[GeoStL] Re: My new hero
- From: Moody Monkeyfish <with.a.ph317@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:59:21 -0500
LMBO! That was awesome Nathan.
On Mar 15, 2011 5:34 PM, "Nathan Rover" <nrover@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> [image: Beating_a_Dead_Horse.jpg]
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> -Nathan
> (NateDawgCC)
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Jim Bensman <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>> Translation: “Grandpa, Bonds, McGuire, and the other steroid users’
>> homerun numbers show they were better than those who competed without
>> steroids. Grandpa, you just don’t understand: numbers are everything-it
>> does not matter how much easier it is to hit a homerun on steroids.”
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim Bensman
>> "Nature Bats Last"
>>
>> *From:* geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>> geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Michael Rogers
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:45 PM
>>
>> *To:* geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [GeoStL] Re: My new hero
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 <mrogers07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> *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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