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They still make macs? I thought apple only made phones now?
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Congrats!
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NOW THIS IS A FAKE ROCK......
It sure is. It will also set you back $694.56 just for the rock.
Ouch! How much for the woman?
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Then you get annoyed too easily, perhaps? Besides, I didn't see anybody expecting anything. I saw the OP requesting something. In case anyone has forgotten how this started:
Do you know what a rest area is? Generally, they are places that you stop at while travelling 'cross country. If you are ever back, it may be a year or more. They rarely can hold more than one, maybe two caches. People like to stop at them to pick up a quick and easy smilie while stretching their legs and backs. They're not there for a challenge.To all you cachers hiding caches in rest areas, please consider not placing your hides under or around picnic tables.I do appreciate your time and effort in placing hides for all of us.However it is very frustration to start a search only to find a family at said table and not having the time to wait for them to leave so a log can be signed.Thanks
Hahahahaha really? Its all part of the challenge. I have found a couple like that, and under picnic tables. I had to travel back to one once. Heck, its all good. Perhaps the CO wants to make it slightly more challenging because of muggles.
To me its awesome. People having a picnic on a table where they have no clue a geocache is there, let alone what one is. It exists in the background of real life....
Just because someone wants to pick up a quick and easy smilie while traveling does not mean that the caching community needs to accommodate them. I agree it does no harm to try to make hides in such places easier to find for weary travelers but it's when people expect it that annoys me.
please consider not placing your hides under or around picnic tablesTrue enough. I do get annoyed too easily. Stress makes me want to hide in dumpsters and surprise people!
And indeed... the OP did politely request something that I did not agree with.
After more consideration I do agree that rest stop caches should not be crazy hard or a challenge.
I don't expect them to be easy but it makes sense that they should be reasonably easy to find without a return visit to a place you may never return to again.
This does of course depend on where the rest stop is located.
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I personally think it's a fabulous idea and encourage anyone to kill as many bees and wasps as they see fit.
It is a good thing you aren't allowed to dictate the acceptable "general strategy for geocache owners".
Last I heard, bees and wasps were not protected species and there were no set times, seasons or locations you are allowed to kill them.
God forbid I slap a mosquito that lands on my arm while caching in a park. It might belong to the person that owns the property.
Using pesticides or herbicides on someone else's land without permission is not equivalent to hitting a mosquito that lands on your arm.
Geocaching is already banned in many places because of the perception that geocaching is destructive. Spraying chemicals around a cache to kill bugs and/or plants is obviously destructive.
If I personally caught a cache owner spraying pesticides in a conservation area, I wouldn't just report the cache to Groundspeak, I'd report the cache owner to the local authority.
You have completely gone off the rails. Who mentioned a conservation area?
No one mentioned herbicides.
You have strayed far from the OP to justify your crazy own opinion.
Wow, just wow.
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Another small factoid of life is that there is something called "etiquette". Just sayin'
Why is it easier to email a finder for help than to email the cache owner for help (assuming the cache owner is still active, of course)?Helping is helping.If someone asks for help, I give it.
The whole "Direct them to the CO is bogus. It's like someone who is broke down on the freeway asking for help and saying "call AAA".
Who says it is?
Some cache owners like to stump cachers. It's a small factoid of life.
I have gotten more hints from finders than owners. Just sayin.
Please explain to us N00bees where we can find the geocaching etiquette guide.
Doesn't matter if you're new or old hat, seems like common sense would kick in here. I as a cache owner would not appreciate another person giving out hints on my caches. This goes double for the more challenging hides i might have set out. It's my cache and i'm the one who wants to decide how much help, if any, i want to give out if someone asks.
Fixed that for you.
Thanks!
You are, of course, right. Although i would like to be the one who decides how much help to give out on caches i own, i have no control on how much is given on them by others. Still, i would hope that most cachers would be respectful of the cache owner and refer any queries for help to said cache owner.
BTW. I wasn't intending to be rude. I agree with you but it is what it is.
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Do you know what a rest area is? Generally, they are places that you stop at while travelling 'cross country. If you are ever back, it may be a year or more. They rarely can hold more than one, maybe two caches. People like to stop at them to pick up a quick and easy smilie while stretching their legs and backs. They're not there for a challenge.To all you cachers hiding caches in rest areas, please consider not placing your hides under or around picnic tables.I do appreciate your time and effort in placing hides for all of us.However it is very frustration to start a search only to find a family at said table and not having the time to wait for them to leave so a log can be signed.Thanks
Hahahahaha really? Its all part of the challenge. I have found a couple like that, and under picnic tables. I had to travel back to one once. Heck, its all good. Perhaps the CO wants to make it slightly more challenging because of muggles.
To me its awesome. People having a picnic on a table where they have no clue a geocache is there, let alone what one is. It exists in the background of real life....
Just because someone wants to pick up a quick and easy smilie while traveling does not mean that the caching community needs to accommodate them. I agree it does no harm to try to make hides in such places easier to find for weary travelers but it's when people expect it that annoys me.
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I always carry a can of wasp/bee spray in my truck. A while back, one of my hides was getting some yellow jacket complains, so I went over there and spray the tar out of it. Havent hear any complains since.
Killing off the local flora and fauna to make room for your cache might not be a great strategy.
That really depends. Guardrail, pipe or sign post? no. Tree? perhaps.
I didn't see where Swineflew said it was in the wild.
Killing many yellow jackets does not go against my personal caching ethics at all.
If you have them living under your deck or balcony should they be allowed to live there?
Besides, who is to say they are local to the area. It is not uncommon for non-native species to migrate and set up nests.
Take note of the words "might not" in my original statement.
Whether or not the wasps are on a guardrail or a tree is irrelevant. What is relevant is who owns the property, and whether or not the cache owner has permission/authority to kill things on that property.
Is your deck or balcony subject to the geocaching guidelines? Mine isn't.
If the wasps are on your own property, or you've been authorized to get rid of them, great, spray away. But as a general strategy for geocache owners, spraying pesticides around is not a great plan.
According to you. And take note of my words "That really depends"
I personally think it's a fabulous idea and encourage anyone to kill as many bees and wasps as they see fit.
It is a good thing you aren't allowed to dictate the acceptable "general strategy for geocache owners".
Last I heard, bees and wasps were not protected species and there were no set times, seasons or locations you are allowed to kill them.
God forbid I slap a mosquito that lands on my arm while caching in a park. It might belong to the person that owns the property.
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I always carry a can of wasp/bee spray in my truck. A while back, one of my hides was getting some yellow jacket complains, so I went over there and spray the tar out of it. Havent hear any complains since.
Killing off the local flora and fauna to make room for your cache might not be a great strategy.
That really depends. Guardrail, pipe or sign post? no. Tree? perhaps.
I didn't see where Swineflew said it was in the wild.
Killing many yellow jackets does not go against my personal caching ethics at all.
If you have them living under your deck or balcony should they be allowed to live there?
Besides, who is to say they are local to the area. It is not uncommon for non-native species to migrate and set up nests.
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QQ
Troll much? Thanks to thoes that post with helpful info.
It was just a joke. I am sorry if it bothered you.
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Another small factoid of life is that there is something called "etiquette". Just sayin'
Why is it easier to email a finder for help than to email the cache owner for help (assuming the cache owner is still active, of course)?Helping is helping.If someone asks for help, I give it.
The whole "Direct them to the CO is bogus. It's like someone who is broke down on the freeway asking for help and saying "call AAA".
Who says it is?
Some cache owners like to stump cachers. It's a small factoid of life.
I have gotten more hints from finders than owners. Just sayin.
Please explain to us N00bees where we can find the geocaching etiquette guide.
Doesn't matter if you're new or old hat, seems like common sense would kick in here. I as a cache owner would not appreciate another person giving out hints on my caches. This goes double for the more challenging hides i might have set out. It's my cache and i'm the one who wants to decide how much help, if any, i want to give out if someone asks.
Fixed that for you.
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To all you cachers hiding caches in rest areas, please consider not placing your hides under or around picnic tables.I do appreciate your time and effort in placing hides for all of us.However it is very frustration to start a search only to find a family at said table and not having the time to wait for them to leave so a log can be signed.Thanks
Not trying to be contrary but that could apply to most urban caches. LPCs... MISTs...
anywhere people tend to gather.
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When Groundspeak liberalized the rules pertaining to what constitues a find, I almost quit geocaching. I've been geocaching for six years, and have over 100 hides (many being extreme caches).
Just the idea of "affirmative action" being used to "level the playing field," so "everyone gets a smiley," irks me to no end. The nerve of having someone else do the dirty work, so you can log a find is no different than Groundspeak turning a blind eye to nearly all of the other number padding schemes.
As long as the geocache is replaced for the next cacher to find, the manner in which they find and log it has absolutely no impact on others. Each cacher is free to decide for themselves what counts as a find, and what value the find has. Clearly, you're placing a value on smileys that Groundspeak doesn't. That's your choice to make, but it's not Groundspeak's responsibility to cater to your personal caching ethic.
Can you please link to the text that you're quoting about affirmative action and level playing fields? I've never seen any communication from Groundspeak that indicated they were attempting such a thing. I'd be interested to read that.
Is it really necessary for you to argue against EVERY opinion that you do not share with another person?
Nevermind.
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Hello Guys.
Im going to start of this topic with one image.
What would you do if you came to a location and all you could find was this item? would you think the cache was destroyed cause there is no log ??
do read on if you cant se anyting wrong here.
Last week i was at a convetion and me and my friend who love geocaching wanted to place our on cache. at the convention they where giving out these pens, what made them so speciall was the way you could turn them into a smart geocache.
This is a regular pen. where the paper is was erlier commercial for the company who made the pens. i removed that paper and replaced it with a blank sheet. If you let go of it the paper will roll back into the pen by it's own. This one will soon be placed somewhere in the world, and now my fellow cachers i wanted to hear, what do you think of this invention? =)
It's a cool idea but the company I work for uses those pens with the retractable paper in them (some have hockey schedules, company info etc.. printed on the paper / nylon).
The retracting mechanism tends to break fairy easily and quickly.
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My personal caching ethics have not and would not allow me to claim a find that I have not found, obtained signed and replaced myself. There have been a few that my wife and I have found together, due to terrain I could only get within about 15 feet of it. I did not let her sign for me.
My personal caching ethics won't allow it.
To me that's no different than getting to GZ and seeing the cache and logging it online without putting my hands on it.
But thats just me and my personal caching ethics.
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The ET Highway presents a unique logistics problem. One can either try to set a record, personal or otherwise, of caches per hour or day or one can see how long it takes to find all 1000 caches. The two are inconsistent because some of the caches are harder to find than others. (Unless the geotrails have solved that issue.) If one is just going for speed, one would skip a cache after not being able to find it within a specified time, say 45 seconds. However, skipping a cache means one can't claim to have found all 1000 caches. OTOH, finding every cache could significantly impair a speed record.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: There are lots of ways of having fun while caching. One is going to interesting spots. Another is going on a challenging hike or climb. Yet another is finding a cache that is really well hidden or cleverly disguised. However, the whole bit about driving out to the middle of nowhere with a bunch of other cachers, telling stories and having a beer and seeing how quickly or how many caches one can find, can be fun. I sure would not do this often, but I sure had a blast doing it this time. I'm hoping that if I do another power trail, it will be on a bicycle or on foot...just to see what I can do.
And, BTW: for anyone who wants to flame me, to REALLY show me your disdain, there is a rocker switch on the back of your computer, flipping it will REALLY show me how much you disdain me.
I have no desire to flame you. Just wanted to say that there is no rocker switch on the back of my computer.
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I usually log mine the same day unless I forget.
Been so busy lately that I am behind on my caching though.
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I think you did the right thing. For someone new to the game, the first few finds could be rather tough and could require a hint. If I ask for a hint, I'll often ask the most recent finder as the most recent finder has the best information.
As far as your concerns that it is someone intent on doing harm, if they saw you and want to muggle the cache, they probably don't need you to tell them where it is. After all, they would have seen you at the cache site. Moreover, how would they know about the web site unless they either (1) had already found the cache in question, or (2) were actually cachers.
^That makes sense to me.
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Let me put it this way: any self-respecting geocacher with even a modicum of experience puts great pride in seeing the phrase, "coords were spot-on!" in the logs for their caches, and cringes and will run out for another reading if they hear "coords were a bit soft" or something like that. We pride ourselves on providing the very best coordinates possible. Deliberately providing misleading coordinates are a total embarrassment.
Yup. On the few hides I have placed I have received that compliment a few times. It makes me happy to know that I have done my part correctly.
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Instead of your passive /aggressive ramblings here. Should you not be in Toronto with others of your ilk burning Police cars?
HAHAHAHAHA
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NOT! As stupid as this post may be, these posts are exponentially more irresponsible. Seriously... you would shoot take a life and probably spend years of your own life in the courts and probably in prison just for scaring you? Get real and please stop posting such inflammatory statements unless you are prepared to back them up! That is extremely irresponsible behavior.Now why does this one remind me of all those "Do you carry a gun while caching?" threads?
I carry a hand gun and I am a good shot with it. I also really dislike being startled and I will aim center mass and deal with the aftermath later.
AMEN!!!!
Settle down dog. You are making too much sense.
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does anyone else have insomnia, and take to geocaching really late (or early) at night to tire you out so you can get some sleep?
It's 3:06 AM here in beautiful downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada right now and I am wide awake.
Pondering caching but mehh....
I think the wife would freak out if she woke up and found me gone.
Besides... not too many close by that I haven't found.
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What would be the point of telling someone it's wheelchair accessible if they can't reach it? Just doesn't make sense.
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also, handicaching.com is pretty cool.
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Ouch! 
Geocaching Radio show July 2!
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It's no more high tech than watching tv or listening to the radio. The high tech stuff has already been done for you.