brslk
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THAT is the one that I had assumed you had linked to originally. Its been quite some time since I've watched it, but if memory serves me right, this one is a pretty good video and does a good job of explaining how a totally innocent person can entrap themselves without realizing it.Here is a much better video..... clickyThank you friend of Chad! I was not the one that posted the other link.
I am also not anti-cop.
I walk the line... like Mr. Cash...
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OK... that video was stupid... (but Valerie was kinda hot)
No one is arguing that if you are doing nothing wrong then you should be honest... But once questions start getting asked that you don't like.... shut up.
Here is a much better video..... clicky
Once again, it was a lecture of what to do if you are guilty of a crime. There was no instance where someone who wasn't guilty went to jail for talking to a police officer except the two retarded guys.
48 minutes of my life I will never get back.
Where did you see anyone convicted of being guilty of a crime on the link I linked?
Do you not understand innocent people go to jail? for being coerced into confessions?
innocent people do go to jail because they talk to cops...
btw.. retarded... no... not cool....
I suppose some people just hate lawyers... until they need them... that's why they charge them so much...
meh.. some cops are crooked.. some lawyers are also...
lets just say I would rather have a crooked lawyer on my side...
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Like I said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have said nothing that is intelligent. please be quiet.
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I just find them in the woods... full of junk.....(jokes!)
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There are obvious exceptions to the rule. Relatives and friends, regular contact as part of your job, etc.
The time to clam up is when there's an investigation going on. Stopped in your car = investigation. A policeman stops you while you're walking and asks what you were doing in the woods / near the train tracks / under the bridge / in the alley, etc. = investigation. A policeman turns up at your door to "ask a few questions" = investigation.
is a good primer on how to handle such situations. I strongly recommend watching it, even if you're a law-abiding citizen. Laws are complex and we don't always know when we can get into trouble. That's what this thread is all about. Some fellow is engaged in perfectly harmless activity and winds up charged with a crime.And when you hear the words "anything you say can and will be used against you", it's past time to shut up. That's the Miranda warning. You get told that after being arrested. Everything in the warning applies before arrest as well. Watch the video.
I watched the video. It was really clear that the narrator was offering ways to get away with illegal behavior (with the exception of the kid and the paint, which was questionable).
The first scenario was a car with drugs being used (or so it appeared by the munchies references) and the police DID find drugs during the search.
The third one was funny because they found about a pound of pot. So it was definately illegal.
The innocent recap seemed to lean much less towards illegal activity.
No matter what, there was an obvious slant towards how to get away with illegal activity. It wasn't about how to protect yourself while being a law abiding citizen. If you can get past the slant, there may have been a few good messages in there. It did give the message of "if you are doing something wrong, here is how you hide it" and not "If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide". I think I will take the latter path and not the former.
OK... that video was stupid... (but Valerie was kinda hot)
No one is arguing that if you are doing nothing wrong then you should be honest... But once questions start getting asked that you don't like.... shut up.
Here is a much better video..... clicky
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Funny you should ask. About a week ago during lunch I took a female co-worker geocaching for her first time. It was close to an Arbys but about a mile into the bush.
We found it easy enough after lunch and then went back to the office.
Everyone was staring at us oddly and kind of whispering for awhile.
I finally asked what was up?
turns out we both had leaves in our hair and she had grass stains on the butt of her pants.
People thought we were doing something other than geocaching during our lunch break.
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I win.
FTF! (sorry, couldn't sign the log book because it was too wet) TFTC
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i did my first cache the other day (off yer trolley) and inside the film canister was a soggy piece of paper for a log is it acceptable to replace with a dry paper and sign the new log or should i leave as found
I would leave the old log there and also put in a dry one.
I really just replied to say your name is excellent.
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Only if you do it poorly. Unfortunately, many people do it poorly. You do understand that we're all just in training to manage dead drops for some 3 letter agency, right?there are a lot of topics about this, but please. don't try to be stealthy.trying to be stealthy is how you attract the attention of people who think you're a bomber. trying to be stealthy will make you look suspicious.
What do you mean in training? Cause I Already am.
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So I am a newbie. 70 finds and I have found dog biskets, candy, and generally stupid stuff that molds and erodes and it just stupid and thoughtless caches. Like why place a cache that will leak moisture and when the last 10 post say cannot sign there is no response?
And if a cache it stuffed why stuff it it with more?
Idiots abound I get it.
And, if you are stoned and or buzzed or both do not hide a cache.
It is not funny
Cache on, luv it
As a newbie, you can expect a moderator to come in here soon and probably do something about this thread and the wordage you have used in it.
Even I think it crossed the line...
But, as I understand your sentiments I will say this, people from all walks of life cache. From the smartest (me) to the less intelligent and everywhere inbetween. Whatever type of person you run into in the world, there will likely be a cacher with the same standards.
My apologies.
I am not aware of the high moral standards of using the words "stoned" or "buzzed". You are probably right, no one who does this "game' or "sport" does these things. I am sorry for just making a general observatiopn based on my lack of experience.
Are we following the the George Carlin 7 words rule, are we following a particular religion, please let me know and I will read the text and follow it. I do not want to upset anyone.
Thank you
KAW
I luv it, hooked, but can't a guy voice an opinion on silliness. I can easily voice an opinion and some cool canhces we found. It is not all luv and hugging.
I luv hugging but it doesn't mean you can't disagree. Next time we meet I'll give you a big ole bear hug. Hope you make to Portland Ore.
er... you replied to yourself.... twice...
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When out and about, sort of instinctively.
You sit on a park bench and you are walking along side a rock wall or you see a lamp post skirt that is not centered or..................
All the time... "does that look out of place?" drives the wife nuts.
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So I am a newbie. 70 finds and I have found dog biskets, candy, and generally stupid stuff that molds and erodes and it just stupid and thoughtless caches. Like why place a cache that will leak moisture and when the last 10 post say cannot sign there is no response?
And if a cache it stuffed why stuff it it with more?
Idiots abound I get it.
And, if you are stoned and or buzzed or both do not hide a cache.
It is not funny
Cache on, luv it
As a newbie, you can expect a moderator to come in here soon and probably do something about this thread and the wordage you have used in it.
Even I think it crossed the line...
But, as I understand your sentiments I will say this, people from all walks of life cache. From the smartest (me) to the less intelligent and everywhere inbetween. Whatever type of person you run into in the world, there will likely be a cacher with the same standards.
My apologies.
I am not aware of the high moral standards of using the words "stoned" or "buzzed". You are probably right, no one who does this "game' or "sport" does these things. I am sorry for just making a general observatiopn based on my lack of experience.
Are we following the the George Carlin 7 words rule, are we following a particular religion, please let me know and I will read the text and follow it. I do not want to upset anyone.
Thank you
KAW
I luv it, hooked, but can't a guy voice an opinion on silliness. I can easily voice an opinion and some cool canhces we found. It is not all luv and hugging.
The sport, hobby or addiction may not be all about luv and hugging but this forum is. We never disagree and regularly get together for group hugs and such.
(I do agree with you though(I find people in general to be stupid and am pleasantly surprised when they aren't))
Welcome to the game.
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I was just wondering. Has anyone created a cache so complex that it spans a couple of states or maybe countries? A cache that has puzzles you have to solve to get coordinates to the next cache and it leads you to other destination? Maybe use QR barcodes to hide riddles, messages or coordinates? Sort of like a long adventure with challenges? Didn't know if someone has done this already. Any one know of one of these?
Why would someone use a sock puppet account to ask this question?
Maybe I'm missing something but, how do you know that it is a sock puppet account? It was created in 2006.
And it has no finds associated with it. I don't know for sure that its a sock puppet, but it sure looks like one
You could be correct. I was just curious.
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I'm 39 but feel much older...
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I was just wondering. Has anyone created a cache so complex that it spans a couple of states or maybe countries? A cache that has puzzles you have to solve to get coordinates to the next cache and it leads you to other destination? Maybe use QR barcodes to hide riddles, messages or coordinates? Sort of like a long adventure with challenges? Didn't know if someone has done this already. Any one know of one of these?
Why would someone use a sock puppet account to ask this question?
Maybe I'm missing something but, how do you know that it is a sock puppet account? It was created in 2006.
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Personally, I think not opening a geocache because humidity is too high (> 80%) is being a bit too cautious.
I agree but some people seem to think a cache log will get ruined if you let 2 hydrogen atoms and an oxygen molecule into a cache. I think he would be much happier if cachers only signed caches in a full vacuum.
Since I rarely vacuum and even more rarely empty it ahh... nm...
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What's wrong with sharing my wife's pocket queries. We live in the same household, and we happen to have two GPS's and screen names. What do you think?
Wrong? I don't know. But unnecessary talk about things which are against the terms of use in the forum of the company is maybe not the most clever idea in the world.
My December paycheck was only $54. Hmm, what should I do to quench my geocaching addiction? Load them one by one?
Or, search for a better paid job.
GermanSailor
That's a bit harsh. How do you what the employment situation is like in his area? Maybe he IS searching for a better paying job? Maybe he is injured and unable to work for most of December?
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... Those playing that game will probably be called Lunatics.
So does that mean that we are to be called Geotics, here on Earth?
You know, by some strange quirk of the language I believe we are still known as lunatics. Not entirely sure how that works.
I'm just a nut...(or so family and somewhat limited friends tell me)
I beg to differ. If you are getting involved in this conversation you are a lunatic.
But just the other day I was wrapping myself in saran wrap after getting out of the shower when my wife walked into the bathroom and said "I can clearly see you're nuts"
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It has been ten years, my friend. TEN. There are news feature stories every week about it, not to mention these bomb scares.Permission or not, this involves first of all, an apparently over-reactive witness, followed by a LEO that is still unaware of a very popular public activity that is now one decade old. To me, that is inexcusable. There is not a police officer in this country that by now should not at least have an inkling of what geocaching is. I don't think that it is being too hard on them to not have a general understanding of our game by now. It makes me wonder what decade old illegal things might be going on under their noses.
There may well be extenuating circumstances behind the actual arrest that we don't know (a belligerent attitude on the cacher's behalf, perhaps?) but I find it very hard to see how the arresting officer could justify any action like that after (finally!) understanding what had taken place. It seems that arresting the person that called in the supposed bomb scare would at least have equal liability in this case!
Well, I will have to disagree with what you wrote and I bolded. I have taught many officers and bring up geocaching many times and have found very few that know about it. You really think that geocaching is that important when meth labs present a multitude of challenges? Trust me, knowing about geocaching is NOT high on the list of things to know when there is so much more out there that we deal with on a daily basis and need to be experts about. Oh, but "old illegal things might be going on under their noses." We must be pretty dumb in your book until you call us to deal with your problem.
Ten years of bomb scares caused by innocent geocaches, and so many LEOs that don't even have a clue of what it is?
Ten years... one tenth of a century. A child that was born when Dave Ulmer placed that first geocache would be in fifth grade today. Halfway to college.
Remember the Y2K scare? That was ten years ago.
America Online bought out Time-Warner ten years ago. America-Who?
Most of us didn't know who Osama Bin Laden was ten years ago. And he was still in Afghanistan.
Yeah... LEOs should know what Geocaching is by now.
No, not really. Still a totally fringe activity. Heck, we can't even make multiple attempts at printed magazines work.
I mean lots of people have dabbled in it (geocaching) a few times. Geocaching.com has 3,000,000 accounts created (half of them never used to find or hide a single cache, in my opinion). Did you ever look at Cacherstats.com? All Geocachers in the entire world with over 200 finds are listed. And there are only 77,000 of them, in the entire world. Totally fringe, man. But I knew of geocaching over 7 years ago. Read about it in many magazines and newspapers.
I bought my wife a GPS two years ago so we could cache (based on a news story we both saw 3 years ago)
Do the police not follow common news and what is going on in the world?(as the police like to say "ignorance of the law is no excuse")
I do not expect the police to know all about geocaching.... but they do need to know of it... a 2 minute seminar wouldn't be to hard.
It would also save a ton of money.
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Why would anyone say anything to the police?
Why wouldn't they?
I don't go around committing crimes, so on those occasions when I have an encounter with law enforcement, I have no qualms telling them exactly what I am doing. It just feels polite, to me. I like to approach the rest of the world sans shoulder mounted chips, and, to me, refusing to answer a polite inquiry, from anyone, including a LEO, just screams of bad attitude.
Note: For those who do go around committing crimes, (even those who have never been caught, and therefor have no record), silence is probably a good idea.
Are you inferring that I am a criminal?
Sure, I have sped and maybe even not obeyed posted hours.
There is NEVER a reason to talk to the police.
Sure... I will be social and polite as I am with anyone... but once a cop tells me anything I say can and WILL be used against me... time to shut up.
I detest blind obedience to "LEO's"
Most people use their heads... some use a badge...
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... Those playing that game will probably be called Lunatics.
So does that mean that we are to be called Geotics, here on Earth?
You know, by some strange quirk of the language I believe we are still known as lunatics. Not entirely sure how that works.
I'm just a nut...(or so family and somewhat limited friends tell me)
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In short... the cop was wrong and proven wrong after trying to cover his azz.
Not all cops are stupid but some are. If even one cop is stupid then that is one too many.
The problem with only one out of thousands of cops being wrong versus one average citizen being wrong is... an average citizen does not have the power to put me in cuffs, beat me and put me in jail.
Cops have a job to do and I would like to think most do it well. But not all do.
And those that don't should be removed by the ones that do and not hidden behind the thin blue line.
I stand by my right to remain silent. "you have the right to remain silent, anything you say CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU"
Why would anyone say anything to the police? It is not my job to help them put me in jail.
they get paid just fine to do that themselves.
For the record, I have no record.
Remember people... the police are paid servants to the taxpayer... not elected officials.
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You could try a Pelican case, these are supposed to to protect your stuff from Bear attack and 3 year old children.
I like those but they are a tad expensive to risk getting muggled.
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Have you tried reading any printed material (book, magazine, newspaper) since 'contracting' your virus?
Do the lines appear to be unusually wide-spaced?
^^^ this post wins the internet.
I mean lots of people have dabbled in it (geocaching) a few times. Geocaching.com has 3,000,000 accounts created (half of them never used to find or hide a single cache, in my opinion). Did you ever look at Cacherstats.com? All Geocachers in the entire world with over 200 finds are listed. And there are only 77,000 of them, in the entire world. Totally fringe, man. 
Arrested in Texas for Geocaching
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too tired to argue... I may come back to this at a later date...
I must say though.. well thought out response..
well presented.. color change and all...
sentence for sentence reply... good...
I bow to you until I reply...