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Jennifera26

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  1. Well, even though I logged the team out 3 times, it still posted it under the Team Farkle 7, but it is my posting. Hopefully now it will post under the correct name. Thank you Jennifer
  2. Okay, this is my last posting and I will make this very simple. Waymark = Joke Approval = Surprise Archiving = no big deal Nasty little attitude from Waymarking management = not acceptable I have reiterated that finding out thru a message board with Nate's attitude regarding it is what infuriated me NOT that it was archived. And just because the word sorry is used doesn't make it an apology. His intention was to offend and it infuriates me that he can't just say he stepped out of line. If you don't have some respect for the posters you all will be playing by yourselves. I notice Jeremy didn't need to jump in and be ugly about it. You want me to see the point of view of TPTB, I did that several posts ago. You don't seem to be able to see the side that involves our right to be upset about the treatment of the situation. I was under no illusions that the moment belonged to any but us.......but obviously from the other poster, others got the joke. In your own words don't "attach motives to others that you assume", I've never had a problem with it being archived as I've stated several times. The disrespect is just another problem I've had with this site, that's why I'm leaving the group.
  3. Here's Nate's post This is NOT ok and the managers of that category should never have approved it. I'm surprised anyone would even think to do such a thing. If not for marking actual locations, then what is Waymarking for? There is a huge difference between marking where a turtle has crossed in the real world, and marking pixels in an animated movie. *boggles* EDIT: I have archived the waymark Second post from Nate If this Quonset hut waymark were allowed, what would stop people from marking every single theater in the world that screened "Cars"? Why don't we all watch our favorite movie and pick out as many waymarks as we can, and then post them all with our living room coordinates. In fact, come on over tonight and we'll rent Supersize Me. I'll buy the (popcorn icon) Bruce's post So now if it is "fun & rare" we can enter a waymark where ever we want... interesting concept. Hmmm I think when I was walking through Walmart last night they had a WWII movie showing on one of the TV's... I am pretty sure it showed a Luftwaffe Radar Site.... haven't seen many of those around Missouri lately... I guess it is "fun & rare"... I guess I will mark the Walmart as a Luftwaffe Radar Site...... NO, I DON'T THINK THAT IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. It's really hard to look at those in a postive light, the intent seems pretty clear to all I have asked to read it too. Especially since Team Farkle 7 wasn't notified of it's removal with a "respectful email", which is my point. This forum was the only way that it was found out. Like I said before it's not that it was removed but in the manner that it was done. And I noticed that when you quoted wikipedia in your definition of sarcasm you left out the main definition "Sarcasm is sneering, jesting, or mocking a person, situation or thing." Dictionary.com defines sarcasm as "A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound. A form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule." Merriam-Websters defines it as "1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain 2 a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b : the use or language of sarcasm" I am part of Team Farkle 7 but others head it up, I do have a thick skin but when the team is belittled by someone who is supposed to be in charge I have a problem with that. AGAIN I STATE, IT WAS NOT THE REMOVAL THAT IS THE PROBLEM, BUT THE WAY IT WAS DONE. I would feel the same way no matter who it was done to. The Team hadn't expected it to be accepted in the first place, but then it was, so now we find out it was auto approve, fine. A nice email saying "not appropriate" and it gets laughed off. We were so surprised to find a quonset hut in the movie which only added to the excitement, so the team posted it on a lark, believe me we were surprised when it got approved too. We had already made the drive-in post as well. As for you not being put off by the way it was removed, of course not, you weren't the one that was being made to feel stupid. Also, you posted twice before, why didn't you stop this earlier? I've stated several times that it wasn't about having the post archived that was the issue, I understood, it made sense. But when Nate posts it like we're complete idiots for even trying, that really burns my butt. Whether we were or not having management individuals treat you that way is very off-putting and immediately puts you on the defensive. This is something that could have been resolved with no negativaty at all by including just a little respect for the members. Anyway, I've said all I can stand to, I've also had enough of Waymarking. Thankfully I'm not the only member of Team Farkle 7 so it will continue on without me. Hopefully this group will be able to rise above and not penalize the team. I notice noone bothered to respond to the remarks that the Team leader made, I guess the negativity is the only way to get any attention or explanation.
  4. NO ... it did not physcially exist at that location. It was projected on a screen at that location. Following your logic (or is illogic), if I take a book showing pictures of mountains out on my boat then I can waymark a mountain in the middle of Lake Michigan, because while I was there the mountain was there. True a waymark may not permanent. And if I get a log saying that a building I had waymarked was torn down or moved I would archive the waymark. Thus if they want to waymark it then they can. But now that it no longer exists it needs to be archived. It should not have had a life, then the fun could not have been sucked out it it. Well since the movie did exist at that location for at least 4 weeks and could have been visited & waymarked that does make it okay. If you want to stay out on your boat for 4 weeks and let us visit you at that location to see your mountain then that would be okay too. As far as it not having a life, please oh please let me guess....you've never had a moment that was so enjoyable that you felt you might try to share? Team Farkle states that they never really expected to have it accepted but it was. The way it was removed was the problem. All this has come across as is petty & small minded like a bunch of bickering old women. Now I know I will never post, let's hope the leader of the Team still will. As far as I'm concerned this is an elitest group that, god help you, will stone you if you stray from the stringent rules. It was posted in fun, accepted in fun, and could have been declined that way as well.
  5. As far as how long quonsets are there doesn't matter, we have one right here in Michigan that has been in existence for over 20 years that is being dismantled and moved to Ohio. If it was put together with the panels (which is the nature of the quonset) then it can be dismantled & moved no matter how long it's been there. They get moved piece by piece not as a whole. I didn't know that you had to post something to be involved in the discussions here. So is this another rule? If you don't cache you don't get to participate? Please lets add that to the description too. And technically if anyone had gone to that location in the 4 weeks the movie was playing there they would have been able to see & log the cache as well. I guess there should be a note to all, "don't do anything that might be fun, because if it accidentally gets accepted or the group managers agreed with you, Groundspeak will blow it way out of proportion and make a national incident about it". Really this is very encouraging especially considering how many quonsets Team Farkle7 has posted. Since that team seems to be one of the few that bothered to make the transition from the other site.....very encouraging indeed.
  6. You have discouraged in the way that it was addressed. While I expect opinions like that from others here, management should be above that. And you sarcasm was meant to be offensive and make the poster feel stupid, hence the little "boggles" addition. If it was to be discouraged it needed to be done in a more diplomatic manner. As far as I'm concerned I could care less if we bother again. As far as it being "entertaining", obviously the ones managing the quonset group thought so. I'm sure it might have been just as entertaining as some of the ghost story locations. I understand your reasoning and that is how it should have been presented. I don't care so much about the removal but the way it was done and the arguements that were encouraged. You have a very elitest attitude that really turns me off. Rejecting the post is one thing, making it something that needed explaining or defending goes against the very fun of this whole project. This was definitely a whole lot more fun when it was virtual caching under geocache.
  7. There is a Luftwaffe Radar Ruins category and no I couldn't... there is not a Luffwaffe Radar Ruin at the Walmart... it was on the TV. What is the problem?.... Maybe the problem is... let me guess ...The quonset hut did not exist where they marked one as existing!!!!! But I guess that is not a problem for you. Ah but it did exist for that time & place it was as temporary as the quonset itself is. Any cached quonset can be picked up & moved at anytime to anywhere. Therefore NONE of the quonsets cached are PERMANENT as you would like all the waymarks to be, so maybe the entire category should be removed for fear they might not be there to visit. It seems as if the cache was done in fun and taken that way by the managers of the group. What's the problem, do you visit every waymark there is? If not how do you know they exist in the first place, maybe there are more virtual ones than you think. Either way it had a fun factor until the people here sucked the life out of it.
  8. So now if it is "fun & rare" we can enter a waymark where ever we want... interesting concept. Hmmm I think when I was walking through Walmart last night they had a WWII movie showing on one of the TV's... I am pretty sure it showed a Luftwaffe Radar Site.... haven't seen many of those around Missouri lately... I guess it is "fun & rare"... I guess I will mark the Walmart as a Luftwaffe Radar Site...... NO, I DON'T THINK THAT IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. Well if there is a category for Luftwaffe Radar Sites I suppose you could. Then you could also post it to the ever "rare" Wal-Mart postings, since we all need GPS to find one of those. The point is if management thought it was okay for their category and people thought it was fun what is the problem? As far as my "grace & tact" I don't believe I'm within the management community. If you are in charge of something don't you think you would try to be a little more diplomatic? This is turning into a little group of people who aren't thinking about everyone, just what they want. Like I said that's why instead of having the amount of people that did virtual caches in Geocaching you just have the few here. Obviously the person who runs the Art Cars group thought it was fun & interesting to have cars that were found posted to his group. The quonset group doesn't specifically restrict against this, it met the qualifications and it was different. There are lots of postings (i.e. Wal-Mart & McDonald's) that don't need to be cached either, but to each their own. Nobody seems to have their panties in a wad over that one.
  9. I also think that some of the people with Groundspeak could use a little "grace & tact" training. The sarcasm category hasn't been started yet, but you get the first post.
  10. Turtles -Turtles-everywhere,,,,Oh how I love my turtles !!! The turtles are alive and crossing the road daily. Edit: a life for alive... I believe this was supposed to be a fun waymark (which was an actual location and was posted as such in the drive-in category) since quonset huts appearing in anything nowadays is so rare. I also believe that's exactly why it was approved, because it was fun & rare. I believe anyone who was looking at this and reading the description would immediately see that it was a movie and not try to actually visit Sarge at his Army Surplus store. I swear this new Waymarking category out from under Geocaching has completely sucked all the fun out of it with all it's rules & regulations. No wonder hardly anyone that posted in Geocaching bothered to continue over here. You people need to relax a little, obviously you wouldn't want someone Waymarking these things continuously but a little fun injected into a rare waymark isn't that bad. At least it's good to know that despite what the managers may or may not approve that someone else will gestapo their way in and take care of it. So basically this has said loud and clear that the managers of the group are not in charge and big brother is watching and will archive anything he doesn't like. Way to go guys censorship is alive and well!! So much for the fun part, just remember if you make it too hard people don't participate. Anyway just thought I'd put my two cents in about the building disappointment in this Waymarking site, this just puts paid to it.
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