[GeoStL] Re: My new hero
- From: John Williams <jkwill01@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:28:49 -0700 (PDT)
HURRAY Glad some one is thing the same as I.
From: Nathan Rover <nrover@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:34 PM
>Subject: [GeoStL] Re: My new hero
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>-Nathan
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>On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Jim Bensman <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>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.”
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>>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
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>>To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [GeoStL] Re: My new hero
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>>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?
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>>-M
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>>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!!!!!
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>>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
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>>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...
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>>BIOYA, Jim.
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>>Dave R.
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>>From:Michael Rogers
>>Sent:Tuesday, March 15, 2011 2:03 PM
>>To:geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject:[GeoStL] Re: My new hero
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>>[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]
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>>-M
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>>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.
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>>Jim Bensman
>>"Nature Bats Last"
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