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@sandlanders wrote:
And what’s the longest you’ve gone without eating your favorite orange snack lately? 😉
Actually it’s been awhile. Thanks for reminding me. Time to stop at the grocery store…
@Team Hemisphere Dancer wrote:
break that evil cycle that tells you that you NEED to go find a cache.
This is exactly what happened… the cycle was broken.
Now if I could stay off the forums and facebook that long, now THAT would be a milestone…
Woohoo! No caches found in September!
Since Sagasu clearly indicated this thread was stolen already I will comment…
First: How do they know they are FTFN? Perhaps other’s aren’t as forthcoming with this specific information as they seem to be.
Second: Here’s a quote from their log:
“indecent exposure” (nudity around people who are offended by it). We are never lewd
Yet they go and post a picture of themselves on a public website to potentially offend others. Isn’t that being lewd? I agree with a prior poster, we don’t need to see that. If I owned this cache I would ask that they remove the picture from the log or I would delete the find log.
Third: To each their own I say, but do they really have to post all this on a geocaching log? They could have left it at FTFN really. No pic, no lecture on their “lifestyle”…
Sorry to the OP and others for this stolen thread. Just blame Sagasu!
Congrats!!
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09/19/2009 at 1:47 pm in reply to: Should placing a geocache inside a roundabout be banned? #1914287@Joey_Skywalker wrote:
If you don’t like them don’t look for them. Nobody is forcing you too and they aren’t hurting anybody. Can’t we all just get along?
Who’s not getting along?
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have only seen a couple of borderline “not getting along” posts in this thread thus far.
I agree with you 100% regarding not looking for them and said so in one of my posts. Again, I urge others to steer clear of these hides as well.
Congrats on the milestone. Love your profile pic!! 🙂
There are so many people out there who almost feel “entitled” to find every cache they set out to hunt.
Don’t let the negative opinions of others get to you as a cache owner. If you want the hunt to be a difficulty 3 and adding a hint would bring that difficulty down, please don’t change a thing!!
Being an owner of a few caches for a couple of years, I can tell you that the general public will complain about everything and anything. They complain that they are too easy. They complain that there’s goose poop around. They complain that your “coords are off”. They complain when the sky is blue and it should be raining.
They also complement you on a great hide. They complement you on taking the time to put out a new cache for them to hunt. They complement you for great coords. They log happy thoughts because the sky is blue and it’s sunny and warm.
Just shrug it off. If you know you have placed a good challenging 3-star difficulty cache then let it be 🙂
09/18/2009 at 1:20 pm in reply to: Should placing a geocache inside a roundabout be banned? #1914282@Joey_Skywalker wrote:
@-cheeto- wrote:
@Joey_Skywalker wrote:
If people would quit complaining about roundabouts and just learn how to use them correctly this would not even be an issue.
I vote no because at some point drivers are going to have to bother to learn about roundabouts or stop driving.
Perhaps you are confused on the question. I am not exploring banning roundabouts nor is anyone really debating a person’s ability to navigate them.
We’ve had these intersections in the Neenah and Appleton area for a few years now. However, caches have now started popping up in the middle of them.
No matter how capable all drivers are at navigating a roundabout is it acceptable for us to be playing a hide and seek game in the middle of that intersection? That’s what this is about.
Ohhhh I thought it was a safety thing, sorry!
Let me put this another way for you.
Regardless of how proficient the general public becomes in navigating modern roundabout intersections, there is still safety concerns with placing an object in the center of these intersections with the intent for others to seek this object.
There have been roundabout intersections in the Appleton area for at least 3 years. No matter how many years you add to that number and how “comfortable” the general public is with these intersections, I don’t think my opinion or that of many other geocachers would change all that much. The center of the road is still the center of the road, no matter how good at driving the public is!
09/17/2009 at 11:18 pm in reply to: Should placing a geocache inside a roundabout be banned? #1914278@Joey_Skywalker wrote:
If people would quit complaining about roundabouts and just learn how to use them correctly this would not even be an issue.
I vote no because at some point drivers are going to have to bother to learn about roundabouts or stop driving.
Perhaps you are confused on the question. I am not exploring banning roundabouts nor is anyone really debating a person’s ability to navigate them.
We’ve had these intersections in the Neenah and Appleton area for a few years now. However, caches have now started popping up in the middle of them.
No matter how capable all drivers are at navigating a roundabout is it acceptable for us to be playing a hide and seek game in the middle of that intersection? That’s what this is about.
09/17/2009 at 9:12 pm in reply to: Should placing a geocache inside a roundabout be banned? #1914276@Mister Greenthumb wrote:
Our local newspaper has an article this morning about 5 proposed roundabouts on HWY C in Delalfield. Did I hear someone say “power trail”?
On a more serious note I don’t believe roundabout hides should be banned, but serious discretion should be used when placing one. My roundabout hide in Okauchee is about as far removed from being a hazard as possible. The roundabout is surrounded on the outside perimeter by gardens, benches and the historic sign that I used for the cache. It is designed to be shared and enjoyed by both pedestrians and drivers.
It is up to the seeker to decide whether a hide is safe and within their skills to retrieve. It is also up to the hider to place caches using common sense. I have found many interesting places for a cache and did not place one due to safety or exposure reasons. A main concern of mine when I place a cache is the enjoyment of my geocaching friends and a placement that will not jeopordize the name of geocaching. I went through the number of hides that other cachers in the state have and was surprised to find that I rank 14th in the state. So now you have an opinion from someone who places a lot of hides and does so RESPONSIBLY.
This sounds completely different than what I am referring to. I am referring to placing a cache inside the center of a roundabout intersection. Typically these intersections do not invite pedestrians into the center. If the one you placed a cache at has nice inviting benches, signs, greenspace, etc around the outside of the circle where pedestrians are meant to be and you placed your cache in this area then you are talking apples to oranges here not apples to apples.
Placing a cache in the center of roundabout intersections like the many that exist in Appleton is more analogous to a cache in the middle of a multi lane road. Typically it’s not “pretty” in the middle of these intersections and cars are circling all day long. Lots of ugly road-signs everywhere. And most importantly, as pedestrians, you are a divers least concern as they circle and exit these intersections. Especially if you are crossing into the middle where there is no cross walk. Your presence in the middle is more of a distraction because then they are busy wondering what you are doing rather than paying attention to who may also be entering the circle in their vehicle.
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