[Az-Geocaching] Arizona Geocachers' Shame
gale and mike
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Fri, 02 May 2003 00:59:50 +0000
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<P>Jeepster next time you're out here, maybe we can have you and Sprocket race to see who can get a predetermined list of caches. That's the only fair way to see who's the fastest team. The last cache could be an event cache. Are you up for a challenge Sprocket, Jeepster?</P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: thejeepster@att.net </DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
<DIV></DIV>>To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Arizona Geocachers' Shame
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 00:12:07 +0000
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<DIV></DIV>>Okay, that's enough! Let's get a few facts on the table.
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<DIV></DIV>> > an 'out-of-towner' breezed into the Phoenix metro area and
<DIV></DIV>> > swiftly blew away the record
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<DIV></DIV>>and
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<DIV></DIV>> > We ... were appalled that a cacher from out of state should hold an
<DIV></DIV>> > Arizona record.
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<DIV></DIV>>Jeez guys ...
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<DIV></DIV>>1) I lived in Arizona from mid 1993 until 2000.
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<DIV></DIV>>2) I left both my kids behind to live in Arizona ... yep, they have spouses,
<DIV></DIV>>jobs and homes, so probably won't be leaving anytime soon.
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<DIV></DIV>>3) With the kids there, do you honestly think my wife will let me retire
<DIV></DIV>>anyplace else but Arizona? And, don't even start with the whining about
<DIV></DIV>>snowbird status.
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<DIV></DIV>>So, although I don't presently live in Arizona, I'm would argue against the
<DIV></DIV>>derogatory "cacher from out of state" label. Do you now consider Loren from
<DIV></DIV>>Team Sand Dollar an outcast? If so, I'll accept the title, but if not, don't
<DIV></DIV>>throw me out because I had to move to the Midwest right before the sport was
<DIV></DIV>>invented.
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<DIV></DIV>> > At the time, we heard a lot of grumbling from others like, "Sure if we
<DIV></DIV>> > didn't already have so many finds, we could do that."
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<DIV></DIV>>Well, just ignore "Team Roping the Wind" ... honest, he'll quiet down after
<DIV></DIV>>awhile.
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<DIV></DIV>> > Now, who's up for spending next month in Illinois, picking up a couple
<DIV></DIV>> > hundred caches? ;-)
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<DIV></DIV>>I just put out nine new ones ... will that help? Actually, Chicago has some of
<DIV></DIV>>the best cache hunting around ... if you don't mind the dripping humidity,
<DIV></DIV>>mucky swamps and mosquitoes the size of roadrunners. Phoenix micros are great,
<DIV></DIV>>but finding a pill bottle in the middle of a hot, humid, tick and mosquito
<DIV></DIV>>infested forest preserve adds new meaning to frustration. By the way, a
<DIV></DIV>>hunting trip to Chicago is about a three hundred mile round trip … humm, you
<DIV></DIV>>can fly there in the same time it takes me to drive.
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<DIV></DIV>> > Arizona cachers, we have consequently rectified that revoltin' development.
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<DIV></DIV>>What, you took all month to move the bar up a couple of caches? You must
<DIV></DIV>>remember that I only took two weeks (14 days … not a single day more) to find
<DIV></DIV>>160 caches. Yes, that’s 160 caches. I know the stats only show 159, but
<DIV></DIV>>Highpointer was obviously so mad he changed every cache I found into a members
<DIV></DIV>>only cache just to reduce the count ... and I'm a dues paying member to boot.
<DIV></DIV>>Shame on you Ken!!! So, Team Sprocket, the challenge is 161 caches in two
<DIV></DIV>>weeks, not a whole month. And, no more fluffing up your count with just those
<DIV></DIV>>1/1 caches either ... one cache hunt has to be "Return to Sender" ... and at
<DIV></DIV>>least a sprinkling of five star difficulty caches. Oh, and don’t forget … you
<DIV></DIV>>probably should find all of the caches in the South Mountain Range … just to
<DIV></DIV>>make it fair.
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<DIV></DIV>>Okay, so now I've vented ... I'll go back to lurking.
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<DIV></DIV>>With tongue in cheek,
<DIV></DIV>>Jeepster (Tom Clark)
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<DIV></DIV>>Oh, by the way Scott, congrats on the 162 cache finds last month and the 55
<DIV></DIV>>finds in a single day.
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