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Savoy 6

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  1. Wow, I guess if an ammo box isn't rainbow, how would I know (or care) what the orientation is.

     

    Being a membership driven group, with rules that are established, isn't this settled on the first page.

     

    As far as agendas, the ASPCA or PETA may get on us for kicking that horse again, and again, and again...

     

    Let's not ruin fun with agendas or politics. I have enough of both on a daily basis.

  2. A week ago I was waiting in a park like area to photograph my daughter before homecoming. A man, his wife, and child were there. They were walking aroung the area, dad looking at his phone and mom and child wandering around. soon they got in there car. I just walked over and asked, "are you geocaching?" The look on their faces was precious.

    No one else noticed the type of behavior. Having found 2 caches in the same spot, of course I knew. They had found it, but didn't want to attract attention. Good call. I went over and looked at the cache, all around me were oblivious to what I was doing. Stealth is good if radar is working. Dullards may never notice anything if they are preoccupied. ;)

     

    My $.02

  3. I think it was Nietzsche that said, "there is your way, there is my way, there is no THE way". Sorry, I couldn't resist. How many time can you use that.

     

    Just have fun. Life's too short to worry about the small stuff and what others think.

    laissez les bon temps rouler :huh:

  4. I have 3 packs I use; A Blachawk Phoenix (1st Gen) for the winter for extra gear, a Mountain hardware for longer Spring summer with a CamelBak system; and a CamelBak MULE for shorter hunts/hike close to home.

     

    Remember the old saw, "if it looks stupid and it works, it isn't stupid". Fashion shows and style don't keep you warm, dry and fed. But, I could be wrong

  5. I bought my GPS in October 2004 in anticipation of a contract job in Iraq.(didn't come to be, my choice). Up surfing the net for "how-to" info, found Geocaching.com, and started from there. My activity was limited to available time. Had a personal loss and stopped. I'm back hunting again.

    I have found cachers without looking, came up in conversation about hobbies, GPS, mapping. I incorporate GPS, mapping, and waypoints into my work. Geocaching pays off, I guess. :unsure:

  6. Just my 2 cents. Being the owner of 2 long term time shares(plots), one occupied by a loved one and the other waiting for me, find another spot. We have not run out of land to the point that cemetaries are the last frontier. It literally is "over the top".

     

    Also, haven't we kicked this dead horse before, in another thread?? Let's find another horse and ride off into the sunset.

  7. Bogleman,

     

    What a small world. The Fireboy is also CRASH FIRE RESCUE at the airport where we live. Don't you just love the BIG trucks! They got a new Snozzle about 2 years ago, the one with the piercing nozzle, gotta love when you can poke a nozzle into a C130 and spray the inside without even getting out of your truck. ;o)

    mmmmmmmm love the smell of diesel exhaust and Jet-A in the morning - quite the rush, hmmmm I think I need some more drivers training.

     

    going off topic, sorry, does Fireboy trade patches? Send a PM if so and I'll see if I can dig one up :unsure:

     

    Been in EMS 33 years, Paramedic for 27. I'm an EMS bureau-cat :unsure:

  8. The best hiking boots I ever owned were made by Salomon. I had them for years. They retailed for $180 but I got them on trade for photographic services to Moosejaw Mountaineering. Man, I loved those boots. :D

     

    Now I go with whatever is on sale and try to stay with a quality boot in the $60-$80 range.

     

    Gore tex Vasque. Wore a pair of all leather Vasque hikers for 20 years, threw them away. New technology of boots is amazing. Vasque may be pricey, but having had bunions and other foot ailments, quality is worth it. The internet is an amazing place for value/comparitive shopping

  9. This occurs more frequently in less hostile climates than folks may or may not be aware. in '99 in USAF Basic training it was fatal, another time at a State police training academy had students suffer kidney failure from dehydration are just 2 that come off the top of my head immediately.

     

    There is so much good info on hydration for folks, Camelbak's site has some good research for heat as well as cold climates, the "forgotten" cause of dehydration. I've treated dehydrated patients in both types of climates. Like heat exhaustion in January. I spent a summer in the "Gulf" a few years back, nobody on my watch had a heat related problem.Had an eye on them and made sure they watched themselves.

     

    A good cause for pause for cachers and pertinent to the forums. Pretend you're a baby; drink, pee, poop. Good signs of hydration. Hydration 101. Always have a litre of H20 in my camelbak. never know when you may need it. like a cell phone, it's a bad thing if you need it and it's in your car. Camelbak and other foks now have tabs to add electrolytes and flavor to the tube taste.

     

    But hey, I've been wrong before. :D

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