<conspiracy theory>On a side note (and hopefully taken with humor in
mind), Jeremy identified is as an Earthlink customer who was playing the
role of the elusive cache_pirate. The only cacher posting to this
listserv from an earthlink.net e-mail address is Team Tierra
Buena.</conspiracy theory>
BUSTED! We confess!
We were on the grassy knoll, too.
And we loaned our bulk tape eraser to Rose Mary Woods.
In case those references are too ancient for you, we also belong to the
secret cabal that sets retail gasoline prices in Arizona.
<Insert smiley, winking, just-kidding emoticon of choice here>
Seriously, all we can do is deny it. We've been too busy to do any
caching at all let alone pull this kind of crap. I've stayed out of the
discussion until now because of lack of time and the fact that others
have already made this point. Permit me to state our position now,
though, just in case someone missed Brian's parenthetic remark above
about taking his remark with humor in mind:
The following is from the geocaching.com FAQ page
(
http://www.geocaching.com/faq.asp):
What are the rules in Geocaching?
Geocaching is a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, the rules are very
simple:
1. Take something from the cache
2. Leave something in the cache
3. Write about it in the logbook
Where you place a cache is up to you.
According to the official web site then, there are only three rules. (To
my mind, they kind of rank up there with Newton's laws and Asimov's
Three Laws of Robotics.) If there are only three rules, and the pirate
is violating one of them, it ain't Geocaching.
And it ain't us.
No offense taken, Brian.
Steve
Team Tierra Buena
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