4wheelin_fool Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 You are walking on a beach and see an old brass lamp. You rub it to get the sand off and a genie appears. He says "You can find any cache on the planet. Just say which one, and you will be transported to within 500 feet of it with your GPS and it will appear when you get close". Which cache would it be? ( with apologies to TAR) Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) Do you get the relevant 'Kit' to assist you.. eg If it's an underwater cache, you get diving gear. If 'Yes' I call 'Baggsie' on the cache on the International Space Station. Edited October 29, 2011 by Bear and Ragged Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Do you get the relevant 'Kit' to assist you.. eg If it's an underwater cache, you get diving gear. If so, I want to go check out the one in the Marianas Trench. Or was that one a TB? Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 The genie is a form of media, by leaving the magic lamp on the beach you are in violation the Groundspeak terms of use (specifically section 4(m)). Should someone ask about a cache where the owner has not consented to solutions, hints, spoilers, or any hidden coordinates being published by genie; you could have your geocaching account suspended. Please remove your genie in the spirit of geocaching. Quote Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 The genie is a form of media, by leaving the magic lamp on the beach you are in violation the Groundspeak terms of use (specifically section 4(m)). Should someone ask about a cache where the owner has not consented to solutions, hints, spoilers, or any hidden coordinates being published by genie; you could have your geocaching account suspended. Please remove your genie in the spirit of geocaching. So there is not any one cache that you would like to find? If you're not having fun, you have no one to blame but yourself. Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Do you get the relevant 'Kit' to assist you.. eg If it's an underwater cache, you get diving gear. My question would be rather: do I also get a return ticket? Because my choice would be http://coord.info/GCDFB Quote Link to comment
I! Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 You are walking on a beach and see an old brass lamp. If I'm walking on a beach then, God help me, I might be in Weston-super-Mare. In which case, I'd ask to go straight home, probably to one of my own caches - perhaps Inversion to give the kids some play time. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 You are walking on a beach and see an old brass lamp. I'd be trying like mad to figure out how to open it so I could sign the log. I'd probably favorite the cache, too. Great idea for a hide! Quote Link to comment
+Team Pixos Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 (edited) GC 23HNZ. The Door to Hell Edited October 30, 2011 by Team Pixos Quote Link to comment
+Roman! Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 International space station would be my first pick, Hydrothermal vents would be #2 and Mission 4 ape cache would be #3. Quote Link to comment
+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Do you get the relevant 'Kit' to assist you.. eg If it's an underwater cache, you get diving gear. My question would be rather: do I also get a return ticket? Because my choice would be http://coord.info/GCDFB My choice as well. Quote Link to comment
TorgtheViking Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 You are walking on a beach and see an old brass lamp. I quickly melt down the brass and it's contents. I hear it one can make a quick dollar in scrap metal. Quote Link to comment
7rxc Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 International space station would be my first pick, Hydrothermal vents would be #2 and Mission 4 ape cache would be #3. I don't think I could come up with anything to chose... I'm pretty unlucky at times, but the choices involved in some of these ones would probably make them bad choices... the surviving APE cache might work though, IF... ISS would be tougher to achieve, even if they were providing proper equipment... besides which it is not ON the planet... consider the physics. 500 feet away would definitely be 'outside' the station. Would you have a ship or a space suit? Are you placed in a correctly matching orbit? Being at right angles or such, not closing at a safe rate, Worse yet, stationary! I'm only approximating from memory, but one second after materializing at the spot promised, the station would be say 7.5 km away, if you are standing still, probably more if you factor in all motion including EARTH. Of course you have permission to board the station if you get there, right? Nah that's only two things and I'm not seeing it. The Hydrothermal (MAR) vents you might get SCUBA or a SUB... or a bathing suit! Nope! Not sure about where the APE is located in South America, but if it survives today, it might not be in a friendly area... but more so than the first choices. The other guys have a good idea, an nice canoe trip that doesn't need a genie, just an outfitter and a crystal ball, has that been found at all yet? Doug 7rxc Quote Link to comment
+Roman! Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 You are walking on a beach and see an old brass lamp. I quickly melt down the brass and it's contents. I hear it one can make a quick dollar in scrap metal. So you'd rather take a quick buck than a trip to anywhere in the world or even out of it? Quote Link to comment
+Roman! Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 International space station would be my first pick, Hydrothermal vents would be #2 and Mission 4 ape cache would be #3. I don't think I could come up with anything to chose... I'm pretty unlucky at times, but the choices involved in some of these ones would probably make them bad choices... the surviving APE cache might work though, IF... ISS would be tougher to achieve, even if they were providing proper equipment... besides which it is not ON the planet... consider the physics. 500 feet away would definitely be 'outside' the station. Would you have a ship or a space suit? Are you placed in a correctly matching orbit? Being at right angles or such, not closing at a safe rate, Worse yet, stationary! I'm only approximating from memory, but one second after materializing at the spot promised, the station would be say 7.5 km away, if you are standing still, probably more if you factor in all motion including EARTH. Of course you have permission to board the station if you get there, right? Nah that's only two things and I'm not seeing it. The Hydrothermal (MAR) vents you might get SCUBA or a SUB... or a bathing suit! Nope! Not sure about where the APE is located in South America, but if it survives today, it might not be in a friendly area... but more so than the first choices. The other guys have a good idea, an nice canoe trip that doesn't need a genie, just an outfitter and a crystal ball, has that been found at all yet? Doug 7rxc I'm assuming the spirit of the thread in the fact that you'd actually survive. Yeah, 500 meters outside the space station and your dead, but if it's literal then the ape cache for me, as for the other cache $2 - 3K should get you there via float plane from wherever you are, I'm actually looking at it and thinking hmmm, i just might be FTF next summer. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 You are walking on a beach and see an old brass lamp. You rub it to get the sand off and a genie appears. He says "You can find any cache on the planet. Just say which one, and you will be transported to within 500 feet of it with your GPS and it will appear when you get close". Which cache would it be? ( with apologies to TAR) Assuming that I'll be transported back, and I can come back when I want, it would be a cache located somewhere I would want to visit even if there wasn't a cache there. For example, a cache at Maccu Piccu, or one in Tahiti. Quote Link to comment
+Team Dennis Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I suppose I'd have to go after 4.5lb Walleye up in Canada. Of course I'd need to make sure I had a ride outta there. 50 miles from the nearest inhabited area. YIKES! Quote Link to comment
+Rckhnd Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 International space station would be my first pick, Hydrothermal vents would be #2 and Mission 4 ape cache would be #3. Within 500 feet of the ISS could be a pretty messed up scenario Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Tough call between the walleye or the ape. I'm choosing the ape since it's the only way I'm getting that coveted icon now... Quote Link to comment
+CanadianRockies Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 (edited) Within 500 feet of the ISS could be a pretty messed up scenario And I've watched enough television to know that some of those evil genies tend to be rather literal when granting wishes. Edited October 30, 2011 by CanadianRockies Quote Link to comment
+Ry Dawg Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Any cache on the Northern Shores in the Arctic Circle. It's beautiful up there, but very expensive to travel! Quote Link to comment
+issueperson Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Wasn't caching last time we were in Switzerland: GC1DDQ5 Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 You are walking on a beach and see an old brass lamp. You rub it to get the sand off and a genie appears. He says "You can find any cache on the planet. Just say which one, and you will be transported to within 500 feet of it with your GPS and it will appear when you get close". Which cache would it be? ( with apologies to TAR) Arvids spine trail micro i ended up putting it on ignore after giving up after too many trips there. my genie will have to be holding it and hand it to me. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Do you get the relevant 'Kit' to assist you.. eg If it's an underwater cache, you get diving gear. My question would be rather: do I also get a return ticket? Because my choice would be http://coord.info/GCDFB Mine too. Good thing I read all the responses before posting. Despite repeated threats, I don't believe Connie is ever going to get there. Quote Link to comment
+Team Pixos Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Kids want one in disneyworld, LOL, we already have the virtual in Disneyland. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Kids want one in disneyworld, LOL, we already have the virtual in Disneyland. Well, they're not exactly stellar virtuals that I would use my Genie wish on. Also, I was there way back when they still had physical caches there (they were all removed in the Spring of 2005), and none of them were anything to write home about either. But Disneyworld sure ties in with the Genie theme. The whole Disney magic thing. Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Within 500 feet of the ISS could be a pretty messed up scenario And I've watched enough television to know that some of those evil genies tend to be rather literal when granting wishes. you mean the space station appearing in your living room? Quote Link to comment
+thecaswellfamily Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 The Genie is magical and capable of all things, right? Then I would go back in time and do the Mission 9 APE before it was stolen. I really, REALLY wanted to do that cache. Did the replacement last summer and had a blast, but if I could do anything, that's still my pick. Quote Link to comment
7rxc Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 The Genie is magical and capable of all things, right? Then I would go back in time and do the Mission 9 APE before it was stolen. I really, REALLY wanted to do that cache. Did the replacement last summer and had a blast, but if I could do anything, that's still my pick. Sure! Go back close to it's placement and sign the log. Change the whole history of geocaching and the world! I thought the ISS was hazardous. BTW signing the log leads to the lamp NOT being placed on the beach to find, thus your future doesn't happen, so you don't exist in that time line either (unless you were already there). Doug 7rxc Quote Link to comment
+Postholedigger Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I would be interested in the cache at the summit of Everest. But not if the genie is an a** and "appears" me 500 horizontal feet away from the cache in mid-air where I'll immediately drop a zillion vertical feet to my death. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Any... cache? You mean, only for geocaching? You mean limitations? On wishes? Huh. Some all-powerful Genie. Can't even bring people back from a geocaching trip. I don't know, Abu. He probably can't even get us to the Brazil APE cache and back safely. Looks like we're gonna have to find a way there and back... Quote Link to comment
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