[GeoStL] Re: My new hero
- From: Jill King <jmisiura68@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:17:18 -0500
C3GPS, you're up, again!
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On Mar 15, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Michael Rogers <mrogers07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So let me get this straight...those of us who were not around near the
> beginning are somehow inferior at this hobby/sport/addiction/etc. compared to
> you old timers?
>
> -M
>
> From: Jim Bensman <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 3:41:17 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: My new hero
>
> Back in the day, numbers competition meant something because it took skill,
> intelligence, and planning to get numbers. Nowadays a monkey could get 1000
> finds in a day. LOL! So you numbers hounds better start finding lamer ways
> to claim finds if you don’t want to be second string to monkeys! LOL!!!!!
>
>
> Jim Bensman
> "Nature Bats Last"
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 2:28 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: My new hero
>
> Right on target!! I suspect the reason old-timers weren’t taken up by
> numbers talk is there just weren’t that many around. Had there been, we
> would have to listen to “Back in the day, we really knew how to run a power
> trail” instead of listening to what we do now...
>
> BIOYA, Jim.
>
>
> Dave R.
> _________________________________________
> From: Michael Rogers
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 2:03 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: My new hero
>
> [grandpa] Well, sonny, back in the good ole days, caching was much better
> than it is now! You whippersnappers have ruined caching with all that darned
> foolish numbers talk! Caches back then were great and people worked hard for
> them! Now, you young'uns have no pride! They should ban all them newfangled
> caches that aren't like what we used to have! [/grandpa]
>
> -M
>
> From: Jim Bensman <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 11:36:01 AM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: My new hero
>
> LOL! 590 in a day? That is sooooo lame-it’s still in the it takes skill and
> intelligence to find a cache mentality. I had over 1,000 finds in an hour!
> 500 a day, 10K finds, 20K finds, 30 K finds, 100K finds-what’s the difference
> nowadays? Nowadays numbers are meaningless to judge the skill and ability of
> a cacher. Back in the day when BruceS found 5K it was an accomplishment that
> really took skill. Nowadays even 250K finds would pale in comparison to the
> difficulty of what BruceS accomplished.
>
> Jim Bensman
> "Nature Bats Last"
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