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Well, it probably didn’t help that we all started talking about her cupcakes. As it turned out, we weren’t allowed to discuss bakery. 😆

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Another source of information to point them to is the Land Management and Law Enforcement area of the Geocaching website (which is fairly new):
http://www.geocaching.com/parksandpolice/default.aspx

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… and yet, ironically, an official picture of Lara Croft was deleted from an Off-Topic thread on the national forums. Too risqué. Go figure.

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@Todd300 wrote:

The LOE was a typo lol. It’s still actually a LEO

I totally get that. More than anything, I was making a bad OLE & Lena joke. 😕

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Thanks, Zuma.

A great example that I like to point to is the (in)famous Bobcam. As number 5 in the world in geocaches found, he almost always logs more than 100 in a day. At times, many more. He did confess to me that, when logging the E.T. Trail, that he had four or five logs that he copied /pasted at random, but generally, you will find that he logs at least a sentence on each cache that has something to do with his unique experience at that particular cache.

He does carry a digital recorder these days as a helper. Taking his lead, I bought one too, and I’ve found that if I record something on it, that I really don’t need to use it. Its like taking notes in school… if you don’t, you’ll be lost, if you do, you’ll probably never need to use them.

In any case, I feel that if Bobcam can do it, so can I.

BTW: I have logged many lamp skirt caches with “I’m starting to get the hang of these”. Once, on one of DOC’s early LPC’s in the cities, I deliberately posted two DNFs before posting the actual log. But I’m kinda goofy that way.

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Over here in Minnesota, we have OLE’s (Officers of Law Enforcement). I’ve heard of LEO’s (Law Enforcement Officers), but I guess LOE’s must be a Wisconsin thing.

Loved that pamphlet! Great work. Any idea if those have actually averted any bomb squad training sessions?

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Hi, all! This is my first post here. Zuma mentioned this thread after I recently “hollered” at another cacher for posting copy/paste logs on a bunch of my caches (said cacher has since redeemed himself admirably, many times over, with some great logs!).

It took me a while, but I worked through all 12 pages. I must say that it sure feels great to see folks in a forum communicating like adults for a change!

The way I see it, a log serves many functions:

First and foremost, those logs are my personal journal of what I have done, who I did it with, and what my experience was like. I find it very rewarding to go back and reminisce.

Next, they serve as feedback for the cache owner. They are the “Thank you!” that you give after a friend fixes you dinner.

Third, they often serve to give future finders some important or helpful information about the hide when they are having problems with it.

Forth, they help me refine my future caches, based on the feedback I receive.

A while back, I saved what I think is a pretty good analogy that somebody posted on the National forums. This sums it up pretty well for me:

Suppose you invite someone over for dinner and put a lot of effort into making a very nice meal.

The guest arrives, eats the meal, and then gets up and leaves without a word. That’s a blank log.

If the guest eats, then gives a burp and leaves, that’s a tftc.

If the guest thanks you for the meal, compliments your cooking, and offers to help clean up, well, that’s a nice log.

Are you going to be motivated to put out the effort again for the first two?

Unfortunately, it seems that the trend has gotten to where it’s considered a very polite thing if you at least burp…

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