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Sometimes a bug owner will take my offer of a laminated tag, sometimes they don’t. If they don’t – no skin off my nose and less work for me! When I do put a tag on, I use a template (I think I got it off the Texas Geocacher’s website) that has space for the TB owner’s name, so of course I put it on!
My $.02: if a TB owner really wants their TB to complete their goal, then they should put a tag on it. If they don’t, and many choose not to, then they have no right to complain if the bug doesn’t always go in the right direction. You can’t always check out the goals of the bugs in a cache before you visit – especially while traveling.
Team LightningBugs
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Originally posted by EnergySaver:
… or is it “light house”, or “light-housed”? Maybe I’ll go with a flashlight … or is it …
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* * * * * * * * * *Hmmmm…..a badger…….holding a GPSr……rooting thru an ammo box……maybe wearing a bucket hat!
Nah, now I’m just being silly!
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* * * * * * * * * *I love having keepsakes from events I go to or places I’ve visited. (I am waering my Cache In – Camp Out shirt as we speak )So I would vote for event-specific.
I do use buttons as caching swag tho. I recently bought a supply of Geocacher’s Creed buttons from BumbleButtons and have been leaving them hither and yon. One thing that’s important for this is to put them in a little craft baggie first so they don’t get rusty.
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Originally posted by greyhounder:
Badger? You decide!
Actually, if someone could photoshop the infamous hat onto it, I think we might have something there!
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* * * * * * * * * *Ummmmmm…………
I don’t want a coin that says “Turdus Migratorius” on it.
Great job on the new drawing, but perhaps we should stick with English names?
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* * * * * * * * * *Then, on the Log Your Visit page, you choose “Attended” on the pull-down menu. There is no “Found It” for events, so you have to do an “Attended” for each hide you want to log.
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* * * * * * * * * *Well, we made it to the Friday get together and had a great time! Just wanted to thank FlushingGrouse and Hot Dogs for hosting. Catch you all again later…
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* * * * * * * * * *Hi Carla!
Welcome to the WGA and the addiction that is geocaching. There are some great people on these forums from the Madison area that I’m sure will chime in and be willing to meet up with you and help you get started. In the mean time, check out these links if you haven’t already:Geocaching.com Getting Started
And when you have the basics, check out
Markwell’s FAQ Update.I’m sure others will give you more guidance, but I have to go put my kids to bed now….
Team LightningBugs
* * * * * * * * * *As I see it, nobody should feel guilty for logging temp finds that they feel are worthy of a smiley. Jeremy does not own the sport of geocaching, he owns the website that we choose to use to list our hides and finds. He makes the rules about what can go on his website, not about what geocaching can be. We, as Wisconsin cachers, decide what caching in Wisconsin will be. Jeremy may think logging temps is stupid, but fortunately he is keeping his opinions out of his decision of what to allow on his listing service.
Another point: We defend our choice to log the temps by saying they are worthy of permanent status, but of course we must remove them because the parks we use don’t want anything left behind. If they are to be considered truly worthy, then I feel they should abide by the rules of GC.com and be at least .1 miles apart. I realize that lots of caches are placed at these events to try to keep people from all descending on the same place at the same time. But placing caches within close proximity, even if they are great hides, only gives our detractors ammunition about us just doing this to boost our numbers.
Team LightningBugs
* * * * * * * * * *[This message has been edited by LightningBugs Mum (edited 08-08-2005).]
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Originally posted by bnb:
If you note that an apparent newbie logs their own cache, do you leave it alone or send them a note about it.
I think I know which one you’re talking about since I watch the EC area caching activity too. I often email new cachers in my own town just to be friendly and welcoming. You could start off with something along those lines, but also include info on how to post notes to your own caches. Many newbies just don’t know about that option. If they respond – great, maybe you’ve got a new caching friend. If not, oh well, you tried.
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Originally posted by greyhounder:
Of course, that’s just my comments (and it might not be worth all that much).
Don’t sell yourself short, Bec. You’ve always seemed pretty sharp to me!
I have to second Mama Fishcacher’s opinion. Everything I’ve seen so far has been most impressive! And I have no clue how he does it either….
Hmmmm. I like the deer. I also think the wood violet would be a good state symbol to use as I seem to run across them frequently while goecaching. If you do want to use a little color, the purple of the flower would make a good contrast. But it might not be a *grand* enough image for some people’s tastes.
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* * * * * * * * * *I like collecting the cards and other sig items. And I like it when somebody collects my sig item (wooden nickels) out a cache. Sig items collectors are merely a subset of the geocaching public. I often find the cards put in the baggie with the log book – especially in the bigger caches. This is handy since they are kept clean, flat, and easy to find in a box full of loot.
Looking at it from a cache owner’s perspective: It seems that some people feel the sig item was put there for the cache owner and therefore is untradeable. But most of the time, in my experience, the cache owner doesn’t care. IF they even actually do cache maintenance, most of them leave the sig items there. I, as a sig item collector, will take sig items from my own caches when I go out to replenish them. But if a cache finder traded out someone’s sig item from one of my caches, I don’t feel like they took something that should have been mine.
I guess the only exception might be when the log book is unsignable for some reason and the sig item was left in lieu of a signature.
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* * * * * * * * * *My $.02:
The WGA event temps are excellent and each one deserves a find. But they really should be at least .1 miles apart.
Now for my personal experience:
My first event was last year’s picnic. When I signed up to go, I thought we would get the one event smiley and that was it. And I was expecting it to be a primarily social event. When I realized there would be lots of loggable temps, the whole situation changed. Sure, I met some great people – two of whom are still friends and caching partners today. But, except for lunch and picture time, most people (including us) were out after the caches. At the campout, the experience was pretty much the same. I’m not saying this is bad. I just don’t see the WGA events as *primarily* social. If I really want to meet fellow cachers and get to know them, I have found the small events with few or no temps to be much more effective.
My second $.02:
If the WGA chooses to make their events one-log-only, then they should stop hiding the temps. We will still come, but we will see it as a social – not a caching – event. In other words, I agree with CacheCows above.My third $.02:
The WGA should not feel pressured from outside influences. If people from other parts of the country want to gripe about these events, they should come to an event to do it.
Team LightningBugs
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