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ROFLMAO - and dressed

But it is a social norm in this country to go into public places "appropriately dressed." That might mean anything from an Armani Tuxedo to nothing at all. I think that the point others have been trying to make is that expectation has been abused. Like I said before, if he does it when and where he has minimal probability of being seen by those who could potentially be offended, then he will be free to wear whatever he choses. And since people are hanging on definitions here you might note that a prude is from the French word "prudefemme" meaning "good woman" or "a woman who shows or affects extreme modesty." Please note the word "woman" in the definition. Source: Merriam Webster Since nudecacher is obviously not a woman, and ParrotRob is probably not a woman, the word has no meaning in this topic. This topic is actually quite fascinating: Ranging from the legal to the sociological aspects of it. While this topic has definately skewed from geocaching it is a very insightful look into the mores, values and norms across the country.

Your freedom ends where mine begins. My freedom ends where yours begins. That is why murder is not allowed. You are not free to kill other people because you take away their freedom to live. We are free in many senses, however when you try to infringe upon my freedoms we have an issue. I am free to walk in the woods and not be offended by seeing naked people running around. You are free to walk around naked in the woods as long as I nor anybody else sees you.

I would question the overall sanity of any person out walking nude in any context. Nudity is best left for your home or areas like beaches that have been clearly posted. Even the animals in the woods have the decency to grow hair.

I heard about it from somewhere - I have no idea where. About a year later I was looking for a family activity and remembered something about it. I pulled up the web page and found a simple cache. We drove out to the location without a GPS and looked around until we found it. We actually found a couple of them without the GPS, just map reading skills, before I finally broke down and bought one. It wasn't until after we found the first one that I decided to sign up. A long time ago I stopped signing up for stuff on the internet until I knew with absolute certainty that I wanted to participate in the said activity. I still get junk e-mail on one account from companies that I only wanted to check their product out 6 or 7 years ago.

Isn't there a rough equation that will let you get close to the actual distance though?

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You could make it a "leave something that tells me about you" cache. Of course the items could later be traded out by other cachers. Or just put in one item and the next person has to try to put in or trade out an item that somehow relates to the first item - and explain their reasoning no matter how stretched.

Usefullness is in the eye of the beholder definately. We have taken to leaving a small clamp at every cache. Sometimes we also trade for other items, but we always just leave the clamp. To some that could be considered "junk". In general, unless it violates the rules I would just leave the stuff in there. - hey you never know when somebody might actually want a used lightbult or flash cubes. I can't imagine who, but somebody just might think it is the greatest thing ever. Since I am in the process of building a house I could use some free electrical outlets and wall sockets. . . .

But it is a hurdle. I know that the site owners probably do this as a labor of love and stuff, but geocaching.com and Groundspeak.com is a business. Businesses strive to bring in customers by removing barriers to trade, not creating them. A mandatory test would be a huge barrier to the new user - who really enjoys taking a test? Imagine having to take a test before you can purchase and play Monopoly. However - should a quick video download or stream be available with info, that would probably fly. Say a quick 5-10 minute introduction/welcome really quick bit on geocaching. That would actually be nice when trying to explain it to land owners and such as well - esp if it was downloadable.

A cookie would never work - I flush mine on a very regular basis. I would suppose that I am not the only one. This whole topic is plain silly anyway. Next you'll want to break people into leagues and classes and you'll be debating who should be a minor league vs. major league vs. little league player. Maybe then we can do conferences and really break things down. Yes, simple hides probably suck when you are experienced - but they are great for the inexperienced. Really great hides suck for the initiate simply because they will never find them. I vote that the user hider/seeker simply try to document the difficulty/terrain as best they possibly can. Let's keep the rules to a bare minimum - it is the open ended aspect that makes this game fun!

Sorry I missed hunting for it - was going to last weekend but ran out of time finding others. I had this happen on my first cache I put out. Luckily the kids that found it brought it back. Now I am working on a (I hope) clever re-hide for this. I am rather new to geocaching, however have found it to be a wonderful family experience. I hope you don't stop hiding caches because of a bad experience by some. Instead, try to get even more creative with your hides. Take heart and know that there are many who do appreciate the effort and work that have been put into your caches. I'm sure those who did find it were happy with their find.

From my perspective this feature could turn off potential future cachers. Being able to "test drive" is why I first bothered at all. I would have never went out and found that first cache if I would have been forced to create an account and log in. After I got the coords, went out and found it I was hopelessly hooked and then signed up for an account so I could recount my "adventure". I certainly understand the desire to have direct control over the website by knowing who is getting what, encouraging them to log, all other valid busines reasons, however I do question if it will turn away people. Well that's my two-cents worth...

Try keeping your eyes closed really really tight. - don't peak!

That looks to be another lame movie with bad acting and sub-par plot.

Maybe completed is too hopeful of a word. How about we change the question to: what would you most likely want to participate in, or which TB did you actually do more than simply move it to a new cache. Not that I wont be happy if the person simply moves it.

That looks to be another lame movie with bad acting and sub-par plot.

I just purchased my first travel bug dog tag. Since I want this travel bug to have an interesting existence I have spent quite a bit of time pouring over the missions of other travel bugs. I was curious what travel bug missions you might find interesting to complete? I am hoping for a little something more than "travel from cache to cache" and a little less than "travel around the world, visiting every major tourist attraction." So what travel bug mission would you be most interested in completing?

The most interesting thing about opinions is that they are more often composed of feelings instead of intellect and fact. If we are going to ban something, let's ban the traditional cache. Face it - no purpose is served by it except for self-satisfaction. Oh wait, it is that same self-satisfaction that I get when I find a micro. I especially like micros that are well hidden and are clever. Maybe we shouldn't ban them after all. The nice thing about this game is that if you don't like an aspect of it, you don't have to play it that way. This is your game, play it however you like as long as it doesn't impact the enjoyment by others. Oh, and get over yourself - if there is no good traditional, multi, whatever your favorite cache is in your area - go hide some. Maybe everybody else in your area will suddenly start to hide them to. Otherwise face it, people hide what they like, not what you like. True they hope you will come, but if you don't that's alright to. It is your game - play it how you want - but don't stop me from enjoying how I want to play it.

I have re-enabled my Kampeska Outlook and hidden two new challenging micros as part of a mini series that I have decided to do.

How could you ever even think about cacheing on company time? (All praise the company!) Why would you ever want to deprive the company of the time you sold them? (The company above all else!) You should never use the internet except for work purposes. (All hail to the company!) You should never breath while on the company time without permission. (The company is my life!) (The company is our friend and our only reason for living. Yeah Company!) I have never had the opportunity to cache on company time ... forums are another thing.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...eb-861f7b95a4c8 I was actually going to do this one before I did my first published one, however didn't get there until recently. As such this is a fairly simple cache, however I think the area itself is nice to visit. The leaves are changing which gives you about a 1 mile drive of leaves to look at if nothing else.

On one of my very first caches I found it ok and logged it. When we got back to the car and drove 50 feet down the road, we saw that the drive to the area was marked No Trespassing. It seems that some people don't mark their stuff very well. So I guess I've geocached a no tresspass without meaning to. I never mentioned that little tidbit in the logs. I probably should have.

That's what those are. There are several of them at the International Peace Gardens on the U.S. - Canada border. Sorry I can't be of any actual help.