+psyber7 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Would it be lame to put TFTLPC (Thanks for the Lamp Post Cache), in my log, of corresponding lamp post caches? -psyber7 Quote Link to comment
+Foothills Drifter Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) Howdy...... It wouldn't bother me... Vern / Foothills Drifter... Edited December 2, 2007 by Foothills Drifter Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 In general, my opinion only, using nothing but a pat abbreviation for ANY log is at least semi-lame. Quote Link to comment
+psyber7 Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 WFYB. Sorry for the ignorance...don't know what WFYB means. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+Bad Duck Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I agree with sStarBrand but would go further and say not semi lame but lame. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 WFYB. Sorry for the ignorance...don't know what WFYB means. Thanks! Your forum post merited just an acronym response. How did that feel? As a cache owner, I appreciate long, descriptive logs... including the ones I often receive on my one lamp post cache. As a cache finder, my *average* log length is about 100 words, including the lamp post caches, guardrail caches. There is always something to say... why I was in the area, the condition of the cache, whether there was an odd muggle, whether I found the cache quickly or was stumped by one of the many tricks which LPC owners employ, etc. But if you'd rather log with an acronym, well, whatever floats your boat. Quote Link to comment
+CSpenceFLY Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I have found very few micros that deserve much more then TFTC, if even that. Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Would it be lame to put TFTLPC (Thanks for the Lamp Post Cache), in my log, of corresponding lamp post caches? -psyber7 No worse than using: JDHINL Quote Link to comment
GeoPirates2007 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I have found very few micros that deserve much more then TFTC, if even that. Then don't find them, don't get me wrong the only thing I can think of a micro for is to boost numbers. I have left some short logs, But they are always more than some random letters Quote Link to comment
+admo1972 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) I think some of my early logs I may have just written TFTC or something to that effect. But there is really no reason to do that in the online log. I usually try to write something, even if it only has to do with the condition of the container, log, etc. I save the abbreviations for the signing the physical log while standing in a swamp, holding the log in one hand, my pen in the other, the cache between my knees, the zip-loc bag under my chin while being eaten by mosquitoes. Edited December 3, 2007 by admo1972 Quote Link to comment
+Rockin Roddy Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 WFYB. Sorry for the ignorance...don't know what WFYB means. Thanks! Your forum post merited just an acronym response. How did that feel? As a cache owner, I appreciate long, descriptive logs... including the ones I often receive on my one lamp post cache. As a cache finder, my *average* log length is about 100 words, including the lamp post caches, guardrail caches. There is always something to say... why I was in the area, the condition of the cache, whether there was an odd muggle, whether I found the cache quickly or was stumped by one of the many tricks which LPC owners employ, etc. But if you'd rather log with an acronym, well, whatever floats your boat. Quote Link to comment
+Rockin Roddy Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) WFYB. Sorry for the ignorance...don't know what WFYB means. Thanks! Your forum post merited just an acronym response. How did that feel? As a cache owner, I appreciate long, descriptive logs... including the ones I often receive on my one lamp post cache. As a cache finder, my *average* log length is about 100 words, including the lamp post caches, guardrail caches. There is always something to say... why I was in the area, the condition of the cache, whether there was an odd muggle, whether I found the cache quickly or was stumped by one of the many tricks which LPC owners employ, etc. But if you'd rather log with an acronym, well, whatever floats your boat. Sorry...that lag was quite funny as well! Good post Lep!! Edited December 3, 2007 by Rockin Roddy Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Would it be lame to put TFTLPC (Thanks for the Lamp Post Cache), in my log, of corresponding lamp post caches? -psyber7 Yes, it's a spoiler. Not everone has seen a lamp post cache. Quote Link to comment
+Barefoot Parrothead Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) As a cache owner, I appreciate long, descriptive logs... including the ones I often receive on my one lamp post cache. As a cache finder, my *average* log length is about 100 words, including the lamp post caches, guardrail caches. There is always something to say... why I was in the area, the condition of the cache, whether there was an odd muggle, whether I found the cache quickly or was stumped by one of the many tricks which LPC owners employ, etc. But if you'd rather log with an acronym, well, whatever floats your boat. I would feel the same way, if and when I ever get my own cache's out there. I also really enjoy descriptive logs. I want to know what you saw, what you took, what yhou left. I think that is part of the fun? I get dissapointed when a cache in my watch list gets logged and all I see is; "Found it. TFTC". Edited December 3, 2007 by Barefoot Parrothead Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 As a cache owner, I appreciate long, descriptive logs... including the ones I often receive on my one lamp post cache. As a cache finder, my *average* log length is about 100 words, including the lamp post caches, guardrail caches. There is always something to say... why I was in the area, the condition of the cache, whether there was an odd muggle, whether I found the cache quickly or was stumped by one of the many tricks which LPC owners employ, etc. But if you'd rather log with an acronym, well, whatever floats your boat. Yeah I use to write nice logs. But then I kept getting "please edit your log, you gave away the area where the cache is hidden". Hello, my gpsthingy did that. So now it is "SL" or if I really feel wordy "found, logged, left." Cuts down on the log re-editing. Jim Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Guess it would be considered as lame as said lamp post hide. Don't know why someone would feel a cache in a store parking lot is a "find". Certainly not noteworthy. Took little imagination, no time or "bother." I believe you should take as much time writing your log as the CO took placing it. Thirty seconds. CJ sometimes does them and I go for safety. Can't count how many times we've seen a park or forest nearby with NO caches in it. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 One cache owner has chastised me for 'never having anything nice to say' about his hides. Oh, well. There are a few parking lot micros that do have some forethought. (Okay, not a lot of them.) Mine is a mystery cache places with a certain amount of satire/sarcasm. Quote Link to comment
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