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Originally posted by greyhounder:
Since, in the greater scheme of things, find count really doesn’t mean anything (and I can be a very compettive cacher when it comes to numbers, so I know that numbers mean something on a personal level) what does it matter — people can do whatever they want.Some people claim finds on their own caches….
Some people claim multiple finds on caches for each time they have visited it…
Some people claim finds when they didn’t find the cache, but know where it was supposed to be…It might come down to a matter of conformity — or not. Do we want to do what everyone else does and avoid the complaints of other cachers from other states? When you play golf, or basketball, or whatever, does it really matter if you “fudge” the numbers a bit? Are you having fun? I think that’s what really matters.
If I become one of the top cachers and a majority of my finds are from events, have I really spoiled the sport/game/hobby for every other geocacher? Does my find count really have that much of an impact in YOUR life?
Some people go on major caching sprees and take a long time to log their finds — some can’t even remember all the caches they did find? Should they be reprimanded for not being accurate in their find counts? They’re not claiming all their finds — I don’t know how many caches they’ve actually found!! How can I ever find more caches than them?
Just food for thought from me. It’s kind of cheesy, isn’t it?
Bec
[This message has been edited by greyhounder (edited 07-29-2005).]
Bec, I like your post a lot. That really made a lot of sense to me.
I say allow the multiple logs if we want and ignore the subject on the gc.com boards because that’s really the only place we get flak from in regards to it. If we don’t get involved in their petty bickering on the subject, they’ll soon learn to let it die.
I’ll have some crackers to go with the cheese.
~MF
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Originally posted by fishcachers:
All I’m going to add is that this is the most interesting and sane discussion I’ve seen on this topic yet. Awesome!~MF
Wow!!! The interesting-ness and sane-ness continues!!!! This is fantastic!!! Lots of great food-for-thought!
~MF
Lots of get well soon wishes to your garmin!
All I’m going to add is that this is the most interesting and sane discussion I’ve seen on this topic yet. Awesome!
~MF
I just watched it on your website, (sorry about sucking up some of the bandwidth!) and it was FANTASTIC!!! Rhonda and John – you did a great job! (WTG on the CITO shirt! Gotta get that part of the message out somehow too!)
And the reporter did a nice job as well – I think he covered it well, and seemed excited about it too.
FYI – The Channel 3000 website can be V-E-R-Y slow to update over the weekend….
I’ll wave *hi* to all the visitors now!
I’m sure our founding fathers are turning in their graves at this moment, knowing that more and more freedoms are being restricted each and every day. Pretty soon, we won’t be able to go anywhere without our *papers*….
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Originally posted by Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu:
Papa Fishcacher is a deputy sheriff. His department shot a geocache last year.Are you serious?? I don’t know if I want to go out there now, without official GeoCaching garb on, so I be identified. Sheesh.. whats this world coming to??
[This message has been edited by Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu (edited 07-06-2005).]
They didn’t shoot a geocacheR! Just the cache box. Here’s the story:
The police were called in regards to an ammo box in a wooded area of a town near the water tower. When they arrived, they had no clue what the box contained, and no way of finding out for certain. It could be a bomb, it could be old ammo, it could be drugs, it could be a whole list of things. So they treated it as a possible explosive device, called the ‘bomb squad’ (they have some other fancy-ish name that escapes my mind at the moment) and their protocol for this situation was to have a sniper fire a large caliber bullet through it to disable it.
Really, deputies don’t make it a habit to go around shooting things or even people. It was just standard procedure for the situation; especially in this day and age, with terrorism having the grip it does…. Unfortunately, a couple officers weren’t too thrilled with the fact that they had to go thru all that to shoot up some McToys, but the entire department received a briefing on it that mentioned geocaching, so now they all know about it.
Before I knew geocaching existed, if I’d stumbled across an ammo box in the woods, especially one that was still labelled “50 caliber ammunition” or something along those lines, with no other identification on it, I’d be a little nervous about it and would probably call the cops. Now if that box said “geocaching.com” on it, I would’ve come home and looked that up, and then probably wouldn’t call the cops.
Just remember to wear your blaze orange during hunting season because you’re much more likely to get shot by a hunter with *buck fever* than a cop just doing his job, hoping to have a boring day where he gets to make it home alive to see his family after every shift.
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Originally posted by GrouseTales:
Working in law enforcement for 18+ years, I would have to say “NO”, we shouldn’t notify them about our specific geocaches. Absolutely not.I say this for many reasons:
[*]First off, how are they going to keep track of this information? How is everyone at the department going to know about the information you told one person.
[*]In today’s liability conscious world, the department would probably want to investigate the sitation before they agreed that it was ok or not.
[*]If a citizen were to report the object as a suspicious item, the department would handle the situation the same. Even if someone did remember that the object was something called a “geocache”, something evil could have been placed in the cache since time it was initially ok’d.
My advise…Get permission from the land owner or manager. Use transparent containers. Clearly lable the container as a geocache. Paint ammo boxes so they do not contain military markings.
If you obtained permission, write that on the side of the container: “Geocache game piece – Placed with permission of _______ Park Rec Department”. How about “Geocache site – Contact 414-555-1212 with any questions”.
I think you are better off making a cache look harmless, rather then notify your local police department. A better way to notify police departments would be to create a brocure or video that explains Geocaching in generic terms.
The WGA has discussed making a video directed for park managers. This video would also be perfect for Law Enforcment.
[This message has been edited by GrouseTales (edited 07-06-2005).]
I couldn’t agree more. Excellent post.
Papa Fishcacher is a deputy sheriff. His department shot a geocache last year.
~MF
Those pics and captions are great! I love when folks do that!
~MF
Welcome! I’m a mom too. I work part-time and am a mom and wife the rest of my time. (I always joke that my outside of the home work is my break from my real job!) I have one kiddo and he’s 8 now. I originally thought geocaching was going to be a great family bonding activity to get us all off the couch. It’s pretty much my hobby now, lol. I long for school to start again so I can have a day here and there where I can drop Little Fishcacher off at school and take off and go caching for the day!
I agree that it is a wonderful way to see parts of the area we normally wouldn’t see. I’ve hardly left my county and I’ve seen sooooo many beautiful places! As for the “inexpensive” part you mention…. That could be up for debate.
LOVE your screen name! Does it have a special meaning? Maybe we’ll meet you at the picnic in August.
~Mama Fishcacher
The Ice Age Trail was the first thing that popped into my head as well.
I wish I had a spoonful of “Cave Dog’s” energy! 30+ mile hikes! Wow!!!!
~MF
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Originally posted by greyhounder:
I will post a little sheepishly…..1. I ranted a bit about how I wasn’t all that gung ho about the jeeps enough to get one
2. I raided one from another state!
But I got myself one white Jeep. I didn’t have to walk too far, but round trip, I drove 986.2 miles.
If you need to find me, I will be hiding underneath my soapbox…
Bec
ROTFLOL Bec!!!
I hope you didn’t do that JUST for a white jeep….
~MF
Thanks!
~MF
I hate this aspect of summer – when certain folks have nothing better to do than commit crimes….. Grrrr. I hope they catch them soon!
~MF
Go to the page on your PDA for the starting cache. (Info) Tap on the word “CacheMate” in the upper left corner to get a drop down menu. Select “Nearest Caches” from that menu. If you click “ok” here, it will sort from the location of the cache you started from. Then you’ll get a new screen with Search Filters on it, and you can choose the directions from there by un-checking the boxes you don’t want. Click “ok” then it will do a distance computation, then it will do computation applying your filters and give you a list. Choose the cache from the list and click “go to”. To get back to this list, click “done” with that cache, go back to the original cache and apply the same filters, and it won’t go thru the recomputation process, and will just pop the list back up again. I haven’t found another way to get back to that list yet…. If someone else knows, I’d love to learn!
~Mama Fishcacher
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