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I stumbled across this a few years ago when I first got my gps unit. I wish I would have acted on it then. I have taken my family out with me the last week...
Welcome to geocaching. It is a fun hobby and can be addictive. It is especially fun for families with kids. Kristin [Non-text portions of this message have...
"The guardrail is located along North Lincoln Avenue near the closed Aetnaville Bridge. Studenc said authorities questioned a man they had in custody about the...
Uh, yeah, that sounds like one of the top ten terrorist locations. What's not very smart are people who panic over a decon container on the side of the road. I...
Seem to me that if geocacher's would follow one of the golden rules and avoid "muggles", we'd see a lot less of this kind of publicity. Of course this is one...
Sean Martin
nitrams0@...
Mar 18, 2008 2:00 pm
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I suspect that this may have been the result of a slighty (or maybe not slightly) paranoid busybody who saw a car stopped on the side of the road. Instead of...
"Land of the free, Home of the Scared" Post 911 Paranoid ? Yup. No worries about TV's, Old Tires, batteries and the like being dumped along the road, but a...
I was wrong about which cache caused the "panic." I had found a cache in the immediate area that fit the description and that had been disabled on the same day...
Un believable......... Yes folks, Al-Queda's new strategy is to blow up all the guardrails in the US, they figure that without guardrails, most Americans will...
"Yes folks, Al-Queda's new strategy is to blow up all the guardrails in the US, they figure that without guardrails, most Americans will simply drive off the...
"The Explosives Disposal Unit was called out yesterday morning when a small sealed tube covered with green camouflage tape and a wire sticking out of it was...
"A modern-day form of treasure hunting, known as geocaching, caused a bomb scare Wednesday that closed a portion of Highway 101 in Mendocino County for about...
Wonder if this article will make GC's "Geocaching in the news" section of the weekly email! Ammo can, under a bridge, with a circuit board attached, where's...
Sounds like a new category for the "Best Of Awards". ... -- Andrew Senger asenger@... http://yawetag.110mb.com "I can't win anything. In fact, if you...
Yeah... my take on the whole "geocashing community vs. the world" attitude is that we need to try to be understanding of the ignorance and fear of the ...
Sean Martin
nitrams0@...
May 12, 2008 12:06 pm
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"FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Police have determined that a suspicious package wrapped in duct tape and placed under O'Neal Bridge contained just another clue in a...
Ottawa: "Police are unlikely to issue a fine or lay charges after a suspicious package was found to be part of a burgeoning hobby known as geocaching. The...
Midland, Texas: "The Midland County Sheriff's Office and the Midland Bomb Squad have confiscated a suspicious item at the UTPB CEED Building in Midland County...
Ann Arbor, MI: " It was simply part of an Internet-based scavenger hunt, police say. But the Tupperware-like container wrapped in duct tape near the historic...
Nevada: "A bomb squad investigated a suspicious pipe dropped off in front of a Carson City business Tuesday only to find the item was part of an electronic...
Folks, if the geocaching (GC) community does not reign in this kind of poor GC behavior, the federal govenment will reign it in for us. We can all react and...
Sean Martin
nitrams0@...
Sep 17, 2008 1:06 pm
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Groundspeak seems to have an indifference to this type of behavior. I have a personal experience to share. I live in Newton, NC, USA. A new Groundspeak...
I agree - I have been suspended a few times because of arguing on the forums about that kind of thing. They make a large number of rules, and make a large...
Well said and right on target. Cachers need to exercise a little discretion and common sense, but if the reviewers don't enforce the existing standards the...