The San Diego Thread

December 6, 2004

Pheeewwy. Back in San Diego after hitting 17 states and a foreign country in a 17 day cross country trek to visit family and friends. The only two states we didn't hit a cache in were Kansas (which we only drove into cause it was 1 mile away from the Missouri/Oklahoma border and it seemed senseless not to take the detour) and New York - for which I had to log a DNF due to necessity to pee.

Sounds like a great mulit-state caching adventure mixed in with the family trip. One question - do you mean to say you can "hold it' from San Diego to New York?

December 6, 2004

Duscwe! lives within single digit miles of all the waypoints. So that explains their quick completion of the whole thing.

Hey Now! I'm good, too

D!

2.1k · December 6, 2004

Duscwe! lives within single digit miles of all the waypoints. So that explains their quick completion of the whole thing.

Hey Now! I'm good, too

D!

Yeah, but I'm sure you would agree -- you, of all cachers, had a slight advantage on this one, right?

Edited December 6, 2004 by FlagMan

December 6, 2004

Yeah, but I'm sure you would agree -- you, of all cachers, had a slight advantage on this one, right?

Lot of good it did him....

Seriously, Flagman has set up quite the adventure on Local Treasure. Go get it all of you who've yet to try. Very fun and rewarding!

--TT--

December 6, 2004

Yeah, but I'm sure you would agree -- you, of all cachers, had a slight advantage on this one, right?

Lot of good it did him....

Seriously, Flagman has set up quite the adventure on Local Treasure. Go get it all of you who've yet to try. Very fun and rewarding!

--TT--

Har de har har. Sheesh, I get no respect!

No more rides for puzzle boy.

Tom, ya think?

D!

3.3k · December 6, 2004

This Friday, the 10th, a buddy from work and myself are planning on hiking, weather permitting, the San Miguel Mtn caches at 6A. Drop me an email if you would like to join us and/or meet us at the parking coords.

Edited December 6, 2004 by Chuy

2.1k · December 6, 2004

No more rides for puzzle boy.
Tom, ya think?

I must say, Duncan, you could probably be prosecuted for treason for that one! Giving aid and comfort to the enemy....... :grin:

14.3k · December 6, 2004

BTW, a lap top with WiFi will help. If not, be ready for several trips like it took for me.

Several trips? :grin: Geez, it's about a 60 mile roundtrip down there and back for me. I do not have a wi-fi laptop. Is there a library or something down there that has Internet portals?

3.3k · December 6, 2004

Alright, time to spice things up a bit.

Take a look at the log entries for this San Miguel Mtn cache and post what you think about the FTF claim. I say PCWoody has it.

December 6, 2004

No more rides for puzzle boy.
Tom, ya think?

I must say, Duncan, you could probably be prosecuted for treason for that one! Giving aid and comfort to the enemy.......

You could always "pretend" to give him a ride, and leave him in the middle of nowhere.

Oops, did I say that out loud?

Bad big brother.

14.3k · December 6, 2004

Alright, time to spice things up a bit.

Take a look at the log entries for this San Miguel Mtn cache and post what you think about the FTF claim. I say PCWoody has it.

I agree. You can't have an FTF before it is posted. He should have done what I did on Thank God I Made It.

December 6, 2004

No more rides for puzzle boy.
Tom, ya think?

I must say, Duncan, you could probably be prosecuted for treason for that one! Giving aid and comfort to the enemy.......

You could always "pretend" to give him a ride, and leave him in the middle of nowhere.

Oops, did I say that out loud?

Bad big brother.

Your ideas intrigue me, I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

D!

December 6, 2004

Take a look at the log entries for this San Miguel Mtn cache and post what you think about the FTF claim. I say PCWoody has it.

Looks like a legitimate FTF for RAMMJET - how could the hider expect anyone not to find it when they were told where it was?

A couple of weeks ago, we stumbled onto the final waypoint of a multi-cache we weren't even looking for. Granted, that may have been frustrating for subsequent finders if it had been a FTF on a difficult puzzle cache, but a find is a find unless it is a DNF! :grin:

3.3k · December 6, 2004

RAMMJET found it after being told it was just hidden. Yes, he may have found it on his own as you did, but that is not the case here.

We don't know what conversation transpired between the two cachers. I wonder if Yete provided any hints.

Edited December 6, 2004 by Chuy

December 6, 2004

I would have to agree with Chuy and Trail Gators on this one. A FTF should really be logged AFTER it has been posted. Sure you could get lucky and stumble across a freshly hidden cache, or even a multi, and log the FTF (as long as it has been posted and its up for grabs). If getting an FTF was to be that easy then I guess I would bring my friends with me right when I hid it so they could sign the log right away, or better yet....perhaps they could sign the log before I left the house. [ :grin: ], Anyways, the hike sounds like a lot of fun, I will be making some time here soon to try and bag it.

December 6, 2004

ah, what a crappy day...fought with banks all day to fix a payment withdrawal that isn't even due for 4 days, and THEN come to find that someone at work stole my 40gig iPod, with my entire CD collection on it.

I think I'll go grab a beer. :grin:

Edited December 6, 2004 by PC Painter

December 7, 2004

Bummer, PC Painter! Some people are just gits. :grin:

To cheer you up, you could try for FTF on my new puzzle, once it's approved:

Little Padres

14.3k · December 7, 2004

Some people are just gits.

A git? :blink:

December 7, 2004

Some people are just gits.

A git?

Sorry, British-ism.

http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/git

Edited December 7, 2004 by Dr. Boggis

December 7, 2004

Some people are just gits.

A git?

git Noun. An idiot or contemptible person. Although more commonly used, it is derived from 'get'. :blink:

Monty Python play on it: the french knights in The Holy Grail movie pronounced out each letter of "knights" literally so it sounded like "k'niggits" :grin:

December 7, 2004

Some people are just gits.

A git?

git Noun. An idiot or contemptible person. Although more commonly used, it is derived from 'get'.

Monty Python play on it: the french knights in The Holy Grail movie pronounced out each letter of "knights" literally so it sounded like "k'niggits"

Well, that was just a crazy frenchman trying to pronounce it, nothing to do with gits. And lots of people still say "get" instead of "git", especially in Wales and northern England.

14.3k · December 7, 2004

Sorry, British-ism.

http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/git

When in Rome... :blink: Just kidding! It is always fun to learn new words for jerks, dinks, Beavis', Buttheads, etc. :grin:

Edited December 7, 2004 by TrailGators

December 7, 2004

Thanks Boggis. The worst part about it, is that it'll take 6 months till I can afford another one, and the jerk got my entire 500 CD music collection with it. :grin:

14.3k · December 7, 2004

Thanks Boggis. The worst part about it, is that it'll take 6 months till I can afford another one, and the jerk got my entire 500 CD music collection with it.

What a bummer PC. I feel for ya. :blink:

December 7, 2004

sooo... wallowing in self pity put aside, for the time being...

Can anyone give me a little info on letterboxing? I've tried looking around a bit, but the info I find seems cryptic, at best? What makes it different from a regular cache? What do you stamp? The log book? Are you supposed to design your own stamp? etc, etc, etc...

Here's the cache I'm seeing, that makes me want to check it out...

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...12-5dded6b12dbf

14.3k · December 7, 2004

sooo... wallowing in self pity put aside, for the time being...

Can anyone give me a little info on letterboxing? I've tried looking around a bit, but the info I find seems cryptic, at best? What makes it different from a regular cache? What do you stamp? The log book? Are you supposed to design your own stamp? etc, etc, etc...

Here's the cache I'm seeing, that makes me want to check it out...

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...12-5dded6b12dbf

I think you stamp the log book with your own custom stamp.

December 7, 2004

I think you stamp the log book with your own custom stamp.

So far I've used my own unique stamp for the three letterboxes I've found. I call it a thumbprint. At least I know no one else has that stamp. :blink:

--TT--

December 7, 2004

sooo... wallowing in self pity put aside, for the time being...

Can anyone give me a little info on letterboxing? I've tried looking around a bit, but the info I find seems cryptic, at best? What makes it different from a regular cache? What do you stamp? The log book? Are you supposed to design your own stamp? etc, etc, etc...

Here's the cache I'm seeing, that makes me want to check it out...

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...12-5dded6b12dbf

I was checking out letterboxing just this morning. Here is a link to a place that should give you all the information you need.

http://www.letterboxing.org/

:blink:

December 7, 2004

Can anyone give me a little info on letterboxing? I've tried looking around a bit, but the info I find seems cryptic, at best? What makes it different from a regular cache? What do you stamp? The log book? Are you supposed to design your own stamp? etc, etc, etc...

Here's the cache I'm seeing, that makes me want to check it out...

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...12-5dded6b12dbf

You can stamp the logbook with your own stamp if you have one.

Serious Letterboxers also carry their own logbook that they can stamp with each letterbox's unique stamp. So don't take the stamp or pad out as a trade item :blink:

Edited December 7, 2004 by Night Hunter

December 7, 2004

We used to do letterboxing when we went on school camp, to Dartmoor (in Devon). It was a good way to get kids interested in using maps and compasses, and despite being lo-tech, it's great fun. We took an exercise book with us, to collect the unique stamps that are in each letterbox. I think I got about 40 or 50 over a few years.

It looks like Dartmoor might be the place letterboxing started (in 1854!)....

http://www.stevem.eurobell.co.uk/Boxing.html

December 7, 2004

It wouldn't hurt to take your own stamp pad, too. Some have the pads, some don't. I know the one in PQ preserve doesn't have a pad. :blink:

December 7, 2004

It wouldn't hurt to take your own stamp pad, too. Some have the pads, some don't. I know the one in PQ preserve doesn't have a pad.

That's my letterbox!! I was into letterboxing before geocaching!!

Many boxers like to carry markers to use on stamps, that way you can colour the different elements different colours, grass green, sky blue etc!! And your personal stamp may work better with your own colour scheme rather than whatevers in the box!!

There are so many caches in PQ preserve that I have not converted it to a hybred!!

ttfn

Jane

pps

and you could always use the B F Gates method of stamping if desparate!!

14.3k · December 7, 2004

OK, now for the $64,000 question: How and where do you get your own custom stamp made?

Edit: Oh yea, I forgot to ask: who is B F Gates?

Edited December 7, 2004 by TrailGators

December 7, 2004

OK, now for the $64,000 question: How and where do you get your own custom stamp made?

Edit: Oh yea, I forgot to ask: who is B F Gates?

Office Depot makes custom stamps. Also a plethora availiable online.

:blink: Who is John Galt?

December 7, 2004

You can carve your own stamp with supplies easily obtainable from Michael's

ttfn

jane

14.3k · December 7, 2004

OK, now for the $64,000 question: How and where do you get your own custom stamp made?

Edit: Oh yea, I forgot to ask: who is B F Gates?

Office Depot makes custom stamps. Also a plethora availiable online.

Who is John Galt?

Thanks!

P.S. I'm shrugging on John Galt!

December 7, 2004

So have you done the cache Local Treasure yet?

'shrug'

14.3k · December 7, 2004

So have you done the cache Local Treasure yet?

'shrug'

Not yet but soon! Rocket Man works very close to the first set of coordinates so we talked last night and he is going to go on a reconnaissance mission in the near future. If need be I can serve as the quasi-wireless Internet puzzle-helper connection.

December 7, 2004

So have you done the cache Local Treasure yet?

'shrug'

Am I going to need an Atlas?

December 7, 2004

Am I going to need an Atlas?

Other than the web access, its a self contained cache. There are a few points where you just gotta be on-line. If everything is flowing just right, you can do it quickly. If you're out of the groove, it can take you, um, 4 or more trips. In retrospect, it isn't all that hard.

And for the record, 'Snakes & Ladders' isn't all that hard either...in retrospect.

14.3k · December 7, 2004

And for the record, 'Snakes & Ladders' isn't all that hard either...in retrospect.

It would take Benny Hill at least 4 hours to do S&L! (and you know how fast he can walk)

December 7, 2004

And for the record, 'Snakes & Ladders' isn't all that hard either...in retrospect.

It would take Benny Hill at least 4 hours to do S&L! (and you know how fast he can walk)

Well, that depends how many bikini-clad women are chasing him, doesn't it?!

:cry:

14.3k · December 7, 2004

And for the record, 'Snakes & Ladders' isn't all that hard either...in retrospect.

It would take Benny Hill at least 4 hours to do S&L! (and you know how fast he can walk)

Well, that depends how many bikini-clad women are chasing him, doesn't it?!

or visa-versa! :cry:

Edit: Say there's an idea! Have the waypoints be bikini clad women! :cry:

Edited December 7, 2004 by TrailGators

2.2k · December 8, 2004

So have you done the cache Local Treasure yet?

'shrug'

Am I going to need an Atlas?

Here you go:

December 8, 2004

So have you done the cache Local Treasure yet?

'shrug'

Am I going to need an Atlas?

Here you go:

mmmm, Nice Atlas.......Can I take it for a test drive?

14.3k · December 8, 2004

We should do an event cache to watch one of those puppies takeoff sometime!

December 8, 2004

Thanks everyone, for the great tips on letterboxing! It seems like fun, and more creative than just signing logs. I'm looking into a custom stamp, right now.

Also...more terrific news...the iPod was turned in! Seems that, after an office-wide voice mail was sent out, that someone had a guilty conscience. It was placed anonymously, on one of my fellow supervisor's desks!

Yes, this has been a far cry better day, than yesterday!

Thanks again!

December 8, 2004

We should do an event cache to watch one of those puppies takeoff sometime!

I'm game!!!!!

:cry:

December 8, 2004

Hmm....I tried to design a custom stamp at officedepot.com. I designed it at 600dpi, like they wanted. I designed it to the exact size of the planned stamp, but in the preview before ordering, it shows as only being a fraction of the size of the actual stamp. Hmph!

2.2k · December 8, 2004

We should do an event cache to watch one of those puppies takeoff sometime!

I'm game!!!!!

It is an interesting idea. It will cost a trip to Florida though. Also, consider that there is always a good chance of the weather violating the launch criteria, in addition to all of the other things that can delay a launch. Like the time that there was a fishing tournament out of Cape Canaveral. It turns out that the hottest fishing was off the coast in the "impact zone" and range safety would not allow us to push the button with all those boats out there. The military flew over them with helicopters warning of an impending launch, but several of them would not leave. Our launch window slipped away while waiting for them to depart and the result was scrubbed launch (at a cost of over $100K I might add). RM

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