Dread Pirate Roberts'
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Originally posted by Madhatter78:I never would have known about Geocaching if not for Wheresgeorge, so I'm all for it.
Ditto! Plus, I would rather find a WheresGeorge than a McToy...
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Yep! Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't instead use my watch list for bookmarking caches that I really want to do--would save me time looking through them over and over...but I do like seeing when someone took my stuff. I hate it when people don't log what they took/left >[
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We have a similar treed cache near here...I had a nice chuckle when I read the logs. One cacher wrote, "Had a great hike, went home to get a ladder, and hiked again."
This cache was quite a hike indeed, I believe at least a mile from the parking area with a steep downhill and then a steep uphill climb. I can't imagine carrying a ladder that whole way! Pictures of the area
Anyhoo, as our hero returned to the cache, he ran into another group of cachers who described him as, "by far the most prepared cacher I have had the pleasure of meeting." Is that the understatement of the year or what?! What a riot!
So the moral of the story is: schlep a ladder out if you want the cache that bad. No need to ruin it for everyone else.
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Originally posted by Cruzin:I ran across a snake skin last weekend while caching. No snake, though. I was kinda bummed...
Before I read your post I was worried that the cache's new warning about snakes would scare ppl off.
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Originally posted by Cholo:Did these snakes ever arrive, and if so, did they sign the logs or just eat the travel bugs?
Apparently the one that bit the cacher's boot may "still be in orbit," as he put it...so does that count as a "not found" for the snake?
*mumbles about lousy smart alecs*
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We've placed 6 caches and in the past two weeks two have had reports of snakes being found en route to the caches. One cacher reported that there were a dozen snakes in the creek and that one bit his boot. No idea what kind of snake...I'm going to make a note of it in the description, but as this cacher stated, put the GPSr down every now and then and watch where you step
This has been a public service announcement
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Originally posted by Pudman&Pookie2:M R Ducks.
M R Not Ducks.
O S A R,
C M Wings?
C M Feet?
Y I B! M R Ducks!
You forgot one line...
C M P N?
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I just started researching my family tree a few weeks ago. I'm a direct descendant of Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Franklin. Well, ok, Andrew Jackson Keathley and Benjamin Franklin Brewer
One of my great-uncles was shot and killed in a poker game over a quarter. Another had a car door fly open, tried to close it, fell out and was run over by his own car. Neat, huh?
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I can't believe the search engine one beat out, "Get off your A$$ and find my cache"
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A lady never reveals her age. I'm 32.
Hubby is 35, dogs are 2 years old each.
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My favorite topic!
Boo on the left and Biscuit on the right
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We have a waterproof box set up to do something similar on an underwater cache (just haven't placed it yet...). The box is too small to be a traditional and too big to be a micro so it is a 'coin only' cache. It's filled with foreign coins that we bought or were brought back from vacation. The state quarters would be fine as well and I'm sure some lamers will trade for pennies haha. It'll be a sunken treasure of some sort
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Maybe...but if so, I'm strange, too
My mom-in-law got me started on stopping at old cemeteries. Her kids complain that on all their vacations growing up they spent half the time in graveyards en route.
She recently had a lot of surgeries and is temporarily bedridden and bored out of her mind. Once she's on her feet again I want to take her out to do some transcriptions and rubbings. One local cemetery has horse drawn carriage rides and points out the graves of famous folks so maybe we'll do that, too.
I recently read/heard that cemeteries are a great place to go when you are upset because it puts your problems into proper perspective.
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It is apparently illegal to geocache in certain cemetaries in KY.
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KRS 381.690 Protection of burial grounds by citiesWhenever any burial grounds lie within the corporate limits of a city the governing authorities of the city shall protect the burial grounds from being used for dumping grounds, building sites, playgrounds, places of entertainment and amusement, public parks, athletic fields or parking grounds.
HISTORY: KS 2741p-1
Penalty, 381.8990(2)
That said...if there is a cemetery that you think others would find interesting, why not make it a virtual and ask that they leave a flower on a grave that doesn't have one?
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We often stop at old country cemeteries while out geocaching because they are so interesting. Some have civil war era graves, some have tombstones that are no longer legible. This group asks that while you visit, you record the names and dates and submit the list to their search engine for people trying to locate their ancestors or trace their family trees. I thought it was a neat idea that sorta kinda maybe ties in with geocaching in some bizarre way...Just thought I'd throw this out there *shrugs*
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We try to stick to our pirate theme and leave a little "bag o' treasure" at most caches. The bags are velvet jewelry bags with a skull and crossbones and other "pirate-y" stamps on it. They contain some foreign coins and/or Sacagawas, polished rocks, fool's gold, mini dollars, fake jewelry, small plastic skull and the like. Almost everything was bought in bulk so I'd say the average bag is worth $4-5 but we have spent a lot of time shopping and putting everything together.
Anyhoo, I keep caches that still contain the bags on our watch list out of nosiness. The last one to take one traded a plain quarter
...BUT several times people have traded items and taken one coin or rock out of the bag instead of the whole bag as intended. Maybe they just weren't aware that they were supposed to take the whole thing--but I like to think that they just didn't want to be greedy. Sometimes they'll leave two or three items in exchange for one bag. There are still some good folks out there!
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After my weekly Friday bank visit, I divvied up the cash as always and gave hubby his weekly portion. I never pay attention to the money but he always looks everything over to see if there are any rare coins or funny notations on the bills. One of the 5s was a "Where's George."
We popped on their web site and logged the bill. Neat. Afterwards we explored the site a little and noticed a special section for geocaching. I was thinking geo=George and caching=cashing and that it was maybe a special coin they minted or something. A web search brought up this web site. As I read the FAQ, my eyes nearly popped out of my head. After finding out that there were caches near our house, I started jumping up and down like a maniac. Had a GPSr and our first cache found two days later.
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Absotively posilutely! I don't think we've done a cache yet without them. When they see us putting batteries in the GPSr, they start running and jumping with joy because they know it's time to go. I check the web to see if dogs are allowed in the parks we plan to visit.
[This message was edited by Dread Pirate Roberts' on March 30, 2003 at 10:15 PM.]
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It is also a marketing gamble that companies take. Many of these people will lose their receipt or fail to follow a sometimes bizarre set of instructions perfectly and not 'qualify' for the rebate. The company doesn't have to pay these folks and therefore sold the item for full price while the customer thinks they purchased it at a discount
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Hint: When I start chucking rotten fruit at ya from the top of a tree then you are close to the cache.
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Ever get that feeling that someone is watching you in the deep forest?
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Originally posted by casper2z:
1. How did you find out/start geocaching?
Was logging a Where's George dollar and saw a geocaching section. Did a google search and bought a GPSr the next weekend.
2. Who/what got you started geocaching?
See above.
3. How often you do it?
Every weekend
4. How long have you been doing it?
September 2002
5. Spending amounts:
a. Price of GPS
b. Placing a cache
c. other equipment and prices (lights, ropes, etc)
GPS was around $200 (after mail-in rebate).
Our trade items probably average $5 each.
Other equipment probably $100--we already had most of our hiking gear. Did buy some nice lights and a vest with a ton of pockets (the last in the size that Cache Masters wanted muhahahahaha)
We do spend a lot on gasoline now
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Originally posted by markusby:Forgive me... I;ve done a LOT of hiking with a LOT of gear... but what is the purpose of a hiking stick? Seems like extra weight to me, but then again, I've never used one so I can't make an educated decision. Enlighten me, oh walking stick persons.
I won't leave home without mine!
Why assume that anti-caching = uninformed?
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We aren't? Ooops. Guess I can try to sell my shovels and sticks of dynomite on eBay...
Can you imagine all the holes concentrated in a cache area if we could really bury them--yikes!
My answer to the original question is that most muggles that I have seen describing geocaching are way off base. One good assumption deserves another