+dorqie Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) The other day I was in a coffee shop, they had their brown sugar in a lock and lock. I muttered outloud "that should really be a geocache" and my bf replied "you know... you can actually keep food in those..." Anyone else find it a shame that people use things that would make a good cache container for other purposes? lol I also find myself absentmindedly checking bolts on lamp posts whenever i am at the bus stop, but that's another story. Edited June 30, 2011 by dorqie Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Everytime I see a lock-n-lock with food - just wrong - wrong I tell you!!! Quote Link to comment
+dorqie Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 my bf, who also caches, uses an amo can to keep his pocket knife collection in. This also bothers me. "That should really be a geocache..." "but then where would my knives go?" "in something less watertight." Quote Link to comment
+6NoisyHikers Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Noisy Hiker #3 found a large, neon green rubber skull at Value Village. She wants to cut the top open and store her makeup in it. I think it would be an awesome geocache (though I doubt it would stay pretty for long...) I also spend a lot of time looking at holes in tree trunks and other natural hiding spots and thinking "ooh! If I were a cache, I would want to live there!" Quote Link to comment
+popokiiti Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Ooooops....I liberated two Lock & Locks from our caching supply for my lunches...I have sinned! I am also guilty of looking for potential cache homes when out and about. Quote Link to comment
+Coldgears Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Food goes so quickly in our house of 8 people, it just isn't worth the extra price for a lock and lock. I didn't even know it was a food container? Are you preparing for a nuclear Apocalypse? Why would you need food that well protected? Quote Link to comment
+SuperRat Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Food goes so quickly in our house of 8 people, it just isn't worth the extra price for a lock and lock. I didn't even know it was a food container? Are you preparing for a nuclear Apocalypse? Why would you need food that well protected? Haha. Agreed. And when I see food in a container like that, I don't get annoyed, I just find myself picturing it as a geocache. Then I ask myself "Who is crazy enough to put food in a geocache?" And that's when I realize it's not really a geocache... Quote Link to comment
+dorqie Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 I'm looking at a lock and lock that i just picked up last week, it says "open lid prior to use in microwave oven" why would anyone put a cache in the microwave? Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I predict this thread will degrade into a debate on the 2nd Amendment once someone says that geocaches are a better use of ammocans than storing ammunition. Quote Link to comment
+dorqie Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 I predict this thread will degrade into a debate on the 2nd Amendment once someone says that geocaches are a better use of ammocans than storing ammunition. Oh THAT's what those are for? I thought they were made just for geocaching... Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I used one lock & lock for all my coins. I know I sinned! And plus, I got one ammo can that I keep my geotools in. Quote Link to comment
+Fjordi Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I'm looking at a lock and lock that i just picked up last week, it says "open lid prior to use in microwave oven" why would anyone put a cache in the microwave? Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 my bf, who also caches, uses an amo can to keep his pocket knife collection in. This also bothers me. "That should really be a geocache..." "but then where would my knives go?" "in something less watertight." no knives in caches Ooooops....I liberated two Lock & Locks from our caching supply for my lunches...I have sinned! I am also guilty of looking for potential cache homes when out and about. food either. I work for a pharmacy automation company, imagine my stress at seeing all those cache containers being used for pills. (just kidding of course, vials make terrible cache containers) Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Food goes so quickly in our house of 8 people, it just isn't worth the extra price for a lock and lock. I didn't even know it was a food container? Are you preparing for a nuclear Apocalypse? Why would you need food that well protected? I tried putting leftover in a lock n lock once (we have a pile in our hallway) and it was weird. I mean, really, 4 snaps? What in the world are people trying to protect their food from? Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I mean, really, 4 snaps? What in the world are people trying to protect their food from?Have you seen the inside of my buddy's fridge? Don't go over for dinner.... Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 my bf, who also caches, uses an amo can to keep his pocket knife collection in. This also bothers me. "That should really be a geocache..." "but then where would my knives go?" "in something less watertight." Then the knives would rust! Quote Link to comment
+BuckeyeClan Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I used one lock & lock for all my coins. I know I sinned! And plus, I got one ammo can that I keep my geotools in. Hmmm...storing your swag supply...that's not so bad! Quote Link to comment
+terrkan78 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Food goes so quickly in our house of 8 people, it just isn't worth the extra price for a lock and lock. I didn't even know it was a food container? Are you preparing for a nuclear Apocalypse? Why would you need food that well protected? Ants...they generate their own mini-apocalypses. I can forgive someone for using lock & lock for food - they're relatively inexpensive. But an ammo can? The holy grail of cache containers? That cost $17.50 each at the local surplus store? Used to store bullets? Sacrilege! The 2nd Amendment only protects people's right to bear arms. It doesn't say squat about people abusing poor ammo cans via gross misusage. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 You'd think in my line of work (Army) that I'd have ammo cans out the wazoo, but most times I end up having to buy them from the surplus store. Though I still have one I picked up when I was a cadet, 15+ years ago...it's where we keep all our hzoi coins. Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 So I went to get my lunch out of the fridge today and discovered I was FTF, a blank log. Then it occurred to me, I wonder who found my tuna salad? Quote Link to comment
+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I use 3 small LnL to store my batteries, rest assured I have others that aren't being used. Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I predict this thread will degrade into a debate on the 2nd Amendment once someone says that geocaches are a better use of ammocans than storing ammunition. Oh THAT's what those are for? I thought they were made just for geocaching... When I was in the Army, they kept bullets in geocaches. I'm wondering if that's what Toz was talking about? Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 So I went to get my lunch out of the fridge today and discovered I was FTF, a blank log. Then it occurred to me, I wonder who found my tuna salad? You were not FTF. You found a throw down lock-n-lock, and the person that put it there also ate your tuna salad. Look around and maybe you see someone that has mayonnaise in the corner of their mouth and you'll find the culprit. Quote Link to comment
sabrefan7 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I predict this thread will degrade into a debate on the 2nd Amendment once someone says that geocaches are a better use of ammocans than storing ammunition. FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!!! I own lots of Ammo cans All but 2 are in the woods somewhere Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 So I went to get my lunch out of the fridge today and discovered I was FTF, a blank log. Then it occurred to me, I wonder who found my tuna salad? Quote Link to comment
+lamoracke Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I took those candy things from Blockbuster that are in the shape of Mario Brothers toadstools. 2 of them are now so stuck they cant open anymore (but inside the larger container to show the original hide) and the 3rd one is still surprisingly hanging on. I also found an old 20 year old diarrhea medicine pill bottle that was very cool but it did not last long either. Hard to find cool hanging around the house cache container that will last the test of time...unless you manufacture something yourself. Quote Link to comment
+d+n.s Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I predict this thread will degrade into a debate on the 2nd Amendment once someone says that geocaches are a better use of ammocans than storing ammunition. Oh THAT's what those are for? I thought they were made just for geocaching... When I was in the Army, they kept bullets in geocaches. I'm wondering if that's what Toz was talking about? Back when my dad was serving he kept all his ammo in individual film canisters Quote Link to comment
+Flintstone5611 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I used one lock & lock for all my coins. I know I sinned! And plus, I got one ammo can that I keep my geotools in. I do the exact same thing. Whenever I think about using them for a cache, I cave and go buy some more. Quote Link to comment
+Don_J Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Everytime I see a lock-n-lock with food - just wrong - wrong I tell you!!! I get the same feeling whenever I see a logbook in a Gladware container. Quote Link to comment
+Nauticalstar84 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 When I go to my parent's house for dinner and they send me home with leftovers, I always convince my Mom to put them in a LnL. Then she wonders why I never return them to her! Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Oh, the shame... I have a "large" for flour and a "regular" for sugar. They both are D/T 1/1, though. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Oops, I forgot...I have way too many empty "micros" sitting around the house. I refuse to use them for cache containers, though. Quote Link to comment
karkess Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Ya know, if all ammo cans were used as caches...Wars wouldn't last nearly as long. Seriously, how long can you sustain a fire fight with a pocket full of bullets? I think we've just discovered the secret to World peace! And then the camera turns to Kelso. Quote Link to comment
sdarken Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I'm sure some people in these forums would file this piece of "art" to be a waste of good containers Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I'm sure some people in these forums would file this piece of "art" to be a waste of good containers Kewl! Though I wouldn't call prescription medicine bottles "good" containers. They are designed to keep pills in reasonably good shape, while stored indoors. They are not even remotely waterproof. Turning a whole bunch of them into an art piece saves that many people from having to deal with wet, moldy logs. Quote Link to comment
+SuperRat Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I'm sure some people in these forums would file this piece of "art" to be a waste of good containers Kewl! Though I wouldn't call prescription medicine bottles "good" containers. They are designed to keep pills in reasonably good shape, while stored indoors. They are not even remotely waterproof. Turning a whole bunch of them into an art piece saves that many people from having to deal with wet, moldy logs. Yup! I never thought of using pill bottles as art before.... But then again, you could call anything art! Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 I'm sure some people in these forums would file this piece of "art" to be a waste of good containersI don't get it. Is there a good container hidden somewhere in that pill bottle sculpture? Quote Link to comment
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