Oregone in the Oregonian

February 25, 2003

Did anyone see the article with picture of Oregone on the front of the Living section of this mornings Oregonian? Don't read it if you don't want to find the spoilers to a couple of caches . It also mentions Explosis and has a small profile on each of them. Good article and friendly to geocaching. Way to go guys .

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

February 25, 2003

Say can we get an autograph now that your famous as well as infamous?

I've gone to look for myself, if I should return before I get back, please keep me here.

February 25, 2003

How does he do it? He managed to get PBR and ex-girlfriends in the article!

February 25, 2003

I thought the article would be much longer, but like Bodoni said, he did manage to get PBR and his ex's into the story. Good job oregone!

-Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital dying of nothing.-

February 25, 2003

Can anyone find a link to an online version? I checked out the Oregonian website but couldn't find the article.

1.5k · February 25, 2003

here's the article on the oregonlive site:

http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/living/104617815494540.xml?oregonian

February 25, 2003

Oregone and Explosis are studs, no two ways about it.

Great article. I love the Explosis Factor heading. I was laughing my head off in the breakroom and my coworkers were looking at me like I had quite possibly overdosed on caffeine "already".

Very good, positive piece, and I am almost afraid to see how many new geocachers it creates!

And just exactly what did you plan on doing with the religious pamphlet there, Oregone?

I think I am going to have to beg for an autograph as well.

February 25, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Mr. Snazz:
here's the article on the oregonlive site:

http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/living/104617815494540.xml?oregonian

But you don't get to see his sexy picture (which is a spoiler).

February 25, 2003

What the article didn't talk about was Oregone and the mystery of Pandora's Box (kinda like the Hardy Boys, but not). They made geocaching sound almost wholesome.

Some of us know better.

February 25, 2003

So I wake up this morning and the grandparents are already off to work and there is the paper lying open to the article on the dining room table. "Hey look, that's Oregone!" I read it over my frozen waffles and decide to jump on line to see what everyone is saying about it and who is it that started the thread The Grandparents! They really do have to be first at everything don't they! HEHEHE.

Great article, gonna need to make some copies to keep. It was kinda cool to know that I have a famous copy of the PGE CD, picked it up from the fire tower.

February 25, 2003

Thank y'all for noticing me in the newspaper. I know i'm a big geek.

However, as many of you may know, a life-long dream of mine was finally fulfilled this morning: To have my picture in print between two of my idols--bill clinton and margie boule.

and if anyone ever utters the words, 'the explosis factor' to me, i'm gonna throw whiskey bottles at them.

(emoticon!)

February 25, 2003

What exactly is the "Explosis Factor"??? I thought he had given up on caching . Well I loved the article and thought it was a good (although short) one. Oh well ! Martin and Short go together well. I mean the comedian. I mean the Hollywood Second City TV comedian. .

I see that you didn't take Lauren with you on this trek. Afraid she might steal the limelight???

Once again nice article and tastefully done. They picked two of my mentors and two of the best ambassadors this sport has to offer.

KTF !!! GBWY !!!

February 25, 2003

a coworker had the living section sitting on my desk.

It was great how he mentioned his ex's and pbr in the article.

I ran into explosis once on a hunt in happy valley. I saw the explosis factor first hand as he walked through a ton of sticker bushes, crossed a muddy creek 3x and circled round and round till he found the cache.

Good article.

Makes me wish I could cache all day, although I can barely find time to do jack anymore.

1.2k · February 25, 2003

I am a little bit of an Acrobat expert. I can make PDFs sing any my tune of my choice, graphically-speaking.

I have already PDF'd the online article, and soon I will add the lovely color picture from the printed version in the Living section.

Then I'll post it somewhere for you guys to grab and archive and enjoy.

-Elana

-Elana (a.k.a. "Sparrowhawk")

February 25, 2003

Does this mean if I can get my copy autographed it be worth millions in the next 100 years?

"My gps say's it RIGHT HERE".

http://www.w6hy.org

KF6VFH

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February 25, 2003

And I don't mean leave it in a geocache. I guess if I was on the ball, I'd have gone hunting for one earlier. (Do they sell OR papers in WA? Do they charge sales tax on them?)

!

February 25, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Seth!:
And I don't mean leave it in a geocache. I guess if I was on the ball, I'd have gone hunting for one earlier. (Do they sell OR papers in WA? Do they charge sales tax on them?)

!

http://www.geocachingwa.org

Hehehehe... do you think Oregone and Explosis will be using signed copies of the article as signature items?

February 26, 2003

I was trying to look up stats on the website mentioned in the article, but it is a fantasy sports page. Is it possible that the paper was wrong???? The media is never wrong are they?? (heavy sarcasm intended)

-Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital dying of nothing.-

February 26, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by The Quantum Mechanic:
I was trying to look up stats on the website mentioned in the article, but it is a fantasy sports page.

caching stats page

I had been to this page quite some time ago. Although I could not find it from just plain InsideCorner.com, I was able to access it from somewhere that I cannot remember now. Evidentally this is not a choice on the page's main menu. Guess you have to be 'in the know.' Our caches found is about 50 off, but our last cache found date is correct. Hmmm...

--laurak of dasein

Temporarily French Polynesia's most prolific geocachers!

February 26, 2003

and it proves something we've known all along. oregone is really deck.

-Results Not Typical

February 26, 2003

GPS receiver: $150.00

FRS radio: $75.00

Gortex hiking boots: $120.00

Getting your sun-drenched picture in the paper with a fake tree stump: PRICELESS

[This message was edited by sparklehorse on February 26, 2003 at 10:15 AM.]

February 26, 2003

Something's mighty fishy here!

After reading the piece in the paper I looked up the now famous cache where Oregone's mug shot was taken, the "Clatskanie Fire Tower" cache. Guess what, there's no recent log of Oregone's there! Why? Because he found that cache way back in August of 2 0 0 1! Yet according to the article he left a vintage 2002 PGE CD in the cache. What's up with that? Man if this means there's another cacher out there with a time machine I'm crying foul.

Confused in PDX.

February 27, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by sparklehorse:
Something's mighty fishy here!

Because he found that cache way back in August of _2 0 0 1_!

Confused in PDX.

Hmmm.... I guess Oregone didn't want to risk having a No Find while showing off for the nice reporter

February 27, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by sparklehorse:
Something's mighty fishy here!

After reading the piece in the paper I looked up the now famous cache where Oregone's mug shot was taken, the "Clatskanie Fire Tower" cache. Guess what, there's no recent log of Oregone's there! Why? Because he found that cache way back in August of _2 0 0 1_! Yet according to the article he left a vintage 2002 PGE CD in the cache. What's up with that? Man if this means there's another cacher out there with a time machine I'm crying foul.

Confused in PDX.

I think it's more like he first visited in 2001 and took the reporter to that cache cause he knew it was a good one. While there with the reporter he left a cd just so the reporter could see something traded.

February 27, 2003

Tungsten wrote:

quote:
I think it's more like he first visited in 2001 and took the reporter to that cache cause he knew it was a good one. While there with the reporter he left a cd just so the reporter could see something traded.

Yea, I figure it's something like that too; I'm just giving him a hard time. Hey, he got his picture in the paper AND brazenly consumed alcohol in front of a reporter. Ya can't let him off scott-free!

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March 13, 2003

While i was out with that reporter, i happened to mention Klingon Karaoke. Anyone that went to that geocaching get-together may want to check out tomorrow's living section--that same reporter did a story about that too.

March 14, 2003

quote:
While i was out with that reporter, i happened to mention Klingon Karaoke. Anyone that went to that geocaching get-together may want to check out tomorrow's living section--that same reporter did a story about that too.

Hold me...I'm scared.

"To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower....." William Blake

March 14, 2003

But here's a link to the story anyway.

March 14, 2003

Here's the link.

"And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

March 14, 2003

by 5 seconds... post time is 1:05 for both posts... now that's funny.

"And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

March 14, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by flir~girl (Team WYSIWYG):

Hold me...I'm scared.

When posting things like that on a board frequented by oregone, you need to be careful. You just might get what you ask for.

And the dragon comes in the NNIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHH!!

March 14, 2003

Thanks...uhhh...I think.

Not to worry, you'd be surprised what I've already survived online. Now, if I could just remember where I saw that "Soapy Boy" log entry.

"To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower....." William Blake

March 14, 2003

I love the avatar man... I mean sewiously guys.

"I SAID CONSUMMATE V's!"

"And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination."

March 14, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Team JOYSON:
I love the avatar man... I mean sewiously guys.

Gracias Senior Joyson. On a scale of one to awesome, I would have to rate Trogdor as super great.

And the dragon comes in the NNIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGHHHHH!!

March 17, 2003

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