IndyTechNerd
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I grew up in Rockville, Bubby, and hopefully in the spring/summer I'll be able to make the trip over and hit some of your caches.
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I hit Mary Bryan today on a whim. I had just done one near there and had backed my GPSr out to the .5mi setting. As I was driving up the road, it showed up on the radar, so to speak.
GSAK is a lifesaver. That combined with the resurrection of my wife's IPAQ and Pocket Queries gets me all I need to know. I follow the arrow to the nearest spot to park, check out the cache page on the IPAQ, the start the moth dance to get to GZ.
Once I get to GZ, I'll pocket the GPSr and start glancing around looking for likely spots and/or things that look out of place. Those little colored lids on some containers show up pretty well against a backdrop of damp fallen leaves.
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Got 4 today including a TB! Would have got 2 more had I known that the meeting I was going to work early for had been cancelled.
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My grandfather was in the first unit to enter Dachau concentration camp in WWII, something I never knew until this year. My father spent 18mos. in the northern part of what is now South Vietnam, where in that area he has never said. In February 1992, 20 months after I graduated highschool, I signed up for the Air Force. During my MEPS processing, it was discovered that I had an irregular heartbeat and from there they determined I had a defective heart valve. I was permanantly disqualified from military service, regardless of the fact that I was still a competitive distance runner, but I got a dadgum good physical on the government's dime.
I have some bitterness that I made it to nearly 20 years old before someone told me that I had a heart problem, and to this day believe that I'd still be in the Air Force. To those of you who have served and those of you who are still serving, I have 2 words...
THANK YOU
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HEY INDY TECHNERD! Check your PM box.
Got it, thx.
The family and I went to Best Buy today, wife needed a new computer game, and I thought about hitting the Greenwood Mall cache. Then the sky opened up. Now that it's starting to clear off I might lace up the boots and hit Glenn's Valley by my self. Depends on the size and content of the honeydew list.
BTW, is today the 2nd of January or the 2nd of May?
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Layla, the wonder stooge, is right at 3 years old now. We got her right after xmas from a shelter.
When my wife got her, she was sleeping. Half a dozen puppies around her bouncing up and down and going wild, and she's snoozing in the corner. She really suckered us. Once we got her home, she went hyper, and has been ever since. She loves the outdoors so much that I'm certain she'll enjoy caching with me. She's going to have to be on a leash the whole time or we'll never get her back to the house.
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-{LoS}-Xile,
I'm adding those to my list as definites. Mary Bryan was what I was thinking of.
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I just started as well, and fortunately I'm in a cache heavy area. I downloaded everything within 10mi of my house, and got 120 caches. Hopefully I'll go through these pretty quickly. My wife and I have also decided to incorporate caching into our vacations, grabbing whatever waypoints are within a reasonable distance of where we're going.
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What about that nice cemetery right there in Southport?
... And the little one on the east side of Emerson Ave. just north of Southport Rd.? ... the one with all the developers drooling over the land.
You mean the one just east of Madison beside that old church? Probably a good one, I've never been there, though. Same with the one you mention on Emerson. Farthest north of Southport and Emerson I've been is the Nextel place in that little strip center.
Another good one might be the one in Greenwood, west of 31 on Main St.
I talked to my wife about the ISQ caches last night, and she's super interested. I think we're going out Monday and will probably try and hit a couple more. We're both history buffs, so ISQ is right up our alley.
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Dnf?
in How do I...?
I've been thinking about it off and on all evening, and I think I've come to the conclusion that I won't log a DNF when I didn't put in a reasonable attempt to find the cache.
Kai Team and Henki, you guys pretty well hit my situation exactly. Today, I gave myself an hour to find 2 caches, and since they were my first ones and a couple miles apart, I figured that would be an decent amount of time. I ended up only needing about half that time because I walked right to my 2nd find. From car to car in probably 3 mins. Took longer to get the log out, sign, and put it back than it did to walk to, find, and walk from the site.
The 3rd cache was a waypoint that was near my location, so I figured I'd check it out. I drove to the site and decided that it wouldn't be in my best interests to go digging for the cache since I had to go to work. Monday, I'll certainly log that one found. I know where it is, I know what to look for, and I don't have to work, so big deal if the clothes get dirty.
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Dnf?
in How do I...?
As far as I am concerned if I click GOTO I better log something.I can see that. Once that vector shows up then you're commited.
I suppose that the argument could be made either way. On one hand, if you're looking at your GPSr and following a vector, then by definition, you're looking for the cache. On the other, if you drive right by that location and just get a visual reference and go on about your day, did you really fail to find the cache.
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Dnf?
in How do I...?
I'm new, and still pretty clueless. At what point do you call it a DNF? For example, today I was going to check out one in my area, but could see that the ground between me and the location was pretty squishy. I was on my way to work, so I said skip it, I'll come back when the ground is a little more dry. Would you call that a DNF? I wouldn't. I think logging DNFs is something that I should do, but I'm not going to log a DNF if I don't even make an attempt to find the cache.
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Don't you know of any interesting pioneer cemeteries within your own hide/seek zone?
I live on the south side of Indy. The only ones around that I know of are because of ISQ.
Believe me, I'm not trying to downplay ISQ or say that other places are better than what's already there. Far from it. What I'm saying is that there are a ton of historical areas, including Terre Haute, Vincennes, and Lafayette, that I'm surprised no one has jumped on.
I don't know, maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree here.
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Around them? Probably. To them? That's the real question.
These places may as well be caches in and of themselves. I was just thinking after I posted, and it's been so long since I've been in the area that I probably couldn't get to them successfully myself. Sad thing is, I have ancestors buried in West Union. -
If you guys want directions and/or a tour guide, I might know someone who was in and out of those cemetaries many times during his youth.
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And you're mentioning this because...?
Because according to the map, western Indiana is pretty much devoid of ISQ caches. I grew up in Parke County, and the small towns there all have old cemetaries, some with only 20 or so headstones. There are cemetaries that probably haven't had a body buried there in a hundred years. Two worth checking out are Rock Run and West Union. I'm just offering a suggestion, as I assume that we've not seen the last caches placed for ISQ.
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Score my first 2 finds as ISQs. Got them both today. My wife has informed me that we're going out on Monday, weather permitting, so I'll hopefully pick up at least 1 more then. I can think of a couple great old, really old, cemetaries near where I grew up that would be good places for caches, too.
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Interesting how someone can frame a "markwell" as a negative. There is lots of information here and some subjects have been hashed over ad nauseam. I don't see anything wrong with pointing newcomers to previous discussions where they may find a wealth of information.
It's all dependant on the method of the responder. Referencing another thread and/or a FAQ isn't necessarily a bad thing. Let me give 2 examples.
Example 1. The reply consists of nothing but a link, and the link consists of nothing but an address.
This:
http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...02&f=6&t=117883
instead of This:
This thread answers your question
Both give the same information, but the 2nd is a little less stark and may be more inviting to the newbie.
Example 2. Responder says something along the lines of "We know what you're going thru, as we've all been there. Here's a link to a (recent) thread that talked about it." and then posts a link, preferably like the 2nd link above.
As above, this would seem more welcoming to someone who is new, especially if we're talking about an environment where there is a lot of jargon and 'inside' information; a place where the learning curve is pretty steep.
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I always have my phone, and my ham radio HT is in the truck as well. It's not exactly functional right now, but once I get a new battery and lighter adapter, it's game on.
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I bought one last summer for an adventure race (similar addiction), so it'll probably get used for caching. It was an inexpensive model from Dick's Sporting Goods. Might get a better one down the road.
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Congrats!
I'm still working on the first. Today was a near miss thanks to sloppy weather and me being nearly late for work.
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I am definitely not afraid to look like an idiot anymore. If I get blasted, oh well. I'll live, and probably post some other nonsense later.
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I'm new here as well, though I'm a well charred veteran of many intarweb forum communities. It's easy for people to get discouraged and bail because of a bad first post/thread. Using JoeNewbie as an example, 3 or 4 people reaffirming his thinking is a good thing. Those same 3 or 4 people could have blasted him and/or posted the ubiquitous 'link to thread on the same topic'. I think that's called a Markwell here.
Anyway, lurkers are made, not born, in my opinion. A simple question answered in a condecending manner or not answered at all could cause someone to give up. I've had the latter happen to me. It irritated me for all of about 10 minutes. I believe there are cliques in every forum who exhibit some elitist attitudes. Fortunately, those people are usually small in number and often shot down by the larger population of helpful people.
Everyone wants to be accepted in these types of communities, even if it's only a "Hey, welcome aboard!" comment in response to a newbie's post. The first few times a newbie (myself included) puts up a post can make or break his/her participation in the community. Imagine the personalities that are totally anonymous because they had a bad experience early on. What a waste of what could be great conversation, debate, and idea sharing.
Wow, kinda rambled there a bit, sorry for the novel.
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I have an ICOM IC-T7A, dual band HT. And I would use it, if I didn't need a new battery. It's a matter of preference, I've had that radio since about 3 days after my callsign showed up on the FCC website. I ordered from HRO the same day I saw it. I've also used a Yeasu, and a friend of mine swears by Allinco.
Good luck on getting your ticket.
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I moved to Terre Haute in '94 and over to Indy in '01. Went back for the bridge festival last October, took the kids. They loved it.