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@sloughfoot wrote:
I sent him another email stating that until we or WGA archived the cache that we owned that spot for 528′ in every direction, even if the cache came up as missing!
Please do not confuse the WGA with Groundspeak. The WGA does not archive caches or approve listings. Other than the fact that the two Wisconsin volunteer reviewers are WGA members, The Wisconsin Geocaching Association is not affiliated with Groundspeak or Geocaching.com in any way.
@astrod-team wrote:
@zuma wrote:
@gotta run wrote:
“Veni, vidi, sivi.”
“Adventavit asinus/ Pulcher et fortissim.”
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to whom are you refering as the ass?
Are latin phrases meaningful or meaningless?
z
I am going to start writing for my logs:
Lacknothing lacked nothing on August 25 at 9:21 a.m.
TFTC¡¡¡¡ <*€€€€<@
The views expressed here are that of myself only and do not necessarily represent that of the WGA board.
@lacknothing wrote:
I am going to start writing for my logs:
Lacknothing lacked nothing on August 25 at 9:21 a.m.
TFTC¡¡¡¡ <*€€€€<@
I guess I could use:
CJ “junked” your cache on August 25 at 10:21 p.m.
TFTJ¡¡¡¡ <<<@$$4O73<<<
Here is a great one that I got today, Same log for 2 of our finds, and these are Regular Size Caches, not bison tubes.
You are receiving this email because you are the owner of this listing.
Location: Michigan, United States
************ found Michigan Spirit Quest #43 – Mellen Cemetery (Traditional Cache) at 6/13/2010Log Date: 6/13/2010
No comments.Name above has been changed to protect the innocent.
i saw in my e-mail just now. Now that’s rude. I’ll check the physical logbook when I can to make sure it is not an armchair logger
Maybe these threads are doing some good because I’ve actually gotten some good logs lately. I’ve also ended up havingnseveral conversations following up with those good logs. 😀
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
Well one “assumption” was confirmed today. I met a couple other cachers during the hunt and one admitted that it was too cumbersome to type logs on their phone but they weren’t going to take the time to do it when they were home either. I gave the standard CO pitch and they get it, so we’ll have to see how it goes.
One good thing is the cacher admitted to taking on some puzzles and solving them on their own and refused to share the solves with others and won’t give away the coordinates.
Victory!
I really think a little love and care (reaching out and commenting/making contact) can really go a long way to help newer cachers understand.
Following the signals from space.
@sloughfoot wrote:
We just had a cacher post a “Needs Archived” on one of our caches that had been “Found” on July 10th. This cache has never needed or had any requested maintenance logged. I sent the logger an email and asked him why he didn’t log a DNF. He said he had found it previously and it wasn’t there anymore and he was looking for a spot to place one of his own caches. It was about 35 miles but we went and checked it and found it on the back side of a 2X6 instead of the front side, so it was technically 3″ out of place. We put it back where we wanted then emailed the guy to tell him it was in place and in good shape and I got accused of moving it. Turns out he was the finder on July 10th that had put it in the wrong place and he couldn’t find it again.
There have been times when I have done routine maintenance or requested Maintenance and there have many times when finders do NOT replace the cache as found or they take it upon themselves to move it to another spot. That makes it difficult on the cache owner.
Perhaps this should be a thread of its own but I wanted to bring it up. Thanks.
Where does it say in the rules that someone has to write a book for every cache they find?
TeamCabana,
It was never my intention to get cachers to write a short story for each cache they find, and I have been guilty in the past of the TFTC logs, but now I look at it this way; I put as much time into my log as the cache owner did hiding it. If the cache is a Plain film can stuck into a Stop sign post hole, that does not even have any bit of cammo or paint or any time spent at all except for shoving a log inside it. They will not get much more than a word or two in the log.
But if the cache takes me to somewhere that is either special to the cache owner, a nice view, nice park, or just a nice hide (special container, ammo box, etc) I will make sure that I thank the cache hider with a log that makes their hard work seem worth while.
We have a good mix of caches, some that are easier hides in cemeteries up to D4.5 caches near abandoned mines in the UP of Michigan along the North Country Trail. We try to bring cachers to places that we would want to be brought to. I know of plenty of guard rails that are in need of a film can in the end of them, but I will refrain from leaving one there just for the sake of putting it there.
Some of our cemetery caches are a basic micro cache hidden respectfully at the edge of the cemetery or in a tree, and if we receive a TFTC on one of them, I deserve it. but when a CO spends hours looking for the perfect hiding spot, researching the history of the area, and writing up a cache page. I would hope that all cachers would put a bit more than a acronym.
just my .02 worth take it with a grain of salt.
Every think some did not have much to say did choose to not offend anyone. or perhaps did not pass collage or hi school English back in 1969.
or likes to keep their comments to them selves. cause it may be uncreative. or in bad taste.(Dons flame-retardant speedo in tasteful leopard-skin pattern)
Purely from a devil’s advocate perspective, does the mere act of placing a cache offer the moral superiority to demand behavior from others? I have written voluminous logs when inspired, short and sweet logs when appreciative, and cut-and-pasted my way through numbers runs that blurred together (though the cut and paste logs were lengthy to somewhat compensate).
Not every good cache has inspired me, and some very poor hides have brought me to some sublime places and received much better logs.
While I see the same pattern of less interest in offering a good log that everyone else here is seeing, does that mean that finders should be excoriated for the crime of not caring about your cache?
We don’t have many caches placed, but some of them are very meaningful to me. I have come to accept that only about 10% of loggers will get from the experience what I intended, and I am content with that. I’m looking for fellow travelers, not zombies marching in lockstep.
Just a bit of food for thought. Hope no one is offended.
Barry, I stole your etiquette letter and sent it to another cacher who posted a bunch of “TFTC”s…didn’t do any good. He posted a bunch more the next day. Oh, well 🙄
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