[GeoStL] Re: Question about a trackable and what's safe in a cache
- From: MBG <martin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:04:26 -0600
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I think the fact that the travel bug has been in the wild for so long
is entirely tangential to the issue.
If it was something serious like a hunting knife or a switch blade,
I'd say yeah, get rid of it no question. But we're talking about a
pocket knife. I had one when I was at wolf rank in the cub scouts. I
think that's 8 years old. Kids younger than that should be supervised
anyway.
I don't think it's a problem. But if anything, I would say remove the
knife blade and return it to a cache. I would not be happy if someone
purposefully took my travel bug out of circulation. Dipping it in
caches and dropping it in a remote location is fine as long as it
makes it's way to a cache within a few weeks, but it's not what I
would do.
benji
On Feb 15, 2010, at 3:20 PM, John Ledbetter wrote:
> -
> I got a lot of useful responses to my question, and then I got
> this. Based
> on your dismissive attitude, I can only guess you never cache with
> children.
> As Mike stated he did with the scouts, I often let my own kids
> 'find' the
> cache, even if I see it first. I wouldn't be happy if they found
> this item.
>
> I have taken a similar item from a cache before due to a safety
> call. The
> fact that this one is a trackable with a long life was the only
> reason I
> didn't immediately do so for this one.
>
> Thanks everyone for all the reasoned responses. The suggestions I'm
> going
> to run with is to simply log it into and out of some of my cache
> finds, and
> take it to events to allow discovery. If I end up at some extremely
> remote
> and difficult cache, I may eventually drop it there. (The cache I
> found
> this one in was in a VERY accessible location.)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shane Placeway" <placeman@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 12:37 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Question about a trackable and what's safe in
> a cache
>
>
>> -
>> I wasn't making an argument. I was making fun of how long this
>> thread has
>> become over such a non-issue.
>>
>> --------------------------------
>> Shane Placeway
>> placeman@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Andrew Senger <asenger@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> -
>>> If the knife HAD maimed someone in the past five years, should it be
>>> allowed to remain circulated? Your argument is weak.
>>>
>>> BTW, I agree -- keep it in circulation.
>>>
>>> Andrew Senger
>>> asenger@xxxxxxxxx
>>> http://www.yawetag.net
>>> "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. He's also
>>> postmaster and probably traffic cop, too. All the jobs for sports
>>> referees are probably filled, though." --Lemel Hebert-Williams
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Shane Placeway
>>> <placeman@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>> My opinion... It probably hasn't mamed anyone in the last 5 years
>>>> or
>>>> so.
>>> I
>>>> say log it and drop it off in another cache. Let it travel....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------
>>>> Shane Placeway
>>>> placeman@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 12:04 PM, John Ledbetter <jrljunk@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> TBD224
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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