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Posted
I'd like to be the Mtn-Man when I grow up.
mtn-man. As his name indicates, he is rock solid and holds my respect.
Oh my. You both get a geocoin!

 

Mtn-Man (Able to shoot down 5 paragraphs of carp with a single, well aimed sentence)
You sir... you get all three of my coins! :) You might find a gold coin in your package too.

I haven't laughed that hard all week. Thanks. I needed that after a tough work week. :)

 

I have to say I agree with carleenp in that making a list is tough. I agree with so many on different points.

 

I will say that I agree with the puppymonster the most. :P:laughing: Hydee is a close second. ;)

 

 

And no more coin awards of course.

Well, all right!

Posted

You know the thing that strikes me about this thread?

 

All these names, and the forums in general, have personality to me. When someone says, "That Snoogans is right on there." or "Airmapper has the right idea there." whether you agree or not, you know what I'm talking about.

 

We're lucky to have such great forums with so many personalities.

 

:ph34r::wub::D

Posted

We're lucky to have such great forums with so many personalities.

 

That seems to be true of just about any geocaching forum.

 

Geocachers are a pretty unique group of individuals. We like technology AND the outdoors plus we have a built-in creative outlet. Whether it's a uniquely camouflaged container, a handmade sig item, a well crafted cache/TB page, or a well written log, the examples of individual creativity abound.

 

I've been lucky enough to cache in many states and I often lurk the local forums of those geocaching microcosms. It's the same as here, but most see this forum as a den of vipers. I just see those opinions as thin skinned.

 

People in my own group don't see the appeal that this forum has for me. I'll confess that it's basically instant gratification. This forum clips along at a speed that satisfies my need for input and interaction. The average local forum crawls in comparison.

 

As for my own personality, people often comment on how normal I seem in person.

:ph34r::wub:

Posted

Just to keep it simple, I always agree with me!! Saves on arguements that way too.

 

 

Unless, of course, I'm off my meds, and my bi-polar alter-ego is at odds with my other personality, and they bring in...................

Posted
I'd like to be the Mtn-Man when I grow up.
mtn-man. As his name indicates, he is rock solid and holds my respect.
Oh my. You both get a geocoin!

 

And no more coin awards of course.

 

Anyone else out there have a coin they want to send me. I'll heap praises upon you here in the forums! :ph34r:

 

Seriously though...thanks mtn-man. You really are the greatest. :wub:

 

El Diablo

Posted

I forgot about S. Even if we disagree initially, I eventually get my head out of from where the sun don't shine and realize S is right.

 

- T of TandS

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A few other threads (particularly the Liars cache thread that seems to want to go on and on) have made me think a little more about whom I agree with on the forums. Actually whom I disagree with. It has to do with my signature line. It's OK to complain about liar's caches, or people logging temporary event caches, or too many micros, or degradation of swag in caches, or additional logging requirements. What I don't like is when people say that these things make geocaching less fun and instead of asking what they can do to make their caching experience more fun, say let's ban liar's caches, let's change it so you can't have multiple finds on a cache, let's limit the number of micros that can be hidden, let's find out who is trading down, let's ban additional logging requirements. Caching is suppose to be fun. Different people have fun geocaching in different ways. Sometimes some of these ways may result is a cache that is less fun for you. Accept that and enjoy the caches that you have fun with. Some will complain that it is not just that they didn't have fun but that something cost them time and money. Who hasn't gone to a bad movie and felt that they had wasted time and money. If you went fishing and didn't catch anything was it a waste of time and money? Start looking at geocaching as an experience. Not every outing will live up to expectations but you can say that you have learned something or gained some experience. You'll have a fish story to tell.

Posted

Whilst I don't always agree with Mr T(oz), I gotta say that post was brilliant! Fun is what you make it. I know there are certain cache types I don't particularly enjoy, so I make it a point to avoid them. 95% of my hunts leave me happier than a smurf with a new can of blue spray paint.

Posted (edited)
If you went fishing and didn't catch anything was it a waste of time and money? Start looking at geocaching as an experience. Not every outing will live up to expectations but you can say that you have learned something or gained some experience. You'll have a fish story to tell.
Unlike fisherman, many geocachers do not enjoy fishing in the part of the lake that has the bigger fish. Instead these people fish in the part of the lake that has the biggest schools of smallest fish and then brag about how many fish they caught.... :D:huh:

 

I have the best stories to tell when I run across those rare but very special caches out there! It is the thrill that they give me that keeps bringing me back! :)

Edited by TrailGators
Posted
If you went fishing and didn't catch anything was it a waste of time and money? Start looking at geocaching as an experience. Not every outing will live up to expectations but you can say that you have learned something or gained some experience. You'll have a fish story to tell.
Unlike fisherman, many geocachers do not enjoy fishing in the part of the lake that has the bigger fish. Instead these people fish in the part of the lake that has the biggest schools of smallest fish and then brag about how many fish they caught.... :huh::)

Wouldn't it be nice if fishing were like geocaching? You could look at the fish page and see the size of the fish in this part of the lake. You could then fish in the part of the lake that had the bigger fish and avoid the part with the small fish :D

Posted

When you are hungry, what fills you up faster? One big fish that takes all day? Or several small fish that take a half day? Or snacking on one small fish to pacify the apetite until you have a chance to go for the big fish.

 

Keep in mind that in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, the part of the lake where the big fish are is frozen over.

Posted
If you went fishing and didn't catch anything was it a waste of time and money? Start looking at geocaching as an experience. Not every outing will live up to expectations but you can say that you have learned something or gained some experience. You'll have a fish story to tell.
Unlike fisherman, many geocachers do not enjoy fishing in the part of the lake that has the bigger fish. Instead these people fish in the part of the lake that has the biggest schools of smallest fish and then brag about how many fish they caught.... :huh::)

Wouldn't it be nice if fishing were like geocaching? You could look at the fish page and see the size of the fish in this part of the lake. You could then fish in the part of the lake that had the bigger fish and avoid the part with the small fish :D

 

Unfortunately in geocaching, the little fish don't grow up to become big fish. They stay little fish. Maybe the big fish need to start eating the little fish?

Posted

I personally like to debate even if I'm never on the side of most of you! I tend to side with the underdog and then run with it. It often seems I tick you all off...not usually my intent, but it does make for some fun debate...until you get to those that want to make it personal! I realize I'm an easy target, I overemphasize most of what is being debated, I carry it to the max!

 

I agree (right now) with Toz...no, not going to try the rest of that name...to each their own and make yourself happy! I have found that I agree with a good many of you on here, and disagreed with those same people.

 

I like to debate. There are some that can debate and not get rude or personal, and then you have those that jump right in being rude. A rude person brings about angst, angst is why many people from those geocaching microcosms feel this is the "pit of vipers" as snoogans has stated. Debate CAN be conducted without being rude or personal...that's when it's fun, and most people can think a bit clearer being angst free!

 

As far as who(m) do I agree with??? Depends on the topic as much as the person IMHO.

Posted

What was this thread about, again? :)

It used to be about the forum posters that we "generally" had agreement with but lately........getting very ummmm - off topic an full of philosophy.

 

Anybody else with an actual list??

Posted
If you went fishing and didn't catch anything was it a waste of time and money? Start looking at geocaching as an experience. Not every outing will live up to expectations but you can say that you have learned something or gained some experience. You'll have a fish story to tell.
Unlike fisherman, many geocachers do not enjoy fishing in the part of the lake that has the bigger fish. Instead these people fish in the part of the lake that has the biggest schools of smallest fish and then brag about how many fish they caught.... :huh::)

Wouldn't it be nice if fishing were like geocaching? You could look at the fish page and see the size of the fish in this part of the lake. You could then fish in the part of the lake that had the bigger fish and avoid the part with the small fish :D

LOL you can it's called long range fishing,out of San Diego Ca.

Posted (edited)
A few other threads (particularly the Liars cache thread that seems to want to go on and on) have made me think a little more about whom I agree with on the forums. Actually whom I disagree with. It has to do with my signature line. It's OK to complain about liar's caches, or people logging temporary event caches, or too many micros, or degradation of swag in caches, or additional logging requirements. What I don't like is when people say that these things make geocaching less fun and instead of asking what they can do to make their caching experience more fun, say let's ban liar's caches, let's change it so you can't have multiple finds on a cache, let's limit the number of micros that can be hidden, let's find out who is trading down, let's ban additional logging requirements. Caching is suppose to be fun. Different people have fun geocaching in different ways. Sometimes some of these ways may result is a cache that is less fun for you. Accept that and enjoy the caches that you have fun with. Some will complain that it is not just that they didn't have fun but that something cost them time and money. Who hasn't gone to a bad movie and felt that they had wasted time and money. If you went fishing and didn't catch anything was it a waste of time and money? Start looking at geocaching as an experience. Not every outing will live up to expectations but you can say that you have learned something or gained some experience. You'll have a fish story to tell.

 

 

I'm adding Toz to my list but not just because of this post. It's the ice cream analogy that got Toz on my agreeable list. I quoted this post because it kinda reminded me of this post:

 

 

I guess my angst stems from the need of certain people to objectify a subjective matter. Maybe the guildelines set by geocaching.com are in fact brilliant in their simplicity. How else can you take a novel concept and make it appealing to millions of participants across a plethora of barriers such as location, language, age, physical abilities, etc., yet still leave it open to evolution.

 

Personally I think the constant cry to quantify everything (# hides, # finds, rating caches, finds vs hide ratios) and the push for more guidelines (what/how to trade, where/how/what to hide) is a detrement to caching. Eventually the indivdual elements that make caching so unique will be gone, as there will only be one cache and we'll know the hunt and we'll know the discovery, because that's all that's available.

 

 

This person has 5 whole posts and after reading the other 4, I can safely put them on my agreeable list. I would venture that if this poster was to stick around these forums for another 4 years, attend 70 events or so, and suffer just a small amount of dain bramage. They would sound almost but not quite entirely unlike me. :)

Edited by Snoogans

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