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quote:Originally posted by Kimrobin:Great. now can someone do something about the 5/5 that shows up on mine. Short of purchasing the gear you'd need to grab it and sticking a firecracker up your butt to motivate you, no.... Oh, was that a rhetorical question? ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite

quote:Originally posted by Kimrobin:Great. now can someone do something about the 5/5 that shows up on mine. Short of purchasing the gear you'd need to grab it and sticking a firecracker up your butt to motivate you, no.... Oh, was that a rhetorical question? ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite

I'm going to buy that action figure and put it in a geocache... But I'll keep the autographed pictures! ---------- 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 Jeremy Irish:No, really. I can't get wasabi peanuts anymore WASABI! I love sushi (my whole family does), but I think one of the coolest things about sushi is burping the wasabi for hours afterward. I know that that sounds disgusting, but hey, if you've got to relive a meal due to gastrointestinal processes, at least the flavor should be pleasant! Days later I find myself craving sushi, wasabi and miso soup again. Of course the Wasabi Wars between Steak and I at restaurants would make your eyes water! Where can I get wasabi mix? ---------- 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 Jeremy Irish:No, really. I can't get wasabi peanuts anymore WASABI! I love sushi (my whole family does), but I think one of the coolest things about sushi is burping the wasabi for hours afterward. I know that that sounds disgusting, but hey, if you've got to relive a meal due to gastrointestinal processes, at least the flavor should be pleasant! Days later I find myself craving sushi, wasabi and miso soup again. Of course the Wasabi Wars between Steak and I at restaurants would make your eyes water! Where can I get wasabi mix? ---------- 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 Dad of 4:My plan is to plant another cache here in the NorthEast dedicated to children's books. Team Geo, will it be O.K. if I copy and paste some of your text into my cache page ?? If you meant GeoGadgets Team, or me, RedwoodRed, sure! As I've mentioned in the thread about BookCrossing HERE, I am hoping that caches like this are all over the place soon. I think doing one for kids books, adult books or a mixture of both is awesome. Cache On! ---------- 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...

Yes, a live chat resides HERE. ClayJar USED to moderate it... I wouldn't know anymore as it has been a horribly long time, and I'm lax on my chatting duties of late. There used to be a schedule chat each Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Have fun. Oh, and next time you're curious? Click on the "search" feature at or near the top of your browser screen and type in "chats". ---------- 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...

Yes, a live chat resides HERE. ClayJar USED to moderate it... I wouldn't know anymore as it has been a horribly long time, and I'm lax on my chatting duties of late. There used to be a schedule chat each Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Have fun. Oh, and next time you're curious? Click on the "search" feature at or near the top of your browser screen and type in "chats". ---------- 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...

missnomer; You forgot to add the option: "Got stuck, scratched and all turned around on a Peanuthead cache!" Just kidding! They went home already? What? We'll be in Cave Junction tomorrow, I thought maybe they'd say the word and we'd make the trip to KF for pizza... oh well. I tried to talk them into Wild River pizza... and brewery! No takers? *sniff* ---------- 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...

missnomer; You forgot to add the option: "Got stuck, scratched and all turned around on a Peanuthead cache!" Just kidding! They went home already? What? We'll be in Cave Junction tomorrow, I thought maybe they'd say the word and we'd make the trip to KF for pizza... oh well. I tried to talk them into Wild River pizza... and brewery! No takers? *sniff* ---------- 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 Byron & Anne:I hope this helps. Wow, thanks Byron! I've always wondered about that but thought I'd be a 'geek' for asking! ---------- 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 runaround:Suddenly I have this urge to watch There's Something About Mary. Yeah, that's it! It wasn't semen, it was HAIR GEL! And that weird shiny stuff on my face means I've been eating a glazed donut... right. Now, it's getting weird... no, the whole THREAD is weird! FRACTAL! ---------- 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 kablooey:Money spent on cable TV this year: $0 Money spent on cigarettes this year: $0 Money spent on beer this year: $0 Money spent on coffee this year: $0 Money spent at the movie theaters this year: $7.50 Is it just me or has the performance of the database been really poor this week? Maybe it's all those avatar images loading or something. And even though you regularly comment on the membership/non-membership THING, and MOC's, you rarely if ever get "rabid" about it. Hmmm... you don't have a lot of expenses, and you live and work (I assume) near the Bay Area... could this mean you a.) live in a nice apartment where cable or satellite is included in your rent; b.) live with your Mom; c.) found a way to tap into the cable from the pole; d.) work so hard that you have little or no time (or interest) in watching meaningless, brain-sucking television... You don't smoke, don't drink (beer) or coffee and you have a hard time finding a DATE? A guy with a disposable income like yours would be a hot ticket, I'd think. And since you and I have chatted in the GEO-chat room, you know I'm yanking your chain, I hope. I'd hope that my point is: You get what you pay for, nothing in life is truly free (no matter how it starts) people who cannot possibly scrap up $30 for a years subscription (assuming they want to) should evaluate how and where their money goes. "But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller, 400 lb. Gorilla ---------- 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 Dad of 4:I was surfing the web the other night and came across a site that registers book in a similar way as we register and track TB'S. I've forgotten the site. I'm setting up a cache with a children's book theme and would love to register them but I didn't bookmark the site. Can anyone help me ??? Thanks for your help, Dad of 4. That would be BookCrossing. A great place to visit if you love reading AND geocaching! I have recently placed a BookCrossing-themed Geocache, you can check it out HERE. Have fun and let us know when you're cache is up! Maybe we can trade books! ---------- 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 Alan2:Jeremy: I respect what you're trying to do but there are many suspicions that are going around. It would be helpful if you were to clear these up. Do you visit your local cable or satellite company and ask to see their profit and loss statements? I seriously doubt it, but how often to you complain when they up the prices for the - HELLO! - service they provide? Everytime you write that check, I'll bet. Why is it so many of you begrudge that Geocaching becomes a business? I have read statements on how "pay for play" will ruin this site, this hobby, etc. But you know what will ruin this site faster? 1. If Jeremy had had to start limiting the size of logs on cache finds, or the size of cache descriptions when they are placed, or images being used on cache pages or those lame-a$$ed backgrounds that make me motion sick because somebody learned a new trick and thinks they are now a website/HTML programmer... all to keep the size of files down because the cost of server space is expensive. 2. Bandwidth is expensive. Hosting a site with this much traffic COSTS MONEY! 3. The daily upkeep of adding and approving new caches has to be done by somebody... paying a programmer COST MONEY! There are other aspects of this website and its continual usage that require fundage, but I am not in the mood to add the tally right now. What would be the point? I'll bet those same people who biatch about the membership fee pay more each week for cigarettes and beer. Heck, taking my kids and S.O. to dinner costs more than $30, but then I won't eat McDonalds... I just go there for the toys to place in caches. My main point is: What difference does it make if this is a profit-making enterprise or not? Nothing truly enjoyable in life is free. I don't care what your mamma told you. Real life is dirty, messy and expensive and things never turn out exactly the way you wish it would - otherwise, it wouldn't be much of a life. This topic has been beat-up, knocked-down, drug-out and should have been left for dead. Those people who think MOC's are there to force them to pay can find another hobby, go look for non-MOC's or stop biatching... but their ignorance in regard to the truth of this situation isn't going to be altered by debating it here, again and again. So, why am I typing about it? Because you're reading it, that's why! And James? Since you have so much time on your hands that you respond (rudely for the most part) on every thread... take some of that time and learn to type properly. People may take you seriously then... instead of thinking that you live in a very small and narrow view of your world. And just so you know? Your world - according to the links you post - must be a very small one, indeed. My opinion and I'm sticking to it. I'd tell you to your face, too. ---------- 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 james f weisbeck kd7mxi terra utah: quote: Sorry, It's really not appropriate to catalog places where people likely lost their lives I am very curious to know where that quote came from, James, and who wrote it, as it isn't in Jeremy's original post to this thread and there is no name on it. Who are you quoting and where was the original written statement from? ---------- 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...

We rarely snack while on the trail, but if we're going for a long drive TO a cache, we PACK. I mean, two kids, ages 5 and 8? If they aren't saying "Are we there yet?", they're saying, "Mom, I'm hungry!" Quaker Oats Granola Bars - S'mores and Chocolate Blast flavors; Rold Gold Pretzel sticks - put a few handfuls in a ziplock and they don't fight over the bag; Jerky strips - for Steak, the meat-eater; Bananas - compact and the peel can be "added to the environment"; Gatorade in the sport bottles so I don't have to worry about spills so much; Gatorade, water and Sprite for Steak - he drinks constantly; Water or Coffee for me. Unfortunately, unlike the fellows, I have a more difficult time "whipping it out" when my body's fluid levels need lowering, so I can't drink all of the coffee that I'd prefer. Cream and sugar, please. "I like my coffee like I like my men - blond and sweet!" We always take a cooler for drinks in the back of the truck and a box with the snacks in the cab. Sure makes life a bit simpler, and when they're eating they aren't yelling at each other... ARGH! "Mom... he hit me!" "Mom... he won't stop touching me!" My mom laughs when I tell her about this problem, but I swear that we never did that stuff as kids! ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite

We rarely snack while on the trail, but if we're going for a long drive TO a cache, we PACK. I mean, two kids, ages 5 and 8? If they aren't saying "Are we there yet?", they're saying, "Mom, I'm hungry!" Quaker Oats Granola Bars - S'mores and Chocolate Blast flavors; Rold Gold Pretzel sticks - put a few handfuls in a ziplock and they don't fight over the bag; Jerky strips - for Steak, the meat-eater; Bananas - compact and the peel can be "added to the environment"; Gatorade in the sport bottles so I don't have to worry about spills so much; Gatorade, water and Sprite for Steak - he drinks constantly; Water or Coffee for me. Unfortunately, unlike the fellows, I have a more difficult time "whipping it out" when my body's fluid levels need lowering, so I can't drink all of the coffee that I'd prefer. Cream and sugar, please. "I like my coffee like I like my men - blond and sweet!" We always take a cooler for drinks in the back of the truck and a box with the snacks in the cab. Sure makes life a bit simpler, and when they're eating they aren't yelling at each other... ARGH! "Mom... he hit me!" "Mom... he won't stop touching me!" My mom laughs when I tell her about this problem, but I swear that we never did that stuff as kids! ---------- Lori aka: RedwoodRed KF6VFI "I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations." GeoGadgets Team Website Comics, Video Games and Movie Fansite

quote:Originally posted by belleterre:These are two of my caches!!! The coordinates, the titles and the cache wording are mine, with few variations. After more than two months of just trying to get a response from admin. these two stolen caches are listed. Poof! They belong to a thief. Yes, I'm pissed!! I'm seeing red. I'd like to punch someones lights out. This is not what this game is supposed to be about. Maybe I'll get calmed down in a while, but this is the kind of stuff that drives people away. Considering that the cache 'placer' seems to reside near London, England, I have a feeling that there is some mistake not on his part but on the part of the committee that approves caches, or inputs the information into the system, or modifies it. When one clicks on treehugger's info, it states that he/she has hidden four caches, but only your two virts are showing. I have a feeling this is a problem perpetrated by the computer system and the folks that input data at Geocaching.com. With the wording, etc. being identical, it seems too much of a coincidence. How would anyone be able to discover how you had worded your submission? I know you're upset, but take a deep breath. I have a feeling that this will all iron out. Just be patient and keep emailing the management. ---------- 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 Eric O'Connor:And you wonder why I don't post my photo? WOW! Now, THAT looks like it could be what I picture an O'Conner to look like! I'm packing my stuff, leaving Steak and moving to Berkeley! And to think that I have this guy's phone number? Whooo-hooo! ---------- 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 Eric O'Connor:And you wonder why I don't post my photo? WOW! Now, THAT looks like it could be what I picture an O'Conner to look like! I'm packing my stuff, leaving Steak and moving to Berkeley! And to think that I have this guy's phone number? Whooo-hooo! ---------- 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 pdxmarathonman:So you probably won't be attending http://opentopic.Groundspeak.com/0/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=1750973553&f=3000917383&m=9060919064 Fun time to have an event in Phoenix, eh?. Me? Phoenix? Nah, I melt when the tempurature gets above 85! Must have something to do with having redhair, you think? That is why I am trying to get as many Valley caches done now before it really heats up. My folks live in Fresno and they just can't understand why I won't come visit in the summers... ---------- 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...

I'm curious to know what is expected as well. I'm planning on visiting the Klamath Falls are in June for theres to see what they do. I want to have one in late July or early August (so that people from warmer areas can cool off at the coast). I think I can wrangle up some sponsors for door prizes. I read somewhere where another cache group was putting together travel bugs that were available to the first so-many people that showed up. Those TB's had specific agendas related to the event. I would also make it a potluck, though we would supply the soda/water/coffee. The place I have in mind is just a few feet from the beach, so folks who wanted could take advantage of the walking path, play in the sand, etc. There is also volleyball and horseshoes facilities available. I have planned to put together a special cache (or two) for the event, and provide maps to nearby local caches that already exist. Does this sound good? I would want to make it an annual event, and maybe move it into something that grows as time goes on. There are many places to camp and some nice motels nearby. I don't expect it to be as big a draw as the Goose Festival here, but do you think you would like to come? ---------- 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...