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Cat love... I adore cats that love me. I have two cats. One loves me and wants to be near me all the time. The other would rather I just fed her and never touched her or even looked at her.(I do force cuddle her sometimes) Cats are weird.

I agree. There are many cachers in my city that have a language other than English as their first. Not a big deal. Most people can understand what they are trying to say. I'm 39 and my grammar is horrible. I do try to work on it though.

In the picture, Swizzle showed one of the (kinda) clear film cans, with the lid that snaps into the body. I've always thought these, even by themselves, make great cache containers. My beef is with the black & grey film cans whose lid snaps over the body. Those things are almost universally crappy. Although, in the Swizzle configuration, I bet even the black & grey ones would fare better than normal. Are those grommets made of brass, or some cheaper alloy? I'm wondering if there is some way to chemically discolor them after application? They're brass plated. Might be able to rust them up a bit. I still think that the coat hanger bit is better. Another thing I read about recently is soaking your O-rings in Armour All for a few days before placing a cache and they'll last a few years longer. I'm thinking that these rubber inner tubes will start to crack and split in just a season or 2 so a soak in Armour All might increase there cache life. I plan on starting this practice real soon on caches that I place farther from home. Like the one I'm waiting on the reviewer for right now is 40 miles away and requires a 1.1 mile hike and a half mile paddle. Swiz Actually the best thing to soak O-rings in is Glycerin. It preserves rubber. People who fly rubber powered model airplanes use it to get longer flight time.

Because there is no test for emotional stability. I am a gun owner, a lifetime hunter, I carry sometimes on my person and most always in my truck, and hold a Concealed Carry Permit. I am certainly not anti-gun. However, not all people are capable of safely carrying a handgun. Some people have rage disorders where slight things to 'normal' people are outrages which bring out rather unfortunate behaviors. Angry unreasonable people and guns are a very bad mix. Some folks are scared of any kind of violence. The idea of getting into a fight, especially losing one, scares the hell out of them. They equate someone punching them in the nose with a threat to their life. With no way to evaluate a situation they may introduce gun play into a situation that scares them when in fact they were in no real life-threatening danger at all. Scared people and guns are a terrible mix. Some people drink. No one who drinks should have a gun. Period. Full stop. Some people live lives of private terror, where any unusual noise in the night terrifies them. Is that an intruder? Oh my God I'm going to die! Thank God I have a gun! Then they shoot their kid who came home late. Or their spouse who went out for a beer. Or a burglar was was looking to steal their VCR. If you can't control your fear you have zero chance of being a safe gun owner. How people will react to stress is highly unpredictable. Unpredictable people with guns are a recipe for disaster. The OP reacted to a fight in what I think is an emotionally over-reactive way... without knowing anything else about the people or the situation I hear alarm bells that these are probably not good candidates for gun ownership. There are many ways to protect oneself. The first is to run. Yep. When someone confronts you and scares you don't try to deal with them, don't argue, if you feel that threatened run. Our whole culture teaches men not to run, but that is in fact the first and fastest way to avoid this kind of situation. Anyone who says "no way would I run away" CERTAINLY should not be allowed to carry a gun. Well put sir. The fight or flight mode should become a part of licensing to possess a firearm. If you want to fight... fail... flight.. pass... avoid anything that will make you use your gun. It is a last resort.

Exactly! I don't mind micros or even nanos. They have their place. There is a rather large ravine near me that has a very old wooden foot bridge that crosses it. Someone decided to place a nano stuck to the underside of the hand railing rather than hide a regular or larger (easily doable) in the ravine instead. I live downtown and someone managed to hide an ammo can in a tiny park within walking distance of my condo (walking distance is about 5 blocks for me). It has survived for several years. The question wasn't about micrs or nanos. It was about LPCs. While an interesting micro hide isn't hard to accomplish interesting LPCs are near as hard to find as hens teeth. Sorry. I equate LPCs and a micro in a spruce tree as the same thing. In my area I find a lot more micros in spruce trees than LPC's... I guess it's regional... I suppose that would depend on where the spruce trees were planted. If they're in the mall parking lot then, not much different. I live in the great white north... spruce trees everywhere... parking lots... back yard... EVERYWHERE.... not so much as planted but there. not removed.

well, by itself yeah, but how does a geocacher know which cache they're looking for, when they don't have the description with them? they look at the coords of the one at the bottom and are looking around on the bridge. they find the nano and log the one at the bottom as found, cause they don't know any better. The key is "READ THE DESCRIPTION". I have never looked for cache without doing so. To do so would be foolish. I do not just hunt whatever caches are loaded blindly into my GPSr... I have even 'shudder' read a hint or two! If they don't know any better then they will soon learn no? It took some of the romance out of the game when this started being necessary. When I first started most areas around here were fun without reading the descriptions. Just load up a bunch of caches and head on out. As time moved on and the number of assorted numbers type caches increased it got to the point that you just have to hand pick each cache before you go. Oh well. Everything changes. You pays your money, you takes your chances....

I would venture to say because people have not been educated about firearms and are scared of them. When really a gun sitting there on a table is just as harmless as a knife, sword, hiking staff, and other weapons. It all has to do with the person who decides to pick the weapon up. Your argument is seriously flawed. I could leave a hiking staff on my table and kids could play with it... sure... they may bonk eachother on the head with it but mostly it would not kill them. A gun can and has been picked up by children and killed adults and children... Not the same... Look up how any kids have intentionally killed other kids with a gun vs those who found a parents gun (not even sitting on a coffee table) and accidentally killed other children. A hiking staff... Knife.... and various other items can and do kill people... a guns only use is to kill. I am not anti-gun... I even own a few... but to suggest that the OP's situation would have gone better if she was armed is ridiculous. She would have shot a stupid drunk man and would be on trial if some of you were making decisions for her. Geocaching and guns do not belong together anymore than they belong apart. I have strayed waaay off topic and hope the OP takes some time off and recovers. Seriously.

Exactly! I don't mind micros or even nanos. They have their place. There is a rather large ravine near me that has a very old wooden foot bridge that crosses it. Someone decided to place a nano stuck to the underside of the hand railing rather than hide a regular or larger (easily doable) in the ravine instead. I live downtown and someone managed to hide an ammo can in a tiny park within walking distance of my condo (walking distance is about 5 blocks for me). It has survived for several years. The question wasn't about micrs or nanos. It was about LPCs. While an interesting micro hide isn't hard to accomplish interesting LPCs are near as hard to find as hens teeth. Sorry. I equate LPCs and a micro in a spruce tree as the same thing. In my area I find a lot more micros in spruce trees than LPC's... I guess it's regional...

well, by itself yeah, but how does a geocacher know which cache they're looking for, when they don't have the description with them? they look at the coords of the one at the bottom and are looking around on the bridge. they find the nano and log the one at the bottom as found, cause they don't know any better. The key is "READ THE DESCRIPTION". I have never looked for cache without doing so. To do so would be foolish. I do not just hunt whatever caches are loaded blindly into my GPSr... I have even 'shudder' read a hint or two! If they don't know any better then they will soon learn no?

Sorry for the side track, but this makes me curious. If a ravine is deep enough does the 0.1 mile rule work vertically too? It does not from what I have been told and seen... It seems to be horizontal and they don't care about the vertical unless there is an "extreme" barrier between the two.

Exactly! I don't mind micros or even nanos. They have their place. There is a rather large ravine near me that has a very old wooden foot bridge that crosses it. Someone decided to place a nano stuck to the underside of the hand railing rather than hide a regular or larger (easily doable) in the ravine instead. I live downtown and someone managed to hide an ammo can in a tiny park within walking distance of my condo (walking distance is about 5 blocks for me). It has survived for several years.

At this point... anything I say now may show up in the future online when I am applying for a job... I've seen the law from both sides... I like Pie... (wait... that's another thread)

You don't go to the DA and need a lawyer for suspicion. As I said before, the key is to disappear BEFORE the police arrive. The key is to not put yourself in a position where the police will arrive. (not that I always have followed that advice myself)

I wonder if the SUV forum gets infiltrated by dilettantes who try to derail threads with incoherent rants about geocaching... I guess you missed the point. Not surprising though with your agenda. And please stop attacking me.

When I go to Waymarking.com, this is my reaction: ????????????????? ??????????????????????????? It's not about the smileys. It's about the fact that GC.com has pocket queries, a nice user interface, and good reviewers. I go over to Waymarking.com and it's just total disarray. I belong to an offroading forum... they do not talk about certain SUVs because... well... they do not fit into the group... certain people complain that they should have a thread or forum for their other SUVs... The moderators keep telling them that they do have a site just for that. But these people keep complaining that it isn't as good as the forum I belong to and are not as good as the forum for serious offroad vehicles (BTW the sites that the moderators have recommended to these people are owned by the same people). What do you recommend? I keep telling them to start their own sites and if people want it they will come. Yet a small but very vocal group of people keep insisting the website must be all things to all people. odd... ??? Did your forum used to talk about these "certain SUVs" and then one day just stop talking about the "certain SUVs"? Virtuals once were a part of geocaching.com (they still are, but are dying a slow and painful death) and then once day the got switched to waymarks and ceased accepting new virtuals. I do understand you overall point but the example was poor. yes and I also understand your point. The certain SUVs.. well actually the term SUV has been watered down over the last several years to include a Suzuki sx4... I would not take most of the things considered to be called an SUV offroad these days but in the not too distant past a Jeep used to be passable... now they have the Patriot and various other crap. A it was decided by the moderators and the forum members that certain vehicles should not be included in the forum and that's when they created alternate forums for those who own them. Those forums quickly went downhill in membership and post counts...

When I go to Waymarking.com, this is my reaction: ????????????????? ??????????????????????????? It's not about the smileys. It's about the fact that GC.com has pocket queries, a nice user interface, and good reviewers. I go over to Waymarking.com and it's just total disarray. I belong to an offroading forum... they do not talk about certain SUVs because... well... they do not fit into the group... certain people complain that they should have a thread or forum for their other SUVs... The moderators keep telling them that they do have a site just for that. But these people keep complaining that it isn't as good as the forum I belong to and are not as good as the forum for serious offroad vehicles (BTW the sites that the moderators have recommended to these people are owned by the same people). What do you recommend? I keep telling them to start their own sites and if people want it they will come. Yet a small but very vocal group of people keep insisting the website must be all things to all people. odd...

I have your exact model of GPSr. Here's how I go paperless: First, I read the cache page, including hints and other finders' posts. Then I download the .loc file. Next, I open the .loc file in a text editor. Then I replace the nameid and CDATA strings with important info. The nameid usually becomes the actual cache name instead of its number, and the CDATA string will look like "233 ammocan hollow log". The first three numbers are the size, difficulty and terrain, rounded up to the nearest whole number. After that are hints about the type of cache, placement, and anything else that's helpful. The nameid string has a maximum of 14 characters. The CDATA string has a maximum of 30 characters. Then I load them on my Garmin using GPSbabel. In the past, I would write this stuff in a notepad. I still use the notepad, but just for recording what I took and left. Ouch! Wouldn't it be worth it, from the labor standpoint alone, to pay the $30 / year for Premium membership and load the .gpx files into GSAK? I use a Nuvi for both getting to the general vicinity and for my paperless caching. But you do need GSAK, a premium membership, and of course... a Nuvi for that. Works great, though! I use an iPhone and my old Garmen Legend.. no paper and can cache on the fly. no downloading... no work... tap the screen a couple of times and I have the nearest caches on display. No paper.

Indeed. officer:what are you doing in this playground? me:nothin officer: what is in that pack you are carrying? me: just some tape, para-cord, small knife, some childrens toys and a camera... officer: please turn around and interlace your fingers behind your head... me: but I was just geocaching with permission here searching for a bit of tupperware with other toys in it or a tiny tube with a log book in it that I could sign! officer: geo what? Who gave you permission? yah yah... just don't make any sudden movements and tell your story to the D.A. and your Lawyer.

I am honestly not trying to be adversarial with you but I am trying to point out some flaws in your post that might get you into trouble at worst or a temporary uncomfortable situation at best.

I had the same issue today. Placed in a cemetery, no way to reach it without climbing on a stone and I wasn't about to do that. Did you log a DNF?

Metal Detecting Another One One More The Last There are more but these should get you started. Thank you Sir or Madam... that was what I was looking for.

I've been told PQ's are the answer to all forum questions.

Downside is the broken glass from the screen. It's inevitable. What if I removed the glass screen and replaced it with lexan or just put the log where the glass used to be?

Silly... you did not find it. You hid it. Remember the game of hide and seek? (do kids still play that?)

Noo...... show them fear! that's what the young hotshots want. Respect is earned. it is not a given no matter what you do for a living or how old you are. Respect is so much misunderstood these days... I do not respect anyone I do not know. I treat them like a blank slate... I don't disrespect them or respect them... Their actions dictate how I treat and feel about them. This is why we hear about so many gangbangers shooting eachother because they were "disrespected" Respect is not a birth rite or something you get by having a certain job. It is about the way you live and your actions while you are alive.