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Conan The Librarian wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Conan The Librarian wrote:
Just guessing here, but I would expect it's something along the
lines of psilocybe cubensis.

OK, who's the next contestant in the Conclusion Leap ? ;-)

Poor John must have quite the reputation here, that's the
third reference to psychedelics in this thread and all the
guy said was he finds mushrooms. I mean isn't it just as
likely he found some morels or something ?

No. :-)


Chuck Vance (hey, I would have written the same thing if *you* had
posted about mushrooms :-)

Well yeah, but I fully deserve my old ex-hippy reputation,
John is a retired fireman, a fine upstanding citizen and I
don't ever recall hearing any Grateful Dead coming from his
trailer. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

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Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Conan The Librarian wrote:

(hey, I would have written the same thing if *you*
had posted about mushrooms :-)

Well yeah, but I fully deserve my old ex-hippy reputation,
John is a retired fireman, a fine upstanding citizen and I
don't ever recall hearing any Grateful Dead coming from his
trailer. ;-)

It must be the hair. And his stream-of-consciousness style of
posting that reminds me of ... oh, nevermind ...


Chuck Vance (OK, I realize this is all says more about *me* than
anyone else)

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On Apr 4, 2:40 pm, Conan The Librarian wrote:
It must be the hair. And his stream-of-consciousness style of
posting that reminds me of

Richard Brautigan?

Joe F.

p.s. I have the Magellan Explorist 200, and it's a fine little
handheld, but no more accurate than units at half the cost. I got a
great deal online, but I'll be damned if I can remember where I got it.

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On Apr 4, 8:28 am, "asadi" wrote:
I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track of
where I find mushrooms...

john

Just about any GPS unit will work fine. Mine is 7+ years old
now and I haven't found any reason to buy a new one.

What type of 'shrooms? I went out for morels on Sunday, but
it looks like I was about a week too early.
- Ken


Yeah, this is going to be my third season hunting morels, I'm getting a
little better at it and have really taken a liking to it. There's one forest
that I absolutely get turned around in every time...no real possibility of
getting lost but I have walked a couple of miles to my van, only to find I
walked the wrong way on the road! (laughs).

Things were looking excellent in mid southern Ohio until this week...got
particles of snow in the air now. It looks like the end of next week could
be it. What fun to hike all day and cook morels around the fire at night...

You ever run across any thing besides morels?...

john..... I will survive!

http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/...htings_map.htm

http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/...htings_map.htm

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"rb608" wrote in message
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On Apr 4, 2:40 pm, Conan The Librarian wrote:
It must be the hair. And his stream-of-consciousness style of
posting that reminds me of

Richard Brautigan?

Joe F.

p.s. I have the Magellan Explorist 200, and it's a fine little
handheld, but no more accurate than units at half the cost. I got a
great deal online,

"but I'll be damned if I can remember where I got it."

Or where you last placed it?

Op

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"Opus--Mark H. Bowen" wrote in message
Or where you last placed it?

Yeah; that too.

Sorta on topic - has anyone else ever tried the geocaching thing? I found a
few caches close by to see if it was fun. I was actually disappointed. I
liked the GPS part of navigating to specific coordinates; but the
hide-n-seek part of trying to find some little box hidden within a 30'
radius didn't hold much appeal.

It probably didn't help that a couple were in less than desirable locations
near dumpsters. Others were nigh impossible. It would probably be more fun
the more rural the setting; but I haven't had the opportunity for
close-to-home caches.

Joe F.

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"rb608" wrote in news:k5VQh.4633$qE2.1257
@trndny09:

Sorta on topic - has anyone else ever tried the geocaching thing?

I've been turning the idea over in my head, but I've never been motivated
enough to actually do it. I just don't see it as a test of skill so much
as a high-tech hide and seek, and I get out into the open world enough to
satisfy my need for the outdoors. If I were to take it up, it would be to
get my wife involved.

Now, orienteering, there's a hobby that tests your skill! If I weren't so
damn lazy, I'd give that a go.

--
Scott
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"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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"rb608" wrote in news:k5VQh.4633$qE2.1257
@trndny09:

Sorta on topic - has anyone else ever tried the geocaching thing?

I've been turning the idea over in my head, but I've never been motivated
enough to actually do it. I just don't see it as a test of skill so much
as a high-tech hide and seek, and I get out into the open world enough to
satisfy my need for the outdoors. If I were to take it up, it would be to
get my wife involved.

Now, orienteering, there's a hobby that tests your skill! If I weren't so
damn lazy, I'd give that a go.

--
Scott
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I've done it a few times while involved in scouts as a leader. It is geared
more toward a high tech hide and seek. The draw of it is often to pass on
and collect items from far and distant places. There are often items placed
in the cache that have been registered (with some sort of ID or ser.#) by an
organization or website. Makes it interesting to see where an item has come
from or been to, and who has passed it along. Kinda generates a sense of
camaraderie/friendship with others that are seriously involved.
I haven't really gotten involved with it on my own either. I get too
little fishing time as it is without another outdoor activity taking my tme.
The idea is interesting though.

Jeremy Moe

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On Apr 4, 2:35 pm, "asadi" wrote:
" wrote in message

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On Apr 4, 8:28 am, "asadi" wrote:
I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track of
where I find mushrooms...

john

Just about any GPS unit will work fine. Mine is 7+ years old
now and I haven't found any reason to buy a new one.

What type of 'shrooms? I went out for morels on Sunday, but
it looks like I was about a week too early.
- Ken

Yeah, this is going to be my third season hunting morels, I'm getting a
little better at it and have really taken a liking to it. There's one forest
that I absolutely get turned around in every time...no real possibility of
getting lost but I have walked a couple of miles to my van, only to find I
walked the wrong way on the road! (laughs).

Things were looking excellent in mid southern Ohio until this week...got
particles of snow in the air now. It looks like the end of next week could
be it. What fun to hike all day and cook morels around the fire at night...

You ever run across any thing besides morels?...

john..... I will survive!

http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/...htings_map.htm

http://www.morelmushroomhunting.com/...htings_map.htm

My wife is the mushroom freak, she's in the local mushroom
society, I just like eating them.

Morels aren't my favorite, but we find white truffels in the spring.

Chanterelles (my favorite), boletus edulus, oysters, "angel wings",
and chicken of the woods (another of my favorites) in the fall.

We've also gotten logs which have had mushroom spores
"innoculated" on them. You keep them inside, and in a few
weeks they bloom. From freshly picked to frying pan in
a matter of seconds.
- Ken

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On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:28:32 GMT, "asadi"
wrote:

I'm gonna start looking up things about them..

I'm looking mainly to find my way back where I started, and keep track of
where I find mushrooms...

john

Since no one has mentioned it, I will. IMO, get one with mapping
capability as they aren't much more than one without - be it new, used,
or whatever. Then, one with some form of computer interface and memory
card capability can come in handy. Outside of that, again IMO, if all
you're doing it real basic land stuff - waypoint to waypoint, "I'm here
and wanna get there," GPS is just GPS - triangulation on stuff in the
sky. I will say that unless the need is there, I'm not a fan of the
cell-phone sized handhelds - YMMV. IMO, they are a little too limited
on "multiple uses," and the screens are pretty small.

If this helps, I have a Garmin 172C that I use on the flybridge of a
small boat, the car, and handheld (perm mount w/ power on FB, cig plug
cord in car, 4 AA when HH). It's larger than the little HH Garmins, but
it'll do quite a bit, including hook to a computer and has mem cards.
You could probably find one used for 200USD or less as I don't think
it's absolutely current, but it's not "outdated." If you do go with
something like that, I have worldwide land and marine data - that I can
send no problem - and could probably scrounge up a extra unlock. Shoot
me an email if you're interested.

TC,
R