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A & J Tooling

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  1. As a curious person (probably why I like geocaching) and one who always posts my DNF's, I have personally seen people look for a cache, but not find it. Then after numerous days of watching the cache listing, no DNF is logged. It made me wonder:

    Why don't they play the game and log a DNF?

     

    Too much testosterone?

    Not wanting to ruin their stats, even though they are the only one who will see the DNF's (I think, maybe PM can)?

    Looks bad for your image?

    Etc.

     

    If you don't post a DNF after looking for a cache and not finding it, why not?

    There probably won't be many replies to this for the same reasons DNF's are not logged. :rolleyes:

     

    As someone who has to take testosterone replacement therapy, I am highly offended by this comment! :rolleyes: However, I have logged six dnf's at my latest challenge when it really should be like 33. The local police now ask me if I've found it yet. <_<

  2. My most fun encounter so far was last summer. There was a dead tree and the cache placement seemed to be on top in a detent. I stuck my hand up there without looking and found a bee hive. The owners were kind enough to shut it down until they could relocate it. I 'met' about 27 or so bee's they did not like my hand being there.

  3. These were shown in the best container thread a while back but they used soda pop bottles instead. I've already found about 20 of them this winter so they do work well and you can make a lot of them pretty quickly. The ones around here, they use pepsi tops because they are already grey and are easy guardrail hides.

  4. Btw, maybe not the place to put it but ;

     

    Why does almost every reply contain all the previous pictures and stuff.

    It takes up a lot of space, and its no 'fun' seeing the same picture 15 times with only 1 or 2 lines of reply.

    Isn't it usual to leave the pic's (and large pieces of unrelated text) out when replying ?

    :unsure:

     

    With it, it makes it very 'messy' to read.

     

    It seems on this forum people get highly agitated if you alter their posts in any way, shape or form. Silly but true.

  5. A couple of months ago, I visited a few caches that were in the cemetary that houses the homeless and abandoned. Many of those folks were Veterans that didn't know how to readjust to civilian life. Many were just people that didn't know how to fit in with the rest of us. If not for us, who else would visit these people and wonder about their stories?

  6. In Nevada, and most other places, it illegal to enter an abandonded mine. The State tries to seal them off, but it is not cheap, so they try to get the most unstable or higher risk ones first. (Higher risk = in popular off road enthusiest areas).

     

    I believe what A & J Tooling is refering to is the minefields in war zones. I doubt you will find any geocaches inside the marked areas, but I have found some geocaches just outside the minefield fence along the access road.

     

    Actually I'm referring to old shooting ranges from WW1 and WW2 right here in the States. A lot of those old places have been turned over to other people or government bodies over time and made into parks or get-aways. Places we go to. :unsure:

  7. This is one of the most educating thread I see for a long time. I knew most of the info and was happy to have a refresh.

     

    I wonder if bomb squads will like to teach us about safely around dynamites and blasting caps at geocaching events. At the same time, they might learn more about geocaching. I do understand that we geocachers have a higher risk of finding explosives. Will be nice if cachers are updated about what to do when they see it.

     

    Mark the location and alert the authorities. That is all you can do.

  8. As to how dangerous this stuff can be, I once found something that the paintings and markings on it suggested that it was inert and non-explosive. I tossed it toward the truck that was full of inert/non-explosive stuff. I missed and it went over the truck and exploded. I nearly had an accident. It was an eye opening experience.

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