+TresOkies Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 I read an article in Risks Digest and it made me realize that we have another country that needs a geocaching presense. Perhaps one of our Swedish brothers can apply for a temporary visa and place one. http://www.ladonia.net I suspect the State Secretary of Ladonia is well known to Swedes, who might possibly wish he would just go away. -E -- N35°32.981 W98°34.631 Quote Link to comment
+Glenn Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 Any other countries need a cache? - Lone Rangers Quote Link to comment
+Rich in NEPA Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Lone Rangers: Any other countries need a cache? Umm ... no, but I sure wouldn't mind having my own country. Ooh-fa! ~Rich in NEPA~ === A man with a GPS receiver knows where he is; a man with two GPS receivers is never sure. === Quote Link to comment
+snake1411 Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 Has anyone applied to be Minister of Geocaching for Ladonia yet? Quote Link to comment
xyzabc Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Theres something about that site that autmatically brings to my mind only one word: SCAM I mean, if there was a new country named Ladonia, don't you think you would have heard about it on the news? I don't believe for a second that this place actually exists. Another thing, if the country "broke free" from Sweden, why is every word on the site in english? I'd say we ought to be watchful of what people try to conn others into. Juat my $0.02 TJWilson Gander NF Quote Link to comment
+TresOkies Posted March 20, 2002 Author Share Posted March 20, 2002 I wouldn't say it's a scam so much as a very eccentric person with an ax to grind (his art) who found a loophole in the law and is running with it. I see citizenship there as the Y2K equivalent of getting your minister's license out of the back of Rolling Stone. -E -- N35°32.981 W98°34.631 Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 It reminds me a lot of the Conch Republic. The Conch Republic seceded from the US on April 23, 1982 and then declared war on the US. Immediately, they surrended and applied for foreign aid, which they've yet to recieve. You can now order a Conch Republic passport for around $100. Scam? You decide. Jamie Quote Link to comment
+TresOkies Posted March 20, 2002 Author Share Posted March 20, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Jamie Z:http://www.conchrepublic.com/passport_app1.htm. It's a shame those idiots in the Rebublic of Texas didn't embark on a similar journey. Maybe they would all be alive today if they had. -- N35°32.981 W98°34.631 Quote Link to comment
+worldtraveler Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 quote:Originally posted by TresOkies:...It's a shame those idiots in the Rebublic of Texas didn't embark on a similar journey. Maybe they would all be alive today if they had. I don't think so - they'd be about 200 years old by now. Worldtraveler Quote Link to comment
+worldtraveler Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 quote:Originally posted by TresOkies:...It's a shame those idiots in the Rebublic of Texas didn't embark on a similar journey. Maybe they would all be alive today if they had. I don't think so - they'd be about 200 years old by now. Worldtraveler Quote Link to comment
+TresOkies Posted March 21, 2002 Author Share Posted March 21, 2002 quote:Originally posted by worldtraveler: I don't think so - they'd be about 200 years old by now. Just to be precise, I'm talking about the more recent idiots from the Republic of Texas. Those fella's who holed up in the mountains outside El Paso, took hostages, got a couple killed and the rest in prison for the rest of their natural lives. I think this happened about 1997 or so. I was living in Austin, so it was "local" news. -E -- N35°32.981 W98°34.631 Quote Link to comment
+TresOkies Posted March 21, 2002 Author Share Posted March 21, 2002 quote:Originally posted by worldtraveler: I don't think so - they'd be about 200 years old by now. Just to be precise, I'm talking about the more recent idiots from the Republic of Texas. Those fella's who holed up in the mountains outside El Paso, took hostages, got a couple killed and the rest in prison for the rest of their natural lives. I think this happened about 1997 or so. I was living in Austin, so it was "local" news. -E -- N35°32.981 W98°34.631 Quote Link to comment
Gustaf Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 "Ladonia" is the cration of a quite well known Swedish artist, Lars Vilks. There is a cache close to "Ladonia". Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted April 12, 2002 Share Posted April 12, 2002 The beautiy of your own nation is that it really doesn't matter. And if it really doesn't matter then it's not really a nation. Quote Link to comment
spiny norman Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 Then there is this one........ 'Principality' of Sealand http://www.sealandgov.com/ Quote Link to comment
pepperjacks Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 quote:Originally posted by spiny norman: Then there is this one........ 'Principality' of Sealand http://www.sealandgov.com/ M0th and myself have a friend that works on Sealand and we are currently working on getting a cache planted here. I'll post to this forum once it is planted. -Seric (The PepperJacks) Quote Link to comment
+TresOkies Posted April 30, 2002 Author Share Posted April 30, 2002 quote:Originally posted by spiny norman:Then there is this one........ http://www.sealandgov.com/ This looked interesting until I got to the part about HavenCo using the country for its' server colocation. While it could be a great place for people involved in free-speech issues (i.e. $cientology information sites), chances are it will be used to launch spam attacks. Yes, I read that spam is against HavenCo's acceptable use policy, but I'm skeptical that they will enforce it. I would love to be proven wrong. As for a cache, is it really practical to hide a cache in a place where the public is not allowed to visit? Especially considering that the sovereign of Sealand vigorously defends his territorial limits. -E -- N35°32.981 W98°34.631 Quote Link to comment
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