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    Found It = Didn't Find It

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I am just dealing with "tftc" logs for several caches that I have in one wooded area. The finders swear they found the hides, one ( of the supposed team) even provided general descriptions of the hides ( 4 caches ) , but no individual signed the physical logbook, nor did the supposed team. When I said I could send them photos of the logs they got rude and defensive . I cited the basic " sign the logbook rule" as stated on my cache pages, and deleted their logs. However, the next day they relogged the fake finds under the current date, which I deleted again. *sigh*

    Groundspeak accounting

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Not much of a commute when you take into consideration, the number of hamsters he has at his disposal. There's no doubt there are plenty to power his personal transporter.

     

    I can hear it now: Irish to Miss Jenn,,, One to beam over!

    I have it on good authority that Jeremy is transported across the Pacific in a flying sleigh pulled by eight tiny hamsters.

     

    Here he is about to take flight, with some expert assistance from one of his lackeys:

     

    hamsters.jpg

     

    --Larry

    is there a song about that?

    Why do you geoacache? What's the appeal?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I'd cache a heck of a lot more if the kids and non-geoHusband were even remotely as into it as I am . the kids are still at my command , so away we go half the time , lol.

    my almost 2 year old son is funny . he knows that when I bring an ammo can from under a log ( or whatever) there will ( hopefully ) be something fun inside .

     

    I like it . it gets me out of the house and off my butt when the weather ( hot..... rainy .... etc ) might typically make me want to hole up.

     

    I like the finding part of it . I like making and leaving fun swag.

    I

    4.5lb Walleye GCDFB

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    OK, it's obvious someone needs to start a separate topic on this issue, and not "ruin" this thread.

     

    I cannot be the one to do it though, because of my bias against the people who post these notes. You probably wouldn't want "idiots", or "asshats" in the new thread title. :anicute:

     

    I wouldn't mind . ;)

    4.5lb Walleye GCDFB

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by oxford comma

    I've had a great time following this adventure. The lack of constant visual and verbal communication from the team has made it more like reading a Jack London book than watching a reality TV show. There has been just enough information from the SPOT device and the satellite map to allow me to use my imagination as the journey has progressed. I hope they found it but even if they didn't the approach was more fun to follow than someone flying into Kaschechewan Airport and jumping into a motor boat with a camera crew and a satellite uplink. I wish them a safe return.

    Glad they didn't try it in winter. Then the Jack London book could have been the classic "To Build a Fire." And for fans of that great story, here's the first paragraph:

     

    Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. It was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. It was nine o'clock. There was no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. This fact did not worry the man. He was used to the lack of sun. It had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.

    now I have gone and looked it up - somehow it seems like

    a sacrilege to read any literature on a smart phone or electronic media. I don't know, it's just a hang up of mine. so I think I will print it out and read it ( a slightly better option) . your opening lines made me think of the poet Robert Service - I've always liked him.

     

    and yes , I am becoming a little obsessed with wanting to hear FTF !!!!! I just can't believe anyone would go fir such an enormous adventure and the take so little time at GZ for a DNF. so I'm hoping that they did find something ! I wonder if they will get a laugh reading all of te speculations and comments on this thread.

    More worthwhile swaps

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Finding worthwhile stuff for cheap is not really that hard. I just check out the clearance section of whatever store I'm in and stock up when things are cheap enough. I've collected quite a few things to trade and for usually .25 or less per item.

     

    When I first started caching most of the time it was with my kids. I selected larger type caches so they could get the enjoyment of trading out. My kids no longer cache with me but I like to keep the caches I find stocked up. Mostly ammo cans that I know will keep everything nice and dry.

     

    Here are some of the trades I've done over the last year with all items being .25 or less:

     

    T-Small Alien

    L-Budweiser Coasters, 10-pak Pencils, Star Wars Eraser, Fancy Paper Clips, Magnetic Frames, Small Wooden Box, Skull Buttons, Creepy Stocking Mask, Locker Mirror, Grow Your Own Chocolate Bunny, LOVE Metal Candle Holder.

     

    T-Nothing

    L-Womens Bracelet, Red Rubber Duckie, F150 Matchbox, Sunscreen Towelette, Drink Koozie w/Carbiner, Loretta Lynn/Conway Twitty 8-Track Tape, Pack of Wolf Stickers, Deathlok Comic Book, Mini Blinds Cleaner, Sunburn Relief Towelette.

     

    T-Baseball

    L-Peace Notes, Pink Floyd 8-Track Tape, Pack of Water Balloons, 5-Pak Gel Pens, Hippie Rubber Ducky, Industrial Earplugs, Pedicure Kit, Fingernail/File Kit.

     

    Not one "Corn Flakes" toy in the bunch....lol

     

    be still my beating heart.... ;)

    Secret Society?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    1st RULE: You do not talk about GEOCACHING

    2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about GEOCACHING.

     

    seriously though. sounds like someone got some thorns stuck ah.... errr.... well.... you know where.

     

    I don't actively try to recruit anyone- but I don't try to be "skull and bones" about it either . that's just silly . no one I mention it to ( as in the response to the casual " what did you do this weekend) even knows what I am talking about... or really cares for that matter.

    Best Excuse For The Question: "what Are You Doing?"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    It was snowing in ohio today- the kids and I went caching. a few into our run my feet got soaked in a very soggy low-lying ground area . once we got back to the car my daughter and I took off our shoes and socks. well, on the way home there was a nice little string of 7 caches aLong an industrial parkway. I figured " what the heck" and decided to go for them- they were basically p&gs . so of course , no cars in sight. I jump out barefoot and go for the finds - no LPCs though, and most required a bery short walk across some grass. wouldn't you know 6 out if 7 times cars drive by right as I am standing along the road with no shoes on. then I realized one of the cars keeps circling around and goes past me at least 4 times at various caches. I'm hoping that they were fellow cachers, but no one stopped to ask so I lucked out I think.

    Best Post-Trip Meal Ever

    in Hiking/backpacking

    Posted

    pizza in Bozeman , Montana after a week camping in the Beaverhead national forest. - after no running water or modern conveniences , .... well , aside from basic camping equipment...

    we still had to drive all the way back to ohio to get a shower though.... :blink:

    Geocaching "Cheaters"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    So then there is the person who says...Well its missing but since I have been there twice looking for it, I am marking it found even though It is not there....then the same person says, I have lookied x number of times and have not found this, but I am sure I was close so I am logging it found, and my favorite from said cacher. I can't find it so it must need maintenance. And then 20 people come along and find it, then he has the gall to say, well then I am logging it found cause I am sure I was at GZ and everyone else found it.. grrrrr

    Yes, people justify doing it a lot of different ways. I always thought it was silly.

    I have one that I can not find... I drive by it every day. I have looked 4 times and still not able to get it closed. so it stays on my map. it is annoying, but I am not going to mark it as found.

     

    Later,

    MrDLG2u

     

    you can always add them to your "ignore" list.

     

    It doesn't sound like Mrdlg2u wants to ignore that cache.

     

    There was one that I used to drive by twice every day while dropping my son off to school. I was the first to DNF it, and searched for it 3 more times, spending over 3 hours at ground zero before I finally found it.

     

    I don't have *any* caches on my ignore list. My feeling is that I can remember which caches I don't really care to find. I've seen other suggest ignoring caches that are very difficult to find or have a really difficult puzzle. While putting a "hard" cache on an ignore list might remove it from the map, it's still out there, and I know it's still out there.

     

    I see it like taking a test and "ignoring" the question I can't answer then claiming to have achieve a perfect score on the test.

    MrGLD2u

     

    Interesting. I ignore caches that I don't care to find because I don't want them in my PQs and I'd rather they not clutter up the map. Clearing a radius is not one of my goals and hiding an icon and then proclaiming that I cleared my map just seems silly. Do people do that? As far as cheating. I started in May of '05 and last week I finally found the third cache I ever looked for. I figure I have invested a good 6-7 hours looking for this thing over the years while it was racking up plenty of found logs, including one that said, "Our first cache, it was easy". It never occurred to me to log a find because I simply looked in the place where they hid it.

     

    Its not the cache that is the problem for me...its the cacher...they do this alot and cause problems by claiming a Note saying lost and saying cache needs maintenance. They unfortunatly live close to me...They must, they find alot of the ones close. I am just venting. I am like MrDGL2u when I can't find it I keep looking...those are the watchlisters. I found one on a Saturday cache run owned by said caher...My mistake saying I found it. Got an email next day grilling me on if it was still at the right coords. Really? Sorry for the vent.

    are you saying that you're irritated the CO dropped you , the most recent finder, a line to inquire as to the current location of the cache ... to see if its still at the original GZ and hads not migrated elsewhere? if so, I don't see why that's such an annoying thing. or are you pissed about people assuming that since THEY can't find it the cache MUST be missing. ?

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