[Az-Geocaching] Re: What we place in Urban Caches
Regan Smith
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Mon, 9 Dec 2002 19:01:29 -0700
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yes it was a really nice knife,
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From: RAND HARDIN=20
To: AZ-Geocaching=20
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Re: What we place in Urban Caches
I'm wondering why, if this woman is so worried about her 10 year old =
son, is she allowing him to wander around parks without her! After all! =
he could fall off some playground equipment, step on a piece of glass, =
find a poisonous critter, or get hit by a car on the way home!
We do need to use common sense in what we place in caches, but most of =
these little pocket knives are no sharper than most everyday items that =
many children come in contact with. I think she just wanted an excuse =
to keep the knife!
Rand
(RandMan)=20
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From: ken@highpointer.com
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 5:56 PM
To: Listserv@azgeocaching.com
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Re: What we place in Urban Caches
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] What we place in Urban Caches
Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
I just received an email from a non geocacher that her 10 year old =
son found in the park. She wrote "my 10 yr old son has found your cashe =
and brought it home to me. sorry to have messed up your game. your log =
book, a pencil, 2 cards, a
keychain and a small pocket knife are inside. I will return your =
cashe to the park, but not sure of the actual location, not to =
mention... I really don't feel right about leaving a knife in the park =
for a kid to find. (justaMy opinion) so... took knife, left peace of =
mind. 12/09/02 good hunting."
What is this parent so paranoid about? I remember back when I was a =
Cub Scout, and only 8 years old (I'm not ancien! t - I'm in my 30's now =
so I was a Cub Scout in the liberal 1970's), I wore my Cub Scout uniform =
to school with a pocket knife attached to the belt. One of the =
activities that we did as Cub Scouts was whittling with the pocket =
knife. And this was when I was 10 years of age or younger.
Therefore, I cannot see how a small pocket knife in a cache should =
cause any problems whatsoever. Perhaps the parents should just show =
their kids how to properly use a knife. That's what parents and other =
adults did with me when I was that kid's age. A small pocketknife, used =
properly, is a very useful tool and is considered an essential piece of =
equipment for hikers, campers and other outdoors people. (For example, =
see the list of 10 essentials of things to take on a hike by the =
Colorado Mountain Club - pocket knife is #8).
I'm not a parent, but I have two young nephews and a niece scheduled =
to be born later this week, and I wouldn't hesitate to give any of them =
a small pocket knife as a gift - and I don't believe that their parents =
(two are my brother's kids, one is my sister's) would be opposed in any =
way. (I'm suspicious of the parenting skills of that mother who =
confiscated the cache, but that's just my opinion).
Ken (a.k.a. Highpointer)
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<DIV>I'm wondering why, if this woman is so worried about her 10 year =
old son,=20
is she allowing him to wander around parks without her! =
After all!=20
he could fall off some playground equipment, step on a piece of =
glass,=20
find a poisonous critter, or get hit by a car on the way home!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We do need to use common sense in what we place in caches, but =
most of=20
these little pocket knives are no sharper than most everyday items =
that many=20
children come in contact with. I think she just wanted =
an excuse to=20
keep the knife!</DIV>
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<DIV>Rand</DIV>
<DIV>(RandMan) </DIV>
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ken@highpointer.com</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 09, =
2002 5:56=20
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Listserv@azgeocaching.com</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Az-Geocaching] Re: =
What we=20
place in Urban Caches</DIV>
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<P>Subject: [Az-Geocaching] What we place in Urban =
Caches<BR>Reply-To: <A=20
=
href=3D"http://us.f211.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=3Dlistserv@azgeocachi=
ng.com&YY=3D72761&order=3Ddown&sort=3Ddate&pos=3D0&vi=
ew=3Da&head=3Db">listserv@azgeocaching.com</A><BR><BR><EM>I=20
just received an email from a non geocacher that her 10 year old son =
found=20
in the park. She wrote "my 10 yr old son has found your cashe =
and=20
brought it home to me. sorry to have messed up your =
game. your=20
log book, a pencil, 2 cards, a<BR>keychain and a small pocket =
knife=20
are inside. I will return your cashe to the park, but not sure =
of the=20
actual location, not to mention... I really don't feel right about =
leaving a=20
knife in the park for a kid to find. (justaMy opinion) so... =
took=20
knife, left peace of mind. 12/09/02 good=20
hunting."</EM><BR><BR>What is this parent so paranoid about? I =
remember back when I was a Cub Scout, and only 8 years old (I'm not =
ancien!=20
t - I'm in my 30's now so I was a Cub Scout in the liberal 1970's), =
I wore=20
my Cub Scout uniform to school with a pocket knife attached to the=20
belt. One of the activities that we did as Cub Scouts was =
whittling=20
with the pocket knife. And this was when I was 10 years of age =
or=20
younger.</P>
<P>Therefore, I cannot see how a small pocket knife in a cache =
should cause=20
any problems whatsoever. Perhaps the parents should just show =
their=20
kids how to properly use a knife. That's what parents and other =
adults=20
did with me when I was that kid's age. A small pocketknife, =
used=20
properly, is a very useful tool and is considered an essential piece =
of=20
equipment for hikers, campers and other outdoors people. (For =
example,=20
see the list of <A href=3D"http://www.cmc.org/cmc/hike_eqp.html">10=20
essentials</A> of things to take on a hike by the <A=20
href=3D"http://www.cmc.org/">Colorado Mountain Club</A> - pocket =
knife is=20
#8).</P>
<P>I'm not a parent, but I have two young nephews and a niece =
scheduled to=20
be born later this week, and I wouldn't hesitate to give any of them =
a small=20
pocket knife as a gift - and I don't believe that their parents (two =
are my=20
brother's kids, one is my sister's) would be opposed in any =
way. (I'm=20
suspicious of the parenting skills of that mother who confiscated =
the cache,=20
but that's just my opinion).</P>
<P>Ken (a.k.a. =
Highpointer)</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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