My logs are very predictable. Same format. Most of my runs are of multiple and I say how many I got, usually who I am with and where we went, maybe something about the weather. Then I close with TFTC,and my signature shamless self promotion. I cut and paste that into all my logs for that run. BUT if there was something that I remember from that certain cache between the ramble and the TFTC I put somethign extra in it. This allows me even to have more then TFTC even at the plain old P&G. 90% of the time I am able to remember something about the hide the location or what not and I add something. There are some ( and most of my hides are like this) plain old easy hides. I do not expect more then a TFTC on most of my hides so I dont add anything to my logs.
I do believe that smart phones allowing to log a cache “from the field” probably do lead to non-expressive logs for the lazy type. I’ve also seen cacher’s use this well also where they log a quick found and then come back and edit it later so it’s really just about the person and what they want to log.
I use this only on FTF. My phone allows me to put a timestamp, and usually I throw a FTF TFTC on it and then go back and edit it when I get home. Maybe I should stop this so other people think they still have a chance 🙂
Oh and to get back on topic, I do not police what I believe to be “fake” online logs on my own caches. But I agree with past posters that it’s probably more about the particular cache circumstances. Certainly, if it’s a 5/5 puzzle cache things might be different than a 1/1 guardrail. But it is your cache and you can do what you feel is right regardless of what all of us think.
yup, thats it, field notes (sorry, i am technologically challenged!!).. although I would love to know how to remove those darn things from my gps!!! (I can delete my finds, but my field notes stay)
Cross-threading here with the new gc.com features……..if you let me log one of your caches that I didn’t really do, cheeto, then I will ‘Like’ your cache….
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Cross-threading here with the new gc.com features……..if you let me log one of your caches that I didn’t really do, cheeto, then I will ‘Like’ your cache….
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