+CaptMK Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 OK. I give up! I have seen these initials floating around concerning GPS. Could someone please tell me what it means? Thank you. Link to comment
+brewrat Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log Link to comment
+welch Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Jargon Also, you might want to read some of Markwell's Faqs, like this one. Link to comment
Major Catastrophe Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 My personal favorite: TNLNLTSTS -- Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Log Too Soggy To Sign! Link to comment
+Torry Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 A few more that aren't officially listed: LASBT = Lost A Shoe Back There RTMC = Rangers Towed My Car BTJTTB = Buried The Jeep To The Bumper ITIHWNV = I Think I Have West Nile Virus RDGG = Rabid Dog Guarding Gate UKWY = Ugly Kids Watching You PUMTTYESIYL = Picked Up More Ticks Than You Ever Saw In Your Life FASGB =Found A Stinking GolfBall TFTSMA = Thanks For The Stupid Micro, A***ole TCLC = Took Cash Left Crap IETYP = I Even Took Your Pencil DNSOPI = Discovered New Strain Of Poison Ivy FYLD = Found Your Lost Dentures DGHHR? = Do GroundHogs Have Rabies? WYS/MPN = Watch Your Step / Made Poopy Nearby TFBIU3FOL = Thanks For Burying It Under 3 Feet Of Leaves Link to comment
dampeoples Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 While i'm guilty of it too, it's laziness. I'm trying to at least tell a story with each find, it's why the hiders hide them, I suppose Link to comment
+Team Panda Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 Okay, it only figures that I'd search for half an hour for a list of acronyms and then 10 minutes after I give up and post the question, I find the thread that answers it for me. Torry, I think I popped a rib out of place while reading your list. Too true and WAY too funny! Thanks Link to comment
+Torry Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Okay, it only figures that I'd search for half an hour for a list of acronyms and then 10 minutes after I give up and post the question, I find the thread that answers it for me. Torry, I think I popped a rib out of place while reading your list. Too true and WAY too funny! Thanks Why, thank you. Link to comment
+GPSKitty Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Okay, it only figures that I'd search for half an hour for a list of acronyms and then 10 minutes after I give up and post the question, I find the thread that answers it for me. Torry, I think I popped a rib out of place while reading your list. Too true and WAY too funny! Thanks Why, thank you. Don't encourage the pig, please. He is pretty funny though. Link to comment
+The Jester Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Torry,I think I popped a rib out of place while reading your list. Too true and WAY too funny! Thanks Why, thank you. This leads to another: YGTBINM: You'll Get The Bill In The Morning. Link to comment
Moira_Wolf Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 RTMC = Rangers Towed My Car NiteWolf1138 wants a new bumpersticker: "This car is NOT abandoned! I'm out Geocaching!" This is my first post to the forums. NiteWolf1138 has gotten me hooked on this thing you guys call a "sport." (Or would that be a "way of life" for some of you?) We hit about 10 caches this last weekend. I'm either going to die of heat and my asthma, or I'll finally get into shape at this rate! I guess he and I are both lucky... neither of us are allergic to poison ivy. *evil grins* How about adding these to Torry's list? BTFT = Been there, found that ITTWATDOO2???= I thought this was a terrain difficulty of only 2??? OWPTCIAFAN? = Ok, who put the cache in a fire ant nest? Link to comment
+piper28 Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 TNFM = Took nothing, fed mosquitos Link to comment
+switchdoc Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 (edited) neither of us are allergic to poison ivy. *evil grins* Not to frighten you, but my research on Poison Ivy after I encountered it for the first time (i'm a geek, I look these things up) showed that those who do not react to it the first time, will begin to react to it a little more each time they run into it after the initial exposure, until they break out like the rest of us. From this site: http://poisonivy.aesir.com/view/fastfacts.html Myth:I've been in poison ivy many times and never broken out. I'm immune. Fact:Not necessarily true. Upwards of 90% of people are allergic to urushiol oil, it's a matter of time and exposure. The more times you are exposed to urushiol, the more likely it is that you will break out with an allergic rash. For the first time sufferer, it generally takes longer for the rash to show up - generally in 7 to 10 days. FWIW Switchdoc [edit - spelling... 'they' has a 'y' in it] Edited July 21, 2004 by switchdoc Link to comment
+Torry Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 FWIW FWIW = Found Wrong Info on Web FWIW = Fella With Itchy Warts Link to comment
+Torry Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 A few more that aren't officially listed: LASBT = Lost A Shoe Back There RTMC = Rangers Towed My Car BTJTTB = Buried The Jeep To The Bumper ITIHWNV = I Think I Have West Nile Virus RDGG = Rabid Dog Guarding Gate UKWY = Ugly Kids Watching You PUMTTYESIYL = Picked Up More Ticks Than You Ever Saw In Your Life FASGB =Found A Stinking GolfBall TFTSMA = Thanks For The Stupid Micro, A***ole TCLC = Took Cash Left Crap IETYP = I Even Took Your Pencil DNSOPI = Discovered New Strain Of Poison Ivy FYLD = Found Your Lost Dentures DGHHR? = Do GroundHogs Have Rabies? WYS/MPN = Watch Your Step / Made Poopy Nearby TFBIU3FOL = Thanks For Burying It Under 3 Feet Of Leaves PMcDGNBPAJ = Pee at the McDonald's Girls, Nothin' But Port-A-Johns NHTUIDTC = Never Heard of Typhus Until I Did This Cache MPTGPSr = MP's Took GPSr PFGB = Psychotic Farmer Guarding Beanfield LC911 = Lost. Call 911 1/1MA = 1/1 My A**! SABAYFA = Snakes As Big As Your Freakin' Arm OCOC= Opossum Crap On Cache PPT/BRG = Popular Pee Tree / Bring Rubber Gloves CFOJWL = Cache Full Of Jehovah Witness Literature KFTC/MFOMATWH = Kid Found The Cache / Made Fun Of Me All The Way Home DPNTF/OHUD = Don't Park Near The Farmhouse / Owner Has Ugly Daughter CUA:WC = Cache Un-Archived: Wildfires Contained DRINCC = Dead Racconn Is Not the Cache Container TB3PN = Thorns as Big as 3-Penny Nails BCC:HEUE = Bonus Cache in Cemetary: Heavy Erosion near Uncle Ed Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 Not to frighten you, but my research on Poison Ivy after I encountered it for the first time (i'm a geek, I look these things up) showed that those who do not react to it the first time, will begin to react to it a little more each time they run into it after the initial exposure, until they break out like the rest of us. That's a bit at odds with the numerous studies that show you become less sensitive to urushiol as you get older. If you reach the age of about 40, and have never had a PI outbreak, you have about a 50/50 chance of never becoming sensitized, regardless of the amount of contact. And about 15% of the population are immune, irrespective of when they may come in contact with urushiol. Urushiol itself is not harmful. It's the body's reaction to it causes the problem. Link to comment
+Seamus Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 I used to be hypersensitive to the stuff, and have even contracted a poison ivy rash from using a computer after a cow-orker who had it. I've had it over most of my body, under my eyelids, inside my throat... ick. After I started caching, I was acutely aware of where poison ivy may be, and was very careful, though I know I came into contact quite a few times. While doing one particular cache, I slipped at the top of a hill, and left a green streak of crushed plants, most of them poison ivy, behind me as I slid to the bottom. Figuring I had just bought myself the worst case of P.I. known to man, I showered very thoroughly when I got home. Surprisingly, I only ever broke out in two quarter-sized patches on my wrist and ankle, and nothing further. Since then, I've never had a rash, though I know I've had plenty of accidental exposure. ....and to be on-topic, one that I never needed before moving down here to Florida: SABAMH - Spiders As Big As My Head! Link to comment
+Skadog Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 My opinion... if all it says is "TNLNSL," Then you need to redo your cache. Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 My opinion... if all it says is "TNLNSL," Then you need to redo your cache. A TNLNSL is not necessarily a reflection on the cache. Some people simply aren't into the trading aspect, and do it simply for the experience of the hunt. I generally don't trade, unless I find a geocoin I haven't seen yet. Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 My opinion... if all it says is "TNLNSL," Then you need to redo your cache. A TNLNSL is not necessarily a reflection on the cache. Some people simply aren't into the trading aspect, and do it simply for the experience of the hunt. I generally don't trade, unless I find a geocoin I haven't seen yet. He said if that's all it says. Ya, the crappy caches get a one line log. Link to comment
+flask Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 torry, that's so funny IPM. as for TNLNSL, it's not the TNLN i object to. it's the cheesy SL. for goodness sakes, write something worth reading the email. jumpin jiminy, you don't have to be honkin' tennyson, but say SOMETHING. did you have a good time? was there anything that made the thing worthwhile? was there any WEATHER? surely you can think of something. for my partner and me, the SL stands for "said little". we reserve this for caches just short of SBA. Link to comment
+Torry Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 A few more that aren't officially listed: LASBT = Lost A Shoe Back There RTMC = Rangers Towed My Car BTJTTB = Buried The Jeep To The Bumper ITIHWNV = I Think I Have West Nile Virus RDGG = Rabid Dog Guarding Gate UKWY = Ugly Kids Watching You PUMTTYESIYL = Picked Up More Ticks Than You Ever Saw In Your Life FASGB =Found A Stinking GolfBall TFTSMA = Thanks For The Stupid Micro, A***ole TCLC = Took Cash Left Crap IETYP = I Even Took Your Pencil DNSOPI = Discovered New Strain Of Poison Ivy FYLD = Found Your Lost Dentures DGHHR? = Do GroundHogs Have Rabies? WYS/MPN = Watch Your Step / Made Poopy Nearby TFBIU3FOL = Thanks For Burying It Under 3 Feet Of Leaves PMcDGNBPAJ = Pee at the McDonald's Girls, Nothin' But Port-A-Johns NHTUIDTC = Never Heard of Typhus Until I Did This Cache MPTGPSr = MP's Took GPSr PFGB = Psychotic Farmer Guarding Beanfield LC911 = Lost. Call 911 1/1MA = 1/1 My A**! SABAYFA = Snakes As Big As Your Freakin' Arm OCOC= Opossum Crap On Cache PPT/BRG = Popular Pee Tree / Bring Rubber Gloves CFOJWL = Cache Full Of Jehovah Witness Literature KFTC/MFOMATWH = Kid Found The Cache / Made Fun Of Me All The Way Home DPNTF/OHUD = Don't Park Near The Farmhouse / Owner Has Ugly Daughter CUA:WC = Cache Un-Archived: Wildfires Contained DRINCC = Dead Raccoon Is Not the Cache Container TB3PN = Thorns as Big as 3-Penny Nails BCC:HEUE = Bonus Cache in Cemetary: Heavy Erosion near Uncle Ed LCK/CMW = Lost Car Keys / Call My Wife NP/SIB = No Pen / Signed In Blood GH/LMiL,T = Great Hide / Lost Mother-in-Law, Thanks WMC? = Where's My Car? FWMD/BWR = Found WMD's / Bush Was Right Link to comment
+RoamingRomans Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 I found this helpful. At first I thought that these were initials of the people that found the cache. That is until you see that many people are writing the same thing. Does anyone know what TFTC or FTF stand for? Link to comment
Keystone Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 TFTC means Thanks for the Cache, and FTF means First to Find. See my post in the FAQ topic that's pinned at the top of this forum. There, you'll find links to helpful glossaries of common geocaching terms and acronyms. Link to comment
+Torry Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 A few more that aren't officially listed: LASBT = Lost A Shoe Back There RTMC = Rangers Towed My Car BTJTTB = Buried The Jeep To The Bumper ITIHWNV = I Think I Have West Nile Virus RDGG = Rabid Dog Guarding Gate UKWY = Ugly Kids Watching You PUMTTYESIYL = Picked Up More Ticks Than You Ever Saw In Your Life FASGB =Found A Stinking GolfBall TFTSMA = Thanks For The Stupid Micro, A***ole TCLC = Took Cash Left Crap IETYP = I Even Took Your Pencil DNSOPI = Discovered New Strain Of Poison Ivy FYLD = Found Your Lost Dentures DGHHR? = Do GroundHogs Have Rabies? WYS/MPN = Watch Your Step / Made Poopy Nearby TFBIU3FOL = Thanks For Burying It Under 3 Feet Of Leaves PMcDGNBPAJ = Pee at the McDonald's Girls, Nothin' But Port-A-Johns NHTUIDTC = Never Heard of Typhus Until I Did This Cache MPTGPSr = MP's Took GPSr PFGB = Psychotic Farmer Guarding Beanfield LC911 = Lost. Call 911 1/1MA = 1/1 My A**! SABAYFA = Snakes As Big As Your Freakin' Arm OCOC= Opossum Crap On Cache PPT/BRG = Popular Pee Tree / Bring Rubber Gloves CFOJWL = Cache Full Of Jehovah Witness Literature KFTC/MFOMATWH = Kid Found The Cache / Made Fun Of Me All The Way Home DPNTF/OHUD = Don't Park Near The Farmhouse / Owner Has Ugly Daughter CUA:WC = Cache Un-Archived: Wildfires Contained DRINCC = Dead Raccoon Is Not the Cache Container TB3PN = Thorns as Big as 3-Penny Nails BCC:HEUE = Bonus Cache in Cemetary: Heavy Erosion near Uncle Ed LCK/CMW = Lost Car Keys / Call My Wife NP/SIB = No Pen / Signed In Blood GH/LMiL,T = Great Hide / Lost Mother-in-Law, Thanks WMC? = Where's My Car? FWMD/BWR = Found WMD's / Bush Was Right FTFWN = First To Find While Naked FTSP = First To Steal Pencil LML,S = Lost My Lunch, Sorry FI:PFLM = Functionally Illiterate: Please Fill in Log for Me Link to comment
+Torry Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 A few more that aren't officially listed: LASBT = Lost A Shoe Back There RTMC = Rangers Towed My Car BTJTTB = Buried The Jeep To The Bumper ITIHWNV = I Think I Have West Nile Virus RDGG = Rabid Dog Guarding Gate UKWY = Ugly Kids Watching You PUMTTYESIYL = Picked Up More Ticks Than You Ever Saw In Your Life FASGB =Found A Stinking GolfBall TFTSMA = Thanks For The Stupid Micro, A***ole TCLC = Took Cash Left Crap IETYP = I Even Took Your Pencil DNSOPI = Discovered New Strain Of Poison Ivy FYLD = Found Your Lost Dentures DGHHR? = Do GroundHogs Have Rabies? WYS/MPN = Watch Your Step / Made Poopy Nearby TFBIU3FOL = Thanks For Burying It Under 3 Feet Of Leaves PMcDGNBPAJ = Pee at the McDonald's Girls, Nothin' But Port-A-Johns NHTUIDTC = Never Heard of Typhus Until I Did This Cache MPTGPSr = MP's Took GPSr PFGB = Psychotic Farmer Guarding Beanfield LC911 = Lost. Call 911 1/1MA = 1/1 My A**! SABAYFA = Snakes As Big As Your Freakin' Arm OCOC= Opossum Crap On Cache PPT/BRG = Popular Pee Tree / Bring Rubber Gloves CFOJWL = Cache Full Of Jehovah Witness Literature KFTC/MFOMATWH = Kid Found The Cache / Made Fun Of Me All The Way Home DPNTF/OHUD = Don't Park Near The Farmhouse / Owner Has Ugly Daughter CUA:WC = Cache Un-Archived: Wildfires Contained DRINCC = Dead Raccoon Is Not the Cache Container TB3PN = Thorns as Big as 3-Penny Nails BCC:HEUE = Bonus Cache in Cemetary: Heavy Erosion near Uncle Ed LCK/CMW = Lost Car Keys / Call My Wife NP/SIB = No Pen / Signed In Blood GH/LMiL,T = Great Hide / Lost Mother-in-Law, Thanks WMC? = Where's My Car? FWMD/BWR = Found WMD's / Bush Was Right FTFWN = First To Find While Naked FTSP = First To Steal Pencil LML,S = Lost My Lunch, Sorry FI:PFLM = Functionally Illiterate: Please Fill in Log for Me BLT = Diner Nearby LS/MFT = Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco POLO = Pillaged Or Looted Often POLO = Marco Link to comment
+CaptMK Posted August 2, 2004 Author Share Posted August 2, 2004 Thank you all for the replys. I almost forgot about the forums and checked it today. Boy, there are alot of initials out there, aren't there? Thanks again. Link to comment
kayaker22589 Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 FWMD/MMWW-Found WMDs Michael Moore was wrong DNF- did not fart FHW- found hot women LTDN- like to dance naked Link to comment
+Torry Posted August 7, 2004 Share Posted August 7, 2004 (edited) A few more that aren't officially listed: LASBT = Lost A Shoe Back There RTMC = Rangers Towed My Car BTJTTB = Buried The Jeep To The Bumper ITIHWNV = I Think I Have West Nile Virus RDGG = Rabid Dog Guarding Gate UKWY = Ugly Kids Watching You PUMTTYESIYL = Picked Up More Ticks Than You Ever Saw In Your Life FASGB =Found A Stinking GolfBall TFTSMA = Thanks For The Stupid Micro, A***ole TCLC = Took Cash Left Crap IETYP = I Even Took Your Pencil DNSOPI = Discovered New Strain Of Poison Ivy FYLD = Found Your Lost Dentures DGHHR? = Do GroundHogs Have Rabies? WYS/MPN = Watch Your Step / Made Poopy Nearby TFBIU3FOL = Thanks For Burying It Under 3 Feet Of Leaves PMcDGNBPAJ = Pee at the McDonald's Girls, Nothin' But Port-A-Johns NHTUIDTC = Never Heard of Typhus Until I Did This Cache MPTGPSr = MP's Took GPSr PFGB = Psychotic Farmer Guarding Beanfield LC911 = Lost. Call 911 1/1MA = 1/1 My A**! SABAYFA = Snakes As Big As Your Freakin' Arm OCOC= Opossum Crap On Cache PPT/BRG = Popular Pee Tree / Bring Rubber Gloves CFOJWL = Cache Full Of Jehovah Witness Literature KFTC/MFOMATWH = Kid Found The Cache / Made Fun Of Me All The Way Home DPNTF/OHUD = Don't Park Near The Farmhouse / Owner Has Ugly Daughter CUA:WC = Cache Un-Archived: Wildfires Contained DRINCC = Dead Raccoon Is Not the Cache Container TB3PN = Thorns as Big as 3-Penny Nails BCC:HEUE = Bonus Cache in Cemetary: Heavy Erosion near Uncle Ed LCK/CMW = Lost Car Keys / Call My Wife NP/SIB = No Pen / Signed In Blood GH/LMiL,T = Great Hide / Lost Mother-in-Law, Thanks WMC? = Where's My Car? FWMD/BWR = Found WMD's / Bush Was Right FTFWN = First To Find While Naked FTSP = First To Steal Pencil LML,S = Lost My Lunch, Sorry FI:PFLM = Functionally Illiterate: Please Fill in Log for Me BLT = Diner Nearby LS/MFT = Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco POLO = Pillaged Or Looted Often POLO = Marco HN:LWH = Hooters Nearby: Leave Wife at Home FDLN = Family from Deliverance Live Nearby LGPSrNC:D! = Left GPSr Next to Cache: Doh! DAMB! = Dingoes Ate Me Baby! Edited August 7, 2004 by Torry Link to comment
Keystone Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 The original question has been answered. The thread has since devolved into Abject Silliness. Back, piggy, back. Closing this thread. Link to comment
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