Rho DeKay

Oh, I lost a dime here about 5 years ago.

You may not be a nOOb if... 1. You sleep with your GPSr under the pillow 2. You have secretly named your GPSr 3. Every outlet in the house has battery rechargers plugged into it 4. You can recognize the boot prints of local cachers, possibly even their car tire brands 5. Have uncontrollable urge to scream "why can't you just give me the coordinates, Luddite!!" everytime someone tries to explain directions to you 6. Insist that people only refer to you by your alias i.e. Swamp-Rat, Geo-Gigolo, Viper1, etc. instead of your real name BRB, have to go dig around in a ditch somewhere for something.

It could be called a GPS...Go Pee Standing. Tip: only point it south..tee hee

I'll tell the story fisrt. I was coming back down a trail one day when I spotted a bulging plastic grocery bag hanging off a tree... Yes, I found a big bag full of crap. Maybe they just misunderstood how to "log" the find?

The "essence" of geocaching is FUN. It is not always FUN to be constantly obligated to lookout and shop for new and interesting items, obsess about their trade value, lug a range of items through km/mi of off-road terrain, obsess some more at the find about value, then leaving with a vague unease that some sort of judgement will be passed over your choices?! Getting way too complicated. At what point does caching stop being a sport/activity and becomes another bill to pay or even worse another form of bias? I mean, do the math. Some peeps have logged over 3000 finds, even dollar store items would add up to a minimum of $3000, not to mention the time it would take actually find 3000 so-called quality trade items. It is FUN to follow clues, get fresh air, meet peeps and look at all the goodies that reflect the unique personalities of previous visitors, without having to spend half of your valuable day engaged in enforced geoshopping. If anyone has a compromise, it would be nice to hear about, but slamming us Newbie's, the TNLN peeps, as well as advocating Christmas-like shopping stress for every single cache detracts from the real benefits and intent of the game. That's my 2 cents, now I'm broke! TN Left Opinion