+jpjeffery Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 I found two caches today (a beautiful, and warm, sunny late lunchtime by the River Thames). The second one was the trickier find, but there were two significant issues. Firstly, the log was full (it happens, I know, and I'll buy some to help out in such situations). Secondly, as per the title, it was in a place that seems to be popular with men (I assume) who need to pee. As a result, the cache itself was...aromatic! Nasty. Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 (edited) I found two caches today (a beautiful, and warm, sunny late lunchtime by the River Thames). The second one was the trickier find, but there were two significant issues. Firstly, the log was full (it happens, I know, and I'll buy some to help out in such situations). Secondly, as per the title, it was in a place that seems to be popular with men (I assume) who need to pee. As a result, the cache itself was...aromatic! Nasty. Maybe it was a dog or raccoon (before we berate half the population)? Did you post NM -- or NA? And did you sign the log before you claimed a smiley?? Edited October 4, 2016 by wmpastor Quote Link to comment
+jpjeffery Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 Did you post NM -- or NA? What's that? Yes, I did sign the log - well, a piece of paper I added - then touched NOTHING ELSE until I got back to the office to wash my hands. *shudder* Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Did you post NM -- or NA? What's that? "Needs Maintenance" perhaps, but "Needs Archived" is extreme and not applicable to the situation. Help Center http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php Finding a Geocache http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.book&id=25 4.2. What log type should I use? http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=534 3.7. I found a geocache that needs maintenance http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=551 3.8. I found a geocache that needs to be archived http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=434 B. Quote Link to comment
+Manville Possum Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 it was in a place that seems to be popular with men (I assume) who need to pee. As a result, the cache itself was...aromatic! Nasty. Let me guess, the cache was in a knot hole about three feet up on the side of a tree near a walking path? Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 it was in a place that seems to be popular with men (I assume) who need to pee. As a result, the cache itself was...aromatic! Nasty. Let me guess, the cache was in a knot hole about three feet up on the side of a tree near a walking path? SPOILER ALERT!!!!! B. Quote Link to comment
+jpjeffery Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 it was in a place that seems to be popular with men (I assume) who need to pee. As a result, the cache itself was...aromatic! Nasty. Let me guess, the cache was in a knot hole about three feet up on the side of a tree near a walking path? Not quite. Very near the River Thames, lots of pubs around there, and in a quiet(-ish) corner. Quote Link to comment
+jpjeffery Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 Did you post NM -- or NA? What's that? "Needs Maintenance"... Ah, I have two to mark as NM for full logs. Can't see how to do that though. Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Did you post NM -- or NA? What's that? "Needs Maintenance"... Ah, I have two to mark as NM for full logs. Can't see how to do that though. Start off as if posting a find. But then you'll see a drop down menu with options like "post note," "needs maintenance," etc. Click accordingly. Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 it was in a place that seems to be popular with men (I assume) who need to pee. As a result, the cache itself was...aromatic! Nasty. Let me guess, the cache was in a knot hole about three feet up on the side of a tree near a walking path? Not quite. Very near the River Thames, lots of pubs around there, and in a quiet(-ish) corner. Ah, so the Brits are to blame! Yanks are so much more mannerly! Quote Link to comment
+gingersquee Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Did you post NM -- or NA? What's that? "Needs Maintenance"... Ah, I have two to mark as NM for full logs. Can't see how to do that though. Start off as if posting a find. But then you'll see a drop down menu with options like "post note," "needs maintenance," etc. Click accordingly. Only via the website though. No option to log NM or NA on the app. So you'd need to log in on a computer browser to add a NM log. Quote Link to comment
+Manville Possum Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Did you post NM -- or NA? What's that? "Needs Maintenance"... Ah, I have two to mark as NM for full logs. Can't see how to do that though. Start off as if posting a find. But then you'll see a drop down menu with options like "post note," "needs maintenance," etc. Click accordingly. Only via the website though. No option to log NM or NA on the app. So you'd need to log in on a computer browser to add a NM log. Some of the other apps have those options. Quote Link to comment
+on4bam Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 If I were to come across such a cache it's DNF and NM . Won't touch it. Quote Link to comment
+Sagefox Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Maybe it was a dog or raccoon (before we berate half the population)? It's o.k. Geocachers find AMPLE evidence that both halves of the population do their business behind trees and bushes. I've never smelled animal urine in the wild but walking down an innercity alley tells you what concentrated human peeing smells like. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) I have to confess to an occasion a couple of years ago when I was caching in the country alone. Walking through the woods, I felt the call of nature, so as there was no-one about I went behind a tree to do what comes naturally. A couple of hundred yards down the path I checked my GPS, and realised I'd passed the next cache, by a couple of hundred yards... Fortunately the stickoflage hiding the cache wasn't directly in the line of fire... Edited October 11, 2016 by Optimist on the run Quote Link to comment
+Wagonmaker Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 That's too bad - I found both those two caches you mentioned when I was in London about a month and a half ago and there was nothing amiss then! Quote Link to comment
+wmpastor Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Maybe it was a dog or raccoon (before we berate half the population)? It's o.k. Geocachers find AMPLE evidence that both halves of the population do their business behind trees and bushes. I've never smelled animal urine in the wild but walking down an innercity alley tells you what concentrated human peeing smells like. Cat smell is terrible. Guess what's much worse? Mice pee! I came across it in a box once where they had built a nest. They fouled their own home. Maybe it was the baby mice, but it was horrible. And there they lived, with the ultra-intense sickeningly-foul odor in a small, enclosed space. Quote Link to comment
+Optimist on the run Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Maybe it was a dog or raccoon (before we berate half the population)? It's o.k. Geocachers find AMPLE evidence that both halves of the population do their business behind trees and bushes. I've never smelled animal urine in the wild but walking down an innercity alley tells you what concentrated human peeing smells like. Cat smell is terrible. Guess what's much worse? Mice pee! I came across it in a box once where they had built a nest. They fouled their own home. Maybe it was the baby mice, but it was horrible. And there they lived, with the ultra-intense sickeningly-foul odor in a small, enclosed space. Apparently mice have no bladders, so they constantly urinate. Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Maybe it was a dog or raccoon (before we berate half the population)? It's o.k. Geocachers find AMPLE evidence that both halves of the population do their business behind trees and bushes. I've never smelled animal urine in the wild but walking down an innercity alley tells you what concentrated human peeing smells like. Cat smell is terrible. Guess what's much worse? Mice pee! I came across it in a box once where they had built a nest. They fouled their own home. Maybe it was the baby mice, but it was horrible. And there they lived, with the ultra-intense sickeningly-foul odor in a small, enclosed space. Apparently mice have no bladders, so they constantly urinate. An urban myth. Mice do have bladders as do all mammals. Constant marking of territory may give that impression. Quote Link to comment
+lee737 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 My sons always get the urge to wee in the bush as we are approaching a GZ.... I make sure they are a good 50m from GZ before they are allowed to find a tree.... Quote Link to comment
+vw_k Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 I've found a few spots along rivers in the UK like this, often close to places where people go fishing Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 In Iceland, there are vast expanses of nothing, and there are no public toilets. Every convenient pull out is covered in crap from tourists who 'had to go'. Some pit toilets would do them wonders. Quote Link to comment
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