+The J J Noodle Fan Club Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 (edited) Anyone else think this strange? This person mickydicky has just started logging loads of finds in the local area but thier profile says they only joined yesterday! The logs go back to 9th Sept '04! I suppose it could be legit but it does seem odd. Also strange is that claim to have done "Glorious Gloucestertshire" 2 days ago and "View to the hills" on the 2nd Jan - thing is you wouldn't really do one without the other as they are very close and the parking place is the same. What think ye? Am I just being suspicious? I've got to do an annual check on one of ours soon so I'll check the logbook. Jon. Edited February 19, 2005 by The J J Noodle Fan Club
+The Hokesters Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 Sounds odd - check log book and I guess all will be revealed
+Richard&Pepper Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 They could have been caching for quite some time and have only just decided to register and log all their finds.
+klaus23 Posted February 19, 2005 Posted February 19, 2005 They could have been caching for quite some time and have only just decided to register and log all their finds. Yes, just as Richard & Pepper said. However, sometimes things like this turn out be the work of hoaxers, so if you're curious, head out and check the log books in the caches!
+Kitty Hawk Posted February 20, 2005 Posted February 20, 2005 Or a family/team of cachers where an individual has decided to have thier own log and is covering off the ones he's been to before under the team name.
+The Hokesters Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 However, sometimes things like this turn out be the work of hoaxers... You talkin' about us? Oh HoAXers - I'll let you off
+The J J Noodle Fan Club Posted February 21, 2005 Author Posted February 21, 2005 Or a family/team of cachers where an individual has decided to have thier own log and is covering off the ones he's been to before under the team name. I'd thought of that but the dates are usu. unique to this individual. Anyway - hopefully I'm being over suspicious but as I said I've got to do some annual checks soon so I'll go through the logs..
+MoonHerb Posted February 22, 2005 Posted February 22, 2005 Your suspicions may be correct. They did 'It's a dogs life' and 'Chosen hill' on different days. These caches are only 1/4 of a mile apart and most people grab both in the same trip . . . . .
+stu_and_sarah Posted February 22, 2005 Posted February 22, 2005 Your suspicions may be correct. They did 'It's a dogs life' and 'Chosen hill' on different days. These caches are only 1/4 of a mile apart and most people grab both in the same trip . . . . . On the other hand, I know some cachers who only grab one cache per trip - no matter how far they've travelled, and how close the caches are. I personally don't understand that, but it's a case of 'anyone who does fewer caches than you is lazy, anyone who does more is obsessed'. That said, I've had a look through Mr. Dicky's logs for the caches that we've done, and something doesn't add up. The comments _could_ have been generated purely from other logs on the page. Nothing is wholly innacurate, but I'd certainly choose to mention other things at some sites. For example, not mentioning the dogs at Sytchampton. If they had as much trouble with Chosen Hill as we did, then I can well imagine they went straight home and didn't bother finding It's A Dog's Life. It looks like they might have done, due to the 'muddy and slippy' comments. Sarah very nearly went bum over boobs there. Stu
+minstrelcat Posted February 22, 2005 Posted February 22, 2005 Hmm... I'm suspicous about the 'It's a Dog's Life' log. We went 2 weeks before and it wasn't particularly muddy. We only mentioned mud in our log as we did a stupid and went the wrong way. He also didn't take the TB we left (which is a big one you couldn't miss) and you'd think someone with 31 finds would know about TBs. Lisa
Stobbo Posted February 23, 2005 Posted February 23, 2005 I started caching with my dad and realised that it was brilliant so set myself up with an account and logged the cache which I had found before I registered.
+M3ZPY Posted February 23, 2005 Posted February 23, 2005 I once started a similar topic regarding strange logs and every-one threw their teddy at me! But I suggest you check out your caches like you were planning on to see if this is a dodgy dude.
+The Bridge Bandits Posted February 23, 2005 Posted February 23, 2005 I once started a similar topic regarding strange logs and every-one threw their teddy at me! Yea! I remember that. Good to see you survived.
+M3ZPY Posted February 23, 2005 Posted February 23, 2005 got some teddy repellent and it works wonders now - basically you lock the topic before everyone gets thier two-penorth in!!
NickPick Posted February 24, 2005 Posted February 24, 2005 Just a quick thought. Has anyone concerned about mickydicky's logging pattern actually contacted him to ask why he's logging caches like these? It may be a perfectly reasonable and innocent reason.
+MartyBartfast Posted February 24, 2005 Posted February 24, 2005 Your suspicions may be correct. They did 'It's a dogs life' and 'Chosen hill' on different days. These caches are only 1/4 of a mile apart and most people grab both in the same trip . . . . . This could be perfectly innocent behaviour, there are a number of caches near work that many people bag 2 or 3 together. I'm doing them all 1 at a time in order to give me something to do at lunchtime when I really need a bit of fresh air. If I hit them all together I'd have nothing to look forward to.
nobby.nobbs Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 aren't we a suspicious lot? email them and ask if you want to know and check those log books. as has been said though could be they work/ go to nearby college or school and can only bag one a day at lunch. or maybe they've just decided to cache that way. only one way to find out.
SlytherinAlex Posted February 25, 2005 Posted February 25, 2005 aren't we a suspicious lot? email them and ask if you want to know and check those log books. as has been said though could be they work/ go to nearby college or school and can only bag one a day at lunch. or maybe they've just decided to cache that way. only one way to find out. And of course, their logs and cache count are really their own business.
+kph100 Posted February 28, 2005 Posted February 28, 2005 and theyve logged 1 of mine twice just on 2 different days, one saying they did not enter co-ordinates into the GPS !!! Think its a prank myself.
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