+Team GPSaxophone Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Why is it I always seem to write a really long log on caches I didn't find? Am I the only one that does this? Quote Link to comment
+Imajika Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I do it too. There's usually more to tell when you didn't find it. My latest That's a long post for me. Quote Link to comment
+Webfoot Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Nope. I've noticed over time that my logs, both finds and DNFs tend to be rather long winded, unless I can get right to the point rather quickly. Quote Link to comment
+2Wheel'in Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Not only do I write pretty long DNFs, but I also write fairly long Finds as well. I enjoy telling the story and don't think I get carried away -- I rather think of it as "complete" Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I hate writing. My logs are all TNLN THX. Quote Link to comment
+G-Squad Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 My FIND log's are usually a short description. My DNF log's are usually much longer. As Imajika said above, the DNF's seem to have more of a story to tell. Quote Link to comment
+eddthejailer Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 i always try to write a long log and write everything about the trip that might seem intewresting.as a cache owner i hate to see a ....number 14 for today on after work drive byes.lol i wanna hear about it and if they liked it or not.so i try to return the favor.after all how many logs do you get a month per cache????4 or 5 at the most. Quote Link to comment
+Webfoot Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 i always try to write a long log and write everything about the trip that might seem intewresting.as a cache owner i hate to see a ....number 14 for today on after work drive byes.lol i wanna hear about it and if they liked it or not.so i try to return the favor.after all how many logs do you get a month per cache????4 or 5 at the most. I would consider that good if my caches got that many logs per month. Two of my caches are in the mountains and more difficult to reach, so they don't get many finds and the one I placed on Memorial Day Weekend has gotten one find, but then again, it's a puzzle cache. But the log was a good log to read. Quote Link to comment
+Evil Chicken Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 A few of ours here and here We tend to be very long-winded, all the time! Like to keep the troops entertained when we can. Quote Link to comment
+Torry Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 It's because we don't want to look like losers when some 7-year-old tracks it down an hour later. So we get on long-winded explanations about weather, low batteries, amoebic dysentary, state troopers, rabid badgers, aliens, paraplegic caching partners / spouses that require our attention and any other excuse to explain that we jus didn't look under THAT rock. Quote Link to comment
+Team Perks Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Our DNF's are often due to grave misfortune, as this one demonstrates... Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Am I the only one that does this? No. PS. The cache was in the bucket. Quote Link to comment
dampeoples Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I think my DNF's are longer, it helps the cache owner know where you looked, perhaps, and maybe alert if they need to check on it. I might say that I looked all aorund that tree, but the cache was in a rock, good info for the owner, I suppose. Quote Link to comment
+cache_us_if_you_can Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Why is it I always seem to write a really long log on caches I didn't find? Am I the only one that does this? Nope. I do that on DNFs too. Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I hate writing. My logs are all TNLN THX. even on DNFs! Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Our DNF's are often due to grave misfortune, as this one demonstrates... ROFL! That's a "Greeeeeaaaaaaaat" log! Quote Link to comment
+Robespierre Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 It's because we don't want to look like losers when some 7-year-old tracks it down an hour later. So we get on long-winded explanations about weather, low batteries, amoebic dysentary, state troopers, rabid badgers, aliens, paraplegic caching partners / spouses that require our attention and any other excuse to explain that we jus didn't look under THAT rock. So you've been to that cache too? Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 i make long logs. when possible, i take pictures. and write little commentaries on the pictures. a good log is especially important when law enforcement officers are involved, or injuries, or unnecessary bushwhacking. as a cache owner i appreciate it when somebody remembers enough about the hunt to tell me something other than what number it is for them today. my NF logs are big, but so are my found logs. i'm just having a great old time. Quote Link to comment
Black Mage Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Sometimes I write long logs, other times they are pretty short. It just depends on if I have had any experiences during the search that others might find interesting. Or if I just want to rant about how I searched for an hour but couldn't find it. Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Who? ME?! Write a long log or post pictures to a cache I couldn't even find? Nope, never, not lil ol' me! Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 i make long logs. when possible, i take pictures. and write little commentaries on the pictures. a good log is especially important when law enforcement officers are involved, or injuries, or unnecessary bushwhacking. as a cache owner i appreciate it when somebody remembers enough about the hunt to tell me something other than what number it is for them today. my NF logs are big, but so are my found logs. i'm just having a great old time. Yes, definitely when Law Enforcement is involved!!! Quote Link to comment
+Mosaica Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Our DNF's are often due to grave misfortune, as this one demonstrates... Oh, yay! I was feeling like a massive dork-ola the other night. Yours was far more spectacularly awful! :-) ../Mosaica Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Some of my longest logs are for DNF's. They often have the best story. Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Some of my longest logs are for DNF's. They often have the best story. Yep, I remember reading that log right before me and Squealy went searching for that cache. It should have been enough to keep us away but it didn't. You won't find any kind of log because we couldn't even figure out a way to get close to the cache to look for it. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 I enjoy writing my DNF logs. When the DNF is my own fault, it's great to poke fun at myself. When it's a possible problem with the cache, it's helpful to the owner and other seekers. But sometimes a DNF log can have nothing much to do with the cache, or it can be a longwinded joke DNF log on a joke of a cache, or it can be a series of one-line DNF logs when you sort of have the feeling in advance that you ain't gonna find it without making multiple trips. Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 I do, I do, I do. hmmmmm. Practicing? Quote Link to comment
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