+Eagle6990 Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 It can't always be easy. I was doing other caches in a park so I thought I would hit this one as well. Didn't think it would be too hard. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?II...255&LID=5055028 Quote Link to comment
+YuccaPatrol Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Hilarious! I'd buy new shoelaces before I attempted to clean those things off! Quote Link to comment
+Awsome Ev Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 (edited) I personally have alot of them. I love them and my best ones always start out "It was a wonderful day in the world of Ev until...." It is great. here are a couple Patricks Miniature Waterfall Patricks miniature waterfall Patricks miniature waterfall (team tigger reply to me) PMW (ev reply) PMW (log for patrick reply to ev and tigger) then there is my first "wonderful day in the world of Ev" On Team Tigger Internationals Hop, Skip, and Jump hop, skip, jump ( DNF) hop skip jump found!! Here are my adventures. lol Edited September 20, 2004 by Awsome Ev Quote Link to comment
+Robespierre Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 Warning: DO NOT WASH IN WASHING MACHINE UNTIL BURS ARE REMOVED! Really. Quote Link to comment
+Momyar Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 I've always hear them referred to as begger lice. Glad it was you and not me. Did you find the cache??? Quote Link to comment
+CompuCash Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 I've always hear them referred to as begger lice. Glad it was you and not me. Did you find the cache??? never saw them - must not be in California - glad not ! Yes he did read the top bar - says he found it in the log title. Quote Link to comment
+Eagle6990 Posted September 20, 2004 Author Share Posted September 20, 2004 Yep, I found it. I wasn't too far in when I realized what was happening, but by then it was too late. I was already going to spend a lot of time picking them out so I went ahead and found it. Needless to say I didn't spend too much time there, just signed the log and got out. Everyone comments on the shoelaces, but actually they were the easiest besides my legs. I just pulled the shoelaces through the eyeholes and they stripped all of the burrs off of the laces. My legs I just took a credit card and scraped down my legs and they came right off. Now I know why it hadn't been found for almost 2 months in an active area. Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Do you know what gaiters are for, and they are better when worn with long pants. Mommy what is on my booties??? Quote Link to comment
+Eagle6990 Posted September 21, 2004 Author Share Posted September 21, 2004 As I mentioned before, had I known what I was getting into, i wouldn't have been in shorts. I was doing caches in a park with paved paths so I thought I would be good and by the time I realized I was getting in too deep, I was already covered so I kept going. No big deal, just going to take some time to clean off my shorts. I'm sure I'll have little reminders of this cache around the apartment for awhile! Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 (edited) Hilarious! I'd buy new shoelaces before I attempted to clean those things off! Yep indeed!!! Did a series of caches down by Augusta, MOntana and by the e3nd of the day, my shoe laces were all burrs. Screw it. I just cut them off the shoe and put new laces in. LOL. I was more careful next time out. One idea could be to duct tape around the shoe laces if you know you are going to be in that type of stuff. I know it looks silly, but would work. Or better yet, wear gaitors...they usually cover most of the laces. Edited September 21, 2004 by evergreenhiker! Quote Link to comment
+YuccaPatrol Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 You might just end up with burrs all over your gaitors! duct tape on the laces sounds great though. Quote Link to comment
Earthdog Patrick Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I personally have alot of them. I love them and my best ones always start out "It was a wonderful day in the world of Ev until...." It is great.here are a couple Patricks Miniature Waterfall Patricks miniature waterfall Patricks miniature waterfall (team tigger reply to me) PMW (ev reply) PMW (log for patrick reply to ev and tigger) Ev, we're going to go back to my Miniature Waterfall when it's raining and see if we can go down the limestone sluice like a water-slide!!! Quote Link to comment
+WebbyCat Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Wow, that's a lot of weed seeds!!!!! In Kansas we also call those things beggar lice. I've done a few caches lately where there are weed seeds that stick to everything, and it's a tedious chore to get them off. We have those beggar lice, but they don't bother me as much as the seeds that we call "stick tights". They are a lot smaller and are grayish tan in color and they just won't come off of clothing without a lot of picking and pulling. Quote Link to comment
+Dagg Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 weed seeds? hmmm Quote Link to comment
+Spiritnip Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Man that was funny! I think I'll go in with bread bags on my shoes or maybe even hip waders..lol Quote Link to comment
+Awsome Ev Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Lol @ Patrick. That thought had crossed my mind too. But don't think that I will be rushing out to do it again. hehe lol Quote Link to comment
+Eagle6990 Posted September 23, 2004 Author Share Posted September 23, 2004 I finally got them all off. I watched 2 movies to pick them all off by hand from my shirt, and watched another movie while I used a credit card to scrape them from my jean shorts. I gave up on the socks entirely, and the shoes were actually pretty easy. Quote Link to comment
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