Golf Balls!

1.1k · September 3, 2005

Should golf balls be banned from being left in caches?

I think so... :laughing:

What other things do you regularly find in caches that get up your nose?

Jon

:laughing:

September 3, 2005

Calling cards .

Unless they are placed neatly together in a bag where they can keep each other company . .

1.1k · September 3, 2005

Concur - hate the things falling out of cache logs all over the place!

September 3, 2005

tat in general

If in doubt TNLN

3.8k · September 3, 2005

Little, tiny log sheets.... especially when inside little, tiny cache containers :laughing: :sad:

8.6k · September 3, 2005

golf balls

that get up your nose?

....?....Gosh! Just how big is your nose? :laughing:

I see on the USA Ebay site that someone over there is producing golf balls to hide microcaches inside.

Mrs B

1.5k · September 3, 2005

Snuff! That really gets up my nose! :laughing:

September 3, 2005

Other than contraband,one of my favourite hates is calling cards, the ones that spray EVERYWHERE when u open the logbook..OR items crammed into a micro,very annoying.

1.6k · September 3, 2005

Jon,

Why are golf balls so annoying for you? I can understand McD toys and utter tat butgolf balls!

I also hate calling cards. What is the point? That's what the logbook is for. I'm gonna start a new topic...

Oss!

1.5k · September 3, 2005

Calling cards stay in the cache whereas a full logbook does not. That is one reason for leaving them. However, they do need their own container - I agree that when they fly everywhere it is really irritating. I generally try to leave mine in the same bag as the log book.

1.6k · September 3, 2005

walkerGeoff.

I have started a new thread on this...

September 3, 2005

Im not sure I understand this hatred of golf balls. Are other sporting equipment allowed or would leaving a ping pong ball also annoy you? I have been known to leave golf balls, brand spanking new of course. I think that they are far better than some of the other rubbish you find in caches. Also it is possible that a number of golfers are also cachers, they both get you outdoors.

1k · September 3, 2005

why shouldn't they be in, they are very usefull items in wet weather, they certianly seem to make drivers aware that they have just soaked me on purpose by driving though a large puddle when one bounces off the back windscreen

if I am cacheing and I find one I will put it in the cache, its more envronmentally friendly to do so, it gets recyled, and it stops the local population of hedgehogs swallowing them.

8.6k · September 3, 2005

...golf balls? Pingpong balls? Other sporting equipment? A snooker cue might be pushing it a bit.... :laughing:

Hey, I'm getting the inspiration for a new, "themed" cache called "A Load of Balls" :laughing:

Mrs B

September 3, 2005

Should golf balls be banned from being left in caches?

I think so...

You would like this TB: Lousy Golf Ball - it's aim is "to search out and rid all geocaches of lousy used golf balls!".

"I went geocaching and all I got was this lousy golf ball!".

Personally speaking, as a lousy golfer, I need all the spare balls I can get... :laughing:

September 3, 2005

Im not sure I understand this hatred of golf balls. <snip>

Cos some cachers appear to try to stick them up their nose .

Perhaps a bit of education as to what they are really intended for wouldn't go amiss .

Oh and I don't mind calling cards at all - good to wind up a few cachers who are bored with golf balls

3.3k · September 4, 2005

Can't see anything wrong with leaving golf balls. Broken stuff is what I hate to find. Some golfers love finding golf balls, just like some kids love McToys etc. etc.

September 4, 2005

Can't see anything wrong with leaving golf balls. Broken stuff is what I hate to find. Some golfers love finding golf balls, just like some kids love McToys etc. etc.

Is there not such a thing as a 'Broken Golf Ball' then? Not ever having played it I've no idea

After a couple of years playing this game (in no way can it be described as a 'Sport' in my view) I no longer am under any delusion as to what I'm likely to find in a cache - unless it's a fairly 'recently placed' one!

I now fully expect it to be full of crap. I do have the added incentive to see if the cache is actually wrapped in a bin liner/plastci bag . I then have the (dubious) pleasure of observing the indigenous local mollusc population .

2.2k · September 4, 2005

i'd go along with the broken theme. why stick something in that's broken???

yes you can break a golf ball.

apart from that put pretty much anything in as someone'll like it. you can always tnlnsl.

3.8k · September 4, 2005

What annoys me is when people remove golf balls and say 'removed golf ball, don't like to see them in caches as they are other peoples property'

Yeah they aren't wrong, they are the property of the cache owner, and if they dislike it that much, they should leave it and give their concerns to the cache owner.

I personaly can't really see the gripe on them. As long as they are a fair swap then who really cares. Unless it is your cache!!

6.2k · September 4, 2005

One problem I have with golf balls is they tend to be found while looking for the cache, and thus shouldn't really be regarded as a swap item. Drop them off by all means (just my opinion) but only swap them for something equally valueless.

My personal gripe with contents is the 'it's all I had in my pocket at the time' swaps. So that's 3p, a dead biro, used train tickets, expired vouchers...Lint. But since I tend to TNLN or drop a candle off it's no biggy. Life is too short and caching too silly to get worked up about these things. TDW's thread on contraband items, however, is a bigger deal. I remove (or would remove) lighters, cigarettes, food items, alcohol and anything else clearly unsuitable. Condoms I'd leave if I found them, but personally I think they're a rather thoughtless swap. Still, if a caching couple find themselves suddenly fond of each other, they could suddenly find condoms a great swap item. Better safe than sorry.

SP

Edited September 4, 2005 by Simply Paul

1.1k · September 4, 2005

Anyone taken a golf ball from a cache and actually used it?

(and I mean like it is meant to be used!)

September 4, 2005

Anyone taken a golf ball from a cache and actually used it?

(and I mean like it is meant to be used!)

Yes! but I lost it again! in a lake! as usual!

I'm quite good at finding cache's but hopeless at finding golf ballsunless there in a cache

1.9k · September 4, 2005

I once found a cache next to a golf course and lying on top of it was a wayward golf ball !!!!

September 4, 2005

<snip>
Condoms I'd leave if I found them, but personally I think they're a rather thoughtless swap. Still, if a caching couple find themselves suddenly fond of each other, they could suddenly find condoms a great swap item. Better safe than sorry.

SP

Yeh but you'd never know if the person who left the condom in the cache had a bit of fun with a pin first! :surprise:

The caching couple you speak of might end up with more than just a golf ball :laughing:

1.3k · September 5, 2005

Everyone should carry a golf ball at all times just in case they come across a UFO. S'true ...

".... If the sighting is from a distance, at an arms length, what would it take to cover up the object? A quarter? A penny? A dime? An aspirin? Or would it take something bigger? A golf ball? A baseball? Or a tennis ball?"

EXTRACTED FROM 10 Things You Should Do If You Encounter A UFO

September 5, 2005

Everyone should carry a golf ball at all times just in case they come across a UFO. S'true ...

".... If the sighting is from a distance, at an arms length, what would it take to cover up the object? A quarter? A penny? A dime? An aspirin? Or would it take something bigger? A golf ball? A baseball? Or a tennis ball?"

EXTRACTED FROM 10 Things You Should Do If You Encounter A UFO

Better take a golf ball at the next cache - just in case of aliens

I hate golf tees -

1) Can poke your eyes out with them (well children might )

2) They look stupid

3) Who wants them other than golfers? Do they help against aliens?

1.6k · September 5, 2005

I hate golf tees -
1) Can poke your eyes out with them (well children might )

2) They look stupid

3) Who wants them other than golfers? Do they help against aliens?

No but apparently Arnold Palmer had them in his Rolls Royce and when asked by his nephew what they were he replied "They're to put your balls on when you drive"

"Cor, Rolls Royce think of everything, don't they!" came the reply.

Joke circa 1972

1.3k · September 5, 2005

Joke circa 1972

Before my time Lester :huh: Liane

1.6k · September 5, 2005

Don't kid yourself SweetPea!

:huh:

September 6, 2005

Havent found a golf ball yet. Have found the crappiest item ever though, a broken plastic disposable knife.

September 6, 2005

Can't see a problem with a nice new golf ball - that's a pretty useful item and with some value, if it's a hacked cut ball then that's not much use. Can't remember ever seeing one in a cache though.

More useless is what we've occasionally come across and what was recently logged on one of ours...

"Took a really nice item with some value and left a conker."

And I do believe I saw a stone used as a swap item once.

Golf Balls!

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