tigerfire25
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Registered: 02/26/09
Posts: 117
Loc: Humboldt Co, CA
UPDATE FOR :COUNTRY BRIDGE 2
Seeing as how the container at this location has alarmed a select few, the container has been modified. Please know that based on my chosen profession and having shared training with bomb squad/IED disablement, we know exactly the appearance of a real granade or even an improvised/altered granade. A box with wires protruding out of it is a different story though.God bless our troops!
TFJ
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Registered: 02/25/09
Posts: 192
Loc: San Francisco
Perhaps you know better, but the general public does not. It will be those muggles calling 911 when they see a bunch of suspicious people at GZ and come looking to see why they're there.
This week's Groundspeak newsletter contains the following:
Quote:
Law enforcement personnel around the world are becoming increasingly aware of geocaching and, as such, are reaching out to Groundspeak and the geocaching community for assistance as they work to educate their staff on the activity. The law enforcement officers with whom we have been in contact are appreciative of the help and eager to pass on information to others in their field. They would like to remind geocachers to obtain permission from the land owner or land manager before placing a cache and to choose a placement location that will not cause unnecessary concern. We’d also recommend using clear containers marked as a geocache so that the contents can easily be identified.
sweetj
veteran
Registered: 02/26/09
Posts: 357
Loc: Stafford, ca
Ok, so let me get this straight...it has to be a clear container...i can't bury it...i can't make a geopile and disturb nature...it has to be right off the "established" trail...sure is becoming harder and harder to even be able to hide a cache....isn't the point of "hiding" something mean making it not "out in the open"?? Oh well, just my two cents of the morning!!!
TFJ
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Registered: 02/25/09
Posts: 192
Loc: San Francisco
I'm sure you can still make it geo-torture for us all. Just take the coords forty feet away and hide mini-micros. Let's see any law person think those minis are bombs. Maybe they will think that they are ant bombs?
What a lame, one-sided story! That reporter needs to revisit Journalism 101. Has the Times-Standard ever done a geocaching story? Would it be a good thing? (All identities would be protected, naturally).
I like the blog post by ChildOfAtom regarding the article:
Originally Posted By: ChildOfAtom
This is a prime example of the new form of sound bite "journalism" that has been so pervasive in the last few years. It just seems like they pick a random topic from a hat, find the worst possible "fact" they can about it, and make a story that really only works in the headline.
"How your slippers can KILL YOU!"
"Why rainbows might CAUSE CANCER!"
"The ingredient in your mom's lasagna that is giving your children ADHD!"
The commercial soundbite draws viewers, but the actual story falls apart as soon as they get past that because the actual story is conjecture... "you might, possibly, maybe get injured by these shoes if your wear them upside down and are standing too close to a wall when the moon passes through the third house of mercury! So be careful!"
but boil it for about 10 hours then YUM
And the article 
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