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The code is actually quite slow at only about 14-15 groups per minute. Try listening to code at over 40 groups (200 letters or numbers) per minute. It starts to sound like machine gun fire once you reach about 30 groups per minute. I still have nightmares of my time in the Army learning Morse Code. 10 hours of sitting at a keyboard with dit dit dah dit…..blasting in my ears. At that time, our military hardly used Morse Code in an unencrypted format, but the enemy still used it and the fun part came with the interception, scrambling/jamming, vector location of the source, and other more devious manipulations. Our military used Morse Code to some extent in the field but the sender and receiver units were dedicated and needed to be set to the same predetermined and variable “key.” The field units would convert a typed message to code, compress the code, and send it in short micro-bursts so the enemy couldn’t triangulate the position of the sender. The receiver unit would then uncompress the code, apply the appropriate decryption, and display or print the message. With that said, it has been over 17 years since I’ve used Morse Code and I had to listen to the code 4 or 5 times to obtain the coords. It took almost two years before my mind stopped reading road signs in Morse Code while driving down the highway. I wonder if Morse Code is even used in the military at this time?

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@seldom|seen wrote:

OK, I swear I’m done now. Some minor tweaks for final consideration.

We’d have to talk colors down the road.

Ummmm. What is that hanging from the tree? As a cacher, I know what it is. But it might appear to be a feminine hygiene item to the average lay person. 😳 In that same line of thought, take another look at the capsule in the text. Is there a chance someone might think it one of those “massage” devices? 😯

Now don’t get me wrong…..I love the design, but I just want to make sure we are not sending the wrong message.

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@Team Honeybunnies wrote:

@3 Hawks wrote:

@labrat_wr wrote:

@zuma wrote:

@Cheesehead Dave wrote:

@rogheff wrote:

I’d steer away from the geocaching.com colors. Wasn’t there a logo similar to Dave’s proposed in jest a year or so ago with a spinning Wisconsin?

This one?

😯

Needs to be a little more busy, maybe with a flashing light on a gps.

😉

z

maybe it could subliminally flash “GO CACHING” every couple cycles 😆

If it only flashed a little faster it might even induce seizures.

Now that I could see. The only state geocaching organization with a clinical warning. 😆

We need more cow bell!!!

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@labrat_wr wrote:

@zuma wrote:

@Cheesehead Dave wrote:

@rogheff wrote:

I’d steer away from the geocaching.com colors. Wasn’t there a logo similar to Dave’s proposed in jest a year or so ago with a spinning Wisconsin?

This one?

😯

Needs to be a little more busy, maybe with a flashing light on a gps.

😉

z

maybe it could subliminally flash “GO CACHING” every couple cycles 😆

If it only flashed a little faster it might even induce seizures.

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For any of you with children under the age of 20 or 21; they only know Favre as the Packer’s QB.

I’m just glad I was able to see Favre in two regular season games:
1) 1/4/97 35-14 Victory over San Francisco at Lambeau on their march to the Super Bowl. GREAT GAME!!!
2) 11/27/03 Thanksgiving loss to the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. CRAPPY GAME!!

I sure am glad I’m a Packer fan!! Watching Favre sure was a fun.

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Hey Gary,

Now that you are a Platinum Master, have you gained the ability to polymorph?

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Thank you for all of the hard work you’ve put into the Riddler series of caches. They have all been a blast!! None of the puzzle boxes required the use of any tools to open and only one required a tool to get at the log, but that was after the box was opened.

Luckily, whoever damaged the surface of Riddler’s Treasure Chest decided to call it quits and stopped short of breaking the container.

Hey Jay, did you know that your post above contains a hint to solving the puzzle for the coords?

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I’ve actually logged a few DNF’s and then revisited the cache, on another day, to log the find. On one cache, thin ice prevented me from getting the last 200 feet to the cache and I returned a week later to score the find once the ice had thickened.

Another cache was a three part multi. I DNF’d it in January and returned yesterday for the final. The second WP was in pieces and the coords to the final were missing on my first visit. The owner e-mailed me the coords for the final so I could try the final. I also replaced the second WP on yesterday’s visit.

Another cache is a tricky “evil monkey” like placement. I climbed around and dug through snow and ice for 45 minutes on my first visit but walked away with a DNF. An e-mail to a prior finder confirmed my feeling that the cache had gone missing. I came back a week later and replaced the cache, since the micro was not in the hiding spot.

You have to remember that many of these caches are on the “Lonely Cache” list for a reason. They are either tricky, out in the middle of nowhere, or they are often missing. I will not simply replace a cache unless I know the cache is in fact missing. That requires e-mails and phone calls and will usually require a second visit. Two feet of snow and 6 inches of solid ice also comes into play on many of these caches.

I’ve not intentionally padded my points and I’ve never been at the top of the leader board. I don’t see why logging and DNF and then logging a find on another day is wrong, unless you suspect people are cheating. If you consider what I did to be cheating, then get a life.

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I grabbed 5 on Saturday and 7 today. I only had one DNF today, but that ate up almost two hours since I hate DNF’s and I don’t know when it’s time to throw in the towel. The 2-4 inches of ice I found under the 17 inches of snow is what can make a findable cache impossible to find.

What I’ve noticed is that I only find about 1/3 as many caches with this much snow.

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Demand posted.

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I’ve seen quite a few bear up in northern WI and MN, but I’ve only been close to one. It was a fairly young fella and I held my hands over my head, waved them around, yelled at the bear quite loudly and told him to leave. It is truly amazing how fast they can crash through the heaviest of brush when running away in fear.

The U.S. averages 3 human deaths and 12-15 maulings each year that are attributed to bear attacks.

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@-cheeto- wrote:

Well, I didn’t get one for Christmas but now I am getting one 😀

Hip Hip Hooray!

😀 Happy day for me 😀

GREAT!! I’ve had my Vista HCx for about 8 months and I love it. Enjoy the new toy!!

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@Trekkin’ and Birdin’ wrote:

We found tracks in Perrot Park about 18 years ago. We talked with the rangers, who denied it at first, but then went back and got plaster casts. At that point, they admitted that there have been sightings over the years, but as the article says, they are very secretive. Reading up on them, there is really very little known about their habits and lifestyle, other than they eat meat!

I remember those sightings. Large cat tracks were also found in the snow around Drugan’s Castle Mound. Some photos of the tracks even made it into the LaCrosse Tribune along with “eye witness” reports of mountain lion sightings.

It is my understanding that they stalk their prey and they like to attack from the rear.

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Maybe it is just too early in the morning, but I can’t find said news letter. Where might one find the news letter??

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I’m always up for another Uncle_Fun tour of caches!! I might even let you find one or two this time. I can almost feel my hip flexor screaming already.

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