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  1. <snip>It's very easy to go through a thicket of PO without realizing it.</snip>

     

    Following the arrow is a surefire way to get PO in Tecolote Canyon. Most of my hides are off trails or in areas where PO does not grow. If you stay on trails as much as possible and wear long pants you should be safe. I hid the caches wearing shorts and a t-shirt and I only got a little PO on my calf.

  2. The validation coordinates for #19 are incorrect. Latitude should be smaller by .001 minutes.

     

    ETA: Never mind. I am going blind.

    Too much of this cache series has been known to cause blindness. And hairy palms. :laughing:

     

    Wow! I'd forgotten about these! This might be a better time of year to attempt them, with the PO somewhat less rampant. Are we allowed to ask for hints now, Patrick?

    You bet! :laughing:

    It was always possible to ask for hints. Actually getting hints, on the other hand, was not so easy... :blink::laughing:;)

     

    Oh well! Mr. Negative... :laughing:

  3. The validation coordinates for #19 are incorrect. Latitude should be smaller by .001 minutes.

     

    ETA: Never mind. I am going blind.

     

    Never thought I would see this thread again!

     

    Wow! I'd forgotten about these! This might be a better time of year to attempt them, with the PO somewhat less rampant. Are we allowed to ask for hints now, Patrick?

     

    You bet! ;)

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    Speaking of bizarre things found while caching. I found a full set of women's clothing and a pair of fake silicone breasts in the bushes near Mt. Soledad. I don't think that beats the nun-shaped dildo however...

     

    What exactly is a pair of "fake silicone breasts"? Are they real??? :)

  5. Wine and Water

     

     

    To my friend who enjoys a glass of wine..and those who don't.

     

    As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom,In beer there is freedom,

    In water there is bacteria.

     

    In a number of carefully controlled trials, Scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E.. Coli) - bacteria found in feces.

     

    In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop.

     

    However, we do NOT run that risk when Drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whisky or other liquor), because alcohol has to go through a purification Process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

     

    Remember:

    Water = Poop, Wine = Health .

     

    Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid,

    Than to drink water and be full of s***.

     

    There is no need to thank me for this valuable information:

    I'm doing it as a public service.

  6. Hiring Guidelines

     

    Put about 100 bricks in some particular order in a closed room with an open window.

     

    Then send 2 or 3 candidates in the room and close the door.

     

    Leave them alone, come back after 6 hours and then analyze the situation.

     

    If they are counting the bricks, put them in the accounts department.

    If they are recounting them, put them in auditing.

    If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks, put them in engineering.

    If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order, put them in planning.

    If they are throwing the bricks at each other, put them in operations.

    If they are sleeping, put them in security.

    If they have broken the bricks into pieces, put them in information technology.

    If they are sitting idle, put them in human resources.

    If they say they have tried different combinations, yet not a brick has been moved, put them in sales.

    If they have already left for the day, put them in marketing.

    If they are staring out of the window, put them on strategic planning.

     

    And last but not least.

    If they are talking to each other and not a single brick has been moved, congratulate them and put them in top management

  7. D'oh! We were just following the arrow...

     

    Tourists miss Italian island by 400 miles, thanks to GPS

    Tourists driving to famed island of Capri end up in northern Italy due to misspelling destination on their car's GPS

     

    By The Associated Press

     

    Officials say a Swedish couple looking for the popular island of Capri ended some 400 miles away in the northern Italian industrial town of Carpi after misspelling the destination on their car's GPS.

     

    Angelo Giovannini, a spokesman for the Carpi town hall, near Modena, said the couple drove into the main square last week and asked the local tourist office how to reach Capri's famed Blue Grotto sea cave.

     

    "We thought they might mean a restaurant. Capri is an island, they did not even wonder why they didn't cross any bridge or take any boat, " Giovannini said Tuesday.

     

    He said the couple, who were not identified, arrived from Venice and later set off to their planned destination at the other end of the Italian peninsula.

     

    As my cousin (who pointed me to this article) says "A GPSr is a useful tool but it can't do all your thinking for you."

     

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  8. AND THAT'S HOW THE FIGHT STARTED:

     

    One year, a husband decided to buy his mother-in-law

    a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift.

    The next year, he didn't buy her a gift.

    When she asked him why, he replied,

    "Well, you still haven't used the gift

    I bought you last year!"

    And that's how the fight started...

     

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    My wife walked into the den & asked "Whats on the tv?"

    I replied "Dust".

    And that's how the fight started...

     

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    My wife was hinting about what she wanted

    for our upcoming anniversary.

    She said, 'I want something shiny

    that goes from 0 to 200 in about 3 seconds.

    I bought her a scale.

    And that's how the fight started...

     

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    I asked my wife, 'Where do you want to go for our anniversary?'

    It warmed my heart to see her face melt in sweet appreciation.

    'Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!' she said.

    So I suggested, 'How about the kitchen?'

    And that's how the fight started...

     

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    My wife and I are watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

    while we were in bed. I turned to her and said,

    'Do you want to have sex?'

    'No,' she answered.

    I then said, 'Is that your final answer?'

    She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying 'Yes.'

    So I said, 'Then I'd like to phone a friend.'

    And that's how the fight started...

     

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    When I got home last night, my wife demanded

    that I take her someplace expensive.

    So, I took her to a gas station.

    And that's how the fight started...

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    I tried to talk my wife into buying a case

    of Miller Light for $14.95.

    Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for $7.95.

    I told her the beer would make her look better

    at night than the cold cream.

    And that's how the fight started...

     

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    My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion,

    and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink

    as she sat alone at a nearby table.

    My wife asked, 'Do you know her?'

    'Yes,' I sighed, 'She's my old girlfriend.

    I understand she took to drinking right after we split up

    those many years ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since.'

    'My God!' says my wife. 'Who would think a person

    could go on celebrating that long?'

    And that's how the fight started...

     

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    After retiring, I went to the Social Security office

    to apply for Social Security.

    The woman behind the counter asked me for my

    driver's license to verify my age.

    I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home.

    I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to

    go home and come back later.

    The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'.

    So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair.

    She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me,' and she processed my Social Security application..

    When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience

    at the Social Security office.

    She said, 'You should have dropped your pants.

    You might have gotten Disability, too'

    And that's how the fight started...

     

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    I took my wife to a restaurant.

    The waiter, for some reason, took my order first.

    'I'll have the strip steak, medium rare, please.'

    The waiter said, 'Aren't you worried about the mad cow?'

    'Nah, she can order for herself.'

    And that's how the fight started...

     

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    Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, and slipped quietly into the garage.

    I hooked up the boat to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph,

    so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio,

    and discovered that the weather would be bad all day.

    I went back into the house, quietly undressed,

    and slipped back into bed.

    I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a

    different anticipation, and whispered,

    'The weather out there is terrible.'

    My loving wife of 10 years replied,

    'Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?'

    And that's how the fight started...

  9. Here's caching and climbing that I did this past weekend.

    WOW!! That's pretty extreme!! Thanks for sharing!!

     

    Finally dude, I have been waiting in anticipation for a week now.... I was scared, I heard on news 10 that an Abominable Snow Bear was seen eating climbers on Mt. Shasta, I thought you brought plenty of food.

     

    I had plenty of food - in the car - three hours away...

  10. I need a bit of help from the computer gurus out there...

     

    I get what I think are character codes instead of characters on a lot of web pages...how can I fix this?

     

    I get:

     

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    I have an HP Compaq 2200 desktop computer, running Windows XP Professional, and I use Firefox.

     

    Thanks in advance for any help with this! ;)

     

    Sue

     

    Could be FireFox... Have you tried to view it in Internet Explorer?

  11. Why Men Don't Write Advice Columns:

     

    Dear Walter: I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't gone more than a mile down the road when my engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home to get my husband's help. When I got home I couldn't believe my eyes. He was in our bedroom with the neighbor lady. I am 32, my husband is 34, and we have been married for twelve years.

     

    When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted that they had been having an affair for the past six months. I told him to stop or I would leave him. He was let go from his job six months ago, and he says he has been feeling increasingly depressed and worthless. I love him very much, but ever since I gave him the ultimatum he has become increasingly distant. He won't go to counseling and I'm afraid I can't get through to him anymore. Can you please help?

     

    Sincerely, Sheila

     

    Dear Sheila: A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel line. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the carburetor float chamber.

     

    I hope this helps.

     

    -Walter

  12. I know, I'm pushing my luck here, but these are good...

     

    How many men does it take to open a beer?

    None. It should be opened when she brings it.

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    Why is a Laundromat a really bad place to pick up a woman?

    Because a woman who can't even afford a washing machine will probably never be able to support you.

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    Why do women have smaller feet than men?

    It's one of those 'evolutionary things' that allows them to stand closer to the kitchen sink.

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    How do you know when a woman is about to say something smart?

    When she starts a sentence with 'A man once told me....'

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    How do you fix a woman's watch?

    You don't. There is a clock on the oven.

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    If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door, who do you let in first?

    The dog, of course. He'll shut up once you let him in.

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    I married a Miss Right.

    I just didn't know her first name was Always.

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    Scientists have discovered a food that diminishes a woman's sex drive by 90%.

    It's called a Wedding Cake.

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    Why do men die before their wives?

    They want to.

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    Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

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    In the beginning, God created the earth and rested.

    Then God created Man and rested

    Then God created Woman.

    Since then, neither God nor Man has rested.

  13. Backpack update:

     

    Been slowed down by some design mods along the way and am now working through some embroidery probs. The good news is that I've got some cool collectibles and other fun swag ready to load into the three backpacks and will hide them for a couple of GC'ers to find soon!

     

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    Snake! was sewn to Simplicity specs with a separating zipper that allows the pack to be worn as a backpack or off the shoulder. It has two elasticized pockets for water bottles and a large front pocket with Velcro closure. There is also a pencil holder inside.

     

    Special care has also been taken to match overall patterning on all models and the 100% cotton fabric has been washed and preshrunk.

    Ooooh, ooooh, I want one of those! As long as none of my kin were used in the making of that pack :angry:

     

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    I got mine today and I'm happy to say that no Polar Bears were harmed in making or retrieving the bag. :D

    Thank you travelita!

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