate these little creeps? What happened to MY rights? Cache On! ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

If you are attempting it on these Groundspeak forum pages, you probably won't get anything. I'm not sure, but I believe it is because a server-side scripting language is being used. I'd love to be corrected, though, if I am wrong. ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

The Geocaching site to allow purchases keeps giving me some crud that my computer won't allow cookies and so won't let me buy the large numbers of patches I want. Jeremy! I'm trying to spend money here! Would you like fries with that? ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

The Geocaching site to allow purchases keeps giving me some crud that my computer won't allow cookies and so won't let me buy the large numbers of patches I want. Jeremy! I'm trying to spend money here! Would you like fries with that? ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

quote:Originally posted by Navdog:I made a comment last fall when virtuals were just starting to show up that I would hate to see the site turn into geotravel.com. Now that these locationless caches are spreading like weeds, it seems my fears are coming true. Really? Popping up like weeds, huh? I certainly don't understand where your fears are based. According to the "About Geocaching" page on this website, there is currently (as I type) 19,072 ACTIVE geocaches distributed around 123 countries. Of those only 107 are listed as locationless. That is a 178-to-1 ratio. Yeah. The frickin' sport is most definitely on a downward spiral. Give me a break! ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda, Jedi Master from Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

What is wrong with something like a Russell or similar brand sweatshirt (pullover) or jacket (zip up)? They are warm enough in cooler weather, keep the bugs, scrub and thorns off of you and if they get too warm, they are stretchy enough that you can tie them at your waist or stuff them in your pack. I have a polyester one (which I HATE!) but I would recommend cotton, because it breathes better and the better quality ones like Russell won't pill up. You can buy them in different weights of fabric, too, and in bright colors so that no one shoots at you. ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite It's not whether or not you pick your nose that matters, but where you put the booger...

What is wrong with something like a Russell or similar brand sweatshirt (pullover) or jacket (zip up)? They are warm enough in cooler weather, keep the bugs, scrub and thorns off of you and if they get too warm, they are stretchy enough that you can tie them at your waist or stuff them in your pack. I have a polyester one (which I HATE!) but I would recommend cotton, because it breathes better and the better quality ones like Russell won't pill up. You can buy them in different weights of fabric, too, and in bright colors so that no one shoots at you. ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite It's not whether or not you pick your nose that matters, but where you put the booger...

quote:Originally posted by DisQuoi:I've heard people talk about being the first to find a cache is like taking someone's virginity. I think those people are trying to substitute something that they _aren't_ doing enough of with this sport. I suggest they both go home and "get some" then return when they can think clearly. (sorry if that offended anyone ... tried to say it delicately) SOME people are just competitive. It has nothing to do with sex. I am one of those competitive people and I sure don't need to go home and "get some", neither do my 5 and 8 year olds. Yes, some of us do drop everything and rush out when a new cache is posted. Hell, I couldn't get a babysitter so that I could go see "Episode II" at 12:01 a.m. opening day! I like to be there first, it's a rush and in our area, where folks place special items in some caches specifically for the "first finder", sometimes it is worth it to try and get their first. Not too long ago we noticed a new cache early Sunday morning. All I had to say was, "Hey guys, get your boots on!" and the whole crew got excited. They know the drill. It was less than twenty miles from us and we knew the area. About thirty minutes into looking around trees and dense underbrush, we heard a car coming up the deserted logging road. We knew right away it had to be another geocacher, and we were pretty sure who it would be. We all came out to meet them, say hello and tell them how we hadn't found it yet. I even showed them the spot where my GPS said we should be closest, but still weren't finding it. We all looked together. It just happened that we'd all narrowed the search area down, and Steak was standing right next to Little J when she found it. She offered to let us have first pick of the loot, but I reminded her that SHE had found it first, and the first finder honors should go to her and her hubby. We really enjoyed that find. All of us. Now we have geocaching friends! I realize it can't all be like that, but I agree that the first person to be at the site physically should determine if and when the second cacher/group should get the chance to hunt or join up with them. "Come on, Iceman! Take the shot or let Mav get in there!" - 'Slider' from Top Gun I also think that there should be, for etiquette's sake, a time limit. If the first person to get there doesn't want to join forces with those that show up second, they should have a certain amount of time to do a thorough search before the second person/group gets a chance to "play through". If you're choking, your GPS has a EPE of 112 feet and you've poked and prodded every bush, rock and tree root for a hundred yards, ask for help or step back and give the second to arrive the same courtesy you would appreciate from them and let them try. Don't be so bloody competitive that you don't know when to say when just because you have an audience. I've been told that "IMHO" means that you AREN'T being humble at all, so I will now say: "That's my frickin' opinion and I'm not at all sure I care WHAT you think of it!" ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite It's not whether or not you pick your nose that matters, but where you put the booger...

Please look above your post (near the top of this page) at the "search" button. Click on that and type in "cache in, trash out". I would type in some of the links to threads that have covered this to death, but there are far too many to list in a post. Word: always good to search for other similar topics before posting. Keep yourself from being considered an "R.H." (ask Choberiba or Mopar). Hey! Speaking of... has anyone heard from Mopar lately? He doesn't write and he doesn't send me flowers anymore.... ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite It's not whether or not you pick your nose that matters, but where you put the booger...

Well, I think it is pretty cool that someone famous Geocaches. Wil posts regularly to his "blog" and encourages commentary, and he gets quite a few weirdos (me included) that post comments. Now, understand: I was never a Wesley fan. I would get very irritated that he always seemed to "save the day" on ST:TNG. But I never subscribed to the I HATE WESLEY newsletter, either. I'd like to think I have bigger and worse things to get my panties in a bunch about. But Wil isn't Wesley and visa versa. He is human and I easily get sucked into reading peoples' mundane comments about their own lives. Like mine isn't exciting enough... The cool thing is: He's a real person. A genuine nearly-30 guy. He just happens to be an actor who has recently generated some acclaim (for things other than ST:TNG)... The fact that he and I (and all of you) have something in common just makes me all giggly inside! And if he encourages others to GC, awesome! Yeah, there are other folks that I'd probably get all juiced up about if I happened upon them while sifting through tree-litter (Harrison Ford or Sean Connery immediately come to mind, with Choberiba a close second to them), and it is always nice to meet other cachers while hunting, but it sure would be cool have an "You'll never guess who I met while visiting this cache!"-to post on a cache found log. And Chobe? I like my eggs scrambled and cooked dry and a nice thick slice of ham or a big greasy sausage and maybe a buttered muffin for breakfast, thanks... oh, and don't forget the coffee! ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite It's not whether or not you pick your nose that matters, but where you put the booger...

quote:Originally posted by seneca:My concern, if any, is, that it is impossible to judge players based on numbers of finds (because of all the inconsistent variables) and yet as long as a number is attached to a name we will continue to do so... as the general response to thread demonstrates. If you want to see how much cache found counts matter to everyone, take them away for a day or two... It's not whether or not you pick your nose that matters, but where you put the booger...

quote:Originally posted by Cach-U-Nuts:You know you are truly addicted when you spend your entire weekend re-doing your back deck and even though you are dropping from exhasution you still manage to include the geocaching logo in your concrete work. That is truly beautiful and impressive! I am concerned about the resale value of your home, however... Would you be interested in coming to Northern California and painting my bathroom? Just curious... ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite It's not whether or not you pick your nose that matters, but where you put the booger...

quote:Originally posted by Cach-U-Nuts:You know you are truly addicted when you spend your entire weekend re-doing your back deck and even though you are dropping from exhasution you still manage to include the geocaching logo in your concrete work. That is truly beautiful and impressive! I am concerned about the resale value of your home, however... Would you be interested in coming to Northern California and painting my bathroom? Just curious... ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite It's not whether or not you pick your nose that matters, but where you put the booger...

Now, I'm not real sure how to go about this, but can't one use wild mustard for something beneficial? According to an herb book of mine the leaves of the plant, when crushed make an antiseptic paste that can be used on wounds. According to the book "New Age Herbalist" by Richard Mabey, the seeds of white mustard can be dried then used whole (for pickling) or crushed to powder the same way that one can the white mustard powder that Schilling sells (in soups, stews and sauces). Wouldn't it be beneficial to someone to purchase the cast-offs of this plant and utilize it for it's obvious benefits? I mean, kudzu, crabgrass and poison oak/ivy aside, almost everything has a beneficial side. ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite It's not whether or not you pick your nose that matters, but where you put the booger...