- What if it's near the grave of a famous person, such as one of our former Presidents or Vice Presidents or maybe even a famous person in history ( history, DUH ) . But doesn't actually show disrespect such as used in multi. HereFishyFishy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Keiser" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 5:50 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: My beefs with micros and other ranting > - > Playgrounds are just fine when kids are with you, but, yeah, a bummer > when I'm not with kids. However, worse than that are cemetary caches. > > "Um, sorry about your husband, mam--I just need to look under that > geoflage... I mean rock, next to his gravestone....." > > dave > > On Jul 8, 2004, at 4:59 PM, Eric & Dayna East wrote: > > > - > > I could not agree more! I hate "playground" caches. You get to a park, > > start > > following the GPSr, and you end up in the bushes next to a playground. > > That > > is irresponsible and I really don't think they should be allowed. > > > > Hi Mike. > > > > Not trying to pick a fight but, wasn't speedway one of your caches? It > > was > > very near a playground. Not that I minded, I enjoyed the cache & my > > kids > > loved the playground. We actually enjoy the ones near the playgrounds > > because of the kids. > > > > Eric > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Griffin" <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:02 AM > > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: My beefs with micros and other ranting > > > > > >> - > >>> > >>> FINAL RANT > >>> I don't care how far I travel to hunt a cache. If it's in a small > >>> park > >>> and I am hunting by myself and there are kids in the park, I don't > >>> hesitate to move on to the next cache (even though I will log a note > >>> about the situation.) I'm not going to hunt a cache at the sake of > >>> taking on 'deviant' or 'stalker' status. > >> > >> I could not agree more! I hate "playground" caches. You get to a park, > > start > >> following the GPSr, and you end up in the bushes next to a playground. > > That > >> is irresponsible and I really don't think they should be allowed. > >> Imagine > > a > >> parent looking at their kids playing on the jungle jim and in the > >> bushes > > is > >> a grown man snooping around. As a parent, I would freak out. I did > >> one in > >> Indiana and was on the other side of a creek. The playground was 200 > >> feet > >> from where I was at but, when I crossed back over the creek, I came > >> within > >> 100 feet of the playground. Three mothers surrounded me and questioned > > what > >> I was doing. I explained it to them and told them it was a Family Fun > >> activity. They were not impressed and wrote down the license plate > >> number > > of > >> the car, even though it was a rental. > >> > >> I posted something in the log about it and emailed the owner. I never > >> got > > a > >> reply back. > >> > >>> > >> Mike > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >> > > *********************************************************************** > > ***** > >>> Our WebPage! 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