+CYBret Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 I did a funeral today for a gentleman who was a Turtle. I asked the funeral director about this unusual membership and it turned out that he is also a Turtle. After I got home and opened the envelope with my honorarium in it, I found my very own Turtle membership card enclosed. So it got me wondering . . . Are you a turtle? Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted November 7, 2002 Author Share Posted November 7, 2002 hmmm . . . I probably shouldn't even have to respond to this one. But just in case, no. Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+seneca Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 (just kidding) I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me. Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted November 7, 2002 Author Share Posted November 7, 2002 quote:Originally posted by seneca:YBYSAIA! (just kidding) Hmmmm . . I think you still owe me a drink, Seneca. But nice answer anyway. Quote Link to comment
+Sluggo Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 To quote Neil Armstrong (the astronaut); "You bet your sweet *** I am!" Now I think you owe ME a drink! Since my masochistic baby left me, I got nothing to whip but the cream. Quote Link to comment
Cape Cod Cacher Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 Here on the lovely shores of Cape Cod, we get stranded critters after the weather changes. Whether it is a cold snap or a moon shift, these brilliant creatures of the sea get lost and wash upon the beach. I am partly to blame, they are trying to get to my Bass Hole cache http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=1636 or this other cache http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=1969 OK it's a difficult place to be in the water, just watch 'Perfect Storm' and cry about the fish and lobster we get that are murdered for us humans. Remember that next time you go to Red Lobster. I couldn't get near the recent landing of 'brilliant' swimmers that beached this summer because of the 'Save the Friggin World' gang that got there first. http://www.capecodonline.com/special/pilotwhales/46pilot30.htm missed out on some good dog/cat food and a bit of ivory that Americans want, nevermind the food/oil market that the Japaneese market wants has dried up. "humanitarians euthanized" the lost souls, At $100 a shot, a 12 guage slug is still less than that. Wash-ashores aren't food any more, just people that build big houses and get suckered into paying for the idiots that decided not to get a REAL job and ask for donations to fund their world-wide trips. Like Greenpeace that was docked next to me in Ft Lauderdale in 1987, drank imported beer all day and couldn't even manage to stay on the boat at night because Bahia Mar was so much better!!! At the cost of some dumb-*** hippies going 'green' and begging for money at less than minimum wage ! Nevermind the 'International Fund for Animal Welfare' (IFAW) that is going to mow down woods for their new office park. (type Yamouth Port MA into your GPS and it's their backdoor, and go there, get kicked out and see all the new cars). Do a search on real estate prices in the area (02675) and get ready for a blast. Am I a turtle ? You bet my sweet *** I am ! Rant ? ayup... Quote Link to comment
Freelens Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 quote:Originally posted by CYBret:I did a funeral today for a gentleman who was a Turtle. I asked the funeral director about this unusual membership and it turned out that he is also a Turtle. After I got home and opened the envelope with my honorarium in it, I found my very own Turtle membership card enclosed. So it got me wondering . . . __Are you a turtle?__ Bret __"Only God can make a tree. Probably because it's really hard to make the bark stick. W. Allen_ Quote Link to comment
+Brokenwing Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Hopefully I'm not breaking some sort of Turtle code, but since I'm not one, here is info for those that still have no clue what this is about: http://turtleville.tripod.com/ruaturtle/ http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/1396/turtle.html http://community-2.webtv.net/turtleybysai/AreYouATurtle/ http://hometown.aol.com/oesjahlua/turtle.html Scott / Brokenwing -There's a thin line between geocaching and walking in circles like an idiot.- Quote Link to comment
+Centaur Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Brokenwing:Hopefully I'm not breaking some sort of Turtle code, but since I'm not one, here is info for those that still have no clue what this is about: I think BW has been taking Markwell lessons. Quote Link to comment
mortonfox Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Nope. I only got 3 out of 15 on the quiz so I'm closer to an anti-turtle. Quote Link to comment
umc Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Thanks for the links BW. Sounds a bit odd to me. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Not so sure, Somewhat new Owner Of a Garmin GPS V Received on 10-03-02 Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted November 8, 2002 Author Share Posted November 8, 2002 quote:Sounds a bit odd to me. Pot Kettle What do they have in common? Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Centaur:I think BW has been taking Markwell lessons. I don't think posting links to other sites is Markwelling in the traditional sense. Also, you'll notice that BW included the full URLs, which is a Markwelling no-no. --Marky "Everyone spends time in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
umc Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 LMAO @ CYBret Did you just call me a pot? ______________________________________________________________________________________ Not so sure, Somewhat new Owner Of a Garmin GPS V Received on 10-03-02 Quote Link to comment
Freelens Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 There are only two requirements for being a member of the International Association of Turtles, you think clean minded and you are willing to stick your neck out for yourself and for other people in need. I loose on both counts so don't even need to take the test Quote Link to comment
umc Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Whats a clean mind? ______________________________________________________________________________________ Not so sure, Somewhat new Owner Of a Garmin GPS V Received on 10-03-02 Quote Link to comment
pbarr86 Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 I must be a Y2K turtle I scored a 0 out of 15 Paul Quote Link to comment
+mbrownjer Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Does anybody know when this all started? We closed out my mom's house last year and I found my dad's Turtle card. He died in 1976. I remember my dad having a lot of fun with it, and I became a Turtle as a teenager, much to my mom's shagrin. (She is also a Turtle.) Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted November 9, 2002 Author Share Posted November 9, 2002 quote:Originally posted by mbrownjer:Does anybody know when this all started? We closed out my mom's house last year and I found my dad's Turtle card. He died in 1976. I remember my dad having a lot of fun with it, and I became a Turtle as a teenager, much to my mom's shagrin. (She is also a Turtle.) According to the websites it goes back to WWII, but I've learned to not believe everything I've read on the web. Another reference placed it back to 1959. I was at a Veterans memorial service the other day and mentioned something about Turtles to my uncle. The guy standing next to him said, "Hey, ask me if I'm a turtle!" Apparently this thing is bigger than I thought! Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+Faderaven Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 I am not a turtle. I have a filthy mind. Quote Link to comment
+GeoIA Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 Here's a mascot for the geocaching Turtles? Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted November 11, 2002 Author Share Posted November 11, 2002 quote:Originally posted by GeoIA:Here's a mascot for the geocaching Turtles? I love it! Mind if I put it in the avatar archive? Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+geospotter Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 So, if we combine this thread with this thread, I think we have an answer to "Are you a cacher?" Quote Link to comment
+GeoIA Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 quote:Originally posted by CYBret:I love it! Mind if I put it in the avatar archive? Sorry to steal your idea but I hadn't thought about using for an avatar. What a great idea! I think I'll use it for awhile. I ran across it today. That is Dewey the FTCs new mascot. See info here. [This message was edited by GeoIA on November 11, 2002 at 02:23 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted November 11, 2002 Author Share Posted November 11, 2002 Oh well, I had been wanting to break out the Flaming Carrot anyway. Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
+GeoIA Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 oops! [This message was edited by GeoIA on November 11, 2002 at 06:29 PM.] Quote Link to comment
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