[Az-Geocaching] Wow

[PATRICK FINLEY]

I think Ken has hit the nail on the head. This is a game/hobby folks! I think some of you take this WAY to seriously. We too were obsessed with geocaching and the numbers for quite awhile, but after stepping back a little, realized that in the whole realm of things, this doesn't mean squat. We now enjoy going after caches that we really "want" to pursue, instead of just going after caches to add to our numbers. We exceeded our personal goals and realized just how compulsive/obsessive this game can be. Of course, where we are located right now, we probably couldn't get 20-25 caches in a day, anyway. Geocaching is supposed to be "fun", and I think some of you have seemed to lost sight of that. There's plenty of other things to do out there, and maybe some of you who spend hours on the computer everyday, should keep that in mind. The best days I ever had in Geocaching have been the days where myself, AJ.JR, Sprocket, Highway Havoc, Malcolm of Taylor's Tomb Raiders, RTW, and various other cachers have taken tough hikes to beautiful places and gotten only one cache in a day. Sharing the day with your friends in the outdoors is what it's all about. It seems anymore that the the majority of posts on the listserv have nothing to do with caching or discussing geocaching, but are more of a social nature If thats the direction the listserv is heading ,than so be it. I've never shyed away from expressing my opinion, and Jeff has stated how HE feels about co-FTF's, which is only HIS opinion. I'm sure Jeff has other things going on in his life right now, but it's really nobody elses business. Also,Trisha has other things going on in her life right now that are a lot more important than geocaching and I would guess she's put things into perspective. Just let it go and move on to something else, like the next pizza event or whatever.............

----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Bowley
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 6:26 PM
To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Wow

The wonderful thing about free speech is that it allows all sides to state  
their opinions, and also to state their disagreement with the other sides  
opinions.  So far I havn't seen anything that directly said to not state  
your opinion, just a lot of disagreements with what you had to say.

Personally I couldn't give a rats ass about most of the arguements on  
here.  It's a game/hobby.  I've got plenty of other things to keep me  
occupied if people start taking this too seriously.

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, TEAM 360 wrote:

> Well, well, look at all the sensitive Arizona geocachers who jumped all  
> over my post about "Co-FTF"...my, my....anyone else want to take a cheap  
> shot at me?
>
> Welcome to the AZ Geocaching Listserve, NO OPINIONS ALLOWED.
>
> Now lets all jump on 360 for speaking up.
>
> Oh, look out Bill, since YOU don't post finds either, I am sure  
> ShadowAce will be around to climb up your sh**, too....right?
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