User:Knitting Duck
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The Knitting Duck
39 / f / 40,-74- Day Job: A grad student at SIT studying systems engineering under a SMART scholarship.
- Favorite Portmanteaux: frankenword, squiggle, and knork
- Why I'm Here: I really, seriously need a new hobby and geohashing looks like delightful lunacy. :-)
Yep, that's a rubber duck sitting in a nest made from a rolled-up, homemade Fourth Doctor scarf.
Expeditions
- 2009-06-26 40 -74 (Newark, New Jersey): I don't own a GPS unit (... yet), so this is going to be strictly according to what Google tells me. It looks like it's inside the building, but I'm not sure what the building is. Google refuses to disgorge any further information on the address. I have no idea if it's private property or not! I'm dragging along my housemate, who agreed to play navigator on this expedition. We hope to be at (or at least near) the hash at about 4pm. RESULT: Coordinates not reached due to copious No Trespassing signs. It turned out to be the NJ Foundation for the Blind in Denville, NJ. I am not discouraged, and am already planning to try again soon!
- 2009-06-28 40 -74 (Newark, New Jersey): I now own a GPS unit: a Garmin eTrex Legend H. I have fiddled with it and it appears to be adequate for my needs without spending an arm and a leg to get better maps. We shall see, and soon... I plan to use it for a short trek into the woods of Lincoln Park in my search to find this Sunday's hash. It ought to have public access and the weather reports are good. My hopes are high! RESULT: Coordinates reached despite swarms of
mosquitosraptors! With a drag-along in tow and after a little Ambassadorial work, we trekked about four tenths of a mile through themosquitoraptor-infested forest to reach the hash. Success! - 2009-07-04 40 -74 (Newark, New Jersey): I am now in the planning stages for a patriotic geohash! At first glance, the location and weather both look acceptable. RESULT: Coordinates not reached because of rich people's privacy, the holiday, and a fence. Oh, well. We went back a few miles up the road and had a nice picnic, instead!
