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12/21/2011 at 4:41 am #1947276
@CodeJunkie wrote:
You know what they say.
A picture is worth a 1000 words.
I am just catching up on this thread. I laughed when I saw this post it reminded me of this log I wrote last month:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=6556c46f-db48-4cdf-9b62-4abc9a2882c8
I was driving around finding these caches and I ran out of things to say, but I usually have a camera in my pocket. I still hope that the CO wasn’t upset by it.
12/21/2011 at 5:05 am #1947277As long as you don’t post 1000 pictures.
12/21/2011 at 2:39 pm #1947278@Braid Beards Gang wrote:
I am just catching up on this thread. I laughed when I saw this post it reminded me of this log I wrote last month:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=6556c46f-db48-4cdf-9b62-4abc9a2882c8
I was driving around finding these caches and I ran out of things to say, but I usually have a camera in my pocket. I still hope that the CO wasn’t upset by it.
I like the picture! That to me is an even greater enticement to check out this series of caches. Thanks!
12/21/2011 at 6:31 pm #1947279just checking in to the site after being gone awhile. Glad to see nothing has changed and old topics are still being complained about. We as a group were able to “pass” not allowing logging of temps. How about we take on the logging issue as a group, come up with a resolution on what we would like to see and have it become part of joining the WGA. We could also send it to groundspeak to show that we care as a group about recieving logs to our caches and any new players as a courtesy to them. Just complaining about things is getting old and drives people away from the WGA.
And remember what might be a great walk to a wonderful spot you cherish might be to the one who finds your cache a crappy walk to a spot that does nothing for them. In that case wouldn’t you want a TFTC at least saying thanks when they could write you a sucky log that really lets thier feelings known?
12/22/2011 at 3:25 am #1947280Jerry, why don’t you take your sunshine and rainbows away for a much longer time this time around, eh?
On the Left Side of the Road...12/22/2011 at 4:39 am #1947281Uncalled for, gotta run.
12/22/2011 at 2:16 pm #194728212/22/2011 at 2:23 pm #1947283@jerrys dad wrote:
How about we take on the logging issue as a group, come up with a resolution on what we would like to see and have it become part of joining the WGA.
I’d support this idea of the WGA promoting more than the minimum requirements. I think too often the path of least resistance is to follow the minimum GC.com guidelines (rules?). The WGA is member driven and it’s the member’s ideas that drive the WGA forward.
12/22/2011 at 2:44 pm #1947284@CodeJunkie wrote:
@sandlanders wrote:
Uncalled for, gotta run.
I agree.
As do I but I have come to terms with that type of response.
12/22/2011 at 2:48 pm #1947285While I completely agree with the general opinion that it is nice to hear a little more about the caching experience, I just have to stick up for the newbies here. I was a newbie myself not too long ago. I think that newer cachers are probably sticking to the minimum GC.com guidelines simply because they don’t know any better. Before I read this thread when it started it hadn’t even occured to me that this would be an issue. Now many of my logs are getting so long they’re nearly as long as Braid Beard Gang’s. 😉 Maybe the pendulum has swung to the opposite extreme? So I too would support the WGA promoting the “art” of logging a little better in a friendly and encouraging sort of way.
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
12/22/2011 at 2:58 pm #1947286@CodeJunkie wrote:
I’d support this idea of the WGA promoting more than the minimum requirements.
Maybe ‘m just a nice guy,:roll: but after reading the comments in this thread, I found myself checking back on my own logs to see if “I” need to improve.
I look at the comments in any thread as an opportunity for people to get things off their chest and sometimes vent. I try not to take them personally.
12/22/2011 at 5:33 pm #1947287@gotta run wrote:
Jerry, why don’t you take your sunshine and rainbows away for a much longer time this time around, eh?
@gotta run wrote:
I have noticed the lack of familiar faces posting here on the boards over the past year and a half. Sure some folks move along and perhaps lose interest in participating in the discussions here. But I find myself wondering if the forums have themselves lost much of the relevance they once held.
…or could it be that some folks do not like the tone of some people that do post. To keep this on point, I think that the negativity and attacks on people within the hobby that put forth ideas will eventually “kill the game” for some. Geocaching can be enjoyed alone without having to deal with a community that at times is simply rude.
12/22/2011 at 10:02 pm #1947288Ok so I usually try not to get involved in some of what goes on here but lately I’ve been in an odd mood so here goes.
I find that if the cache is a good one than I will post a longer log than if its a P&G I don’t care for the hides that are there just because there isn’t one near by so lets throw a film canister down.
While my first find was a film canister in a tree in a town park. I quickly discovered the fun was more getting out into nature.
In short thoughtful hide equals thoughtful log. Hide in a parking lot, short log if anything more than a TFTC.
12/22/2011 at 11:02 pm #1947289@Braid Beards Gang wrote:
@gotta run wrote:
Jerry, why don’t you take your sunshine and rainbows away for a much longer time this time around, eh?
@gotta run wrote:
I have noticed the lack of familiar faces posting here on the boards over the past year and a half. Sure some folks move along and perhaps lose interest in participating in the discussions here. But I find myself wondering if the forums have themselves lost much of the relevance they once held.
Ummmmmmm….I didn’t write that second one BGG.
I have a right to be critical about people being critical. As do you all.
On the Left Side of the Road...12/22/2011 at 11:16 pm #1947290@CodeJunkie wrote:
@jerrys dad wrote:
How about we take on the logging issue as a group, come up with a resolution on what we would like to see and have it become part of joining the WGA.
I’d support this idea of the WGA promoting more than the minimum requirements. I think too often the path of least resistance is to follow the minimum GC.com guidelines (rules?). The WGA is member driven and it’s the member’s ideas that drive the WGA forward.
CJ, I fear you completely missed the sarcasm that is dripping from the post….and which prompted my response…
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