ad5smith Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 A Nelson is a double Chester. A Chester is a double Ron. A Lindsay is a triple Ron. what? Quote Link to comment
Mushtang Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I'm still wondering what a "Nelsoning" is? It's either any post by the OP, or he's trying to add his name to the practice of using acronyms for geocaching logs. Quote Link to comment
bshifflett Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 DTALPC! We came up with this when we could not find a very simple cache one day. Dumber Than A Lamp Post Cache! Quote Link to comment
+ArcherDragoon Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) A Nelson is a double Chester. A Chester is a double Ron. A Lindsay is a triple Ron. what? So...a Nelson is a four-thirds Lindsay??? I still have no idea what this line of talk was all about... Edited March 11, 2010 by ArcherDragoon Quote Link to comment
+buzzy_cacher Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Only ones I use are TFTC, SL, and TNLN. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 A Nelson is a double Chester. A Chester is a double Ron. A Lindsay is a triple Ron. what? So...a Nelson is a four-thirds Ron??? I still have no idea what this line of talk was all about... Then what would a Full Nelson be? Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I'm still wondering what a "Nelsoning" is? It's either any post by the OP, or he's trying to add his name to the practice of using acronyms for geocaching logs. Somehow I suspect there will be no Markwellian link for this one, but many of DENelson83's early posts had to do with new, homemade acronyms for caching. Somewhere along the line, his name got "verbed", but not by him. Kind of like when I tried to verb Wrastro, but this one stuck (well, in a small way). Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 How about I've been Nelsoned"= I just went into red ink due to my caching habit? Sorry-couldn't resist. Quote Link to comment
+nelson crew Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I'm still wondering what a "Nelsoning" is? It's either any post by the OP, or he's trying to add his name to the practice of using acronyms for geocaching logs. Somehow I suspect there will be no Markwellian link for this one, but many of DENelson83's early posts had to do with new, homemade acronyms for caching. Somewhere along the line, his name got "verbed", but not by him. Kind of like when I tried to verb Wrastro, but this one stuck (well, in a small way). Hey man, don't Homer my name... (and yes, Ringbone, etc., whatever) Quote Link to comment
+ArcherDragoon Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 A Nelson is a double Chester. A Chester is a double Ron. A Lindsay is a triple Ron. what? So...a Nelson is a four-thirds Ron??? I still have no idea what this line of talk was all about... Then what would a Full Nelson be? Sorry...I meant that to be a four-thirds Ron...does that help with the full Nelson??? Quote Link to comment
+popokiiti Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 TATSP - what I feel I am when unable to find a cache that everyone else finds easily - Thick As Two Short Planks. Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 Somehow these more recent comments are really making me laugh. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 LMNL = Let's Make Nelson Laugh Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 LMNL = Let's Make Nelson Laugh NILAT - Nelson Is Laughing At Thread Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 (edited) "Marker cache": The closest cache to your home coordinates that you placed. So-called because it effectively "marks" where you live. Edited April 27, 2010 by DENelson83 Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Tango Foxtrot Tango Charlie Quote Link to comment
+EscapeFromFlatland Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 (edited) A Nelson is a double Chester. A Chester is a double Ron. A Lindsay is a triple Ron. what? So...a Nelson is a four-thirds Lindsay??? I still have no idea what this line of talk was all about... RON= Rest Over Night, which means 2 sleep cycles at the base you are visiting. We got bored when ending up with additional nights, so we came up with terms for extended stays in our missions. Edited April 27, 2010 by bramasoleiowa Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 ZTF: "Zeroth to find" - refers to the cacher who placed a cache. Quote Link to comment
GermanSailor Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Any other personal acronyms (six characters or less) that you use in your cache logs? Only if a geocache is really bad, then I write "+1" or a "TFTC". In Germany very short logs are considered to be used at bad caches. But normally I tend to write what I didn't like and I always use GCVote and make this vote public in my log. Please write something. Owning a cache not only costs money, it requires time and effort. This should be appreciated with a few word and not only acronyms nobody understands! GermanSailor Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 (edited) If you find yourself in a race for first to find on a newly published cache, and the cache owner made a mistake that turned out to have put you at an unfair disadvantage and consequently cost you the FTF, such as making an error in the coordinates or telling you to go in the wrong direction, you can claim a "technical FTF". You can only claim it if the time difference between your signature in the logbook and that of the FTF is less than the total time you spent between discovering the error and getting back on track (you must keep track of that figure yourself). If the cache owner accepts your claim, then you can officially put the cache in your own FTF column. Edited June 9, 2010 by DENelson83 Quote Link to comment
+mchaos Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Miffed: When you get eluded by a MIF, or "micro in forest". I get a little miffed about some MIF's. Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I've abandoned the acronyms as I feel it's less than impressive when I see people use them to log my caches. So I spell it out 'Thanks for the cache' or 'Thanks for placing this cache'. STBAPP (sorry to be a party pooper) Quote Link to comment
+Quossum Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Micro I'd Like to Find. Sample context: I walked through the city, thinking excitedly that behind every light post was probably another MILF. --Q Quote Link to comment
BCProspectors Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Please write something. Owning a cache not only costs money, it requires time and effort. This should be appreciated with a few word and not only acronyms nobody understands! I agree completely. I always try to write at least one sentence in my logs, even if the cache was boring. Quote Link to comment
+FireRef Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 qef - quick easy find, but usually only use this in my notes for myself. I usually write paragraphs for my logs anyway. Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 (edited) "Pointless ghost chase": What a drunken bee dance degenerates into after giving up looking for a cache you can't seem to be able to find. "The Tunnel": The geocaching.com review queue. Once a cache is published, it is said to have emerged from The Tunnel. Edited June 17, 2010 by DENelson83 Quote Link to comment
chai_latte Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 DTALPC! We came up with this when we could not find a very simple cache one day. Dumber Than A Lamp Post Cache! OHHHHH SNAP! Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 TNLP Took Nothing Left PEZ (machine) I always define that one when I use it in a cache log. Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted June 21, 2010 Author Share Posted June 21, 2010 PZ: "Proximity zone", the circular area 161 metres in radius and centred on a cache's published coordinates. So called because the saturation rule forbids any other caches from being placed within that zone. Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted July 4, 2010 Author Share Posted July 4, 2010 "Green slime cache" A cache that consistently eludes a person's attempts to find it. So-called because it makes that person keep saying "I don't know where this cache is", and if you've ever seen the show "You Can't Do That On Television", you'll know that whenever a character on that show muttered the words "I don't know", (s)he got green slime dumped on his/her head. Quote Link to comment
+kwcahart Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Huh?? TF3 is Table For 3. Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted July 4, 2010 Author Share Posted July 4, 2010 Huh?? TF3 is Table For 3. In the geocaching world, TF3, or TFTFTF, means "thanks for the first to find". Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Micro I'd Like to Find. Sample context: I walked through the city, thinking excitedly that behind every light post was probably another MILF. --Q I can relate to that. Quote Link to comment
Backup Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 The purpose of making a log entry is to communicate something to the cache owner. Since the user is the only one who can be absolutely positive of the meaning of a "personal acronym" those using them are leaving it wide open as to what they are so poorly trying to express. Why not say what you mean? Even a commonly seen acronym, such as "FTF" can mean something different than what one might believe. Here is an acronym for you, "I.N.C.O.N.S.I.D.E.R.A.T.E.". I leave it to you to to decide what it means. Quote Link to comment
+Zwack_&_Irish_Eyes Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 The internet and email is already shortening our vocabulary. When was the last time most of us sat down and wrote a letter with a pen and piece of paper? (Yeah, a long time for me too) Acronyms have a place but are not replacement for an entire word. Are our lives so busy we cannot write a short paragraph with real words? Actually in my case it was about a month ago. That's too long, but not bad for these days of email and phone. But then I am nothing compared to most of the prolific writers on the Fountain Pen Forums. Z. Quote Link to comment
+FireRef Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 QEF - quick easy find - but its more used as a note to myself than a log on a cache page. Quote Link to comment
+FireRef Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 "Green slime cache" A cache that consistently eludes a person's attempts to find it. So-called because it makes that person keep saying "I don't know where this cache is", and if you've ever seen the show "You Can't Do That On Television", you'll know that whenever a character on that show muttered the words "I don't know", (s)he got green slime dumped on his/her head. Wow - That brought back some memories lol Quote Link to comment
+nelson crew Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 EOiL - Eschew Obfuscation in Logging Quote Link to comment
+Quossum Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 ... Here is an acronym for you, "I.N.C.O.N.S.I.D.E.R.A.T.E.". I leave it to you to to decide what it means. Oh! Individual Nano Cache On Natural Structure Includes Dexterous Egress, Replacement, and Telltale Exposure! I use that one all the time! --Q Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 I just used this one in a cache log (including the defenition) TFTGDC (Thanks for the great dajavu cache ) It was a new cache about 3 feet from an old one I had previously found. Quote Link to comment
+mtnbikerik Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 WYBMADIITY OK, it's more than six letters and not geocaching-specific! Yep, I would if you can tell me what FIGS means.... In fact, I will buy you two....next time I'm in the UK! Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) "Magnet route" The route you follow when, after finding a cache, the very next cache you decide to look for and have yet to find is always the cache nearest to the one you just found. Edited January 30, 2011 by DENelson83 Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 "Magnet route" The route you follow when, after finding a cache, the very next cache you decide to look for and have yet to find is always the cache nearest to the one you just found. I thought Nelsoning was related to acronyms. Maybe you should give us a definition so we know what we are talking about. Quote Link to comment
+DENelson83 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Okay, I'll move them to a new topic. Quote Link to comment
+TerraViators Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 LTF - lunch time find TFBMH - thanks for bringing me here A popular cacher around my area will sometimes use WOTAG - waste of time and gas Quote Link to comment
+hukilaulau Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 This discussion reminded me of my Navy days when I used to communicate in Morse Code with ships going through the Panama Canal. There was a whole set of "official" shortcuts which were three letter codes starting with the letter "Q". There were other things like "INT" before a sentence made it a question. (Interogative) We were only supposed to use the "official" shortcuts but of course there were unofficial ones to. Like "GA" (go ahead) when someone was requesting to send a message, instead of the long drawn out formal authorization. And then there was the comma (--..--) which for some reason had the same meaning as "4Q" when sent as a response to some offensive remark. At the end of a message the sender would often say "TU CUL" to which the receiver would tap ".." I remember a training film about how the enemy sunk a battleship based on some morse code operator's personal ".." at the end of a message. So. Uh... Let That Be A Lesson To Ya! What was this about? Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Okay, I'll move them to a new topic. I don't mean to kick you off of your own thread! I was just confused. Now that I go back and review, it appears that 'custom terms' are Nelsoning, acronym or otherwise. Quote Link to comment
+Charlie Fingers Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 CRI - Couldn't Reach It Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 "Magnet route" The route you follow when, after finding a cache, the very next cache you decide to look for and have yet to find is always the cache nearest to the one you just found. That is already known as "poor planning", or "n00b routing" in my vocabulary. It is a great way to waste time and energy going back and forth over and over again. Quote Link to comment
+captnemo Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 How about TFTGC (Thanks for the Great Cache) or DTB (Dipped Travel Bug). Yes it is nice to write out something, sometimes log books are too small. As far as on the site, I save bites by using the letters, but always try and add a few real words. IMHO Quote Link to comment
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