mfc, the storyteller

3 posts in the last year.

Will you accept vido submissions in PAL or SECAM encoding, or would they have to be transcoded to NTSC first?

Poppies are the state flower, and collecting wild flowers is against the law - you better make sure to pick them on private property! Luckily, I planted some 10 years ago, and now have a boatload in the yard!

So this "Waymarking" seems to be going the same way as LCs were before they were "put on hold" - why bother? We've already had proposals for "dog poop", "outhouses", "gentlemen's clubs" and "lamppost hides" - I'll add the classic "animal carcasses". Can we just nix the whole idea?

Ummm. In the U.S. In MANY other places in the world, it is the opposite. I've seen frontal nudity at 8-9 PM on the T.V. in Spain, Italy, Germany and France. But violent movies (e.g., "clockwork orange" or the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre") didn't even used to be available for private sale in the original, U.S. version in many places overseas. (The original versions often sold for over $200 on the black market.) Makes me glad I saw "Basic Instinct" for the first time in a theatre in France. There are also places where BOTH is taboo (e.g., China). And in many locales, BOTH violence and sex are taboo. Please don't allow American puritanical views to define an international sport. Edit: I like the ideas expressed further down, of having "self limiting" preferences to control the "types" of waymarks that appear. Sort of like a "V-Chip" for Waymarking. There could be categories such as "nudity/sex/adult themed" (e.g. strip clubs), "violent themed" (e.g., crash sites "upload photos!"), "scatelogical themed" (somebody already submitted a "poo" proposal, I believe).

What is the recommended way to add a local organization to the spreadsheet (an organization with over 50 members that didn't exist in June 2004)? Thx!

Congratulations to The Petoskey Stones on find #600 !! Maybe it's just me, but doesn't it seam like his 2nd 300 happened in a much shorter time than his first 300. I wonder why?

I blame the recent rains for dropping below a "4" average But my favorite stat since I started caching: lost 6 pounds !! Those hikes through Freemont Older and Monte Bello really have an effect! (And walking instead of stuffing my face at noon helps too, I'm sure) My most embarasing stat : find/hidden ratio (but I'm not near the top of that list either )