zack_black
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Thanks for the replies so far. As far as the photos are concerned, is it really a point I could spoil it enough to be deleted? I never photographed the cache "in situe" as it were and only did it for fun as I liked to enjoy my caching with my dog. Can I look at a list of my caches so as to be able to determine by means of deduction as to what has been deleted? Seems a bit petty to be honest.............
Some people are quite anal about what they consider "spoiler" pictures. I had a CO delete a picture I posted of a signed log because they determined that the size of the log could be used by other cachers to figure out the size of the cache and thus "spoil" their fun...
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Search is your friend - oh and PS: Old news.
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#1 Not me
#2 Don't care
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If your phone is triangulating based on cell towers and not the built in GPSr then you could be off by as much as 100'. Make sure your app is using the built in GPSr for the phone and you will have better results.
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COs delete lots of things for lots of stupid reasons. Some people are just anal. No use arguing with them - just ignore the stupidity and move on.
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...and some CO's get all bent out of shape even if you post a picture of the log book let alone the contents of their cache.
I post similar pictures and had to deal with an anal CO who said pictures of the signed log book were "spoilers" because fellow cachers could "figure out the size of the cache" from the size of the log book.
My advice? Post 'em until the CO removes them. Anyone else that complains about your pictures doesn't have to look at them.
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Unless there is something to see (like the worlds oldest tree)then let old caches die...
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Also, I really hate throwdowns because of the ambiguity they create. (Did I find the cache or not?) I may start a thread on this...
This is why I take pictures of the cache when I find it...
...and hate it when the CO P's and M's about it.
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a**hat CO's:
Yes I took a picture of your cache container. No I did not reveal the cache location. No my picture is NOT a spoiler. If your container was anything other than a unimaginative 35mm, a pill bottle or Tupperware then I would understand but because they aren't maby you should just suck it up.
Yes your log is wet AGAIN. Yes somebody took the baggy that it was in AGAIN. Maby if your container was something other than a pill bottle (or some other non-watertight container) you wouldn't NEED the baggy.
Using ALL CAPS for 3/4 of your cache description (which usually is a rant about the "bad" thing other GC'rs did to your cache) just makes you look anal.
I might be new but I'm a responsible GC'r. I follow the rules (and cache descriptions/instructions). Please do not accuse me of molesting your cache. Just because I was the last to log the find online and/or sign the log book doesn't mean I was the last to touch it.
Some people like swag. If I've got a teeny-tiny little pin (or flat coin) that fits into everything but a nano (or nano-tube) and I put it into your 35mm (and the log still fits and the lid closes as tight as before) then suck it up.
Stop power tripping. Threatening to archive a cache simply because something peeves you off doesn't hurt anyone but you. Go ahead and archive it. There will be three more new caches placed by other people tomorrow...
You don't seem to be having fun any more. Maby it's time to find another hobby...
NOTE: This isn't directed at any one CO. I've (or one of my fellow geocachers that I hang out with locally)encountered all of the above from many different CO's to a greater or lesser degree.
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I bought a heat lamination machine as a signature item for geocaching but I couldn't find any caches it would fit in...
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Die Foren sind für die Diskussion über Geocaching, nicht verkaufen "verwandte" produkte.
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This is my point of geocaching:
*SNIP*
That's me holding the sign and the rest of my family around me. In the big picture I don't care where it is, what it looks like, or what you put in it. I don't even care if we FIND it. Our adventures and memories are what makes it all worthwhile.
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* even parking lot caches... imagine six people trying to be stealthy as they crowd around a lamp post. We look like Canada's Worst Ninjas.
I'm a social worker thus one of my jobs is taking developmentally and/or physically challenged folks out into the community. Lately we've been geocaching as an activity. Can you imagine a fidgety guy (because his Ritalin doesn't work as well when he's excited), a guy in a wheel chair and an old fart (me) looking stealthy anywhere?
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Maby somebody should light her on fire...
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Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date?
Why? What difference does it make really?
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next time you think you have the right to park it in the passing lane going the speed limit, watch this video (may want to mute the audio)
I just couldn't help myself when someone posts about how they park it in the passing lane going the speed limit, I have to respond!
So a video about a cop being an a-hole is supposed to make me change my mind about obeying the law? Think again...
"This cop did the right thing. This cop is definitely doing his job. If you are a slow driver, stay to the right. You are clogging traffic. You are the problem. Get out of the way."
No the cop did the WRONG thing - which was harass a person obeying the law. If that was me I'd be fighting that ticket in court and the newspapers would be hearing about the jerk that wrote me up!
A "slow" driver is supposed to be someone going less than the speed limit - if you are burning up the road racing down the highway and weaving in and out of traffic maby you should be on a race track instead of out in the public.
Same here unless you are driving in an illegal manner (i.e. speeding) while trying to overtake.This /\
There has been a serous crack down on speeding here. Hasn't deterred the speeders much but 10k (that would be roughly 5 miles for you Americans) gets you a minimum $95.00 fine. 11k to 19k (roughly 10 miles) gets you a minimum $200.00 fine. There used to be a "go with the flow of traffic" attitude being taught at driving schools but that has changed to "go the speed limit regardless of what others are doing".
Speed limits are posted for a reason. No amount of discussion or debate will ever change my mind or my opinion of people that think its "ok" to disobey the law.
OT: My pet peeve is when CO's use crappy containers (like pill bottles that even close to water tight) and then get all crappy about the sandwich bag going missing (not that I've ever taken one but there is one particular CO in my area that Ps and Ms about all the work she has to do all the time to her caches - few of which are in water tight containers in the first place).
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And it's even more dangerous to try and block those who wish to exceed the limit.
Moving over to let them pass is less likely to cause an accident than forcing them to pass on the right.
Let them go, it's not your job to enforce the speed limit.
I call bs on this one - I'm within my right and the law to obey the speed limit. I'm not getting out of your way just because you don't want to obey the law. If you want to try something stupid like passing me on the right then more power to you. Don't like it? Leave earlier!
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Did two smash and grabs today - was very snowy, wet, windy and cold so two was it for me.
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For me, there is not much gray area here. DNF stands for Did Not Find, nothing more, nothing less. It's a DNF if i punch in a goto and head out to perform a search but not find that cache. Doesn't matter if my car broke down on the way and i never got to ground zero, i searched for 1 minute and didn't find it, or there were too many muggles, etc... It's a dnf for me if i started a search and did not find the cache.
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I always log DNFs not simply for my own benefit but also because a string of DNF's might mean the cache may be MIA.
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Wood chips (the type you spread over your flower garden or around trees) that were brought to the cache site (because there were no wood chips anywhere near GZ) a large rock that took up most of the cache space and a pair of wet children's socks....
....all in one cache.
I find batteries all the time - I don't understand why someone would leave batteries (or half of the other junk I find)
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One of the main reasons why I geocache is because it's a fun (and free) activity that I can do with the physically and developmentally challenged folks that I work with in the community.
I like to take pictures of the cache (at my car) after I find it to show what was in it when I found it and what I'm leaving behind. It's also another way to get my guys involved (some take pictures, some like using the GPSr, some like the hunt and some like trading swag). Finally I feel that it's proof that I did actually find the cache.
What are the communities thoughts on my posting those pictures with my "found" log?
(for examples of my pics have a look at my finds - just about every one has pictures)
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*puts a soap box on the ground and steps up onto it*
A childhood friend of mine died because he was walking near a set of tracks and wasn't paying attention when a train was going by. He thought he was perfectly safe and far enough away from the train to not be in any danger. He was wrong! Apparently (so the corners report said) a part of the train (a piece of door latch or some other such part) was sticking out much farther that it should have been and smacked him with (with enough force to kill him) in the back of the head. He never saw it coming!
Now tell me that it's ok to be only half paying attention to your surroundings because you are constantly looking at an electronic toy in your hands and at the ground and be close to an active set of train tracks where you "think" you are far enough away to be safe.
*gets off the soap box, picks it up and walks away*
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I think arguing about it is stupid and pointless...
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