Proud Soccer Mom
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Yeah the 'hersheys' bar of soap, especially if you made it that thin, would be good. Also good - if the soap was not harmful to the environment, so people could use it in the woods, with streamwater, or whatever where there wasnt a sink nearby.
I also like the wipes idea, expecially if there were different kinds (and they weren't too heavily scented!
Don't mind the grumps around here. Sometimes people can be unnecessarily mean. On the other hand I did think you were being a tiny bit impatient at the start of the thread, no offense.
My mantra is as always, everyone calm down, take a breath, and try to be friendly.
Thanks!
I'm thinking the wipes would have to be quick disintegrating, even though cachers practice CITO. I don't know how any of this will come together but the feedback is good stuff. It's a great start to have something to consider.
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We agree, the wipes are the bomb! Maybe like a little travel pack of all kinds of wipes. Nothing better than a "wet one" after you just stuck your hand in a wet pile of yuck to pull out the cache!
Around here the big worries are ticks, mosquitoes, poison ivy and the sun. Too bad there isn't an all in one spray! Also, I hate whatever the stuff is in insect repellent is that melts plastic. If there was an all natural insect repellent that really worked and it didn't melt my flip flops, I'd buy it in a heartbeat!
What about different type of wipeys? Maybe one with sunscreen and one with soap to take off fresh poison ivy oil, etc... Just wipe on and you're done! Convenient to carry, too!
Thanks! This is useful stuff!
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What about a soap that could be broken off, or shaved off...something that doesn't get wet and stay slimey, etc.
I don't know how to be more help or describe a product that solves that problem, but thats one of the things I currently dislike about typical bar soap. It gets wet, stays wet, and has to be carried inside a container which it will turn into a giant mess. Liquid soaps, such as body gels and the like, are nice but the use per unit ratio is not very high, and it doesn't last very long.
Probably not very helpful, but seeing your post, that was my first thought.
Good luck.
(And because your soliciting advise rather than shoving links down our throats, I don't see it as spam. If anything, you are asking for us to spam you lol)
I've never seen something like this. I'm imagining a hersey chocolate bar... but of soap. Is that kinda what you're saying?
(and thank you)
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Good stuff. Thanks!
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I'm no troll.
My first post was a joke based on your post quoted.
My second was what I think of your OP. Too much subliminal (or "just liminal enough to slip by") SPAM around here anymore.
Good luck with your products. I like natural products. SPAM isn't one.
(I'm not picking on you personally, you just caught me at the right/wrong time.)
Alright... You have no clue where to buy anything I make and the thing I'm talking about doesn't exist. If that's spamming, I'm doing it wrong.
I'm trying to get information and if you're in the wrong mood to provide some productive feedback, move along. It is a bit trollish even if you're not a troll. This aint my first rodeo. I'm not a virgin to this forum. I'm just looking for something that I can work with to make something somebody may want and find useful. I get there with feedback.
When the line is produced and marketed, it certainly won't be advertised on the Groundspeak forums! (unless it's in that little google box up top)
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Guess not.
That's a shame.
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Don't I deserve better than trolls?
I thought my request was pretty simple and straight-forward and obviously I have enough respect to not try to sell you anything because I haven't told you where/how to get anything I make. I'm just asking for information. Can't I get respect in return?
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That's VERY useful. Thank you!!
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Oh c'mon people. Throw me a bone here!
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This aint spam, don't worry.
Here's the skinny:
I make all natural soap and other personal care products. I also cache.
I'm designing a line of products that are specifically useful for people who enjoy outdoor activities that may take them far off the beaten path into various thorns, poison ivy, and bugs.
I can work off my experience as a cacher, hiker and camper, but would also like more feedback on what kinds of products y'all use (eg. bug repellent, sunscreen, lip balm, poison ivy soap, hand sanitiser, etc?) while on the trail, during a camp-out or after you get home from a long day in the wilderness. What is it that you would really like to see all in one line of products, tailored to your specific needs... especially if there are allergy and other sensitive skin concerns?
Thanks for any feedback and help you can give.
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Second, the frog exhibits some of the worst behaviors you might expect from a monopoly, making up new rules because it can, without full regard for the people who helped build the site - those who place and maintain caches. There is no small number of cache owners who have worked hard to place and maintain good caches, only to see the frog one day pull the plug on them for no good reason. I was directly involved in this myself this past year and it was an eye-opening experience, revealing to me that frog management needs an attitude adjustment.
Do you realise how unhinged you appear, referring to "the frog" and claiming Groundspeak has a monopoly on caching hobbies?
It really is for the best that if someone feel this way that they should stop playing immediately.
If that's unhinged, and whoever feels that way needs to stop playing immediately, there is going to be one really, really big mass-Geocide.
I hope they all do it in the same thread. That would be a fun read.
Well, I really mean anyone who has ever referred to Groundspeak, Inc. as "The Frog". Which would probably include everyone that works there, as well as thousands of others. Monopoly, we could debate.
Not that there shouldn't be a pinned thread "commit Geocide here".It's a matter of context and intent. The context of referring to "the frog" is no different than trying to demonise the staff or a specific individual of the staff as being the fully responsible for not living up to the expectations of entitlement mongers. While I understand that referring to "the frog" can be a casual and affectionate thing, obviously that wasn't the context here. It's amazing how something that's fun in one context can be borderline psychotic in another context.
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Wrong topic, please re-read the OP. There are three other topics covering your comment!
Oh that's right. This one was about robbing stores.
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Second, the frog exhibits some of the worst behaviors you might expect from a monopoly, making up new rules because it can, without full regard for the people who helped build the site - those who place and maintain caches. There is no small number of cache owners who have worked hard to place and maintain good caches, only to see the frog one day pull the plug on them for no good reason. I was directly involved in this myself this past year and it was an eye-opening experience, revealing to me that frog management needs an attitude adjustment.
Do you realise how unhinged you appear, referring to "the frog" and claiming Groundspeak has a monopoly on caching hobbies?
It really is for the best that if someone feel this way that they should stop playing immediately.
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Just a short rant. I am getting tired of cachers (new and experienced) using the "Needs Maintenance" report to tell me that the log book is full.
What ever happened to a PM to the cache owner?
In absense of carrying an extra log to do the maintenance for you, they're doing the right thing. I wouldn't complain.
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I've gone over the comments in both threads and I'm confused as to where the confusion is.
I agree that people should be able to maintain the discernment of which caches they would like to hunt. I agree that people should be able to hide with ALR and expect that that ALR be heeded to log a find.
I don't see the changes as inhibiting either ability. I see a redefinition that categorises any ALR as a Mystery.
By recategorising the ALR caches as Mysteries, they become easier for number players to avoid and will ease up the frustration and headaches for owners who are sick of number players not doing the ALR - mostly because few number players even bother to read the cache page. This is a win/win, although it is understandable that owners with Traditional caches with ALR are going to experience some pain at the transition of their existing cache.
For those who are transitioning, owners will not find their caches phased out, just altered in accordance with the current change. With so much criticism of Groundspeak grandfathering in caches in the past, it's little wonder why the choice was made to place current caches into transition instead of continuing to grandfather. I read that owners have complete control over how they wish to proceed with their cache and, by working with their reviewers, will be able to make a smooth transition to keeping a compliant cache with ALR.
It's not necessary to dive into the ridiculous specifics of what is considered ALR. For some players, "Signing the Logbook" is ALR when they think it's perfectly acceptable to log a find when the logbook isn't signable. Do we really need to get down that nitty gritty? While some of you will think that we do, I don't think so. There is a place for common sense and some things are self-evident. Attributes exist without being classified as ALR. If requirements for logging a find on a cache extend beyond what the Attributes can determine, there's a good chance it is ALR and is better being recategorised as a Mystery.
It's important to remember that this game is a voluntary activity. You pay to play or you play for free. No one is forcing you to participate. There are even alternative options out there that people play instead of or in addition to this game. Disagreement is rational but a continued argumentative disagreement over a website that hosts one version of a hobby isn't rational.
I also think it's best if people wishing to understand and debate these guideline changes would avoid involving metaphors in an attempt to make a point that is best made by handling the actual topic. I know that most of my confusion at what was being argued in both threads came from people straying off-topic in their own fantasies about what this situation "is like". It's possible that if you cannot discuss the actual topic without explaining something entirely different, you might not be able to discuss the topic and should wait until you can.
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I cache and I am also a woman. My husband caches but not as much as I do. IT and the Outdoors are still male dominated but time is closing that gap. Right now I think the biggest gap is in the perception of what's a "guy" and "girl" thing. When people assume an unknown cacher is a guy or assume the owner of the cache is male... I think the gap created in the perception is greater than the actual gap.
But I am grateful that there are no pink GPS receivers (yet). I'm going to cry the day somebody decides to grab the "female consumer demographic" by marketing pink GPSrs and cutesy charms and bling for them. *bleh*
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Over on this side of the pond - if you get the word troll used on a cache page, it usually means that the cache is hidden under a bridge.
This is, in my experience, largely true in the US as well. However, I doubt that this is true for caches published in Canada, for all Canadians, in addition to being a brutish and louty lot, are illiterate, and do not know how to spell the word "troll", and, since they do not yet have electricity, refrigeration, grocery stores, supermarkets or restaurants in Canada, Canadians tend to eat any trolls that they encounter, for wild-harvested trolls, squirrels, hedgehogs and rabbits comprise a large part of their native diet.
And that is why LP Michiganders avoid Canadians.
I dunno...
Those Rush guys seemed pretty civilised.
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I thought that the howlers were the forum residents who fling the poo at the noob with the 'new' ideas.well ive been acused of it many times.
the deffinitions that it seems to be are these 3
off topic posting- not me
posting to tick people off- also not me
and posting way tooooo much becouse you have no life- pretty much me
You're not a troll, no. You're more of a Howler is all. I started out as one, too, and it's a phase that will pass with time and an appropriate amount of shutting up.
You're probably right. I think I've misread that to mean it's the noobs that toss the poo.
In my experience Howlers fling poo at noobs with opinions differ from their own. Especially if the Howler is also a Fossilizer.
It appears that Newbie covers Crab Soul (and limitless others, of which I was included) completely.
Fossilizer is a new term for me. Is that like an Archivist?
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I thought that the howlers were the forum residents who fling the poo at the noob with the 'new' ideas.well ive been acused of it many times.
the deffinitions that it seems to be are these 3
off topic posting- not me
posting to tick people off- also not me
and posting way tooooo much becouse you have no life- pretty much me
You're not a troll, no. You're more of a Howler is all. I started out as one, too, and it's a phase that will pass with time and an appropriate amount of shutting up.
You're probably right. I think I've misread that to mean it's the noobs that toss the poo.
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well ive been acused of it many times.
the deffinitions that it seems to be are these 3
off topic posting- not me
posting to tick people off- also not me
and posting way tooooo much becouse you have no life- pretty much me
You're not a troll, no. You're more of a Howler is all. I started out as one, too, and it's a phase that will pass with time and an appropriate amount of shutting up.
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My all time favourite site for flame warrior types is Mike Reed's Flame Warriors!
Read the page for Troller for an apt description of a Troll.
Please read more descriptions at your convenience. They are made of LOL and win.
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ah ok. Any ideas on how to improve this ? The lid overlaps the container so I would think that any water would run off. Unless it's actually submerged in water then I would understand but this is still puzzling !
Place the log into a ziplock bag. If the problem persists, which is likely since moisture will still get through the bag's seal if it's repeatedly opened and closed, you will have to replace the container with one that has a rubber seal.
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One of my favourites was:
thank you for another wonderful day of geocaching with my family.People have written short stories and made me laugh and thanked me for taking them to the particular area but I really liked this sentiment. To me, caching is about spending the day with family and having a wonderful time.
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I'm sure this has been discussed before but I got tired of searching for an appropriate thread to bump after 14 pages of a search. So...
What is your absolute favourite find log that you've written, received for a hide, or otherwise been able to read?
Not that there shouldn't be a pinned thread "commit Geocide here".
Designing products for cachers - help!
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Well gosh, Vinny, that's helpful! But I could just use this Artesian well.