Welcome to my World of Wonderment

Our planet is a neat place, full of weird and unusual people doing weird and unusual things. One oddball thing I like to do is geocache. What other activity is there that makes people travel hundreds of miles to climb a mountain, wade a river, and fight a Bigfoot, just to be the first person to sign a piece of paper rolled up in a 35mm film canister stuffed in the knot hole of a tree? I can't think of any other sport that has such a great mix of technology and the wonderful outdoors. A lot of geocaches are placed in a beautiful setting, or hidden in a challenging or unique way, or in a historical setting. Geocaching allows the finder to share in some of the hiders favorite places, and along the way you get to meet some interesting characters, and occasionally learn something new. While this blog is primarily a geocaching blog, I also use this place to post the occasional funny video or weird news story, or as a platform to rant or rave about something I really have to share. But for the most part this website is about you, the weirdo walking around in circles, talking into your GPS unit like it's a phone, pretending your taking pictures of a phone booth to find find the tiniest micro-cache, or circling your car around and around a light pole in a parking lot trying to retrieve a cache without even getting out of your car.

2/24/09

Helicron



I can't imagine why these weren't more popular?

11/6/08

Drag Racing

A guy I work with is always talking about how much he loves to go drag racing on the weekends.  I don't think he does it illegally in the streets like these guys people, but you never know about people's private lives.  I must admit that it looks like a lot of fun, I might even try it some day.


dragracing.jpg picture by djhobby

11/3/08

Parking

I just came across this video, which I think is faked by the way because if you notice at the end the people getting out of the cars are women.



Which reminded of this video I saw a while back.

9/16/08

I Need One of These

dogrunningboard.jpg picture by djhobby

8/12/08

For Sale: Saddam's Ride-Followup

I posted this last month: For Sale: Saddam's Ride
If you have $368,000 to spare, you could buy a little piece of history.

For Sale:
One owner. Owned by a little ol' dictator. Just driven to the mosque and back on Saturdays. Carpets are like new. Garage Stable kept. Power everything, humps, kneeling, feeding. Rides like a magic carpet. Must see. One of a kind audio system.

camel_fancy_dress_saddle_mirrors.jpg picture by djhobby


For more info click here.Serious inquiries only.


Well here is the buyer:



8/6/08

Packed Van

How many people does this van hold?


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8/5/08

Some Great Driving

I found this video which must be a mix of a couple of silent movies. Babe Ruth is featured in part of this classic film featuring what must be an early 20th century New York.



As I was watching this, two other driving videos came to mind. The first one features an F1 driver careening through the streets of Paris in 1976. It is a short film made by Claude Lelouch called C'était un Rendez-vous. Supposedly after screening the video Claude was arrested for criminal recklessness. It looks pretty fun, (and reckless) to me.


It also reminded me of this next video. I can't believe anyone would ever try to walk across this intersection.

7/26/08

What a Ride

Couple said it was the best time that they ever had.

Back seat lovers survive cliff plunge

Two lovers ended up in hospital in Taiwan after their car plunged 150ft down a cliff face as they made love in the back seat.

Lin Gu, 25, and lover Lee Shin, 29, were left with broken bones and bruises after their car toppled over the edge of a hill in XinDian, reports Today News.

A spokesman for police who were called by witnesses said: "They had parked up close to the edge of the mountain and had left the handbrake off.

"When they started having sex the rocking motion started the car moving and it rolled off the hill. They were lucky they were not more seriously hurt."

The two lovers had driven to a deserted mountain road and parked but their movements made the car topple over the edge and roll down to the bottom of the valley.

Despite their injuries - and being covered with mud and grass - the couple managed to clamber back up to the road where the woman asked the man to keep walking while she sought help at a nearby house.

Homeowner Chen Chenggang said the woman pleaded with him not to reveal how the accident happened as her husband "would definitely sue for divorce".



I found footage of what really happened. It looks as if the husband caught them and helped them over.

7/25/08

Smart Car

Smart Car started selling in the US recently. I saw this one on the way to work. It's probably the only way middle America will drive one.

2006-Smart-Forfun2-Concept-Side-102.jpg picture by djhobby

7/22/08

For Sale: Saddam's Ride

If you have $368,000 to spare, you could buy a little piece of history.

For Sale:
One owner. Owned by a little ol' dictator. Just driven to the mosque and back on Saturdays. Carpets are like new. Garage Stable kept. Power everything, humps, kneeling, feeding. Rides like a magic carpet. Must see. One of a kind audio system.

camel_fancy_dress_saddle_mirrors.jpg picture by djhobby


For more info click here. Serious inquiries only.