The Penguinz

And this cache got past an approver? And seemed to be placed without permission...interesting. Sounds like the beginings of the end of this hobby. If too many people are as irresponsible as this, we will not be allowed to place caches anywhere.

I'm going to chuck in my pennies. First of all I love Locationless 'caches' because I find it awakens me to my surroundings. I'm always on the lookout for Eternal Flames, or Flatiron buildings and because of this I'm looking at EVERYTHING and seeing so much more stuff even in places I know like the back of my hand (hey...when did I get that scar?) While the rule is that only one locationless object may be found by one person, there is a finite number of these things and not everyone in the caching community will be able to log the 1600 September 11 memorials (not currently a locationless). Maybe if the rules were changed that each location can be logged only once a year, that would allow new cachers to claim a location that was originally posted 4 years ago. Virtuals are fun to do, and my wife's personal favorite and I can see a point having them on a seperate point of interest site. For that matter, I can almost go along with Earthcaches being on the same page. But lets talk about Webcams. I've not logged a cam cache yet, but the effort and co-ordination these involve certainly merits a cache find. You have to be in a special location, often times in a special pose and you have to communicate with someone else to take the picture. All of that effort certainly deserves a smiley. Also, I understand that the game originated as a hide a container game. It seems now we are forcing it to be something after it has evolved. If TPTB felt so strongly about it, why did they allow it to evolve at all and come up with this 'solution' earlier? Could they just say "NO, that's just a dumb statue, that's not a cache". I also understand that participation in Waymarking is not required, but to be honest, I really like the game as it is and the diversity of it was what made it so attractive to me and my family earlier this year. All that said, I'd like one page to show my cache finds, benchmarks, waymarks, etc. Waymarking sounds to me like it's a shared experience sort of deal. I ate at this cool place and you should too? Eh, I'd rather look for a cool statue or keep my eyes open for that elusive Carnegie Library.

Mrs. Penguin is Chinese and her picture has been on the front page at least twice. Does that count?

Being only $8, I went with cachemate. It's so easy anyone can use it. I pass my Palm to my wife, my mom, anyone that comes along and they are able to use it without much training. It all comes down to preference, but you can try them for free. We tried cachemate and bought it the next week. And it's great for logging at the end of the day. It will tell you which ones you found that day and you can log quickly.

Random....What is random anyway? Mrs. Penguin made the front page one time. Mr Penguin's image would cause people to shut down the browser window.

I'm 35 and Mrs. Penguin is 33. She looks young and I act immature. So...what's age any way?

I pulled one of these recently. We have a cache that requires a lot of bushwhacking. No two cachers go in the same way. I noticed when I got back to the Cache-uinox I was missing a cell phone. It also happend to be the only thing that wasn't in a zippered or velcroed pocket, or hooked to a clip. After mentioning it in my online log, many folks have tried to find it, but so far, without success. Mrs. Penguin did her now famous eyeroll/head shake, and spared me the lecture.

I'm 6' 4" and was over 275 for a few years, but now I'm at 210. I'm OK with that weight, but would like to turn some of the belly blubber into something less jiggly. Mrs. Penguin is 5'2" and 98 lbs. We are very funny to watch at a slow dance.

My name actually came when my atheletic shape was round. I had quite a tummy on me. At the time, I was playing guitar in a blues band and because we were broke, we usually all shared the room. One city, we were getting dressed for our show and we were donning our tuxes. I was having some trouble getting my shirt tucked in just right and had my pants undone while I smoothed the shirt into place. Suddenly, one of the guys answered a knock at the door and it was the housekeeping lady. She came in and when I saw her, I tried to sneak into the bathroom. On the way to the door, my pants slipped from my fingers, landing around my ankles and I waddled to the bathroom...wearing a tuxedo...with a chubby tummy. The housekeeper said I looked like '..cute portly penguin'. Boys being boys, not a one of them was going to let me live that down. The name just stuck, and I've been lugging it around for about 18 years.

I'd like to try it for a month to see if I'd like to invest in a yearly membership. Also, if selected, I promise to not be obnoxious for a whole month!