- I dunno - I've always found that it's just easier to bring RGS! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent & Amanda Deen" <baja70@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:10 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: R e : [ G e o S t L ] T e s t You are no longer a newbie when you do an RGS cache in only one trip and remember to bring: a flashlight, kneepads, a step ladder, magnets, a length of rope and/or string, a long stick, a roll of duct tape, a piece of wire, some luck, a cell phone, the phone number of someone to give you some "help" a long piece of paper to write down "everything" and optionally a calculator . . . and a cupel. Amanda BAJA Clan On Apr 15, 2004, at 19:31, P ekey wrote: > Cupel sounds like a place RGS might hide a cache. Or a McGuyver-type > instrument to access a cache. > > cu·pel n. > 1. A porous cup, often made of bone ash, used in assaying to > separate precious metals from base elements such as lead. > 2. The bottom or receptacle in a silver-refining furnace. > > Pam > ----- Original Message ----- > From: TKLNHL > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 6:15 PM > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: R e : [ G e o S t L ] T e s t > > test1 (t<ebreve.gif>st) > n. > 1. A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the > presence, quality, or truth of something; a trial: a test of one's > eyesight; subjecting a hypothesis to a test; a test of an athlete's > endurance. > 2. A series of questions, problems, or physical responses designed > to determine knowledge, intelligence, or ability. > 3. A basis for evaluation or judgment: “A test of democratic > government is how Congress and the president work together” (Haynes > Johnson). > 4. Chemistry. > a. A physical or chemical change by which a substance may be > detected or its properties ascertained. > b. A reagent used to cause or promote such a change. > c. A positive result obtained. > 5. A cupel. > > Challenge: > Use "cupel" at least once in an email today. > > Nancy > asking the question: > When is a geocaching "newbie" no longer a "newbie"? > **************************************************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field