MaxEntropy

Yes, absolutely you should take her so that you can come back here and tell us more stories. I'm still laughing. Do you have a video camera? Is she rich? Think of the inheritance possibilities? I know, I'm one sick puppy and I have a certificate to prove it. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

Why? It's not a bomb. Are the other passengers going to jump you because they have overactive imaginations? quote:Originally posted by JSDopefish:Actually, with the new security stuff in the last week or so regarding weapons/bombs hidden in common objects, and airports being more anal (rightfully so) about electronics... I have to wonder if playing with my GPS on the plane is a good idea. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

I've downloaded hundreds of waypoints into the GPS. I frequently look for caches by waypoint only. The trick is to NOT download virtuals, multis and puzzle caches. The rest are pretty much regulars and micros. One hazard of this is OLD caches, disabled and archived. I erase all GC waypoints from my GPS occasionally using Mapsource and refresh them from Easy GPS. I went 3 for 4 today blind caching. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

I just received a newsletter from localhikes.com. In it they list the new hikes and the new reporters. I noticed that 12 of the 38 new reporters mentioned Geocaching in their profile. I'll bet that most of them came from this thread. I'm one of them. Thanks for telling us of that site Brian. Mickey Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

... you finally realize that It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is the finest geocaching movie ever. (Yes I know that it's more like letterboxing but that wouldn't be funny now would it?) Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

An Irishman, an Italian and a Magellan employee guy are in the conference room drinking before a Magellan's GPS Treasure Hunt planning meeting. They are having a good time all agree that Magellan is a nice place to knock back a few during working hours. Then the Irishman says, "Aye, this is a great place, but where I come from, back in Dublin, there's a BETTER one. At McDougall's you buy a drink, you buy another drink, and McDougall himself will buy your third drink!" The others agree that sounds like a great place. Then the Italian says, "Yeah, that's a great bar, but where I come from there's a BETTER one. Over in Brooklyn, there's this place, Vinnie's. At Vinnie's, you buy a drink, Vinnie buys you a drink. You buy anudda drink, Vinnie buys you anudda drink." Everyone agrees that sounds like a great bar. Then the Magellan employee says, "YOU THINK THAT'S GREAT???? Where I come from there is this place call Warshowski's. At Warshowski's they buy you your first drink, they buy you your second drink, they buy you your third drink, and then they take you in the back and get you laid!" "Wow" say the other two. "That's fantastic! Did that actually happen to you?" "No", replies the Magellan employee, "but it happened to my sister." Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

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I vas only following orders! quote:Originally posted by Warm Fuzzies - Fuzzy: quote:Originally posted by MaxEntropy:Well, now that this thread had degraded to the Garmin vs. Magellan quibble, reminiscent of the PC/Mac quarrel, somebody please call someone else a Nazi and kill it off completely. Thank You. Only a Nazi like you would want to kill a thread on purpose, Dr. Max "Mengele" Entropy. http://parkrrrr.com/pirate.cgi.gif Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

Get the cache, take the ticket then challenge it in court. When you get to court, use your time to present a full multi-media geocaching promotional presentation. Bring some extra GPS units and offer to take the judge, attorneys and court room spectators on a cache hunt. Borrow the cop's paddy wagon, load them up and have a great hunt and end up best of friends with everyone. Of course, that's how it would end in a Disney movie. In the real world, you'd be thrown in the slammer for contempt and the cops would confiscate the GPS units as being terrorists tools. quote:Originally posted by Cruzin!: ... I'd pick up the cache and place it somewhere else, with a different e-mail address associated with it (in case it gets found again). If they (or anyone else) ever gives you a ticket for littering because you placed a cache, I'd fight it with everything I had - a cache is NOT litter. I wouldn't normally suggest going against the recommendation of a local police department, but I have experience with the PVPD and if it happened to me, I'd make them prove their case in court. IMHO, they're giving you a hard time _because they can_. That's what they do, and they're used to getting away with it without having it disputed. -- Pehmva! Random quote: http://sthomas.net/sigimage.php Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

Get the cache, take the ticket then challenge it in court. When you get to court, use your time to present a full multi-media geocaching promotional presentation. Bring some extra GPS units and offer to take the judge, attorneys and court room spectators on a cache hunt. Borrow the cop's paddy wagon, load them up and have a great hunt and end up best of friends with everyone. Of course, that's how it would end in a Disney movie. In the real world, you'd be thrown in the slammer for contempt and the cops would confiscate the GPS units as being terrorists tools. quote:Originally posted by Cruzin!:I had some run-ins with the PVPD when I was a teenager. It doesn't sound like they've changed much. Back then, they thought they were gods who were themselves completely above the law. They would routinely pull people over and spend an hour or more harassing them, searching their vehicle (without probable cause) and generally give them a hard time, all without ever telling them why they had been pulled over in the first place. This happened to me and just about everyone I knew. Basically, if you weren't driving a Mercedes or BMW, you weren't supposed to be there. I'd pick up the cache and place it somewhere else, with a different e-mail address associated with it (in case it gets found again). If they (or anyone else) ever gives you a ticket for littering because you placed a cache, I'd fight it with everything I had - a cache is NOT litter. I wouldn't normally suggest going against the recommendation of a local police department, but I have experience with the PVPD and if it happened to me, I'd make them prove their case in court. IMHO, they're giving you a hard time _because they can_. That's what they do, and they're used to getting away with it without having it disputed. -- Pehmva! Random quote: http://sthomas.net/sigimage.php Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

If you think that it's not safe, don't go look for it. It's all up to your sense and wisdom. However, the personal responsibility part being out of the way, I think that it stinks that its the last stage of a multi. Perhaps a note on the cache page would be nice. It also seems to violate my personal rule for determining a quality cache placement "Is it in a place that people would want to visit for some reason?" Who would want to visit a highway shoulder? Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

Well, now that this thread had degraded to the Garmin vs. Magellan quibble, reminiscent of the PC/Mac quarrel, somebody please call someone else a Nazi and kill it off completely. Thank You. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

Poison Oak/Poison Ivy ...* Fox tails in your sox ...* Mosquito Bites...........* * Less that 1% of RDA Edit: Reading back I see Cybrett was on the same track showing 100%. I like it. Perhaps we're supposed to make it sound more fun? Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

I wear a full brimmed straw hat in the summer. Keeping my head in the shade more than makes up for the amount of heat that it retains. It's ventilated so it does let some heat and moisture out. I can soak it for extra cooling when I have access to enough water. In the Winter, I wear a felt Boy Scout leader hat (emblem removed). It keeps my head warm and my face out of the sun. I could never get into baseball caps. They leave way to much skin exposed and subject to burning and UV. I has a skin cancer scare not long ago, so I'm a big believer in full-brimmed hats and sun screen. You should be also. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

I'm glad that Magellan did this, warts and all. I hope that they learn from their mistakes, perhaps find some Geocachers on their staff to oversee it and do it again soon. I missed the Cache near San Jose, so I'm just a bit disappointed.

There's somthing missing there. Did his GPS not support "breadcrumb" trails? That's also a lesson to place a waypoint when you park. I use waypoint "C" Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

A memorial sounds like someone died. How about commemorative? To commemorate the location of the first cache. I know that commemorate technically means the same thing, but it sounds less dour. How about tribute? A tribute plaque? Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

Here's a little twist. The Ranger becomes the cacher. Welcome Mr. Ranger. I'll see you soon. Mr Ranger 1 Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle. [This message was edited by MaxEntropy on July 29, 2003 at 01:25 PM.]

When reading about or dealing with the Environmentalists or other Green types I keep in mind that the Environmental movement has become a refuge for the former Communists and other anti-capitalists since the fall of the Soviet Bloc. From the cover of the woods, they can attack capitalists not on ideological or revolutionary terms but on environmental terms and still keep the same objective, the destruction of American capitalism. We'll pause while you mull that over. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

Why does everyone have their panties all in a bunch? The situation is simple: The apparent property manager says, go ahead and geocache, just be careful. The rest is nitpicking on your parts. The response here SHOULD have been "Thanks for reminding us to respect YOUR property." I dread to think what other property managers will think of this group after reading these replies. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

This is an interesting log from a plundered cache. It's very encouraging to those who debate whether or not to get permission. "July 22 by Mr. Ranger (1 found) Mr. Ranger is new to geocahing (after hearing about it at a parks conference). My very very first experience with geocaches is having this one turned into me by a well meaning park visitor. If DR. Dolittle wants to stop by the Palo Alto Baylands ranegr station s/he can have it back to re hide it. FYI for all - park rangers don't mind activities that have little environmental impact in the parks (a log entry mentions that the finder has to go fast because the ranger was watching). If you hide a cache in a park let the rangers know so they can tell people to leave it alone. Looking forward to running into folks at a cache in the future..." The cache is: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3c2e5ad9-8c66-415f-8bb0-c3b137a7f3e6 Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

I'm glad that you found it. I noticed that it took you about 24 hours to get "bored to tears" not being able to geocache. Now THAT'S dedication. A little off-topic, but I'll wager (since this was a Las Vegas story) that probably 95% of us have a waypoint labeled "HOME" It's been discussed before, but this could be a way for someone who finds a GPS to return it to the owner. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

I'm sure that there's a juicy story behind this. Let's hear it. Was there a colossal power struggle, a bloodless coup, angry peasants with pitchforks? Who said angry thing to whom? Feel free to drag it out into the open here. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

Portland, Massachusets and central Florida are the locations for the latest three caches in case anyone wants to know. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.

That took some guts. Considering all of the unknowns involved in Geocaching and the high potential for something to go wrong, the potential for embarrasment is pretty high. I'd hate to have my batteries die, to slide down a hill or the cache to show up as plundered on live TV. I'm glad to hear that it went well. Mickey Max Entropy More than just a name, a lifestyle.