I broke a lamp post looking for a cache.

1.7k · January 11, 2011

I lifted the skirt to find the geocache and it fell apart... The geocache wasn't even under it.

1k · January 11, 2011

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO You're in trouble now!

19k · January 11, 2011

That last bolt... the one that you can't see in the picture... its fake. You didn't check that, did you?

By the way, which cache was that? Can you post the GC#? I'd like to report you.

10.1k · January 11, 2011

Dude! Go back and fix it! The actual cache is the silver cover plate 6' up on the lamp post.

19k · January 11, 2011

Wait... wait a minute. You didn't... no! You didn't try to lift the skirt with your hands, did you? :unsure: Danged NOOBS!!

You're supposed to use a proper skirt lifter tool!

January 11, 2011

Unless someone saw you, you didn't do it!

January 11, 2011

You will now cause the bolts to rust out and then this will happen. Baby killed by falling lamppost in west London

January 11, 2011

January 11, 2011

I'm telling Mom!

9.4k · January 11, 2011

This is clearly geocaching related and does not belong in the Off Topic forum.

January 11, 2011

Hey, I think I remember this cache, I found it earlier last year without any snow, FYI: this pic is a SPOILER!!! but if you look close, it may help you find this cache (FYI: it's not one of the bolts!!)...GOOD LUCK!!!!!

Edited January 11, 2011 by Lovey Pigs

January 11, 2011

Moving thread to "Geocaching Topics".

January 11, 2011

This is why I always carry the Handy Man's secret weapon with me.

Boy the original poster is not really getting a lot of help are they ???

Just put the 2 half's back together around the post, cover with SNOW,LEAVES,GRASS etc and blame it on the next cacher. LOL

1.8k · January 11, 2011

Comen has the correct approach. The skirt clearly has been neglected maintenance by the local powers, and it is not your fault.

Lovey Pigs, my wife says she might be able to find that one. Which cache is it? :laughing:

2.4k · January 11, 2011

It's always difficult when a thread moves from the off-topic to the main geocaching pages.

In off-topic many of us "know" one another and we joke a whole lot more. Things aren't so serious, so sometimes the threads don't translate that well once they're moved.

This guy is someone who posts there all the time, so he knows this is the response he'll get and wants it or he wouldn't be posting this in off-topic.

I don't really think he was looking for advice to begin with. More than likely he knew it was something that could get some really funny reactions.

19k · January 11, 2011

It's always difficult when a thread moves from the off-topic to the main geocaching pages.

In off-topic many of us "know" one another and we joke a whole lot more. Things aren't so serious, so sometimes the threads don't translate that well once they're moved.

This guy is someone who posts there all the time, so he knows this is the response he'll get and wants it or he wouldn't be posting this in off-topic.

I don't really think he was looking for advice to begin with. More than likely he knew it was something that could get some really funny reactions.

Well spoken.

1.5k · January 11, 2011

It's always difficult when a thread moves from the off-topic to the main geocaching pages.

In off-topic many of us "know" one another and we joke a whole lot more. Things aren't so serious, so sometimes the threads don't translate that well once they're moved.

This guy is someone who posts there all the time, so he knows this is the response he'll get and wants it or he wouldn't be posting this in off-topic.

I don't really think he was looking for advice to begin with. More than likely he knew it was something that could get some really funny reactions.

Well spoken.

Agreed.

8k · January 11, 2011

I posted a thread in the off topic and it broke the forums.

19k · January 11, 2011

I posted a thread in the off topic and it broke the forums.

Didn't exactly break them. Just overwhelmed the servers with so many people reading one thread for so many hours.

1.5k · January 11, 2011

Moving thread to "Geocaching Topics".

Personally, I find it rather humorous that a post can be "off-topic" in the "Off-Topic" forum.

January 11, 2011

Too funny! Knowing my town the whole pole would have fell down.

Deffinately time for the handymans secret weapon as a previous poster suggested!

lol

January 11, 2011

I lifted the skirt to find the geocache and it fell apart... The geocache wasn't even under it.

it happens......

19k · January 11, 2011

I lifted the skirt to find the geocache and it fell apart... The geocache wasn't even under it.

it happens......

For that matter, it really isn't broken, anyway. It is just missing a sheet metal screw or two.

January 11, 2011

This thread offends me! Thats my LAMPOST!

January 12, 2011

I posted a thread in the off topic and it broke the forums.

Didn't exactly break them. Just overwhelmed the servers with so many people reading one thread for so many hours.

LMAO......................... :laughing:

10.1k · January 12, 2011

It's always difficult when a thread moves from the off-topic to the main geocaching pages.

In off-topic many of us "know" one another and we joke a whole lot more. Things aren't so serious, so sometimes the threads don't translate that well once they're moved.

This guy is someone who posts there all the time, so he knows this is the response he'll get and wants it or he wouldn't be posting this in off-topic.

I don't really think he was looking for advice to begin with. More than likely he knew it was something that could get some really funny reactions.

Well spoken.

Agreed.

Yes. There is a major difference how one responds to a post in Off-Topic, as opposed to On-Topic. This is an off-topic thread, and should remain there.

January 12, 2011

Poor lamp post, it's so torn about its feelings over not having a cache there.

3.6k · January 12, 2011

I lifted the skirt to find the geocache and it fell apart... The geocache wasn't even under it.

it happens......

For that matter, it really isn't broken, anyway. It is just missing a sheet metal screw or two.

1.7k · January 12, 2011

I lifted the skirt to find the geocache and it fell apart... The geocache wasn't even under it.

it happens......

For that matter, it really isn't broken, anyway. It is just missing a sheet metal screw or two.

No call to insult the poor broken thing... saying it has a screw or two loose...

1.5k · January 12, 2011

Yes. There is a major difference how one responds to a post in Off-Topic, as opposed to On-Topic. This is an off-topic thread, and should remain there.

True.

But if OP would have stayed On-Topic with the Off-Topic post, then the Off-Topic post would not have gone Off-Topic. Now the Off-Topic post had to be moved out of Off-Topic so it could once again be On-Topic.

(Hope that doesn't take the On-Topic, once Off-Topic, post Off-Topic again.)

2.4k · January 12, 2011

Yes. There is a major difference how one responds to a post in Off-Topic, as opposed to On-Topic. This is an off-topic thread, and should remain there.

True.

But if OP would have stayed On-Topic with the Off-Topic post, then the Off-Topic post would not have gone Off-Topic. Now the Off-Topic post had to be moved out of Off-Topic so it could once again be On-Topic.

(Hope that doesn't take the On-Topic, once Off-Topic, post Off-Topic again.)

Now that's definitely an off-topic thread response.

6.5k · January 12, 2011

What was the topic we were on again?

8.3k · January 12, 2011

Say is there an echo in here?

Edited January 12, 2011 by jholly

8.3k · January 12, 2011

On a dark and stormy night ....

Edited January 12, 2011 by jholly

8.3k · January 12, 2011

I posted a thread in the off topic and it broke the forums.

I think there is a word count limit in the OT forums. :unsure:

Edited January 12, 2011 by jholly

6.1k · January 12, 2011

I lifted the skirt to find the geocache and it fell apart... The geocache wasn't even under it.

I dont believe it. That pic is obviously photoshopped, and I dont see any footprints. Plus, split skirts went out of fashion years ago with muumuus, smocks, housecoats, and culottes.

•The split skirt is a pair of shorts that often extends to the knee. The legs part of the shorts, however, is very large, so when worn on the body, the garment falls naturally and appears as a skirt. They can be matched with shirts and tops of any kind. A split skirt can be worn as a skirt or as shorts. They are often considered to be sporty, comfortable and classy, depending on the fabric choice.

•Historically, split skirts had the same purpose as hakama pants. Split skirts were used in Aikido, a nonviolent Japanese martial art. In this sport, technique and skill are of utmost importance. According to the Rio Grande Valley Aikikai, the split skirt is a traditional garment worn during a fight. Traditionally, the split skirt hid the ankles and feet, so opponents could not anticipate from what direction the next attack would come.

Edited January 12, 2011 by 4wheelin_fool

1.9k · January 12, 2011

Hey, I think I remember this cache, I found it earlier last year without any snow, FYI: this pic is a SPOILER!!! but if you look close, it may help you find this cache (FYI: it's not one of the bolts!!)...GOOD LUCK!!!!!

If this is the BK hide its a bison hanging in the bush!

1.9k · January 12, 2011

Comen has the correct approach. The skirt clearly has been neglected maintenance by the local powers, and it is not your fault.

Lovey Pigs, my wife says she might be able to find that one. Which cache is it?

Probably originally didn't lift so someone unbolted it hoping to find it.

1.7k · January 12, 2011

Come home to Off-Topic, little wandering thread... come home...

January 12, 2011

My sig other asked me the other night "what could there possibly still be to talk about geocaching? Havnt you exhausted all there is to say about this stupid nerd sport?"

She doesnt get it.

January 12, 2011

I lifted the skirt to find the geocache and it fell apart... The geocache wasn't even under it.

I love the way you cleverly packed snow around the base of the post to disguise the fact that it was freshly broken

1.2k · January 12, 2011

My sig other asked me the other night "what could there possibly still be to talk about geocaching? Havnt you exhausted all there is to say about this stupid nerd sport?"

She doesnt get it.

Sorry to hear that she doesn't get it. Clearly, we're geeks.

January 12, 2011

Ya.

4.1k · January 12, 2011

It was real nice of Sandy to move this Off Topic thread to the other side of things, just so our post count would go up.

Thank you Sandy.

Shirley~

1.5k · January 12, 2011

My sig other asked me the other night "what could there possibly still be to talk about geocaching? Havnt you exhausted all there is to say about this stupid nerd sport?"

She doesnt get it.

Sorry to hear that she doesn't get it. Clearly, we're geeks.

5.2k · January 12, 2011

Now I'm confused. I thought every post that starts in Off-Topic, was about llamas :unsure:

9.4k · January 12, 2011

Now I'm confused. I thought every post that starts in Off-Topic, was about llamas

Don't forget the duck.

3.8k · January 12, 2011

I am reluctant to say that I am pleasantly surprised that no one brought this up as yet another reason to ban LPC caches..

THANK YOU.

Edited January 12, 2011 by bflentje

9.4k · January 12, 2011

I am reluctant to say that I am pleasantly surprised that no one brought this up as yet another reason to ban LPC caches..

THANK YOU.

Where do we begin? Destruction of property, vandalism (scratching the paint on the lamppost by lifting the skirt), not getting permission to place a cache on private property, etc...

3.8k · January 12, 2011

I am reluctant to say that I am pleasantly surprised that no one brought this up as yet another reason to ban LPC caches..

THANK YOU.

Where do we begin? Destruction of property, vandalism (scratching the paint on the lamppost by lifting the skirt), not getting permission to place a cache on private property, etc...

me and my big mouth. [back into hiding]

I broke a lamp post looking for a cache.

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