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Sounds like two wrongs to me. The cacher's attitude was obviously horrible. That goes without saying.
But also, you hid your cache in what sounds to me like a terrible location. Just because it is public land doesn't mean that it should have a cache hidden there. I hate caches that put me in or near people's back yards. Even if *all* of the neighbors know about the cache, and are fine with it, as a finder, I do not know that. What was so special about that spot that it needed a cache, anyway?
While I mostly agree that caches should be put in places that people would like to see because they are interesting, that doesn't mean they all have to be.
One cache in my city (GC1E73H)is placed in a green strip between a semi-major road and an alley behind some houses.
It is a very clever hide and the CO placed it there because his mother lives in the retirement home across the street and likes to look out the window. He placed it there so she can see cachers now and then.
She even contributed some nice hand knitted stuff as swag.
The location itself is nothing special that "it needed a cache" but do you think one shouldn't have been placed there?
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Hi, we have known about geocaching for a couple of years and signed up then, but are just now able to afford a gps, so we started a few days ago.
We have a problem. We easily found a geocache (our 3rd) yesterday and we can't figure out which one it was. We marked it on our gps as "found" and the cache number doesn't match anything on the cache list on geocaching.com. As far as I saw, the cache wasn't labeled, nor was the owner's trail name on it anywhere. I went so far as to look on the comment portion of the geocaches in that area to see if I could figure it out by the stuff that was in the box, but no luck there either. I do remember at least one trail name on the log, but I looked that person up and they have found hundreds of caches and probably wouldn't be able to tell me which one it was.
How do we figure out which cache it was?
Thanks in advance!
You must have had the co-ords and details in the first place, to even look for it.... or do you just look in all the likely spots while you're out and about, just in case?
I was wondering this also.
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I don't think it was fixed. I was one of the thousands who voted for him!
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That was awesome of you c48. Really. It has actually inspired me to do the same.
I am a strong believer in karma but I also like to do good things just because I can.
Kinda like reverse karma... I have had people do good things for me, so I like to repay.
But then... sometimes we just do good things because it is the right thing to do.
Bruce.
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Sometimes we receive correspondence that we don't agree with or fully understand.
Rather than taking a minute to comprehend the situation, we sometimes post things too quickly. It is always a good idea to take a few breaths and calm down prior to posting.
It's rarely a good idea to post when in a cranky mood.
When one does this, he or she should be willing to accept criticism and correction without lashing out at those offering that criticism or correction. I just experienced this a few days ago. It can be quite humbling.
When 95% of the responses to a question point towards the fact that you are incorrect, why you are incorrect, and/or ways in which to correct your error, you may want to take time to take that to heart. Rarely are so many in complete agreement here or anywhere else on the internet.
If you find yourself about to lash out in ways you know are not appropriate, then walk away for a while. Wait until you are able to calmly enter the discussion before you post. You and everyone else will be the better for it.
Good advice and worth following.
Although I have been posting on forums for oh.... 12 years give or take, I sometimes forget to relax and take a breath before posting.
It is indeed good advice.
It does seem that the older I get, the easier it is to follow that advice.
(not to say I will not be a stupid azz in the future) but I shall do my best.
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I nominate you (briansnat) as cacher or the year for 2010.
What happened to 2009 anyway? Did the 2006 incident happen again?
2009 was a crappy year for me. I have decided it didn't exist. nuff said...
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oops.
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Some things that I've left in caches:
Small US flags
US flag pins
modeling clay
individual packs of insect repellent wipes
carabiners
Energizer squeeze lights
stickers
Ckip on ball and zipper pull compasses
bags of toy soldiers
water colors
mini screwdriver sets
allen wrench sets
gel pens
boxes of crayons or colored chalk
emergency rain ponchos
packs of AA batteries
collectable coins (buffalo nickels, indian head pennies, SBA or Sacagawea dollars)
music CDs
blank RW CDs
cassettes (blank and recorded)
calculators
clip on safety strobes
bungee cords
LED key lights
"euro" stickers & other decals
mini sewing kits
maps (hiking & road)
software
travel packs of Wet Ones or Baby Wipes
Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars
key rings
packs of Hefty Handi Sacks
bags of balloons
rolls of camo duct tape
velcro fasteners
interesting buttons
padlocks
foreign money
rolls of film
electrical tape
Slinky Jrs.
kazoos
movies on VHS & DVD
office supplies (packs of paper clips, thumb tacks, Post-Its, etc...)
Mylar emergency blankets
decks of cards
wallets
Pick Up Sticks
individual packs of Armor-All & Rain-X wipes
survival whistles
travel packs of facial tissue
Wheresgeorge bills and stamps
Geocaching.com hats, pins, patches and stuff
I get the stuff in supermarkets, WalMart, Home Depot, Target,drug stores, toy stores you name it. I always have my eyes open for inexpensive, useful items for caches and if I run into somthing I'll buy a bunch. For example I was in Home Depot last week and they had a bin where they were selling a combo phillips/flathead screwdriver for 99 cents. I bought 10.
WalMart sells emergency rain ponchos for 97 cents. Every time I go to WalMart I buy a bag full. They are my standby trade item. Cheap, but useful.
I nominate you as cacher or the year for 2010.
Please move to my city and start hiding caches please.
(I said please twice because well... us Canadians are polite that way)
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Ahem!"I am just a new boy, stranger in this town."
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Laptops, keys to new cars, cash, naked women for bittsen and kinder surprise toys.
On serious note... anything you would like to find.
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I killed a man on Christmas eve.
It was around 2:00 am and the wife and I were sound asleep when I was awoken by a loud noise in the livingroom.
My first thought was that someone was breaking in to steal the presents. (or maybe Santa?)
But no. It was a large man removing the large screen TV we bought last year.
He rushed me and I... well... I ran!
I ran into the kitchen with him close at my heals. He was gaining on me when I reached the counter and grabbed a big stabby kitchen knife and turned to confront him.
Not a good move.
he ran right into the knife.
Blood was splurting all over when my wife (woken up from the commotion) ran in and saw me standing there with a bloody knife in my hand and a large dead intruder bleeding to death on the floor.
We had a short conversation that informed me that the "large intruder" was in fact one of her co-workers who she had given keys to our home so he could deliver my "surprise" new flat screen 52" LCD TV so that I would be surprised on Christmas morning.
After much talk about prison... we decided we could never tell anyone about this, let alone the cops.
I read a lot of true crime books and decided the best way to conceal this was to put the body in our deep freezer for a few days and then run it through a rented wood chipper (frozen body chips up nice and doesn't leave blood all over) and feed the frozen body parts to our two big dogs.
We placed his truck deep in the woods about 20 miles from our house and hid a geocache in under the hood.
So far we haven't been caught... er... maybe I said too much.
But as far as geocaching sins... none yet!
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I try to carry extra baggies, little notepads, small lock n' locks, and other repair items with me, and even when I forget those items I frequently try to dry out damp caches and logs. The only time I won't try to fix up a wet cache is if it's raining when I find it, and trying to fix it will only make it worse.
If I know in advance that I'll be visiting a cache that has been reported to be in bad shape, I will often go prepared to fix or replace it. A lot of people in the Ottawa caching community take care of each other's caches. In the case of caches where the owner doesn't seem to be around anymore, it's common for other cachers in the area to formally or informally adopt them. There are even a bunch of old caches that our local club has adopted as a group, and we all keep an eye on them.
Very cool. I wish more cachers would do the same. I try to do this also.
Another question though about replacing logs? I found a nano the other day with a full log. Would it have been appropriate for me to remove the full logsheet and replace it, then email the cache owner and offer to send him the full log? or just leave it be and post a note telling him the log is full as I did?
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Why would a cheap plastic toy make his day if trade items didn't matter?
You are teaching a 3 year old to take from caches without leaving anything in return. So he it learning that there are no consequences for his actions.. What he does has no effect anywhere else.. plus a sense of entitlement. When he turns 18 in the year 2025 and he gets caught shoplifting, perhaps he may call his mom expecting her to bail him out. Perhaps she may say no to teach him a lesson, but it may be too late by then anyway...
If he wants to take a toy from a cache, I will find something in my bag to put back in - a toy he's not interested in anymore, a dollar, a carabiner, whatever. And I only let him take one - if there are two things he finds interesting, he has to choose. My earlier comments about taking stuff from caches without leaving anything were tongue-in-cheek. Anyway, is it necessary to attack my mothering skills because I'm into caching for the search, and not the swag?
My point is that there's no objective value to swag - the little toys that many people complain about are the only swag items that I ever bother taking, and that's only because I cache with a small child. If there is no toy in a cache to interest him, it's not a big deal - I still enjoy finding the cache, and taking a few moments to sign the log and read what others have written. I'm not going to storm home and spam the forums with complaints about how rude everyone is for leaving boring swag that my kid doesn't like.
The people with the sense of entitlement are the ones who expect to find expensive prizes in geocaches, and complain about "cache degradation" when a cache's contents don't meet their particular tastes.
My earlier comments about taking stuff from caches without leaving anything were tongue-in-cheek.Hard to detect "tongue-in-cheek" on the internet.
For the record though, I don't recall reading anything in this thread about people expecting to find "expensive prizes in geocaches".
As for "cache degradation", people place caches and sometimes start them off with decent stuff in them. Eventually the caches end up with crappy stuff in them because people don't trade up as they should. Hey it happens, I understand...
Doesn't mean it's OK though.
If you condone this then hey... I'm glad you don't cache in my area.
Not too sure how much my opinion counts, I am just a new boy, stranger in this town.
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I've definitely taken a legally-questionable shortcut to get to a cache, but I don't blame the cache owner for it. Sheesh.
No, you should blame yourself for breaking the law for foolish and unnecessary reasons.
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I also do not search for caches for stuff... but some do... and some do with children that like to find trinkets...
If you have no interest in any swag... why take any?
My reply is to those that complain about people complaining about those who don't trade fair....
I'm not sure if it's your weird punctuation that is obscuring your meaning or what, but I'm not sure that I understand what you are trying to say.
Unless you're a small child out with your geocacher parents, trade items are not the main object of the game. Yet the trade items that are of interest to the young ones are usually derided as geojunk!
There is no objective value to any piece of swag. You mentioned a broken pencil vs. a remote control car as an example of an "unfair" trade, but if that car is keeping the lid from closing and the cache could use a pencil, then hey - fair trade.
When I bother putting swag in a cache, it's because I found something cool, but inexpensive that I thought other cachers would dig. I don't hit the trails with the expectation of finding expensive trinkets and gifts for myself. Any cacher who does have that expectation is seriously misguided.
Seriously? you are going to criticize my punctuation? I suppose if you cannot grasp the meaning of what I am saying then I will let it go... I had thought people from ontario were superior... or from the lake at least...
NM... Cancel my transfer payments...
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Cache pages that say "trade up or trade equal" or similarly asinine comments about swag should be subject to archival for ALR.
They are suggestions not subject to log deletion. Do I detect some guilt?
I understand your position. The site promotes itself as a "Treasure Hunt" which implies not trading evenly. However, you CAN leave an evenly valued item for something unique to protect your karmic soul.
It is possible!
I really hate the term "treasure hunt" and wish Geocaching.com would eliminate all references to it.
Anyway, what is the true value of an object? It's monetary value? The joy it brings? I see a lot of people make snide remarks about toys in caches, but most of the time I cache with a three-year-old in tow, and one more than one cache outing, a cheap plastic toy has made his day (and mine).
Most people have the common sense to know that a broken pencil is not a fair trade for a remote controlled car.
It really has nothing to do with monetary value...
I will say that not everyone has common sense but a lot of us do and some even ignore it.
I have no idea why anyone would argue against it... odd...
I am ok with people that don't have a clue... that it how cache degradation happens... but why defend it?
Sorry... it's cold here...
When I come home cold and tired.... It's good to warm my bones beside the fire.
Cache degradation? Is a cache really about what's inside? I care about the adventure and the hunt that lead to the cache, and I couldn't care less if the cache contains a remote control car or ten dirty golf balls. A good cache is good because of its location, not because of the swag. IMHO, it's the people who complain about swag quality who "don't have a clue."
I also do not search for caches for stuff... but some do... and some do with children that like to find trinkets...
If you have no interest in any swag... why take any?
My reply is to those that complain about people complaining about those who don't trade fair....
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Cache pages that say "trade up or trade equal" or similarly asinine comments about swag should be subject to archival for ALR.
They are suggestions not subject to log deletion. Do I detect some guilt?
I understand your position. The site promotes itself as a "Treasure Hunt" which implies not trading evenly. However, you CAN leave an evenly valued item for something unique to protect your karmic soul.
It is possible!
I really hate the term "treasure hunt" and wish Geocaching.com would eliminate all references to it.
Anyway, what is the true value of an object? It's monetary value? The joy it brings? I see a lot of people make snide remarks about toys in caches, but most of the time I cache with a three-year-old in tow, and one more than one cache outing, a cheap plastic toy has made his day (and mine).
Most people have the common sense to know that a broken pencil is not a fair trade for a remote controlled car.
It really has nothing to do with monetary value...
I will say that not everyone has common sense but a lot of us do and some even ignore it.
I have no idea why anyone would argue against it... odd...
I am ok with people that don't have a clue... that it how cache degradation happens... but why defend it?
Sorry... it's cold here...
When I come home cold and tired.... It's good to warm my bones beside the fire.
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A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
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So now people have to prove they are innocent?
Ever get a traffic ticket?
The time of "innocent until proven guilty" went out a LONG time ago.
Are you kidding me? I am a courier.... I get tickets daily....
I am innocent because the traffic cops never take the time to go to court to fight my dispute.
All you have to do is .... nevermind... you are right.
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Has anyone cut the top off of a stump before? If so, how is it done? I am planning on making a cache where the top of a hollowed out stump opens with a hinge and a cache is placed inside. I want the cut to be straight and flush so that it is hard to tell it was cut. Any help would be great! Thanks
Unless the stump is on your property, you don't.
what he said.
Did the OP at any point indicate that the stump was not his property?
I think the more important question should be "did the OP at any point indicate that the stump was on his property?
So now people have to prove they are innocent?
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I'm pretty sure that movie is faked, the jury is out yet. It's under investigation on Snopes.com but undetermined as yet.
Yes, explosives are easy to make, and silly stuff like the unidentified red liquid and white powder give the video a dramatic Hollywood touch (the viewer is supposed to think 'ooooh, what it is is a secret, so it must be real'!), but scare tactics like that obviously edited video do nothing to advance the discussion.
Whoever made it knew more about film-making than explosives, but not much about either!
Really? How much explosive training have you had? Any military? I have, EOD. LEO EOD? Yup, got that too.
If you think small amounts of binary explosives isn't possible and isn't a reality then you need a more education in it and what you "think" really doesn't matter. You're in Alabama. Why don't you just ramble on over to Redstone and maybe you might learn facts instead of what you think as "pretty sure".
I've seen it first hand.
Whoever wrote on Snopes "I'm pretty sure nothing short of an (impossibly) scaled-down thermo nuclear device would have close to this capability" knows absolutely nothing about binary explosives or thermo-nuclear devices.
And with that you have offered your credentials up.
If this video does turn out to be fake, are you willing to admit you don't know as much about what you claim to as you say you do?
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You guys are so lucky! My wife loves geocaching... I pick up the GPSr and there she is, in the car before I can get my boots on
We get on the trail and the next thing I know, she hands me the dogs' leashes, and takes the GPSr 
And what really sets me off is the inevitable "I found it" from her once we get to the cache coordinates 
Oh, and try to just go out to a quiet dinner... no, she meets me at the back door with the Garmin in her hand, asking if I have any caches loaded for the area around the restaurant 
I've tried trekking her through critter infested swamps. Long trails in freezing weather. Dark, spider infested holes............... I'm at a loss. HOW do you guys break your spouses from trying to take over your geocaching? HELP!
Wife swap? Mine cooks well... looks pretty and earns more in a month than I do in a year...
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J-Way,
Each is embroidered with its own unique Travel Bug tracking number (and the Travel Bug logo). Each shirt comes with its own set of Travel Bug tags printed with the same number as the shirt.
Do I stuff my kid into the ammo box or just leave him stitting beside it?
You mean like this?
SAMMO-CAN by Babybackpackers
That pic is awesome... Adorable baby... ammo can...
Two thumbs up!
Bruce.
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Many new items have been added to the Shop Groundspeak website in recent weeks, including a limited edition Signal the Frog geocoin! Check these out!
Ladies Geocaching Logo Track Jacket
Mens Geocaching Logo Track Jacket
And finally a limited edition Signal the Frog January 2006 Geocoin!
Hmm.... I notice the womens shirt lines curve inward... thus making them look thinner... while the mens curve outward with an obvious bulge in fabric making us look fatter...
That's it! I'm gonna start wearing lululemon pants to make my azz look good!!
And what really sets me off is the inevitable "I found it" from her once we get to the cache coordinates 
Oh, and try to just go out to a quiet dinner... no, she meets me at the back door with the Garmin in her hand, asking if I have any caches loaded for the area around the restaurant 
How do I make people my friends.
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Oh... that's what I've been doing wrong...