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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!
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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...
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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...
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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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...
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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.
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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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?
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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?
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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I'm going to buy that action figure and put it in a geocache...
But I'll keep the autographed pictures!
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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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?
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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?
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
KF6VFI
"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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!
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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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".
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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".
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
KF6VFI
"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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Originally posted by Jeremy (Admin):
2. Don't post if your signature is larger than your response. It's confusing and annoying.
Yep, um, I'm guilty of that at times. At other times my posts run the complete opposite direction and people begin yawning before I'm finished with my rant. I hate that.
Since this is totally off topic, I'll stop now.
This is totally OT too, but I like the photo posted this time better than the first one... It is much clearer. And handsome... has anyone ever told you that you are a very handsome man?
AHEM! Sorry...
And this is OT as well. I have noticed, though no one else has commented, that the cookies are working again. Thank You. Really. I happen to know how difficult cookies can be to code and how easily their nature is to corrupt. Again, Thank You Jeremy. For all of your hard work. And at the risk (again) of being boring...
(spoken in a very John Cleese accent) Has anyone told you lately that you are a very handsome man?
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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Originally posted by Jeremy (Admin):
2. Don't post if your signature is larger than your response. It's confusing and annoying.
Yep, um, I'm guilty of that at times. At other times my posts run the complete opposite direction and people begin yawning before I'm finished with my rant. I hate that.
Since this is totally off topic, I'll stop now.
This is totally OT too, but I like the photo posted this time better than the first one... It is much clearer. And handsome... has anyone ever told you that you are a very handsome man?
AHEM! Sorry...
And this is OT as well. I have noticed, though no one else has commented, that the cookies are working again. Thank You. Really. I happen to know how difficult cookies can be to code and how easily their nature is to corrupt. Again, Thank You Jeremy. For all of your hard work. And at the risk (again) of being boring...
(spoken in a very John Cleese accent) Has anyone told you lately that you are a very handsome man?
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
KF6VFI
"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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*
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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*
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
KF6VFI
"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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!
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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!
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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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
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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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!
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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.
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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Originally posted by james f weisbeck kd7mxi terra utah:quote:
Sorry, It's really not appropriate to catalog places where people likely lost their livesI 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?
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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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!
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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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....
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Lori aka: RedwoodRed
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"I don't get lost, I investigate alternative destinations."
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