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wildchld97

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  1. Well..if it's not really about the numbers, then there's no real reason to log our finds. We'll just geocache for the experience alone. In all seriousness though, some people are just naturally competitive. Just tell your friend that you're not in competition and that you'd rather focus on the challenge and the adventure.
  2. I agree. Who really cares? When confronted by some of these people who boast of 10,000 finds or brag about getting 1000 in a day...I just smile and say "that's nice." You play it your way and I'll play it my way.
  3. Looks like I've got a few more to check out near Halloween. The Baby Doll cache isn't too far from our cabin. The cache page for the Cry Baby is a bit ambiguous though. The cache owner didn't even bother to explain WHY the area is known by that name. He just put a blurb about how "the locals know why". Well...I'm not local and I want to know WHY! Sheesh.
  4. You backwards world, you all need to get with the USA on date formats. And the letter "Z" is pronounced "zee", not "zed" Since I do quite a bit of work with an international audience I can switch back and forth between the day first/month first date formats depending on who I'm corresponding with. I was recently looking at some travel web sites, trying to find some interesting and affordable fares to Europe for a business trip to Rome in a few weeks. I came across one site that is charging a $10 security fee for air travel on 9/11. So, let me get this straight. I have to pay extra if I want to be subjected to more security checks? I'm not planning on doing any geocaching today. 9/11 will always have special significance to me because on the 11th of September in 1999 I got married. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!
  5. Well..my screen name used to mean a LOT of things when I was younger. Depending on whom you speak to these days, it still does. Now days, it mostly refers to the fact that I'm the one who rescues the local wildlife.
  6. Wow. That's only 30 miles from me. I know where I'm going caching on Halloween! Totally cool!
  7. Actually, I didn't even think about that when I was out today. I spent about an hour hunting around an eletrical unit at a mall before I finally found the sneaky bugger. Geez..what was I thinking??? I wasn't even paying attention to the date. I just looked outside, saw that it was beautiful and went on my merry caching way. LOL. I'm going to be a little more careful with urban hides tomorrow.
  8. Tell him that HE has to sleep sometime...and you're not responsible for what happens.
  9. That certainly falls under dire need. Indeed. Sorry, I couldn't he'p myself. Like I said before...dire need means different things to different people these days...so I felt it necessary to include the real definition.
  10. Here are a few more: This was just another P&G but my log explains why this place is actually more interesting. Hangman's Bridge and Stobo's Deadly Secret On Dec.2, 1958 a man committed suicide by leaping under the wheels of the train. P&LE Cache The Article about the suicide On the hill above this cache is where Flight 427 crashed on Sept.8,1994. My heart still hurts for all of those people. This crash site is only a mile or two from my home. It's a Creek not a Crick I've probably got a zillion more. I research history for fun and sometimes it's not pretty.
  11. That certainly falls under dire need. LOL. Yep, it's pretty bad when I feel that I have to give an example of what "dire need" really is. Some of these yahoos don't know the difference between "I need help now because my femur is pointing north and my body is facing west" and "I need help because the water tastes salty and I was too stupid to bring enough water rations or purification equipment."
  12. I had one like that. Dixmont Cemetery Cache I'm still thinking of resurrecting it from the dead. (There were some issues with access through private property, but someone told me those issues were being solved..finally). Another one in our area is Paranormal Activity Confirmed. A few others that I've visited: A Haunted Cabin and Haunted Jewish Cemetery
  13. I thought that name sounded familiar! It's the only Letterbox Hybrid in the Pittsburgh area. Wow. I honestly didn't know that! LOL. I hope the rain stops soon so I can get down there and do a little "gardening" then. I wouldn't want it to be down too long. lol
  14. The event that I'm hosting does require those to deposit their names in a box in order to log the event. However, it's to their benefit because that same box will be used for a raffle of some really cool prizes. I honestly don't care whether they participate in the group photo because the whole purpose is just to have a little bit of fun. Just by being AT the event is participation enough for me. I do want to make sure that only those that came to the event be able to log it as attended though.
  15. I think my favorite method of realizing that we've done way too much geocaching is when someone is trying to give us directions. Once they give us the general area, my husband and I will normally start discussing which geocaches were nearby. "Oh yeah! I know where XYZ Street is! It's over by the such and such cache!"
  16. I don't mind them so much if they are creative. Sometimes they add a challenge to a boring day of guardrail hides.
  17. One of my caches is called TB Tangle. I let you know right on the cache page that you might want to wear protective clothing unless you want to be torn to shreds at certain times of the year. It's a nice little hiding spot, but depending on the season you'll have to deal with stinging nettle and a few jagger bushes to access it. I try to keep the trail open, but they grow really fast around here. I didn't realize HOW fast those rotten plants would grow until I just went to check on it recently. TB Tangle has turned into TB nightmare. I temporarily disabled it until I can hack my way back to it again. Hopefully I'll come back with all my appendages.
  18. +1 Every day is a good day when you wake up and you're still breathing. lol ...and all my various components are still working reasonably well. I'm not touchin' that one.
  19. Not certain if an event can have an ALR or not (obviously signing the log is not an ALR)... If someone posted an event in my area requiring me to take part in ANY particular activity set up for the event, I would not go near it. (regardless of how much I may, or may not enjoy the activity) Just last Saturday, I attended a 'hiking event', but the owner (properly) included a statement that NOBODY needed to complete the hike in order to log an 'Attended'. I would think this is why I would do that AZcachemeister, trying to weed out the ones who would bring he event down. "Weed out the ones who would bring the event down" ??? That sounds so wrong in so many ways.
  20. Sometimes, if there's a lot of trees it could throw the coord's off a bit. Many times, if a person goes to find a cache and they notice that the coord's are WAY off, they'll include them in the log to help others. Personally, I'm grateful for a person to mention that the coord's were off so I'm not hunting around scratching my head at GZ when it's actually 20-30 feet away. The only thing I can suggest is to maybe go to the cache and re-check the coord's that you took. It just may be that you need to update them. That should end the "coord's were off a bit" logs.
  21. And that you make you a ??? An idiot by my own definition. LOL. Everyone is an idiot at one point or another..the question is to what degree.
  22. LOL. I'll go with being called a DRIP. However in my case it would be "IDIOT" ( I Didn't Invest Optimum Time ) If I don't feel that I've searched long enough to earn a DNF...I'll wait for another day to give it all I've got before I log my frownie face. LOL.
  23. ooo... for a gadget collector like me that looks really interesting. I go walking on my own a lot, and this would be useful. Looking on amazon for one now ! Just a word of caution for those considering to purchase the emergency beacons. Make sure that you are not buying them so that you'll be able to take a risk that you wouldn't normally take. Those things aren't magic genies that are there only for you to summon help when you get too tired or cold to finish what you shouldn't have started in the first place and they're not toys to play with. They have the potential to be seriously abused by people who shouldn't be out anywhere alone..let alone the wilderness. Countless emergency responders have wasted money and man hours for people who pushed that button and didn't really need emergency help. I have one and I make sure that it's safely secured so that it's not accidentally triggered. I also make sure that whatever hike I'm going on, I'm mentally and physically prepared for. The beacon is an awesome tool...but use it wisely and only in the most dire need....like you're going to DIE if you don't get rescued. This artical illustrates my point. Yuppie 911 beacons
  24. Frowned upon by who? Over the years, I have heard a few say that they don't do it, but I have never heard anyone say that others shouldn't. Far and wide, it is the accepted practice. Frowned upon by "SOME" that I've talked to. Also, I DID specify the words "to ME" as in "MY OPINION."
  25. 52 posts as of this writing. Most providing helpful answers, some discussing silly analogies. One that was mildly critical of the OP for an apparent inconsistency in his attitude. That equates "the very unfriendliest cachers."? So people who try to help, or engage in good natured banter are "unfriendly"? Darn, I thought my fishing analogy was pretty cool, but if you think it's silly I guess I'll have to go back to the drawing board.
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