ElementaryWatson Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 well, you know, smell (or stink) is all relative...I would MUCH prefer the BO of a good clean thruhike, compared to the stench in my clothes (hair, etc) from being in a smokey bar for one night.....peeeeeyew - now that's a stink that can gag a skunk...! (and p.s. if Paul can't handle the smell of a "real" woman, then he's probably gay anyway....NOT that there's anything wrong with that.....maybe someday Paul will also find his prince, and we'll ALL live happily ever after.....) Quote Link to comment
+c88m Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I know when I was in the service that after three days in the field even the flies started staying away and our uniforms would stand up by themselves (and if you think I'm joking give it a try or ask someone else who did it . pwhew Quote Link to comment
+reveritt Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 You will meet your Prince someday, I promise.... Yeah, there is someone for everyone, if you're just willing to lower your standards enough. Quote Link to comment
+Ed Rad Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 I'm a Paul. Not the right one tho.... Well you're not nice, funny or handsome so..... NO! You are not the right Paul! Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 so, if you can describe for them what Paul's little thingie looked like, they may actually be able to help you track him down..... Hey.. Now this thread is interesting! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 You will meet your Prince someday, I promise.... Yeah, there is someone for everyone, if you're just willing to lower your standards enough. Hey, that's how my wife found me. Quote Link to comment
+GPS_David Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 I can't seem to get that nice, funny, handsome man out of my head! Paul, if you're out there, I'd love to hear from you, and to get to know you better. Please email...for screening purposes, please insert in the subject line the make/color of the vehicle you were driving, the weather that day, and where you were heading to meet your friends. Black Chevy Tahoe, The weather was overcast and I was heading to the... Library to meet my friends. We are book nuts! I feel the same, I felt my heart fluttering all the way to the library, my friends thought I was on drugs or something but I was high on you. GPS_Paul.... Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 I can't seem to get that nice, funny, handsome man out of my head! Paul, if you're out there, I'd love to hear from you, and to get to know you better. Please email...for screening purposes, please insert in the subject line the make/color of the vehicle you were driving, the weather that day, and where you were heading to meet your friends. Black Chevy Tahoe, The weather was overcast and I was heading to the... Library to meet my friends. We are book nuts! I feel the same, I felt my heart fluttering all the way to the library, my friends thought I was on drugs or something but I was high on you. GPS_Paul.... So...Dave is just your nickname, then? Quote Link to comment
+Yamahammer Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Dave is Paul? Paul is Dave? I think I need a program to figure out who the players are. Quote Link to comment
+Yamahammer Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Dave's not here, man. Cheech and Chong? Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 I'm a Paul. Not the right one tho.... Well you're not nice, funny or handsome so..... NO! You are not the right Paul! And my thingie ain't little either.... Quote Link to comment
+RocketMan Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 en buzz-cut the rest with my brother-in-law's beard trimmer to make it mega-low-maintenance for my AT hike So tell us about the trip. You thru hike it? Or just out for a few days/weeks? Set out to thruhike (GA-ME), currently off-trail recup-ing a hip that seems to be 30 years older than the rest of me...it declared mutiny about 70 miles into my hike. BTW, briansnat, I see you're a neighbor. I'm currently at my sister's place in Butler. You may want to read this book while you are waiting to get back on the trail. It's a real hoot. RM Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 en buzz-cut the rest with my brother-in-law's beard trimmer to make it mega-low-maintenance for my AT hike So tell us about the trip. You thru hike it? Or just out for a few days/weeks? Set out to thruhike (GA-ME), currently off-trail recup-ing a hip that seems to be 30 years older than the rest of me...it declared mutiny about 70 miles into my hike. BTW, briansnat, I see you're a neighbor. I'm currently at my sister's place in Butler. You may want to read this book while you are waiting to get back on the trail. It's a real hoot. RM One of the funniest books I've ever read! Quote Link to comment
+1stimestar Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Like I keep telling all my single gal pals: ...you gotta check out this geocaching...it's raining men over here.....!!!!! No kidding. AND most of the guys here are nice guys. Although how much you can tell just from reading forum posts will have to be seen lol. Good luck and stick around. Quote Link to comment
DiemCarper Posted June 8, 2005 Author Share Posted June 8, 2005 You may want to read this book while you are waiting to get back on the trail. It's a real hoot. RM I read it about a year ago, loved it, have since read many of Bryson's other books...Mother Tongue, A Short History of Nearly Everything, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, (Tales From?) A Sunburned Country...I can't get enough! Quote Link to comment
DiemCarper Posted June 8, 2005 Author Share Posted June 8, 2005 (edited) [black Chevy Tahoe, The weather was overcast and I was heading to the... Library to meet my friends. We are book nuts! I feel the same, I felt my heart fluttering all the way to the library, my friends thought I was on drugs or something but I was high on you. Nope, something like that, and nope...too bad, GPS_Paul/Dave! I'll keep you in mind, though! Edited June 8, 2005 by DiemCarper Quote Link to comment
+GPS_David Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 [black Chevy Tahoe, The weather was overcast and I was heading to the... Library to meet my friends. We are book nuts! I feel the same, I felt my heart fluttering all the way to the library, my friends thought I was on drugs or something but I was high on you. Nope, something like that, and nope...too bad, GPS_Paul/Dave! I'll keep you in mind, though! I have to be honest, I'm not GPS_Paul, I'm GPS_Dave... I have a Silver/Gray/Green (depends on how the sun shines) 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan. I took the bench seats out of the back so I would have more room for my raft and other hiking gear. It was probably sunny the day you met paul and I was heading out to hike 10 miles with some other geocachers. I too recently scalped myself (well, I left about a 1/4 inch) just for the summer and because I figured it would be cooler when I hiked. Welcome to the boards and hopefully we can convince you to try out Geocaching. Dave Quote Link to comment
+Yamahammer Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 This is starting to read like fiction. You guys sure you're not making this up? Quote Link to comment
DiemCarper Posted June 8, 2005 Author Share Posted June 8, 2005 This is starting to read like fiction. You guys sure you're not making this up? I'm not making it up, but if I do find Paul and it does end "happily ever after", maybe I'll sell the movie rights! Let's see...Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, maybe? Meg might not agree to a self-inflicted buzz-cut or gaining (ahem) a few pounds for the role, though... Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 You sound like a pretty cool chick...er, person. Why don't you post a picture of yourself for all to see (I, for one, would like to say, when the movie comes out, hey, I know that girl...sort of). Quote Link to comment
DiemCarper Posted June 8, 2005 Author Share Posted June 8, 2005 You sound like a pretty cool chick...er, person. Why don't you post a picture of yourself for all to see Well, I would, but I just can't figure out how to work that digital camera thingie... Actually, I only have one of those antique contraptions that uses something they called "film" that has to be (can you imagine??) "developed" into "prints"... and woodintchyaknowit, I don't have one of those scanner thingies! Quote Link to comment
+GeoForse Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Here we go with the thingies again... Would someone please help her with her thingies!!! GeoForse Quote Link to comment
+Team Red Oak Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 I still use an antique camera too. When I have pics I want to spread around I go to Wal-Mart and use one of the DIY Kodak scanners and put them on a cd. I have only been very pleased with the out come. When you and Paul get together maybe you can have a Geocaching themed wedding. Only put the coords on the invitations and get married somewhere on the AT. Trade items could be golf balls and McToys for wedding gifts, of course the log book would be a great guest book. Quote Link to comment
DiemCarper Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Welcome to the boards and hopefully we can convince you to try out Geocaching. Dave Thanks, Dave! Quote Link to comment
+eremite Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 a Geocaching themed wedding. Only put the coords on the invitations and get married somewhere on the AT. Trade items could be golf balls and McToys for wedding gifts, of course the log book would be a great guest book. HA!!! That is hi-larious!!! Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 a Geocaching themed wedding. Only put the coords on the invitations and get married somewhere on the AT. Trade items could be golf balls and McToys for wedding gifts, of course the log book would be a great guest book. HA!!! That is hi-larious!!! Ya mean like this? Quote Link to comment
+Cool Librarian Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Yeah, there is someone for everyone, if you're just willing to lower your standards enough. Yeah, ain't THAT the truth! A few years ago, after a string of lousy/psycho dates, I modified my personal ad (yes, the HORROR of it all!) to say that I didn't want dates with men who were active alcoholics/addicts, CHRONICALLY unemployed (not as in downsized, but as in UNABLE to hold a job), living with (or looking for a replacement for) "mommy," or closet homosexuals ("not that there's anything wrong with that..." - but I don't want to date you). I received many responses, some of them quite angry, asking me just who I thought I was to be so picky!!! Heaven forbid I wanted someone sober, employed (or employable), not a mamma's boy, and straight! The nerve!! Quote Link to comment
+eremite Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Too much, Mopar! That's great! Congrats! (A real, live, bonofide geocache-themed wedding... I worry about you people... ) Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 ...A few years ago, after a string of lousy/psycho dates, I modified my personal ad (yes, the HORROR of it all!) to say that I didn't want dates with men who were active alcoholics/addicts, CHRONICALLY unemployed (not as in downsized, but as in UNABLE to hold a job), living with (or looking for a replacement for) "mommy," or closet homosexuals ("not that there's anything wrong with that..." - but I don't want to date you). I represent that. Quote Link to comment
+Sparrowhawk Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 (edited) Would someone please help her with her thingies!!! In public? Edited June 18, 2005 by Sparrowhawk Quote Link to comment
ElementaryWatson Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Yeah, there is someone for everyone, if you're just willing to lower your standards enough. Yeah, ain't THAT the truth! A few years ago, after a string of lousy/psycho dates, I modified my personal ad (yes, the HORROR of it all!) to say that I didn't want dates with men who were active alcoholics/addicts, CHRONICALLY unemployed (not as in downsized, but as in UNABLE to hold a job), living with (or looking for a replacement for) "mommy," or closet homosexuals ("not that there's anything wrong with that..." - but I don't want to date you). I received many responses, some of them quite angry, asking me just who I thought I was to be so picky!!! Heaven forbid I wanted someone sober, employed (or employable), not a mamma's boy, and straight! The nerve!! Oh God, do NOT tell me any more stories like that.......it took my family and friends YEARS of coaching and prodding me to FINALLY "take the leap" and actually post my profile on match.com.....if you tell me any more dating horror stories, I will run away, hide under my bed (or more likely, hide in my work....), lock my chastity belt, and never be seen again...... Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Oh God, do NOT tell me any more stories like that.......it took my family and friends YEARS of coaching and prodding me to FINALLY "take the leap" and actually post my profile on match.com.....if you tell me any more dating horror stories, I will run away, hide under my bed (or more likely, hide in my work....), lock my chastity belt, and never be seen again...... Its not all that bad. I met my wife through her personal ad. Though she says she had a bunch of clunkers and only called me because my picture fell on the ground when she threw all the responses in the trash. Her friend picked it up and said "Hey, this guy's cute, why don't you call him" (Her friend is obviously blind). So she called me and the rest is history. 10 happy years together. Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 (edited) Sorry, I'm married and my name isn't Paul. But I am rather handsome and manly. At least that's what all the broads around the office tell me. Sometimes it's a curse, it is a rough life. I manage to survive despite all odds. Edited June 18, 2005 by Team Cotati Quote Link to comment
DiemCarper Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 Dear friends, It's been a while, but I haven't forgotten all of you and your cute little thingies! No, I never did hear from Paul, but I thought I'd update you on a fun turn of events... two weeks ago, I did a Google search on jobs in a certain National Park, found something interesting, e-mailed the contact, and within ten hours of that Google search I was packed up and on the road to........ North 63, 32', 12" .0; West 150, 58', 49".7 (I only know these coords because this place is so remote that they're posted on the office wall in front of me for emergencies.) So, if you're ever hunting down a cache in this neck of the woods, drop me a line! (Just be on the lookout for grizzlies, wolves, and mooses out here in my new back yard!) Take care, you wonderful peeps, you! Jeanette Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 (edited) Wow! That puts you within 50 miles of this cache! Way-to-go, girl! I hope your thingie is wrapped up real well. Edited July 14, 2005 by sept1c_tank Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 How cool is that! Hey, if you ever find yourself back in NJ, send me an e-mail and I'll show you some great caches. Quote Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 sept1c_tank Posted on Jul 14 2005, 12:53 AM Wow! That puts you within 50 miles of this cache Yes but you need an Airplane or a several day Boat trip to get there. But the only Found Log does include the word "thingy". Now this cache, (which is accessable from Highway 3) is only about 57 miles away. And it hasn't been found yet. But there are a few rocks (McKinley) in your path. You might have to go around. How long do you figure it's going to take you to explore all 6 Million Acres? Quote Link to comment
DiemCarper Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 ...But there are a few rocks (McKinley) in your path. You might have to go around. How long do you figure it's going to take you to explore all 6 Million Acres? AROUND? Why walk all that way when it's only 20,000 feet each way to go OVER? As far as exploring the park in its entirety, it's hard to say how long that might take...I've been here about two weeks and only TODAY did I actually see Denali in all her glory. I've spent most of my time in the Backcountry Lodge kitchen as pastry chef and dishwasher. But today's my Friday, and tomorrow I go backpacking at Wonder Lake. YIPPEEE!!! That'll be, what, maybe 20 acres down, just 5,999,980 to go. Quote Link to comment
DiemCarper Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 Way-to-go, girl! I hope your thingie is wrapped up real well. Thanks, sept1c_tank!!! Yep, it does get a wee bit chilly up here, I'll be sure and keep all my thingies bundled up, but would you believe I STILL don't have a GPS thingie of my own?!?! I'll have to bake quite a few cakes and scrub quite a few dishes to save up enough for a thingie that nifty. Quote Link to comment
DiemCarper Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 How cool is that! Hey, if you ever find yourself back in NJ, send me an e-mail and I'll show you some great caches. Thanks, briansnat! I would love to meet up with you and your family next time I'm in NJ. My family of 7 is spread around the country, but I'm most fond of my sister in Butler, so no matter where I wander off to, I tend to call NJ home. I'll probably be back to visit early next spring before I embark on AT attempt #2! Quote Link to comment
DiemCarper Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 Hey, yooz gize, I'm back! Caretaking now at the Denali Wilderness Lodge in the Wood River Valley, will be out here for 9 months of solitude, 40-odd miles from the nearest human. Will have occasional internet access when I fire up the generator, so get the word back out on my search for Paul and keep in touch, kay? (I haven't given a thought to Paul in a long time, but was just talking to the new owner here about planting a cache on our mountain and I got to thinking about the "old days" of last summer. I'll look forward to some virtual company...I am a sociable hermette, after all! Jeanette Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Hey, yooz gize, I'm back! Caretaking now at the Denali Wilderness Lodge in the Wood River Valley, will be out here for 9 months of solitude, 40-odd miles from the nearest human. Will have occasional internet access when I fire up the generator, so get the word back out on my search for Paul and keep in touch, kay? (I haven't given a thought to Paul in a long time, but was just talking to the new owner here about planting a cache on our mountain and I got to thinking about the "old days" of last summer. I'll look forward to some virtual company...I am a sociable hermette, after all! Jeanette That sounds like an awesome job. Quote Link to comment
nobby.nobbs Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 and yet you've managed to avoid finding any caches yet! get that gps and get addicted like the rest of us... Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Ha! You just think you're way out away from civilization! Hide and list a few caches around you and you'll have plenty of company... Denali will be crawling with geocachers with all manner of spiffy little thingies! We'll go anywhere for cache! What's that Bat Masterson said? "Have spiffy little thingy, will travel!" Ed Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Hey, yooz gize, I'm back! Caretaking now at the Denali Wilderness Lodge in the Wood River Valley, will be out here for 9 months of solitude, 40-odd miles from the nearest human. Will have occasional internet access when I fire up the generator, so get the word back out on my search for Paul and keep in touch, kay? (I haven't given a thought to Paul in a long time, but was just talking to the new owner here about planting a cache on our mountain and I got to thinking about the "old days" of last summer. I'll look forward to some virtual company...I am a sociable hermette, after all! Jeanette Not to be disrespectful or anything, but I looked at your profile. Why does this all seem awful familiar? Anyway, I always thought that would be an awesome job! Lots o' luck! Quote Link to comment
+beezerb Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Ha! You just think you're way out away from civilization! Hide and list a few caches around you and you'll have plenty of company... Denali will be crawling with geocachers with all manner of spiffy little thingies! We'll go anywhere for cache! What's that Bat Masterson said? "Have spiffy little thingy, will travel!" Ed Not Bat, that was Paladin Have Thingy Will Travel reads the card of a man. A knight without armor in a savage land. His fast thingy for hire head's the calling wind. A soldier of fotune is the man called Paladin. Quote Link to comment
+denali7 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Do you need an assistant? I'd LOVE to be known as denali in Denali! Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 (edited) What's that Bat Masterson said? "Have spiffy little thingy, will travel!" Not Bat, that was Paladin Have Thingy Will Travel reads the card of a man. A knight without armor in a savage land. His fast thingy for hire head's the calling wind. A soldier of fotune is the man called Paladin. In post #31 she said: ... Seriously, though, it's been fun hangin' with my geocachin' homies and their spiffy little thingies!... So it would be: Have Spiffy Little Thingy Will Travel reads the card of a man. A knight without armor in a savage land. His spiffy little thingy for hire head's the calling wind. A soldier of fotune is the man called Paladin. Dang, showing my age that I remember that show, and that I am too old to remember it right! Haven't figured out the name yet, maybe she fishes - it's either 'grab the fish' or 'Day Seizer'! CR - are you suggesting that we've been had? Ed Edited September 11, 2006 by TheAlabamaRambler Quote Link to comment
+mgbmusic Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Dave is Paul? Paul is Dave? I think I need a program to figure out who the players are. Well yeah sure, Pink is the new red, dave is the new Paul... It's very cyclical...don't ask me to explain it....But I think it means that it's only a matter of time before we all start wearing corduroy again.... Quote Link to comment
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