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We have had a Wii for a long time and find it interesting that so many people are still having trouble finding one. It’s the best thing since sliced bread… excellent way to give the gift! My son recommends MySims and if your children have friends over, the Wario party game is another gem.

Now back to the topic…
My story is a current one as well. My nephew (who’s 3) opens up an ornament from his grandmother. It’s a JD tractor ornament. Says, “Throw this one in the garbage!”. Classic!

Were still not sure why he said it.

It sure is funny to see the reactions of children when they open gifts…

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My first was in Georgia. Received a GPSr and Geocaching.com FAQ sheet for my birthday and then the next day had to travel to Georgia on business. Checked out nearest caches to my location on my hotel wireless and there was one right behind the office building where I was training at in a business park! It was a regular along a wooded trail with no hint. Could not locate it at lunch time. Went back out after the days worth of training and made the find. It was a regular sized tupperware in the base of a tree. I proceeded to find a bunch more ammo cans and other regular sized caches down there. Brought home a very cool Geocoin as well. Tried my hand at a couple micros in parking lots and could not find them. Did not really know what a “micro” was at the time so I did not know what I was looking for or the common hides used. I am sure they were both in the base of lamp posts…

Then I came back home and couldn’t wait to research what was in store for me in the Fox Valley 🙂 and you guessed it, Puzzles Puzzles and more Puzzles…

Ahh the memories. Enjoy the addiction and keep your eye on the road when you travel!

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update: I modified my plan just a tad and pled No Contest. I am not a lawyer and do not pretend to be one but this was a better plea given the circumstances and what happened.

Municipal courts have no control over the number of points issued on your WI state drivers license. They can modify the citation but when all the evidence points to the violation in question there’s not much too change.

On a positive note, he dropped the fine by 2/3’s. Then tacked back on court costs of course.

Thanks again to all who replied. In the end it didn’t matter much what I said. It was my clean driving record and remorse that mattered.

If you ever find yourself in the Town of Menasha Municipal courtroom, word to the wise… sit on the right side if you want to go earlier. Not sure if they change this up but that’s how it went tonight.

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the page talks about clock wise and “anti-clockwise”… not sure what anti-clockwise is.. sorry don’t mean to offend the british, ahem counterclockwise… carry on..

the illusion is actually appearing to turn in 3D space which is not like a “clock” at all.

As you can see in this image, clockwise would refer to an object turning as shown:

The naked woman is spinning/rotating on an axis, not really turning…

Maybe that means I am neither left-brained or right-brained or maybe I am just nitpicking on the journalism..

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you could use an ammo can as the casket..

just dont bury it if it’s actually a cache!

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Atleast you didn’t reference the other type in your post subject! Now that would have been a catch phrase for a posting…

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Paperless looks all high tech and stuff but sometimes you get used to doing things a certain way…

I have found that those small notepads (the 35 cent ones at walmart) work really well for quickly jotting down useful info on each cache I want to hunt and then referring back and marking found, dnf, etc. (and jotting notes for new cache ideas & locations of course…)

Who needs printers… I can filter the cache page down to a couple small lines of notes for most caches. Abbreviated Name, Size, Difficuly, Terrain, Hint (maybe I use them…) and any pertinent info from the text or recent logs. If it’s a complex puzzle I may print the cache page (like one’s with lots of reference coordinates and fill in the blank type ones). It might not be quick but you actually remember a lot of the info and it get’s you more involved in caching and the caches you are hunting…

I would just lose or drop a palm pilot (like I do my GPSr). They are cheap but when you buy them over and over it’s not so cheap.. You are logging the cache with a pen so it’s easy to just jot a note in a notebook at the same time if I want to recall anything about the cache in my log online.

GSAK is a neat little program with lots of useful features and can be run on a laptop as well but I have not used it much other than on our trip up to Door county this summer and even then I ended up finding free wireless most of the trip (thank you chocolate chicken in egg harbor.. by the way excellent place if you are ever in the area) so I didn’t reference it as much as I thought I would.

I would probably attend a paperless event if it was local to me just to watch it be done… What would be cool is not just sitting in some pub and going over it but actually doing a bit of paperless caching as part of the event… from start (downloading PQ, etc) to finish at a cache nearby or something.

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I’m game. Count me in.

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I experienced my first real winter caching experiences last night in tow with a couple other “area cachers” 🙂 We enjoyed unburying “winter friendly” caches all over Greenbay, prying open frozen ammo cans, and my personal favorite was the flashlight tour through bay beach park with the nice green bay breeze blowing (brrrr!). I can say, caching in the winter adds a “layer” of challenge to many caches.

Bit of advice to cache placers, if you think that fence post is “winter friendly” you might just want to visit during the winter and see how high the snow bank is that buried the fence you hid your cache on! By the way, I found one by digging where I thought the cross post might enter the vertical and there was the duct tape “cache”… What’s the deal with a “pouch” made out of duct tape and a log and how is that a cache???

Winter caching is just another pleasant variation… I would rather dress up in warm clothes and cache in the winter than try to survive getting eaten alive by mosquitos in the middle of the muggy summer. You always have that car to warm up in after each one…

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he just added a couple (er 10) more you can try to find (er solve) 😆

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some statistics…

My original posting on inattentive driving has had 23 replies and 1816 “views”.

The podcast has been downloaded almost 2000 times and most shows hit about 2300 according to an email I received back from them.

My plan: Show up in court (at 6pm, so no missing work) and plead guilty and ask to share why the accident happened (may need to explain geocaching), how much remorse I felt for what I have done and that I am sorry for my actions, and share how I have tried to open other geocacher’s eyes to what can happen with a single moment of distraction while behind the wheel during geocaching. (WGA posting & Podcacher Podcast). Then I will ask if it is possible that the points can be lowered. Regardless of outcome I will take out my handy dandy checkbook and pay my fine (plus court costs) so that they do not proceed to arrest me in the parking lot.

thank you zuma for the inspiration and to all the rest of you for the ideas, feedback, criticism, and all around camaraderie. you guys rock!

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thanks for the input on the points.. the ticket is more than 2 i’m afraid.

that’s really what I would like to impact if possible… I am told the fine is half of what other jurisdictions charge for similar offense. this is according to one of the officers on the scene. I dont imagine the fine lowering but that’s fine. Tis the season to be broke anyway!

i will post a followup next wednesday or thursday to wrap this one up.. (i hope!)

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I have seen this before… Doesn’t seem to be a new thing. What it really points to is that your bored and are reading them too fast. It’s not like you have a chance at the ftf anyway with Dave patrolling the Fox Valley. Though you could get that ellusive FAD…. 😀

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When you go into to talk to the DA about negotiating a lower charge, you should bring up about all of the public service you have done in bringing this to the attention of so many geocachers. You could present the case that it was a learning experience, and that you helped lots of other people be more attentive drivers in your posting here at the WGA and with your Podcast.

– This was one of my thoughts, but I was unsure of just how much they may entertain this idea.

I certainly agree with those of you commenting on the fact that my insurance will “know about it” regardless of the points. They paid a rather large sum of money this past week and are fully aware of the citation..

thanks for the feedback everyone. I figured with all of you out on the roads there would be some input 🙂

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Thanks for the info everyone!

It was a town of menasha police officer who responded so I beleive I will be interacting with a town process not county/state.

I have read about showing up for speeding tickets and pleading guilty and such but I wonder about an inattentive driving ticket where my statement says exactly what happened.

One interesting thing about this situation is that my insurance company wanted to know if the other driver tried to avoid my oncoming battle ram. That has put some doubt into my thoughts about 100% at fault which I have claimed it was entirely my fault from the point of the accident. They never “saw” me (at a 4 way stop) which means that they were not paying enough attention either. I am sure this is important from an insurance coverage perspective but not likely to play a role in my case.

I beleive I will be showing up. Any suggestions on whether I should mention “exactly” what i was doing at the time? 😀

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