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how to get your daughter not to give up and log a DNF.


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I simply told her "Every time you log a DNF a fariy dies."

 

Works now she won't just give up and log a dnf. :)

Nice. I'll bet she'll be in councelling at some point of her life because of that. :D
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I simply told her "Every time you log a DNF a fariy dies."

 

Works now she won't just give up and log a dnf. :)

 

Tell her that to most cache hiders, feedback of any kind is usually appreciated. Sometimes that first DNF sends up a smoke signal to the hider that there may be a problem with the cache.

 

It's not a grade, it's not a judgement- it's just what happened. No harm, no foul.

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Every time I stop having fun, I stop looking for the cache. Continuing to look for a cache after I stop having fun doesn't sound like a good idea, no matter how many fairies croak.

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I often keep looking well after it's stopped being fun. Sometimes I find it. Those finds are extra sweet.

 

I've learned that sometimes it's just not there. One time, the owner moved the cache, and I had the old coordinates on my Garmin. Sometimes they get muggled. You could be a very long time looking for one that's not there. At some point you have to throw in the towel.

 

What makes me stop looking? Sometimes I run out of light. Sometimes I get thirsty/hungry. Sometimes I decide to come back when there are less leaves on the ground. Sometimes I'll go away and come back after I see a fresh find in the log, so I'm sure it's there.

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By stop looking I mean look around for 1 to 2 minuts and give up.

I take her to ones that I have found in the last 24 hours, so it is there.

Trying to teach her to look and may be reread the discription again, look alittle more

check for clue look some more.

Hopefuly she will find it before we have to play hot or cold.

I don't like hamsters so good riddance, to much like the mice I battle at work.

I have only had to resort to hot or cold once, she's getting better.

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You haven't said how old your daughter is. If she's over 30, I doubt that she really buys into the fairy deal. But she might be a sucker for angels.

Hmmmm, My daughter is now in her early thirties, I give her no more grief because she is now an attorney and might sue me for being a lousy father. LOL

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You haven't said how old your daughter is. If she's over 30, I doubt that she really buys into the fairy deal. But she might be a sucker for angels.

Hmmmm, My daughter is now in her early thirties, I give her no more grief because she is now an attorney and might sue me for being a lousy father. LOL

 

Well, she can probably find caches without a GPS... I mean all she has to do is file a motion for discovery! :lol:

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My 13 year old daughter (Miss Geoness) just passed the 500 find mark a short time ago is in that teenage stage right now. Which means some days she wants to geocache from morning until night and on other days would rather receive her finds by osmosis.

 

Patience does not come easily, just watch me on my 5th time of saying "aw screw this". Yet it is a good thing to learn.

 

DNFs is not a failure. It is simply a "will get it next time". Many times my daughter has really boasted the "aha moment" when we do go back and find it. It is an experience that should not be missed.

 

-HHH :lol:

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my daughter can be quick to dnf, but i remind her that we will only come back another day to try again and of which she will sit down with my rucksack and start on the picnic we have with us leaving me to find it.

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