[Az-Geocaching] Kangaroo's revenge

Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:22:52 -0700

:-)

Hey, there was a bomb scare at the building across the parking lot of where
I am... It was called in to the University of Phoenix... right next to the
"break in education" cache.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Tomlinson" <billtomlinson@qwest.net>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:52 AM
Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Kangaroo's revenge

> It seems you stopped a bit short.  Remember, geocaching encourages players
> to take vehicles where they are illegal.  You were supposed to drive your
> Navigator right to the cache.  You stopped 100 yds short, so the find
> doesn't count.
>
> LOL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
> [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> Ingoglia
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:19 AM
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Kangaroo's revenge
>
>
> Nope... separate GPS' were used every time (actually, both of us even
> brought our individual "spare" GPS' on many of the trips)... we always did
> this to see who could find it first.  :-)  In fact in the "Nearly in
> Harmony" cache I kind of almost cheated.  :-)  In my Navigator I have the
> navigation package (how could I turn that down?).  On this particular
cache
> I knew the park it was located in so I just entered the park name as a
> "point of interest"... my vehicle brought me within 100 yds of the cache
> (the distance between the green belt where the cache was located and the
> street I was parked on).  :-)  This isn't really cheating, is it?  After
> all, I did use a GPS... just not a handheld.  :-)  Getting street by
street
> directions (and being literally told where to turn) sure is a lot easier
> than guessing which street to turn down.  :-)  :-)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Tomlinson" <billtomlinson@qwest.net>
> To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:30 PM
> Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Kangaroo's revenge
>
>
> > FWIW, I agree.  There are many individuals that hunt caches together,
> > but log separately.  The only difference in your case is (perhaps)
> > that only
> one
> > GPSr was used.  Although some would disagree, I don't think that
> > alters
> the
> > outcome much.  I say log them with the original dates and as much
> narrative
> > as you can.  I like reading the logs to see what adventures others
> > have
> had.
> > Even when multiple teams find a cache together, their unique
> > perspectives will make the log entries interesting.
> >
> > CacheLess
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
> > [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of
> > Loran Wilcox
> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:59 PM
> > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Kangaroo's revenge
> >
> >
> > I had almost 50 finds before I logged any caches online. To me a find
> > is a find, and stats are a personal thing. Logging online give the
> > finder a record of their finds. The only reason to go out to the
> > caches again would be to put an entry in the physical log under the
> > new name. Plus for caches that no longer exist this would not be
> > possible.  I would say log them and if there are any owners that
> > require a new physical entry take care of those. Most cachers won't
> > mind you logging your finds late just use the actual day you found
> > them in your online entries so that the stats will be real.
> >
> > Team Sand Dollar
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike" <mike@leaplab.com>
> > To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:47 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Kangaroo's revenge
> >
> >
> > > If I just log the caches that I had found previously it's going to
> > abnormally through off the stats...  I know this might annoy
> > *someone*.
> :-)
> > :-)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Loran Wilcox [mailto:loranwilcox@chartermi.net]
> > > Sent: Mon 6/2/2003 6:21 PM
> > > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> > > Cc:
> > > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Kangaroo's revenge
> > >
> > >
> > > Create a new account and enter logs for those caches that you have
> > > already
> > found. Use the original find date and just put a note in your online
> > logs that you previously logged them as part TeamLeapLab.  If any
> > cache owner doesn't except that then just refind them and make a
> > physical log entry. It's not like you didn't find the cache.
> > >
> > > Team Sand Dollar
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Mike Ingoglia <mailto:mike@leaplab.com>
> > > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:07 PM
> > > Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Kangaroo's revenge
> > >
> > > I have a question?  Brian is no longer employed at the company which
> > inspired the name "TeamLeapLab" and decided to change the team name to
> Team
> > AZevil.  I guess he had the right to do this as officially he was
> > captain since he was the one that went through the motions of signing
> > up...
> although
> > I was the one that first suggested we start geocaching as he had never
> heard
> > of it before (no, I'm not bitter).  :-)
> > >
> > > Originally I thought he was starting a new team until I just tried
> > > to log
> > into "our" account and noticed it no longer existed and that all "our"
> past
> > finds are now under Team AZevil instead of TeamLeapLab.  I originally
> > noticed this after wondering why I hadn't received any more finds on
> > our trademark "The Kangaroo is Watching" cache.... Well, it had been
> archived...
> > that's why.
> > >
> > > My question is this. . .  if I decide to start a new team can I in
> > > good
> > conscience revisit all of the caches I did under what is now
> > considered
> Team
> > AZevil and log them as a new find?  After all, I was with Brian at all
> > but
> a
> > few of those caches... we were always a two cacher team with the
> > exception to a handful of caches he did with his wife.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > Team (crap, I guess I don't have a home).
> > >
> > > PS...  I guess the travel bug that I released will never find it's
> > > way
> > home.  :-(
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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