zack_black
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I learned from a lawyer to never sign my real name to those waivers.
I usually sign as Mickey Mouse or some other fictional character. Mike Riddick is also a favorite. Most places don't check. It's a formality.
Got hit by back splatter at an indoor range. When I reported this, they defensively stated that I signed the waiver.
I told them I was just reporting it so they knew to clean their bullet traps before someone got hurt. I was even bleeding a little.
I pointed to my range ID and said I'll give you $100 if can find a waiver with my name on it. They were not amused when they checked my file an saw a cartoon mouse name. I signed the next waiver Mike Riddick (ummm not my name) and it's still on file. They just glanced at the m and r.
Your "lawyer" told you wrong information:
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The drunken bee dance and glazed look is a tell-tale sign for me every time. I own a cache that is a block from my house and have often been thanked in the logs as "the phantom geocacher that helped us with where to look".
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My wife wants me to change virtually everything about me...
Why is it that the women in our lives always assume that WE are to blame and that WE need to change...
...honestly the last time a woman said "ether YOU change or I'M leaving" I warned her not to let the door hit her *cough* on her way out...
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DNDC - NMP
(Don't Know Don't Care - Not My Problem)
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I don't personally deserve the gift (or for that mater need it) but I applaud your generosity.
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I find the term "Muggle" a rather arrogant one.
Muggle, a term from the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling, refers to a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born into the magical world. Muggles also do not have any magical blood.
"Muggle" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2003, where it is said to refer to a person who is lacking a skill
So given the above does that mean cachers are somehow "magical" and specially skilled?
The term "muggle" (which does NOT have its origins in Harry Potter, by the way) was used simply to refer to those that are not a part of the secret of geocaching. There is nothing arrogant about it, and you are taking it way too far with your explaination. I have never been particularly fond of the word, myself, and rarely use it, but I'm not arrogant enough to think that I stand a snowball's chance of changing a word that has been in common use for over 10 years. Good luck with that.
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Doesn't effect me so I don't care...
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Sour grapes maby? That would be my first thought.
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Dear holy crap. It's threads like these that make me glad I quit not only chasing FTFs myself, but also recognizing the first finders on our caches.
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Sounds about as cheesy as logging your own hides.
Wonder how many pages this argument will last...
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So put a button that says: Trackable is not in the cache. Doesn't do anything except remove the trackable from the cache inventory. If you found the cache but there were no trackables in it (that were supposed to be) then just hit the button instead of the log saying "xxx trackable isn't in cache" (which does nothing as CO seem very reluctant to mark trackables as missing). Would save tons of "phantom trackables" on cache listings.
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Since FTF is completely unofficial, anyone can do it any way they want.FTF is something meaningless and ridiculous
This is my feeling on the subject as well but I have to include the following:
I have found, in my personal experience, that those in the Geocaching community that are anal about FTF are usually anal (and draconian)about everything else to do with Geocaching. Again this is my personal experience - YMMV.
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Some CO's are power tripn' jerks
That comment was uncalled for.
No it wasn't - some Co's ARE power tripn' jerks. I know because I dealt with one recently.
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<snip> Any suggestions?
Some CO's are power tripn' jerks
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If I have a story to tell I tell it. If your cache is cool or unusual I say so. If it's just another LPC then "TNLN TFTC" is how I log it.
Of course, when you do that, you also don't claim a smiley, right?
I really (and I mean REALLY) don't care about "smiles". The ONLY use they have for me is to show me on the map which caches I've found. I know it sounds cliché but I could care less about the numbers (or FTF for that mater).
If I had a good time finding your cache you'll hear about it in my log...
... if your cache is uninspired then it's TNLNTFTC.
PS What does a mediocre cache have to do with a smiley and if I "claim" it or not?
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If I have a story to tell I tell it. If your cache is cool or unusual I say so. If it's just another LPC then "TNLN TFTC" is how I log it.
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Did your swag get better? (sorry to hear it was sick)
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Some people are just jerks.
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I have a cache that looks like a (fake) severed arm.
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I drop promotional pens.
I have a business card as a trackable.
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I'll chime in and say that they aren't showing up for me too...
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Depends on what the SWAG is and your reason for doing it.
Like for example is the swag expensive (thus you don't want to leave it in the cache)?
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I assume you posted the DNF's. Look on your list of caches (under not found) and see if they were disabled or not.
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I have one "soft" cache. It wasn't on purpose and after another cacher found it and posted their quads I went out to try to correct mine...
... unfortunately 4 GPSRs all gave me the same reading (which is off by about 10-15'). I've posted in the hint that the quads are off and my plight with trying to fix them, I've also given a fairly "gimmie" hint and (because the cache is close to my home) if I see fellow cachers poking around in the wrong area I go and help them out.
If someone reported this cache to a reviewer because my quads are "soft" I would not be happy about it.
A SERIOUS WARNING!
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So we didn't have all of the facts after all...
Well at least it's looked after.