- Oops, it wasn't in the bushes.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bridget Griffin" <bridget@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 12:23 AM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: My beefs with micros and other ranting > - > Eric, > Speedway is one of mine, so was Toddle Time. It was in the "bushes" to > where you have to snoop around. Wasn't one part of your tri-state cache > near a playground too? > > Bridget > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric & Dayna East" <believer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 4:59 PM > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: My beefs with micros and other ranting > > > > - > > 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. 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