nutlady
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Just now, Max and 99 said:
I don't use PGC.
Fav Points taken away by whom? Previous finders, or GC?
Previous finders wanting more FPs to give away. Take them away from archived caches.
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26 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:
Mine looked correct, except I didn't think I had anywhere near the # Fav Points it said. No idea where'd I even go to check that.
Funny that I got the 20% off coupon the same day that I received two orders. Ha!
Project-gc.com. I noticed that the FPs were more then I have, but then I realized that since I have become a premium member, I get notices when FPs are taken away after I archive a cache. Too bad they can not stay.
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17 hours ago, nutlady said:
Where can I see the videos online? I can find previous years, but not 2018.
ANYONE? *sigh*
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Where can I see the videos online? I can find previous years, but not 2018.
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On 6/11/2018 at 9:13 AM, Team Microdot said:
I fail to see any real similarity between a farmer growing a cucumber and sending people into a storm drain in terms of associated risk levels.
I think cucumbers are generally fairly safe - although I believe some cats are afraid of them.
Actually...as a farmer, and I used to be a walnut processor...I WAS sued because a shell got through ( and there is an allowance, stuff happens) and someone chipped a tooth. Folks, be careful if you actually eat food! ( oh you just know I had to reply to this....)
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Never tried to do this. But I have a question, how do you cache without a vehicle? Call me stupid. I live in the country.
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I will never understand the allure of being FTF. What am I missing?
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Yup, what the above poster wrote. I couldn't put it better.
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3 minutes ago, kunarion said:
LOVE IT! I was labeled nutlady before geocaching existyed. Was not my first choice , that was taken. Nutlady stuck.
I haven't approached anyone about clearing a spot for me. But I have placed a cache in a place where a friend previously archived a cache. I asked if he was planning a new cache, and asked if he'd mind if I placed my own, and he was fine with it. So instead of "kunarion" listed on the cache page, I used my caching team's name instead (until then, one person was on the team, me), and gave the previous CO credit for discovering the cool spot. If my cache was even half the legend of the previous one, that would be great!
Maybe you ("nutlady") would like to see the name of my cache team:
Someone at work once asked me to hand him sone "free running nuts", and commented that "it would be a cool name for a rock band". And I decided it would be cooler as a Geocaching Team Name.
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Do you know the hider? I have this problem often. And I have been asked by other geocachers if they could have my spot. Depending on the cache, I have archived a few that I can think of, it was lame anyway. I myself, do not mind archiving caches that are by my own opinion, sub par for something better. I always appreciate quality caches.
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4 hours ago, Mockingbird559 said:
I made up a picture/story book (called Geobinder) in Microsoft Publisher to show property owners about the game and how it works. Have only used it a couple of times but it has helped.
Most of my placed with permission caches are with property owners that I already know and who already had trust in me. (key point:advance trust) I have used an introduction from a third person which is almost as good.
I usually start with...Hi Bob...I have something for you that is easy, fun and free. Almost everyone says "I like free". I tell them about the game, show the "geobinder" and lay out what I want to do. I tell then I want them to be able to play the game too, by watching us in our goof.
Only been refused twice…for caches on large parcel private property. In both cases, the wife said yes, but the husbands said, "I don't want people messing around in my stuff" (even though the cache would not have been near any "stuff"). No point in pursuing that so I let it go.
I also give the property owner a printout of the cache page from the beginning, and log printouts every few months to keep their interest up.
For me these hides usually involve custom made containers which can take a while to make. Maybe take a nice sample container to do show and tell.
I am working on doing a hide at three properties owned by a woman I have never met, introduced by a third person. Going to take a while…I broke my arm and she is on a cruise.
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Ohhh I want one of these pretty please:-) The geobinder, that is! I have several caches hid on business owners property.....and have gotten super lucky that they all thought it sounded like fun. Especially when I tell them they get to watch, lol. Usually, however, by a security camera. Which is a great deterrent, BTW to put on the cache description page, and help the business owner feel secure. ( Note to self...need to add this little tidbit to some cache pages!) I also assure the owners that we are "respectful" people, just playing a game, and if for any reason there is a problem, I will remove the cache. So far, no problems whatsoever, knock on wood. I always let the business owner know what I am planning to do, because each container is custom made, as you stated, some have said I can do "whatever"....but in a few cases, I have sent pictures of the cache as I make it, and always show them the cache before it is placed, and meet and discuss with them in person where it is acceptable to place the cache....no surprises. The last one that I placed, was at a very trendy, popular local restaurant. So, I made the cache to "fit in".....and it actually looks like part of the decor.....the owner loved it so much, he asked if he could post pictures on his website:-) And I also ask that the employees know about the cache so no one freaks out, and finally,. I thank the business owners in my description, usually, and send emails of the found logs if they want to read them. I keep them " in the loop".
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On 8/29/2017 at 8:54 PM, Think Tink said:
My SO and I were hiking through Golden Ears Provincial Park (West Coast Canada), chatting away, about 100m from the next cache on the trail.
She was deep in conversation, but luckily, I was paying attention - Full grown black bear, less than 75m us. I stopped her walk, but she hadn't yet noticed.
"why did you stop"
i point...
"holy s***!!"
Turns out she'd never encountered a fuzzy friend before that.
I scared it off with some noise and movement, and we went on to find the (fairly generic and otherwise unmemorable) cache.
I'll never forget the look on her face.
Was walking casually on a trail with my husband and 5 kids. Folks in front of suddenly turned around and started hoofing it back to where we all parked. All I heard was " huge rattlesnake". Sure enough, huge enough to have both its head and rattles hidden in the bush on either side of the trail. Hoofed it back ourselves, and when I got to the camp ground/parking spot....I started tossing the 5 kids snacks and water. Trying to regain my blood pressure. Then I glanced over at a tree about 50 feet from me, and I saw a bear cub in it, You all know if there is a cub, mama is not far away....started tossing again, but this time, my kids! Literally throwing them in my car, lets GO LETS GO LETS GO! Yeah, that was memorable!
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On 7/4/2011 at 3:55 PM, Letsride94 said:
If it was logged FTF does this mean you would not have gone for the cache?
This is one thing that I do not understand. I am not a FTF person, I AM just like, yay! A new cache! If I am first, however, I will leave a note that the cache has been found, because other FTF peeps got angry, And then I leave a longer found log later. BUT if a person drives so far to be FTF......why do they not find other caches in the area? Why?
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Funny that I pulled this up tonight. I wanted to give a geocaching friend something special, and I remembered my PG coins. I managed to find 10 of them. But then I wanted to tell them the story, and oh ugh, there goes that memory again! So I googled geocoins misprinted with PG. And it brought me here:-) Nooks, if you are still around...hit me up:-) By the way, Am waiting on Oakcoins too. LOL.
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10 minutes ago, Touchstone said:
Thank you! I thought it was something like that......
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8 hours ago, Mudfrog said:
Being that i let my Charter Membership lapse earlier this year. i have a feeling something will be coming.
BTW....what is a charter membership? I have always wondered.....
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20 hours ago, barefootjeff said:
These days I'm happy to get logs that have actual words in them or even just letters of the alphabet. I've just received another log consisting of a single emoji, this being on a D2/T3 cache in a pretty spectacular sea cave so it's not your average P&G.
The downward spiral in log quality is one of the reasons I've stopped placing caches. It's just not worth the effort.
Yeah. I friend of mine has stopped hiding caches, and archiving all of his "lost" hides because of this. Is a shame, he always put such thought and effort into his geocache hides.
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Little off topic, but I have a few gadget caches, where you have to figure out how to get/find the log. Time and time again, on one of them, I get a found log, found the cache but there was no log in it, so I added my own....I think that a lot of geocachers do not actually read the description page! But it gives me a laugh, every time. As for what I like to read on a log....and am being totally honest here...if it is a cache that I spent dozens of hours on creating, a few more words then "tftc" please. Give me a little credit, please . Did you like it? Was it fun? Did it make you laugh?
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On 8/29/2017 at 10:55 AM, kanchan said:
Trackables belong to their owners, not the cache owners. I see it as a trackable owners' responsibility to mark their trackables missing, not the cache owners'. This kind of discussion discourages some cache owners to put larger containers which can hold trackables.
I do have a large TB hotel. And twice I have had people take way more TBS then they admitted too, and tracked. I have no idea really, do people collect TBs? Is that a "thing"? But I always give a month for the TBs to be taken, or " in the hands of" type logs , after that I post that they are MIA.
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A "measly" 29. But they were all really easy park and grabs, and most of them were identical. It was sooooooooooo boring. But my daughter needed hours behind the wheel to get her license so I did it. I had a hard time writing "interesting" found logs that night!
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OMG.....geocat...I am sending you a link.....lol.....
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On 8/19/2017 at 9:47 PM, mvhayes1982 said:
Oh goodness. We've found the bottom. We thought it was "TFTC". Then we thought it was "." Then we thought it was "That's another find for me! Thanks for hiding this geocache".
But I think "just emoji" logging might actually be the bottom -- and can FOR CERTAIN be blamed on the smartphone app revolution of this hobby.
I got a found log of a fist emoji the other day, for quite some time I wondered if that meant they wanted to deck me! LOL. But also..GRRRRRRR.
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Holy cow.....I JUST finished making amazing cache that will be placed outside a locally owned pizzeria here! Contact me, I will send you pics.
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Thanks, all!
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Would totally be justified. I do try to be on top of maintenance.