TrailGators

My profile page explains mine...

The IRS decides to audit Grandpa, and summons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor was not surprised when Grandpa showed up with his attorney. The auditor said, "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable." "I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," says Grandpa. "How about a demonstration?" The auditor thinks for a moment and said, "Okay. Go ahead." Grandpa says, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye." The auditor thinks a moment and says, "It's a bet." Grandpa removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor's jaw drops. Grandpa says, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye." Now the auditor can tell Grandpa isn't blind, so he takes the bet. Grandpa removes his dentures and bites his good eye. The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Grandpa's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous. "Want to go double or nothing?" Grandpa asks. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between." The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this old guy could possibly manage that stunt, so he agrees again. Grandpa stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on the other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the auditor's desk. The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Grandpa's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands. "Are you okay?" the auditor asks. "Not really," says the attorney. "This morning, when Grandpa told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty-five thousand dollars that he could come in here and pee all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it.."

Prayers going up! I'm sure that all that know Dick are geared up and ready for action to help in any way we can. Thanks for the 411 Yes, we are... Standing by for whatever is most appropriate... Most bummed to hear this news this evening. Hoping to hear good news soon... I am also bummed to hear this too. My thoughts and prayers are with Dick and his family...

3/09/01______5518 Markwell 2/12/01______3892 Vagabond _________________ 25 days 1626 Interesting. Take the original poster's number: 1575429 - His profile says "Member Since Wednesday, April 16, 2008" Now subtract 1626 and look at the profile for 1573803 "Member Since Tuesday, April 15, 2008" So what used to take 25 days to get a certain number of accounts, now takes less somewhere less than 30 hours. I'm 91581, which was 658 days after you. So the sign-up rate had doubled from 65/day in early 2001 to 130/day at the end of 2002.

Way to go Fattboy!

WAY TO GO MY FRIEND 3000 NOW THAT'S A NUMBER TO BE PROUD OF !!!! FATTBOY

Awesome!!! Way to Go! CONGRATULATIONS YOU GUYS!! DIDN'T WE JUST MEET YOU THE OTHER DAY AND YOU HAD ABOUT 10 FINDS ? AMAZING! THE SPLASHES 1000 Way to

Thanks Tom...376 are active..how many have you found??? Very impressive! We love your caches!

Congratulations Ramona Retired Snipe!!!

Classic!! LOL!! Yeah, well, imagine when those three get together and come after me. I do live inside a gated community but the gate wasn't designed to keep people OUT. Very funny, Harmon!

Arghhh! It seems like I got something going every stinking weekend that there is an event. This weekend we are visiting a prospective engineering school with my youngest son. Anyhow, have fun and drink a few beers for me.

A young man shopping in a supermarket noticed a little old lady following him around. If he stopped, she stopped. Furthermore she kept staring at him. She finally overtook him at the checkout, and she turned to him and said, "I hope I haven't made you feel ill at ease; it's just that you look so much like my late son." He answered, "That's okay." "I know it's silly, but if you'd call out 'Good bye, Mom' as I leave the store, it would make me feel so happy." She then went through the checkout, and as she was on her way out of the store, the man called out, "Goodbye, Mom." The little old lady waved, and smiled back at him. Pleased that he had brought a little sunshine into someone's day, he went to pay for his groceries. "That comes to $121.85," said the clerk. "How come so much .... I only bought 5 items.." The clerk replied, "Yeah, but your Mother said you'd be paying for her things, too." Don't trust little Old Ladies!!! Now, who said 'The mind is the first to go' ?

Ain't that the truth!

Congrats Lil Splash!

Awesome picture for an awesome accomplishment! Congratulations, Duncan!!!!!!!!!! Congrats D!.....and we don't think you're a Dork!

You may be right, but if you are wearing a white shirt and pick up 30 ticks, you will easily see all 30 ticks. If you are wearing a brown shirt and only pick up 3 ticks it will be very difficult to see any of them. One of keys to keeping ticks out of your skin is getting them off before they can work their way inside your clothing. The likelihood of catching them early increases with light colored clothing. I totally agree about constantly checking yourself. I also agree that wearing really dark clothes would make it tougher to spot ticks. The middle ground in colors is fine. For example, I have no problem spotting ticks on my jeans. Most of us don't own black lights (at least since the 70s) but if you could look at what you were wearing under a black light and you didn't glow, then you would also not be as obvious to ticks.

You can now have your very own Obama Chia Pet!

I think this game brings in new players that move from the couch to the great outdoors and are largely unaware of how to deal with this stuff. Plus you never know when someone is going to drop a new nugget on how to deal with something better... Plus, the nature of the hobby means you can't avoid tall grass/other growth where ticks are more likely to be lurking like you can when you are hiking or biking and sticking strictly to trails. I know I generally avoid brushing up against any grass during tick season unless it simply can't be avoided. I imagine I'll get way more ticks geocaching than I have previously while hiking. I agree. Plus some people don't know that some grasses are exceptionally nasty like foxtail grass. I hate that stuff.

I think this game brings in new players that move from the couch to the great outdoors and are largely unaware of how to deal with this stuff. Plus you never know when someone is going to drop a new nugget on how to deal with something better...

Hey, I have a couple of pairs of them! I never thought of them as a tick trap though. They love deer and pretty much stay on the lower 3 feet of leafy bushes and plants to latch on to passing deer. One more suggestion is to let someone else in your group lead the way through these brushy areas. The lead person almost always gets the most ticks on them.