nonaeroterraqueous
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We're 29 and (just days away from) 32. Is anyone keeping track? I can't believe anyone cares.
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Okay, now I just have to ask, what is a firetack?
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...and we all get to build our homes out of recycled cans because no one knows which trees to cut.
Seems like the only real solution is a controlled burn with a replant, no?
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1. The cache will always be in the last place you looked.
I don't know about you, but I usually stop looking once I've found the cache. But that's just me.
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Here's a link to a similar discussion on messages hidden in mirrors.
As far as UV invisible ink is concerned, I just picked up a couple of pens at Target that write in UV ink. I just happened across them today. They come equipped with a UV light on the back end for reading the message, and they open up in the middle to hold a roll of paper like a micro cache. Pretty cool. Without getting too commercial sounding, if anyone's curious, they go for ten bucks for a pair.
I'm still looking into that mirror thing. I'll check back if I get anything promising.
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Good cache = good, personal log.
Boring cache (There are NO "bad" caches, right?!) = boring, impersonal log.
Well, you know how the old saying goes: if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all. Hence, there often isn't much to say regarding caches we don't like.
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What about accumulation of dust revealing the message?
Well, it was a bathroom mirror that I saw it on, so it was frequently cleaned. Good question. I might be able to come up with an alternative. Needs more brainstorming.
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I have seen something that could not be washed off even after many years. I just haven't figured out what it was, exactly. It was a long time ago. I'm still looking.
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I was just experimenting with this one today, myself, while I was bored at work. White-out shows up very dark under UV light, which is convenient, because it is designed to blend in with the paper. The paper itself is very white under UV. The only downside is that whiteout can also be seen without the UV unless only a very light application is used and the paper is thick.
I've also experimented with messages on glass that can only be seen if you fog up the glass. Still in the research, but the basic idea requires sticking tape to a mirror or piece of glass. The glue on the tape has to be very strong and it needs to be cut in the shape of the letters, spelling out the message. After the tape is applied it gets to sit there for a while before it is removed. The remaining sticky residue is invisible, but it affects the way moisture fogs the glass. No room for mistakes, though. Still working on the idea, personally. I haven't perfected it, but I know from experience that it can be done quite well.
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I once took my dad geocaching. He had recently broken his back and was recovering from paralysis in his legs. All the caches we did that day were "no bushwacking" caches, except for the fact that they were located on various sides of various creeks that were loaded with bushes. Sure, we could have gotten to them all without bushwacking, but where's the fun in that?
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TFTT (thanks for the thread)
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No! Wait! I need to...go back and double our finds. Can we actually do that? Hmmm...
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Nonaeroterraqueous is 2 people. If the actual finder is the only one to get credit...oh, man, I need to go back and cut all our finds in half!
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Does this mean you don't log your DNF's? How can no one else see them? If you log a DNF it goes on the cache page.
Nope. It just means I don't have a number by my name that totals my cumulative DNFs. If people really cared, they could find out, but even then there's no list of "Geocaches DNF'd," like there is for the ones found.
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Only from those who feel guilty about something.
Well...apparently there are plenty of those around, because if you bring it up you'll probably get another flame war. That issue has been beaten to death anyway.
As much as I enjoy heated bickering I'm not so much into watching reruns. There are so many new and interesting things to assault each other over that it would be a pity to rehash this one. -
So not only does my DNF affect the way people rate my geocaching abilities, but it also has the potential to affect how people rate the cache that I DNF'd, thusly provoking possible ill will from the owner, depending on what kind of rating the owner was hoping for? I like DNFs to be relatively harmless, like they are now. No one sees a record of my DNFs. People are already skiddish about posting one anyway.
I can just see myself as being "the guy who always posts DNFs. Man, you don't want that lazy blind fool coming anywhere near your cache, or he'll mess up your score and people will think it's too hard and not look for it."
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If you really want to get it there's always some time or some day when you're less conspicuous. That doesn't mean you'll be available at that time. It just means you'll have to take time off from work or get up really early in the morning, or get there when most people wouldn't even dream of being there. How badly do you want it?
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You’ll have to come up with a definition of ’find’ first.
Uh, oh! That's a can of worms best left unopened. You know a statement like that is going to provoke someone.
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Yes... "here" is Morgantown PA, Bethlehem Steel had a mine here. They mined Magnitite. I don't know what the Upper Peninsula ore is, but I bet it is magnetic.
"Here" is such a relative term on the internet.
I confuse myself sometimes. I need an internet Garmin so I can keep track of where the discussion is located. -
For one, I don't lie, exactly. We were hunting out a hedge in a park and thought no one was around, when we were suddenly surrounded by a group of teenagers who asked us what we were looking at. I quickly grabbed the nearest native object, a snail, and showed it to them. They thought I was insane and left us alone. Another time someone spotted us from way off in the distance. I saw him heading straight for us after we had already re-hidden the cache. Sure enough, when he got to us he asked what we were doing and we explained geocaching to him. That was good enough for him, and he didn't ask to actually see the cache. He just walked away and left us alone. He didn't apparently come back to muggle the cache later, either.
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I guess it depends on where you live. The entire state of North Dakota has only 299 caches, while there are 331 within an eight mile radius of this LA region.
That sounds about right. I got about 400 in a ten mile radius of my home in Orange County, which is essentially just another part of the greater Los Angeles metropolis.
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ooops. Accidental post.
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Best guess is a magnitite deposit. There is a spot near here that has a declination of 180 degrees and the Upper Peninsula accounts make perfect sense.
Are you sure it's magnitite? Northern Minnesota is just across the lake from there, where they have (or, had, past tense) a huge tachonite (iron ore) deposit that fairly covers the whole region.
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- Near the equator: compasses lose direction or often reverse direction
- Underground flows of water, especially near the surface: cause the compass to align itself with the flow.
- Large steel pipes: compass aligns itself with the pipe.
- Large flows of electricity: creates an electromagnetic field that will scramble a compass.
- Large underground steel object, like a bomb shelter: does fairly random things to a compass.
- flowing magma (let's hope not): redirects the compass according to the direction of flow.
There's probably a lot of stuff I haven't thought of yet, but there's a start.
- Near the equator: compasses lose direction or often reverse direction
I've seen it mentioned here enough times that I feel like I really need to know.
I confuse myself sometimes. I need an internet Garmin so I can keep track of where the discussion is located.
caches in peoples yards
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Do I really want to put myself on a stage for a complete stranger to stare at me while I hunt for a cache? No thanks.