+Fianccetto Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Just today I left a "Did maintenance" log where I out my name first. I didn't realize til I got home that I signed.the.wrong.date. I do that a lot. So do I and I don't always realise I have done, or can't always remember. If I am sure, I try to mention it in the online log, but if not I just leave it, as long as the online log is right, I'm happy with that. If I have my phone with me, I check the date. Quote Link to comment
+Birdman-of-liskatraz Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I normally go with date followed by name... my name changing depending on the size of the log and my mood at a the time, currently I normally sign as "Birdie" though if feeling formal or it's a nice big hardback logbook I go with "Birdman-of-Liskatraz" Talking of pens, this model has some very interesting Amazon reviews, well worth a read... I'm a fan though of a very fine tipped Rotring job.. Quote Link to comment
+SeekerOfTheWay Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Sad thing is, I log from my phone. It doesn't help. A few times I wrote the wrong year. Must be mental issue. Lol. Quote Link to comment
+SeekerOfTheWay Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I normally go with date followed by name... my name changing depending on the size of the log and my mood at a the time, currently I normally sign as "Birdie" though if feeling formal or it's a nice big hardback logbook I go with "Birdman-of-Liskatraz" Talking of pens, this model has some very interesting Amazon reviews, well worth a read... I'm a fan though of a very fine tipped Rotring job.. Awesome thanks! Pen expertise. Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Talking of pens, this model has some very interesting Amazon reviews, well worth a read... I'm a fan though of a very fine tipped Rotring job.. Hilarious. Thanks for the laughs. "While this pen is functional and easy to use, a downside is it only supports one default font (that appears to be user specific?). I have tried multiple times to access Helvetica, Times New Roman, Impact etc. to no avail... I don't even see any input buttons. " "You'd think, with all of the new anti-obscenity laws, that this pen would have a V-chip installed. It DOESN'T!!!!! You should see some of the filthy words and drawings that my children were able to write with this product. I am going to file a formal complaint with the FCC. Buyer (with young children) Beware!!!!" "Does exactly what it says on the tin Having previously searched unsuccessfully for a product to help me direct attention to spherical objects I was relieved to stumble across this product. It is called a ball point pen and I must say that when it comes to pointing at balls, there is nothing to beat it. Well done Bic for keeping your promise." 10.10.11 Fianccetto Quote Link to comment
+metal-bijou Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I normally go with date followed by name... my name changing depending on the size of the log and my mood at a the time, currently I normally sign as "Birdie" though if feeling formal or it's a nice big hardback logbook I go with "Birdman-of-Liskatraz" Talking of pens, this model has some very interesting Amazon reviews, well worth a read... I'm a fan though of a very fine tipped Rotring job.. It just seems a little too expensive for me. NOw if you could maybe get them in bulk.... Quote Link to comment
team tisri Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Sometimes I write the date as 9.10.11 and sometimes as 9/10/11. The first form economises on ink, and that's the form I prefer, but sometimes I forget and use the second form. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. I Trust the good Dr is refering to the Late Oscar Wilde? "Sanity is a playground for the sluggish mind" "Consistency: The last refuge of the unimaginative mind." The Pen I prefer is the Papermate Flexgrip, it works well even on damp paper. Have tried other pens including Gell ,but nothing has been found yet to rival the Flexgrip. The trouble with stamps is that they lack that personal touch,so robotic. Diveing to Periscope depth... Cheers Moose07 Ralph Waldo Emerson I carry four writing implements. 1) A pencil. Also useful for poking into holes. 2) A WIZO ballpoint. This is the general purpose writer, acquired at a recent WIZO car rally (which we won :-) ). 3) A gel pen; that works on damp or even soaking wet paper. 4) A large red felt-tip pen; that's useful for correcting grammar and spelling mistakes on notices, such as surplus apostrophes and missing spaces. "Thank you" is two words, so is "car park". It's my small contribution to reducing the vandalisation of English. Thankyou for your comment about carparks Quote Link to comment
+drsolly Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 Thankyou for your comment about carparks ... rats. Now I've got red felt tip on my screen. Quote Link to comment
I! Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 ... rats. Now I've got red felt tip on my screen. That should be "felt-tip", I think. Quote Link to comment
+Shiggaddi Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I always write the date, then my name. About a year ago, I started signing some logs by drawing a smiley face afterwards if space permitted, and that is now part of my normal signing process. Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 ... rats. Now I've got red felt tip on my screen. That should be "felt-tip", I think. or "felt-tipped", even Quote Link to comment
+Delta68 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Found some caches today where the previous finders didn't bother dating the logs at all - just a stamp. Yeah, yeah everyone plays the game their own way and all that but it would have been nice to know if they were out caching on the same day as us or if they had done the series several days earlier (no log in PQ as yet) Mark Quote Link to comment
+Understandblue Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Unless it's a nano, when being FTF means I get to write "Thanks ever so much for such a fun cache. I found it on the twenty third day of October in the year two thousand and eleven at about half past three in the afternoon" which means I get to log FTF and immediately log it as Needs Maintenance because the log is full. Ha!! Quote Link to comment
+dartymoor Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Name before date? Oh dear. Do you hang toilet paper so the next sheet hangs against the wall too? Quote Link to comment
CraftyKel* Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Do you hang toilet paper so the next sheet hangs against the wall too? Argh! My Missus intentionally does it that way and insists it's the right way! It drives me nuts! lol Quote Link to comment
+The Bongtwashes Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Do you hang toilet paper so the next sheet hangs against the wall too? Argh! My Missus intentionally does it that way and insists it's the right way! It drives me nuts! lol Why would any sane person hang it any other way? It's more likely to tear along the perforations that way. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 It's all right for you rich people that can afford toilet roll holders.... poor people like me just put the roll on the window sill. Quote Link to comment
+Delta68 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 It's all right for you rich people that can afford toilet roll holders.... poor people like me just put the roll on the window sill. And it's all soggy with condensation first thing in the morning... Quote Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Toilet Roll...posh or what? Quote Link to comment
+thehoomer Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 'Window Sill'? Luxury. I dream of having a window sill. We’ve just got a hole in the wall. Quote Link to comment
team tisri Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Unless it's a nano, when being FTF means I get to write "Thanks ever so much for such a fun cache. I found it on the twenty third day of October in the year two thousand and eleven at about half past three in the afternoon" which means I get to log FTF and immediately log it as Needs Maintenance because the log is full. Ha!! I recently found a nano cache in a rather tricky to get to spot in Pennsylvania. It was at the top of what's known as "the 1000 steps" for reasons you can probably imagine. Anyway, having climbed steps for 45 minutes with a bunch of other cachers after an event one of the caches at the top was a nano. We were all sooooo tempted, after hunting a nano among a pile of stones, to write a huge log (or for all 15 of us to sign it with our names in full) to give the CO the opportunity to climb all the steps and replace the log. Quote Link to comment
+DonB Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) I sign the log the same way the people before me signs it, sometimes name first, sometimes not. What's the difference as long as the log gets signed. Sounds like a lot of nit-picking. Edited October 16, 2012 by DonB Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I sign the log the same way the people before me signs it, sometimes name first, sometimes not. What's the difference as long as the log gets signed. Sounds like a lot of nit-picking. Face-palm Quote Link to comment
+Teamworthy Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Sometimes I put date 1st and sometimes I put my name 1st, just to keep people guessing. Sometimes when I feel really naughty, I don't put the date at all. Quote Link to comment
+WizzardPrang Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I've given this topic considerable thought* On the rare occasion that I'm signing the log first I put the date (DD/MM/YY) then the time (24Hr) then my name. So mostly I just copy the previous cacher's order, still using my preferred date format then my name. I try to remember to write my name and not copy the previous cacher's name. If it's a nano I might sign "WP" although it does slightly worry me that subsequent cachers might think I used a Word Processor... * This is mostly untrue. Quote Link to comment
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