Very well said. Thank you Bill.
PS What's playing? My wife lived there when she was growing up.
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From:
az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[
mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Bill
Nolan
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:28 PM
To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Why I am thnking of public retirement
An interesting comment. I cannot disagree. My wife and I have enjoyed
geocaching for a long time now. When we started, the top team in AZ was
under 500 finds. We found some aspects of the game to be overcompetitive,
so we just don't log our finds. For us, the fun is the search, and in the
back country places the search takes us. (We have never looked for or found
an "urban" cache.) What we do is not better or worse than the way others
play the game. It is just different. Some like the competition of being
FTF on a cache. Others like the numbers. I am reminded of golf. Some say
it is a contest against yourself. Can you play better than you have before?
Not me. I prefered to beat the guys I was playing with. For me, golf was a
very competitive game. (I seldom actually beat the guys I was playing with,
but that's another story.) Now, for those to whom the numbers are
important, having a cache deleted for no good reason is a big deal. Others
couldn't care less. Who's right? Both, because they are playing the game
for different reasons and with different goals.
If you are having fun, then the way you are playing works for you. If you
aren't, go to the movies instead. In fact, go to the movies in Willcox,
where, by coincidence, I own the theater.
Bill in Willcox.
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From:
az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[
mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Ford,
Denny
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:35 AM
To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Why I am thnking of public retirement
This is exactly why I am semi retired. I don't always log on the website
when I find one, and my thirst for having to search is not there. This is a
game, and until people remember that this is a GAME, people will continue to
be pissed off by others.
There are too many other things in life to worry about whether someone
deleted my log, or the cache owner deleting a log because they felt like
it.
Can't we all just get along and Have fun???????
Disclaimer,
This is in no way an attack on anyone, or any particular group and is just
my own thoughts and feelings, and if you don't like what I said , Ignore it!
Denny Ford, Tres Hombres
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