+Snoogans Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) It's pronounced Thwar-tin-ation. Okay we've got cache maggots and cheaters covered. This thread is for the rest of the things that need thwarting.... Share your knowledge of geocaching and help others learn from your mistakes: To thwart having a "bad hunt," you could check the satellite maps of the location and read the cache logs. To thwart being unprepared for a particular cache hunt, you could read the cache page and note the terrain and difficulty. To thwart having to check the satellite maps of the location and read the cache logs, you could go to a local event or look at your local forum to find caches that have good word of mouth. To thwart a dead GPSr one could carry extra batteries. Okay, you get the idea.... START THWARTING! Someday we might look back at December 2008 as the beginning of the "Thwart Movement" in geocaching. For seven years we do not see a single thread with the words "thwart" or "thwarting" in the title, but this week we see two. It's a trend! Nope. THREE! I wanted to get IN on the ground floor. I like the word thwart! Me too. I associate it with ragtag Rebal Alliances effing up the plans of Evil Empires. I dunno why.... Edited December 10, 2008 by Snoogans Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 n. Nautical A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit. Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 n. Nautical A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit. Yeah, I saw that when I looked it up. We'll stick with the verb. Quote Link to comment
+va griz Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I would like to thwart thwarting, but as soon as I did somebody would thwart my thwarted attempts at thwartination. Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Thwarters ye be! Ye have thwert, and even such things as lie athwartships were thwerten. Thwart thwerters lest all good men are thwarted by thwarting thwarts! Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) I thought thwarting only applied to landlords with handle bar mustaches, or possibly disfigured bald men who live in volcanoes with their pet cats. I'd rather be foiled than thwarted. Edited December 10, 2008 by Dinoprophet Quote Link to comment
+Clarkbowman Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 A big wet noodle, is all you need to take care of all Thwarting. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 To thwart a dead GPSr one could carry extra batteries. Okay, you get the idea.... START THWARTING! Never carry extra batteries! I always thwart this problem with the knowledge that I'm never that far from a Dollar Tree, Dollar General, of Family Dollar. Or a Looney General, Looney Tree, or Family Looney, when in Canada. I do remember getting gouged for Energizers at a rural gas station once though. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 The best way to thwart thwarters is with a foil* - but don't use a foil** foil (although they do make a sound similar to "thwart" when you strike a thwarter athwart the vitals...). *see fencing **see cooking Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 The best way to thwart thwarters is with a foil*... You can score one for a quarter. Just forward me your order -- I'm a Thwart Aborter hoarder. Quote Link to comment
Trinity's Crew Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I am oddly reminded of "Spaceballs" with a speech impediment thrown in... "May the thwarts be with you." "I see your thwarts is as big as mine." Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I was going to start a thread about thwarting forum trolls. Quote Link to comment
Skippermark Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Sometimes I carry our canoe by the thwart. Quote Link to comment
+nittany dave Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 What an amusing plethora of thwarts. Quote Link to comment
Mushtang Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Apparently you can thwart your ability to post in the forums by posting off topic too many times (and/or attacking other posters). I'm just sayin'. Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 We could thwart the thwartination trend by closing this topic. Quote Link to comment
+Headhardhat Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Awww Man...... I just thwarted Quote Link to comment
+rafermadness Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) Do you leave skid marks if you thwart? Edited December 10, 2008 by rafermadness Quote Link to comment
+nittany dave Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 If you thwart, you must depart. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I'm athwart thwartination. Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) I like to say "thwart". Thwart, thwart, thwart, thwart! Edited December 10, 2008 by Dinoprophet Quote Link to comment
+RobDJr Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 The best way to deal with a thwart is Compound W Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Is it true you can get thwarts from touching Signal? Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I think some good effort will have to be make to thwart this topic's move to Off Topic. Quote Link to comment
+nittany dave Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I think some good effort will have to be make to thwart this topic's move to Off Topic. To thwart having many DNFs in a day, don't forget your PPC and be forced to search all day long with no informaiton other than coordinates, GCID and type/size (I did this on Monday). To thwart having to skip all puzzles you'd planned for, load your GPS from the computer that has the coorected coordinates in GSAK, not the other computer (I did this on Monday) To thwart embarassment, remember what city you're in. (I added many logs on Sunday saying I was driving around X town when I was in fact many miles away in another town that started with the same letter). Any better? Quote Link to comment
+Parabola Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I thwart I marked where I parked the car but I must have forgot. Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 I think some good effort will have to be make to thwart this topic's move to Off Topic. Agreed... To thwart this thread getting banished to OFF Topic, I'd suggest following Dave's and my examples and start thwarting in the geocaching context. I.E. To thwart getting stuck or damaging your car on a 4 to 5 star terrain cache that appears to be very near a marked road, one might want to take a 4WD vehicle on that outing. Quote Link to comment
+Vater_Araignee Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 (edited) I think some good effort will have to be make to thwart this topic's move to Off Topic. Agreed... To thwart this thread getting banished to OFF Topic, I'd suggest following Dave's and my examples and start thwarting in the geocaching context. Will do. To thwart a CO's ability to over estimate Difficulty and Terrain, ingest Lifeboy daily. Edited December 11, 2008 by Vater_Araignee Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 I thwart I marked where I parked the car but I must have forgot. BaDA bump crashhhh There. I fixed your post. That one need the drum/crash to set it off proper, but it was still in the geocaching context. Quote Link to comment
+Headhardhat Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Ahhh, to thwart for the kabillionth time I have walked up to a micro cache and forgot the writing stick in the car - DOH! Quote Link to comment
+Proud Soccer Mom Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 To thwart a bad hunt and thwart chances of a DNF, look at the cache page and logs before leaving. To thwart forgetting all the information that would avoid a bad hunt or chances of a DNF, print out cache pages in greyscale (lowest quality) and bring them with. To thwart wasting paper, print cache pages on the back of other cache pages. Are people who find a cache just to get swag that was left (and don't even trade for it... or trade down) considered Cache Maggots or are they something else? Sticky-fingered Opportunistic Self-serving Materialistic Cachers. To thwart that, when I leave something good (when I don't want to bother Freecycling something that I don't want in my house anymore, I leave it as swag), I don't claim the Take/Leave on the website. Quote Link to comment
+trailpuppy Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I thwart I taw a putty tat.... Quote Link to comment
+doingitoldschool Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 From personal experience (regretfully) ...to thwart newbie cachers from placing caches, harangue them at every opportuity for bad co-ords, silly hints and illegible cache pages (just to find out later that they are two twelve year old kids riding their bikes and hiding caches) ...to thwart cache finding fun, get all worked up over who goes where to grab what when and end up asking yourself "Why are we doing this?" (Did ya catch the W5?) ...to thwart caching angst, just shut up and have some fun, y'all! Quote Link to comment
+Star*Hopper Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hey - whot happened to my poast about the DelRoame PN-Thwarty model? (You know, the one between the model 30 & 40?!?) \apparently, saying 'darn' in here will get you bonked! ~* Quote Link to comment
+BBI Dragon Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 To thwart a Travel Bug from doing astray, create a laminated tag or card to let others know it's propose and goal without having to log online and check. To thwart a Travel Bug's Hitchhiker from becoming missing in action, make it harder for opportunists to take the Hitchhiker by using picture hanging cable and small cable crimps. Both of these "thwarts" take time and an investment but should be worth it in the long term. Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 To thwart getting stuck or damaging your car on a 4 to 5 star terrain cache that appears to be very near a marked road, one might want to take a someone else's 4WD vehicle on that outing. Fixed. Quote Link to comment
+TrailGators Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I am oddly reminded of "Spaceballs" with a speech impediment thrown in... "May the thwarts be with you." "I see your thwarts is as big as mine." Quote Link to comment
+Parabola Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I thwart I marked where I parked the car but I must have forgot. BaDA bump crashhhh There. I fixed your post. That one need the drum/crash to set it off proper, but it was still in the geocaching context. Thanks I knew it was missing something but just couldn't place it at the time of the thwarting. Quote Link to comment
Captain Clorox Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 (edited) I thwarted a sock puppet today. I love the smell of bleach in the morning. It smells like.... victory. Whenever summoned, Captain Clorox is at the ready to leave the side of his sidekick, The Purple Dryer of Doom*, and dispense bleach dispenser justice with ruthless speed and efficiency. *A dryer doesn't have a cape and is otherwise aerodynamically inefficient. Edited December 12, 2008 by Captain Clorox Quote Link to comment
+Hobo2 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hay, I found a map of "thwart" www.visualthesaurus.com/landing/?word=thwart&ad=mwcom.dict.txt1 Quote Link to comment
+Proud Soccer Mom Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 (edited) To thwart a Travel Bug from doing astray, create a laminated tag or card to let others know it's propose and goal without having to log online and check. To thwart a Travel Bug's Hitchhiker from becoming missing in action, make it harder for opportunists to take the Hitchhiker by using picture hanging cable and small cable crimps. Both of these "thwarts" take time and an investment but should be worth it in the long term. To thwart TBs from going astray or being stolen, don't send it out. Attach it to your car or your dog or your kid. Edited December 12, 2008 by Redneck Parrotheads Quote Link to comment
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