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Well, this is an issue that has been debated extensively, both here and elsewhere. In our opinion, the crux of the matter is that the snowflake attribute is defined as “available in winter”. Some interpret this as “winter friendly”, meaning that snow isn’t really a hinderance in finding the cache. Others seem to define it as “it’s findable in snow” which might mean any cache is findable if you have a big enough shovel and enough time. Others probably have interpretations somewhere in the middle. One of the best solutions, we think, is for the cache owner to clearly define his/her interpretation right in the cache description. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don’t.
02/22/2011 at 2:21 am in reply to: Thoughts on the budget repair bill and protests in Madison. #1943270I think we know where we stand here. Over and out.
02/21/2011 at 11:14 pm in reply to: Thoughts on the budget repair bill and protests in Madison. #1943267@Captain and Mate wrote:
I do know if I was 50 years old with 25 years of experience and found myself out on the street looking for another job, I’d have a hard time looking on the bright side.
Sorry I was unclear. What I meant was a situation where a district reduced staff not through seniority (staff with the least seniority are laid off first), but rather let the highest-paid teachers go first to save the most money. This was mentioned in a previous post in this thread and would be, in my opinion, a distinct possibility if the budget repair bill becomes law. I only have experience in one school district (my own), but here, a 50 year old teacher with 25 years could, technically, take early retirement. The only catch would be they’d get nothing since they’d be too young and would not have enough years of experience to receive retirement benefits, either from the district or from the Employee Trust Fund. Another teaching job is out of the question regardless of this hypothetical person’s skill level because any district would hire someone younger first.
On another note, I’ve seen an astounding lack of empathy in some of the posts here and elsewhere. These are real people who have families, kids in college, debts to pay, just like everyone else (private sector included). I guess it’s easy to have a cavalier attitude when you’re not the one being affected. Yes, times are tough. Yes, others are making sacrifices. Those who are listening have heard teachers and others say they are willing to make sacrifices, too. The quality of the educational system in this state is at stake here. I’m sure these comments will be soundly criticized, but I feel very strongly about this issue and stand by everything I’ve said.
02/21/2011 at 9:51 pm in reply to: Thoughts on the budget repair bill and protests in Madison. #1943264School districts do often achieve staff reductions through attrition. Not being familiar with the situation in Waupun, I couldn’t say if that would be the case there. I do know if I was 50 years old with 25 years of experience and found myself out on the street looking for another job, I’d have a hard time looking on the bright side.
02/21/2011 at 8:29 pm in reply to: Thoughts on the budget repair bill and protests in Madison. #1943261Just noticed a piece in the Kenosha paper that Walker’s budget proposal will include big cuts in state aids to school districts. No surprise there, but it went on to say that if districts are unable to make up this shortfall through their own budget cuts and, of course, staff reductions, property tax increases could result. That’ll be interesting, if it happens. So, with collective bargaining rights gone, seniority would no longer be a factor in deciding who’s laid off during staff reductions. We wonder how districts will decide? Maybe the most experienced and highest-paid teachers will be let go. Hopefully, the job creation plan that the governor did talk about when he ran will include a few for those folks. Can’t wait to see what happens next!
02/18/2011 at 4:10 pm in reply to: Thoughts on the budget repair bill and protests in Madison. #1943232We expessed our thoughts in “Thread Stealers” this AM and will not comment further. Thanks for this new thread, though-good idea! It was getting too serious and the drivel was starting to suffer. 😀
Love the Pack! It was a great season and an especially satisfying post season. They won 5 in a row just to make it to the SB and beat a great team in the Steelers! The old cliche “There’s no ‘I’ in team” really applies.
We like it! 8)
@AstroD-Team wrote:
Here are some of my favorites in the upper keys. I would be able to add to the list, but the last few years we’ve been benchmark hunting
Islamorada GC19PFH Backbone of the Keys (Earthcache). It is a state park that was close to being closed due to lack of funding and interest. But the geologic wonders and the history makes this a worthwhile stop. Plus there are two other traditional caches located here!
Islamorada GCP4E3 Storm of the Century A great memorial to the devestating hurricane of 1935. (Ties in nicely with the the above mentioned earthcache).
We did both of these and concur with the recommendation. We did notice the park where the earthcache is located is now only open weekends, perhaps due to funding problems.
Yep-avoiding KW if you’re not a fan of crowds is the way to go. EC GC19PFH was one we enjoyed and it’s not that far from Key Largo.
We drove from Key Largo to Key West on US1 and had a lot of fun just stopping for caches along the way. If you get as far as Key West, we recommend GCA61D “Trails of Margaritaville” and GCA5B4 “Magic of the Music”. We’ve cached around Key West a couple of times and had a blast!
There really doesn’t seem to be any “gray” areas regarding roundabouts. Everyone we ask either loves them (like Mate) or hates them (like Captain).
We have 7.7.2.56. It’s been a while since we’ve gotten a new version. A check for a newer version said this is the most current.
@gotta run wrote:
I don’t like the idea. What keeps thisgame and community what it is, is that it is noncompetitive. No one really keeps track of geo-accomplishments comparatively, LCG and FTP stats notwithstanding 😉 . Having a hall of fame, even if it’s just semi-serious, runs counter to that and, let’s face it, there are some egos out there that don’t need any more inflating.
Just my 2 cents, your mileage may vary, etc. etc. etc.
Gotta agree with gotta run. Seems like this might be taking our game just a bit too seriously. We were reading the posts on this topic over on the Minnesota site and the discussion seemed to have devolved into talking about who was in the top ten in the world in overall finds.
@Team Deejay wrote:
Assuming you mean “opencaching.com”, not “opencaching.us”, the user name cannot include spaces. Try creating your name without the space.
We had the same problem and that worked for us. We wondered why that wasn’t pointed out on the site, but there seems to be quite a bit that still needs improvement.
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