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Kirbert

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I'd like to suggest a new series of "themed" geocaches. These caches are to be planted either near or on the route to/from a commercial airport. Here's the idea: Just before you catch a flight, go find this geocache and drop off all the stuff you're carrying that won't make it past the TSA: pocketknives, metal nail files, boxcutters, handguns, hand grenades, AK-47's, you know, whatever you forgot to leave at the house or just picked up along your travels. Meanwhile, anyone just getting off a flight into town and feeling naked without your pocketknife, stop by this geocache and see if there's anything in there you can use.

 

Obviously, these are not typical geocache trade items. Heck, they're not even ACCEPTABLE trade items! Hence, the cache listing should be topped with a warning that some of the trade items found in this cache may not be suitable for children; use discretion.

 

The cache would probably need to be pretty large, lest it quickly fill up. It also needs to be hidden very well, which may be a challenge in the vicinity of a commercial airport. To be clear, it most certainly should NOT be hidden on airport property! Better it's a couple of miles away than too close.

 

I'm suggesting that these caches be named "For Those About To Fly" followed by a dash and the 3-letter designation of the airport in question. For example, such a cache planted near the airport here in Tallahassee would be named "For Those About To Fly - TLH".

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I'd like to suggest a new series of "themed" geocaches. These caches are to be planted either near or on the route to/from a commercial airport. Here's the idea: Just before you catch a flight, go find this geocache and drop off all the stuff you're carrying that won't make it past the TSA: pocketknives, metal nail files, boxcutters, handguns, hand grenades, AK-47's, you know, whatever you forgot to leave at the house or just picked up along your travels. Meanwhile, anyone just getting off a flight into town and feeling naked without your pocketknife, stop by this geocache and see if there's anything in there you can use.

 

Obviously, these are not typical geocache trade items. Heck, they're not even ACCEPTABLE trade items! Hence, the cache listing should be topped with a warning that some of the trade items found in this cache may not be suitable for children; use discretion.

 

The cache would probably need to be pretty large, lest it quickly fill up. It also needs to be hidden very well, which may be a challenge in the vicinity of a commercial airport. To be clear, it most certainly should NOT be hidden on airport property! Better it's a couple of miles away than too close.

 

I'm suggesting that these caches be named "For Those About To Fly" followed by a dash and the 3-letter designation of the airport in question. For example, such a cache planted near the airport here in Tallahassee would be named "For Those About To Fly - TLH".

 

Such a cache would get filled up pretty quickly with larger than 3 oz containers of liquids and lotions.

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Such a cache would get filled up pretty quickly with larger than 3 oz containers of liquids and lotions.

Lol.

And half-consumed 124 oz. colas. You know, the ones responsible for the obesity epidemic.

 

Y'know, it's refreshing to read a fun, light-hearted post. The entire world is too dang serious. 1,000 thank yous, as Confucius would say.

 

B)

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You could expand this idea to include those sites that have security lines, like baseball parks, Disneyland and other theme parks, museums, etc. We once were waiting in line at the Liberty Bell when I realized I still had my pocketknife in my pocket. Left my wife to hold our place in line while I went and found a good "geocache" site to hide it. When we finished our tour, came back and retrieved it. Worked out well.

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Well, there's a fundamental difference there in that, at most of those places, you'll be back in an hour or two. So, as you say, you can just hide your stuff in the bushes and come back for it. But when you're getting on a plane, you may not be back this way for days or weeks, and you may not come back ever. Dropping your contraband off at a nearby geocache is better than the TSA finding it because 1) they don't give it to someone else, they just throw it away, and 2) you don't get interrogated.

 

You could expand this idea to include those sites that have security lines, like baseball parks, Disneyland and other theme parks, museums, etc.

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Airport geocaches already exist. What you are suggesting is 100% agains the rules.

 

"People of all ages hide and seek geocaches, so think carefully before placing an item into a cache. Explosives, ammunition, knives, drugs and alcohol should not be placed in a cache. Respect local laws at all times.

 

Please do not put food or heavily scented items in a cache. Animals have better noses than humans, and in some cases caches have been chewed through and destroyed because of food items in a cache."

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Airport geocaches already exist. What you are suggesting is 100% agains the rules.

 

"People of all ages hide and seek geocaches, so think carefully before placing an item into a cache. Explosives, ammunition, knives, drugs and alcohol should not be placed in a cache. Respect local laws at all times.

 

Please do not put food or heavily scented items in a cache. Animals have better noses than humans, and in some cases caches have been chewed through and destroyed because of food items in a cache."

 

“I was just pulling your leg, and you see it came off in my hand."

 

- Walter S. Masterman

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Well, there's a fundamental difference there in that, at most of those places, you'll be back in an hour or two. So, as you say, you can just hide your stuff in the bushes and come back for it. But when you're getting on a plane, you may not be back this way for days or weeks, and you may not come back ever. Dropping your contraband off at a nearby geocache is better than the TSA finding it because 1) they don't give it to someone else, they just throw it away, and 2) you don't get interrogated.

 

A few years ago when cigarette lighters were not allowed in carryon luggage one of the airports I frequently fly out of had a box at the security checkpoint where they would toss lighters. Passengers arriving at the airport could grab one from the box on their way out of the terminal. I don't see that happening with a knife though.

 

 

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Well, there's a fundamental difference there in that, at most of those places, you'll be back in an hour or two. So, as you say, you can just hide your stuff in the bushes and come back for it. But when you're getting on a plane, you may not be back this way for days or weeks, and you may not come back ever. Dropping your contraband off at a nearby geocache is better than the TSA finding it because 1) they don't give it to someone else, they just throw it away, and 2) you don't get interrogated.

A few years ago when cigarette lighters were not allowed in carryon luggage one of the airports I frequently fly out of had a box at the security checkpoint where they would toss lighters. Passengers arriving at the airport could grab one from the box on their way out of the terminal. I don't see that happening with a knife though.

"Thank you for coming to visit our beautiful country! Please help yourself to a complimentary knife on your way out of the airport."

 

:laughing:

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