Birdsong-n-Bud

--------------- We have a couple caches up for adoption in the Sturbridge/Southbridge, MA area. We prefer that they are adopted by someone who has already done them. If you adopt them, we'll email you all the data on each cache. If you're interested, please email me privately (rather than here in the forums) at birdsong123(at)aol(dot)com. 1) Walks Like an Egyptian cache (GCNY60). It doesn't appear to need any maintenance, but the army corps sent me the following email (below), and I just don't have the time to meet with him. 2) Swallowed Whole (GCM5AK), one of my first caches, I'm sad to see this one go, but the Army Corps also wants to visit this one. It's in Southbridge at Westville Dam. Easy to maintain if you live in the area. Does not need any maintenance at this time. If you are interested in adopting any of these caches, let me know privately and I'll send all the necessary electronic files with all the information on the sites that was posted for the website and the administrator (answers to the puzzles, etc.) Adopting these will require a visit with the Army Corps as indicated below, just to show they are in a safe place (and both are very safe). Thanks so much, and have a wonderful holiday season. Birdsong-n-Bud -============ note from the army corps below ===================== This message was sent through http://www.geocaching.com -- Geocacher, The Army Corps of Engineers, East Brimfield Lake project office, is initiating a new program to help us keep track of the many geocaches that are placed on Corps land at the East Brimfield, Westville, and Conant Brook flood control areas. The program requires that all geocaches placed on Corps property be approved by our office and issued a free permit. A permit will only be issued after the cache location has been inspected and recorded by a Park Ranger from our project. Please note that we are not trying to discourage geocaching on Corps property. It is a fun and unique way to enjoy the trails and lands at our projects. The goals of this program are to keep us aware of the caches that we have on the property, to be sure that the caches are hidden in safe locations and away from any hazardous areas, and to help us improve communication with the geocache community. Please contact Park Ranger Matthew Coleman via email at Matthew.S.Coleman@usace.army.mil for information about obtaining a permit the caches you currently have on corps land. This would specifically be the "Walks Like an Egyptian" cache near Brimfield Dam, and the "Swallowed Whole" cache at Westville Rec Area. Again, the permits are free of charge, and are now required for all caches on Corps property. Thank you very much for your cooperation, Matthew Coleman Park Ranger E. Brimfield/Westville Lakes User's Profile: http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=a6...07-e3565e4846ab

Since my husband won't go (insert a big RASPBERRY here), I'll gladly settle for a helping of Steven Tyler in some remote woods with a babbling stream. (but he'd be forbidden from wearing any black nail polish on the walk). Oh, wait..Johnny Depp would make for a great day, too. As long as he wears that Pirate get-up. Mmmm, shweeeeet.Hummina-hummina. Can I choose two? I was never good at decisions. Can it be a multi cache?

ROFL! I've gotta read more slowly. I thought that said "circumsized!?" lol One word for me: FREEDOM!!!

I agree. Puzze/mystery/unknown wouldn't fit, but if there was a name for something that required a little something extra, that would probably satisfy everyone.

I LOVE cemetary caches. Visiting a cemetary is like reading an excellent historic novel. I think it is a great way to show respect to the parted. If they weren't meant to be visited, they'd be locked up. That said, I wouldn't want to bring the family dog there out of respect for the families of the deceased, and the cache should be placed out of bounds of the cemetery so there is no pulling, stomping on, or prodding around flowers, graves and such. We've done cemetary caches and loved them, we have a couple of our own, and find neat, neat information every time we do one. By the way, check out this fella's name at one of our cemetery caches:

We have 3 Garmin GPSr's: The Rino The Venture the Yellow All are good, and all will bring you to the spot. We got all of them for under $120 each at Ebay. I love the way the plain old yellow one navigates BUT I wouldn't recommend it. It takes a very tedious process to program it. However, I've never attached the cable to it with GSAK, so maybe it is quicker to do than I realize. The Venture and the Rino program faster. The Rino takes 3 batteries instead of 2, but if I disable the radio feature, its battery life will far outlive the GPSr's with only 2 batteries, so it is worth it to me. It also functions as a walkie-talkie, and you can locate where other members of your team are if they're not right with you.

I really like this one a lot. It is very "ASL" and makes perfect sense. It's like saying "Stash hidden under" or "container hidden."

This isn't directed at you, but at everyone here who is whining over additional requirements: Then don't do it! Cache hiders are good enough to get the ammo box, set up the cache...and PROVIDE the sport for you. There's lots out there to do, skip it if you don't think it looks like fun. If you don't want to play the game, who's force-feeding you? I saw an expression this week, and it reminds me of the forums. "Every argument is really people saying, 'If you were more like me, I'd really like you a whole lot more.' " Enjoy the diverse richness of caches. Imagine if they were all the SAME? Variety is the spice of life. Appreciate the ones that stand out to you. Ignore the ones that don't look delicious. We all come in different sizes, shapes and colors, and it'd be a shame if caches didn't, too. If you don't want to go to Spain, don't book the flight! There are a lot of other places to go.

This is from the book, American Sign Language Dictionary," revised edition (by Martin L.A. Sternberg). What was the embarrasing way I learned this sign? I work with the Deaf and am immersed in sign every day. When I was first learning sign 15 years ago, I tried to tell a boy he was "handsome." It is the same as this sign, but the index finger should be crooked, to represent a square chin. I extended the index finger straight out, and instantly there were gasps and wide eyes and shocked reactions. "WHAT?!? WHAT??! What did I just sign?!?!!" Happened to me many times than one with other "close but not quite" signs! I won't even tell you the other ones I goofed. I'd stick with the letters G.C. for the sign here, lol.

Markwell, you are too late - the majority of caches hidden these day suck as far as location placement. ================= Okay, so that leads me to ask: What -- in your opionions -- is a "good" vs. a "bad" cache placement? If it follows the guidelines, what is bad? I think it's a pretty amazing, generous, and time-consuming gift he's given there. I'd be grateful and enthusiastic to receive one at a geomeet, and we have several good placements out there. I think it's all in the spirit of geocaching.

By far the most amusing one to me is The 4x4 Hillbilly Hide. (GCPYFP) We live nowhere near it and have been watching it just to receive the hilarious logs. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...0b-2ca37aeaa832 My kinda cache!

Yuck! Well, that *stinks!* We found a defunct letterbox near a cache, and when we opened it, the inkpad had exploded and WHOA...the smell! It was if something died in there. I got the ink all over myself, and the smell would not come off! GAG HACK CHOKE Wasn't as bad when we stepped into a heaping pile of horse dung on another trail...