jtbrady01
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Wow, I didn't realize the can I was opening with this thread.
Update: I made one call and one call only to the contact found in the bookmark for OYR caches. I left a message and still haven't had any response. That is all I plan on doing at this point. The woman that sent me the original emails also left me a voice message to my cell phone leaving a number if I had any further questions. I don't really plan on calling her either. Again, if I get any response from my initial contact I will post it here.
You did the right thing by bringing this to everyone's attention. Unfortunately sometimes we get side tracked from the topic at hand.
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Patrick is licensed in Nevada, New Jesey and the Bahamas as a dealer.
I hope he's a card dealer
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LPCs are like listening to the news reports about OJ. The first couple of news reports are somewhat interesting. But after the X number of broadcasts talking about OJ (X is different for everyone), it gets really old. But I guess some people out there like to hear about OJ, so I will have to skip watching the news until the OJ trial is over and he is finally locked up.
Some are still interesting as part of a multi or off-set cache. Otherwise they're just a quick numbers thing.
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BREAKING NEWS FROM ROOM 1203 OF THE PALACE STATION CASINO IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA:
Avast, ye lubbers! It's International Talk like a Pirate Day!!!
Patrick are you masquerading as a seeing eye dog? I didn't know you could get into a casino?
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Went back and looked this one up. Here's the cache in Peru if anyone interested GC119D5
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Oh, I am so thrilled I just have to share this! I cached Southwestway Park yesterday, and got buzzed by the resident bald eagle. Last spring, Jenischmeni and I did the caches around the oxbow lake in the extreme south end of the park, but two of them had gone missing and we DNF'd them. Not before we saw the eagle, though. I missed the opportunity with my camera, because shooting with a digital camera with no viewfinder, and a one second zoom lag makes catching birds on the wing darn near impossible.
But yesterday, I went to seek these caches, since they ahve been replaced. Near SWW Shelter cache, GC107HN, I sat at a picnic table on the edge of the lake, nursing my numerous battle wounds from the SWW Excursion cache. GC107HV I saw a big shadow of wings cross the sun. My first impulse was heron, but then I saw it again, and heron do not circle, so I looked up to see that the eagle had come to check me out again. He's very curious, and this time, he circled above me for a good 5 minutes. It took 50 frames of blue sky to get this shot!
There's a cache up around Peru that suppose to be close to an Eagle's nest. Didn't see any when I did that cache. Beautiful and lucky shot.
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What about Ivy Block, a lotion you use before you go out to help prevent PI. I've heard that it works well. Anyone have any practical experience with it?
Just remember the oils from the plants stick to your clothes and shoes as well not just your skin. So, protecting your skin with the lotion can help. But, when you get home and take off you clothes and throw them in the laundry basket you potentially effect the rest of the clothes.
I've gotten it from petting my dog who has walked through poison ivy. The oil transfer from his fur to my skin. The lotions can only do so much.
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When I bought my Explorist back in January it came with a $12.00 downloadable North America detailed map with a free upgrade to the full version to Mapsend. Not sure if that was just for the Explorist 600 or not. It was tucked away on a slip of paper in the box. Could have very easily thrown it away if I'm not one to read over everything.
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I am of the opinion that if you are not planning on moving a TB in a reasonable time (a week or two) you really shouldn't grab them in the first place.
I'll second this one. I grabbed two yesterday moved both of them and dropped them off by days end. No need to have them left in a pocket, stuck in a seat or lost in my cache bag.
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I hope the comment about removing something from a cache doesn't mean throwing it on the ground. I really hope that if anyone removes something from a cache they carry it out with them.
As for the free lessons I'd be all for it.
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I am confused... don't these violate the non-commercial nature rule?
I'm not an expert on this but, I've never seen anything where it promoted the business. Nor, has any of the one's I've seen (not just the 3 I've been to) said the name of the business). So, I would say no. They just gave permission to place a cache on their property outside of the building.
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...and just what makes an OYR cache less desirable or worthy them some other caches?
1. unable to accomodate swag for my 8 yr. old.
2. unable to accomodate Travel Bugs
3. Acting like a whack-job in front of the general public.
4. Alarming the general public, by acting like a whack-job in front of them.
That's all I have for now.
I've done 3 of them so far and all 3 have been completely different. Granted they all are micro's so, if you always want to trade swag, TB's etc.. then you can always filter out micro's. I think the idea of being stealthy and finding a cache in such a public area is always a challange.
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Please bear in mind that, in today's heightened security environment, geocaches on or near airport property will have a tough time getting through the cache approval process. It's best to look for parks, etc. which are nearby the airport
FYI: I was looking for a bench mark not even a 1/4 from an entrance to a small airport. I did park at a service road that was adjacent to the airport. Within a couple minutes the local police were there. I explained what I was doing. He was interested and took one of my cards I put in caches. However, he did ask me to leave. Didn't think it was a good idea to walk near an airport with a GPS. Each area may have different rules and regulations but, I don't think I would look for or hide one near an airport.
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My military issue compass. It sure beats the cheap ones. I've been on several caches where they are off set and the log says go 85 degrees. I go 85 degrees and the cache is no where near it. I go back and re-shoot it and it maybe off by 15-20 degrees. Spend the extra couple bucks and get a good one.
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I used to use Ivy Dry all the time. I bought a product called "tecnu" at a local drug store. It's an outdoor skin cleanser. You can use it as a lotion and also diluted for laundry (also on pets) to remove the oils produced by Poison Ivy, oak and sumac. You can use it within 2 hours of exposure to keep from getting the rash. If you get the nasty rash using this will help promote the healing.
I've had it real bad years ago and did have to go to the hospital for treatment. So, I've learned to recognize it and do what I can to prevent it.
So, to all you cache hiders. Please don't hide caches in these plants
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I've gone camping in state parks before. You have to pay to go camping. While there might as well get the caches that are there at the same time. No big deal. What's a couple bucks. Like what's been said before if you don't want to pay the fee. Don't cache here. All the one's I've been too have the icon on them indicating that a fee is required.
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I remember once turning the backlight on the palm all the way up in an attempt to make one more find for the evening... Now we always keep a flashlight in the truck.
Keeping the flashlight in the truck won't help you if you don't have it with you
Seriously night caching can be fun. Let your eyes adjust to the night and you'll be surprised as to what you can really see at night. After spending 11 years in the Army you learn to use the night to your benefit. It can be your friend. And I do carry a headlamp and a flashlight as well. Only use them when needed because they will mess up your natural night vision unless you put in a red lens.
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It's all about location and when that notification pops up. If it's close to home and the notification just popped up then I have a good chance. If it's been an hour or so, forget it. If it's out in the country it's a good chance depending on which side of town it is on and what the distance is. Not too many people will want to make the drive during the week. Then weekend is another story.
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July 11, 2007, we lost our German Shepherd Zoe-dog who loved to go caching because it meant going for a ride and a walk! snip..
July 21, 2007, I couldn't stand a dog-less house (although the cat enjoyed it) and found a new little girl. I fell in love with her on sight and so did my hubby. The hubby and I brought her home to test her out, and she never left! We named her Morgan and she's now about 8-1/2months old and is part black lab/German Shepherd/mountain goat/woodchuck. She found her first geocaching this weekend while we were in Pennsylvania.
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Sorry about your loss. I know how much a dog can fill your heart and warm your home. Mine's been with me for 9 years. Not sure what I'll do when he finally goes. I just wish he liked car rides. Always gets sick. So, he's a stay at home dog. Glad you found someone else to join your family. Best wishes for a long, fun and happy life together.
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I log all my DNF's. It not only helps out the cache owner, future cachers who might want to go out to look for the same cache it also helps out a reviewer when someone posts a "needs archived".
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Promotion of the sport, hobby or what ever you want to call it is out there. On the front page of GC.com, if you haven't noticed the last few months they've been talking about the GPS Maze. If you haven't had the chance to go to the one in Muncie Indiana tomorrow is the last day. I finally drove the hour to get there yesterday and it really was a wonderful experience. What does this have to do with this post. Well, it is open to the public and a lot of people walk through the maze. Plenty of stations that talk about the history of Geocaching what a GPS is etc. They even have GPS receivers that you can borrow to walk the property and try and find 3 caches listed on GC.com and 4 more that the Minnetrista center put out themselves. The issue here isn't about not publicizing the sport it is about educating this sport like you would educate someone about hunting or starting a camp fire. There are rules that need to be followed, you need to respect others, as in each cache (not destroy it, move it, or place a new micro in its place because you couldn't find the one that was there). I think the more exposure the better. Just teach everyone the right way to do it.
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If you didn't catch the post I made yesterday on the Indiana Geocaching boards I'll repost here.
DOUGSMILEY has completed the Delmorme Challenge and the Indiana Epic 92!!
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The "Match Game" was hosted by Gene Rayburn but, he died in 1999. I bet he would know have known all the rules.
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Here's an example of a TB that wasn't logged correctly. Night Owl I'm not trying to point out the flaw in the prior cacher. Look at my post from 06/20/07. I grabbed it from a cache it wasn't logged into. It was only MIA for a little over a week but, it did some traveling during that time. People can just drop a coin or a TB and forget to log it. Things happen.
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Just a thought. Before making comments like this maybe we should take a second and think about who might be reading this thread. Has anyone thought that someone from corporate CB might be?