Jump to content

CamoCacher

+Premium Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    223

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by CamoCacher

    MN MNGCA 2008 Coins are here

    in Trackables

    Posted

    Thanks for that. Brilliant idea. Going by the photo it looks like it worked really well... and we all know how much better again the coins look in person over a photo! ;)

     

    Yes these are beautiful coins.

    Both in look and feel.

    You won't be disappointed.

     

    How much is international shipping?

     

    1.50 for the first coin

    .50 after

    MN MNGCA 2008 Coins are here

    in Trackables

    Posted

    Hey gardengorrlia, How funny is this? We were just talking about these coins. I hope the

    one I sent you arrives soon. Not sure how long it takes to get to Canada. 1-2 weeks?

     

    CamoCacher, Does Merkman have any or shoud I go through the MnGCA Website

    to get one? I HOPE that you stay safe where ever you are being deployed to. And a

    GREAT BIG THANK YOU for keeping our country free.

     

    -Dardevle-

     

    Dardevle

     

    Let me know what kind and quantity on here or the MNGCA and I'll get you on the list - let me know where to invoice you at too!

     

    Thanks for the words of support.

    MN MNGCA 2008 Coins are here

    in Trackables

    Posted

    The MN 2008 MNGCA Coins have arrived and are ready for sale. This is a first come - first served sale.

     

    We have antique and shiny silver coins. Please specify the type and number of each in your post.

     

    They are 10.00 each plus 1.50 for the first coin (for shipping) and 0.50 for each coin thereafter.

     

    They are trackable and have their own unique icon.

     

    22aabaf2-8cf6-48a9-8140-fd94cdddd2ce.jpg

    MNGCA RAMSEY RALLY

    in Midwest

    Posted

    Ramsey Rally

     

    http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...&Submit6=Go

     

    June 9, 2007 at Alexander Ramsey Park in Redwood Falls Minnesota

     

    Camping is $19 and there are 31 sites.

    The park does not accept 'reservations' for the campsites, but the park supervisor has agreed to let the committee pre-pay for the sites we want when we arrive on Friday to finish setting up. So, if anyone knows they are going to camp, you need to let me know no later than June 1st.

    Forum Etiquette

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    The only problem I see with the search first is that over time things change and sometimes drastically. If they search and go off that info it might not be relevant or even right anymore. Then they walk away thinking they have current and right info when in fact they do not.

    "Liar Caches"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    You get eggs and white toast and hot coco.....how would you like your eggs cooked? :P

    oHHH!!! May I please have three softly scrambled egges, with really really realy crisp bacon? Please? ;):)

     

    MMMMM Crispy Bacon MMMMMM I wish I had some. But I'll get started on those eggs....

    Thank you! :laughing::)

     

    When will you be knocking on the door?

    "Liar Caches"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I'm not a big fan of surprises, so I generally read cache pages pretty carefully (and at least some of the logs) before going after any given cache. And the higher the D/T, the more I study the logs.

     

    But as long as the site doesn't require (or enforce, if such a thing would even be possible) accurate D/T ratings, we are stuck with caveat emptor, and whatever CamoCacher prepares us for dinner.

     

    You get eggs and white toast and hot coco.....how would you like your eggs cooked? :)

    Sounds great, but please tell me that there is no chance I'm being set up for a "liar's dinner". You promise eggs and toast and cocoa, but if it turns out we're actually having eggplant and Ovaltine, you do realize that I won't be happy, right? :laughing:

     

    You can have eggs, white toast and coco but you got drive all the way to my house.

    "Liar Caches"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I'm not a big fan of surprises, so I generally read cache pages pretty carefully (and at least some of the logs) before going after any given cache. And the higher the D/T, the more I study the logs.

     

    But as long as the site doesn't require (or enforce, if such a thing would even be possible) accurate D/T ratings, we are stuck with caveat emptor, and whatever CamoCacher prepares us for dinner.

     

    You get eggs and white toast and hot coco.....how would you like your eggs cooked? :laughing:

    oHHH!!! May I please have three softly scrambled egges, with really really realy crisp bacon? Please? :);)

     

    MMMMM Crispy Bacon MMMMMM I wish I had some. But I'll get started on those eggs....

    "Liar Caches"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I'm not a big fan of surprises, so I generally read cache pages pretty carefully (and at least some of the logs) before going after any given cache. And the higher the D/T, the more I study the logs.

     

    But as long as the site doesn't require (or enforce, if such a thing would even be possible) accurate D/T ratings, we are stuck with caveat emptor, and whatever CamoCacher prepares us for dinner.

     

    You get eggs and white toast and hot coco.....how would you like your eggs cooked? :)

    "Liar Caches"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Why I am I just a Tadpole? Huh..

     

    Camo -

     

    - Fine. I'll see what I can do about dinner, but you know the risks.

     

    - One last thing, I am not really at work:

     

    wheels.jpg

     

    You have to be in my gargage stealing my wheels cuz they beat your wheelz!

    "Liar Caches"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Ok, I didn't bother wasting my time reading through all this but...

     

    Yes, I am one of the group that went down to do "the gauntlet". No I didn't check it out before hand, and just went with the group and found out it was a Liar's cache. I usually like to do tough caches (high terrain, difficulty ratings) so I was looking forward to a challenge, but found out it was a waste of time. I guess some might find that original or entertaining, but to me it was just a lot of bs.

     

    I guess the problem I had was that I didn't know you could post bs caches and I didn't know another geocacher would actually want to. To me it seems juvenile. I try to get all my "inner child" stuff like this out on April Fools Day and then I am usually good for the year. Why muck up a perfectly good hobby with these types of caches. But, now that I know, I definitely do the extra work to make sure it isn't a liar's cache before I head out.

     

    Anyway. That's my 2 cents.

     

    Camo -

     

    - Don't waste any more keystrokes on this. (haven't we wasted enough time on "the gauntlet" as it is?)

     

    - I'll be home in about an hour. Have you begun preparing my dinner yet? :)

     

    Geckoone go make your own %^^ dinner, my Luv!

     

    Going to lay by my dish as requested by my luv!

    "Liar Caches"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I am sure they can be quite fun and really if we had known the truth right up front we wouldn't have had the issue we have....SNIP

     

    Since you keep bring up this point, I have to make an observation:

     

    There were 6 in the original group, 1 drove down the next day after knowing the truth because he plans on making a real gauntlet and wanted to check this one out. All but the 2 had hard feelings that I know of, one that didn't was the one who knew the truth coming down, the second I never actaully asked him how how felt one way or another but I suspent he may be the one that helped with the article because of how I recieved the info that this discussion was out here and about the article. There were 4 females in the original group, 2 males, and 1 male that joined us. Other then the experience with this specific cache and this specific cache owner the trip was fine, tho not one we probably would have made at that time if we had known the truth. Several were planning on making that cache a milestone instead they used other caches. In fact out of the whole trip the best caches which another MN cacher puts us onto after we talked to them about the cache in question (they had done it already and got an earful for not informing us of the truth. The difference is they apologized and wished they had informed us..) was the Twin Bluffs Series

     

    I'm STILL not buying into the fact that the other 5 of 6 adults could all be that naive.

     

    So you admit that at least one person in your party KNEW all along? Why was there no mention of THIS person in the news article? :) That person didn't go just to see your reaction. There was a back-up cachin' agenda that they wanted to be part of and it sounds like the whole party enjoyed it or did the seethers just sit in the car and polish their angst? That coupled with 2 missed opportunities to confront the cache owner in person cements most of the subsequent actions as vindictive and wrong. It appears to me you/they did what you/they did out of pure mean spirit. Remember, I said "appears."

     

    Back to this:

     

    The difference is they apologized and wished they had informed us.

     

    It appears (there's that word again) LO has apologized BEFORE your latest post that I quoted:

     

    "I am sorry that you gals didn't have the best of times, it was never meant to be so"

     

    The cache is now archived directly relating to this matter. An innocent reporter has been stripped of her childlike wonder for caching and now LO has apologized. Does she need to come back and wish she had informed you better publicly for the two months of messyness to end? I'm kinda wondering how long the "We didn't know," and "We spent our hard earned money," points are going to linger on.

     

    In light of all that has transpired there is no clean victory to be had and it appears that there never was one.

     

    I'm sorry I wasn't very clear the one that knew knew because we called him that night after we found it and knew the truth. Sorry about that.

    "Liar Caches"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    neither the cache owners nor anyone else ever told me that the caches in question were tall tale caches. Rather, I figured it out myself.

    Vinny = Non gullible.

    _______ (<~~insert name) = gullible.

    So much drama makes my hair hurt & my teeth itch. :)

    Personally, my own preferred way of phrasing it is not in terms of "gullible", but rather, Vinny and many others did their research and paid attention, and some other cachers, namely some from MN, did not do their due diligence research or did not pay attention. And my ultimate point, of course, for those who made themselves "victims" is: why blame someone else, such as the cache owner, for your own failure to perform due diligence?

     

    We did, we contacted the owner. As a multi it would be hard to know where it leads you so checking maps which we did to a degree, will only tell you so much such as what the terrain of the starting point looks like. I know several multi's here in MN that drive you around to different places within a 10 mile area, looking at the maps does you jackcrack.

     

    We also talked to a few other cachers who had heard from others that this was trully a hard cache and not a liar's cache.

     

    I will admit I didn't read all but a few logs - why cuz I don't. I hate when spoilers are included as they are so many times so I avoid reading the logs until I get back. In this case I will admit after reading the logs it was somewhat abvious (lack of DNF's) that some of the stories were WAY out there but then again I know cacher who love to write whoppers on thier logs just cuz they can.

    "Liar Caches"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    . . .I don't believe that cachers who participate for the physical challenge of it would appreciate finding 1/1 a liar's cache in a grubby lot. I also don't believe that any good can be done by conditioning cachers to believe that caches with high terrain ratings probably are just over-rated.

    You know, and this applies to a much greater range of caches than the small field of tall tale caches, I would much rather that a cache be overrated a bit on Terrain than underrated. Nothing annoys me more than to get to a cache with a Terrain rating of 1 or 2, only to discover that we are expected to climb a tree or climb on the roof of a 7 foot tall bus stop shelter; I am not annoyed so much for myself as for those cachers who may be handicapped, or who may not have either the physical skills (or ability) or preference to tackle a high-Terrain-rating cache!

     

    I agree to a certain extent, over rating a bit is okay but there is a HUGE difference froma 1.5 to a 4.5.

    "Liar Caches"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I wouldn't under-rate it because some folks might not be able to get it - but I would over-rate it, no one is hurt if it's easier than expected.
    Your post reminded me of two things. First, is all the whiners who insist on getting some way to easily sort out caches that they don't like. Second, are all the cachers who state that they only really enjoy caches that take them on a hike and challenge them.

     

     

    I will say this was one of the reasons for our disapointment as we were all looking for a hard difficulty cache, we've done a few true tough ones since then and find them to be wonderful esp when spaced out between other caches. We went to the first stage to check the true terrain (and found out the truth) because we had one in our group that was not going to be able to possibly do it depending on how trully difficult it looked as he had a bad back so we essentailly had to go out and check things out before the next morning only to discover the truth.

×
×
  • Create New...