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    Geocaching.com site update May 24th

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    Posted · Edited by Delta68

    Not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not but if you look at someone's profile and click on the Geocaches tab to get a list of caches that user has found, eg here, the 'Last Found' column shows the date that the cache was last found whereas it used to be the date the cache was found by that cacher

     

    Was this intentional?

    If so, why the change?

     

     

    Mark

    Where have I been twice?

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    Please please please can someone let me know which three I've accidentally doubled? We have 468 finds on 465 unique caches and it breaks my heart every time I see it.

     

    The easiest way is to use GSAK

     

    In the meantime though, if you view your finds here you have a duplicate on one of the caches on page 17 and also on one of the caches on page 21

    Open each cache listing in turn, click 'view all logs' and do a text search for your name to find where you have logged it twice

     

    Mark

    Artificially bumping stats?

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    I did wonder why you came so far just to clean your shoes :lol:

     

    :lol: :lol:

     

    Now do you think the 1.5/5 truly reflected the cache? If you didn't use specialist equipment then I should change it shouldn't I to something like 1.5/3? :ph34r:

     

    No comment! :)

     

    Maybe I was just lucky with the river level... ;)

     

     

    Mark

    Artificially bumping stats?

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

     

    Isn't the lack of them part of what makes up the challenge?

     

    Jon

     

    True, and yes we did drive quite a long way to do a certain 1.5/5 last Saturday :lol:

     

    It's just that most d/t ratings are just 'pucked out of the air' anyway so why not pluck a more convenient number....? :)

     

     

    Mark

    Artificially bumping stats?

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

     

    we're well stocked on 5/5 caches, but need a 4.5 / 5, however I wouldn't feel happy using this cache for it...

     

     

    Agreed!

    5/5 caches are so common these days it's a joke!!

     

    Not too far from us you just have to climb a short way up a tree... hardly very taxing.

     

    Why do COs think that everyone wants to find 5/5 caches?

    How about some:

    5/3 - only 59 in the UK

    5/3.5 - only 17 in the UK

    4.5/5 - only 27 in the UK

     

    (There's 146 5/5 caches!!)

     

    Mark

    Grease Monkey Script to customise GC.com menu

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

     

    Thanks for your efforts. I was interested in having a look but get HTTP1.1 STATUS 403 Remote Access to this object forbidden This file cannot be directly accessed from a remote site, but must be linked through the Brinkster Member's site.

     

    Help!!!!

     

    I thought that might happen. ;)

     

    I've added a rudimentary default page now so if you got to:

     

    http://www6.brinkster.com/coolsite/greasemonkey/

     

    you can then download the script you want.

     

     

    Thanks

     

    Mark

    Challenge caches....

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    no virtuals, apart from Wherigo, no locationless apart from play anywhere Wherigo, etc etc etc... getting used to the double standards is part of the experience.

     

    No double standards, you are mistaken over Wherigo caches...

     

    Wherigo caches MUST have a physical cache to be cross-listed on geocaching.com

     

    'Play anywhere' Wherigos with no tub can only be listed on Wherigo.com

     

    The correct name* for Wherigos with a physical container is 'Wherigo Hybrid Cache'

     

    If you know of a Wherigo owner who allows continued virtual logging on a Wherigo cache listed on gc.com, you should stick an SBA on it!!

     

    *Deci is the only person ever calls them this but it sounds logical ;)

     

    Mark

    Grease Monkey Script to customise GC.com menu

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    I've written this Grease Monkey script to modify the new geocaching.com menu.

     

    I wrote it a few days ago and a few bods on Facebook have tried it successfully but I've now simplified it (actually it's a lot more complicated but it looks simpler ;) ) so users can easily tweak it to their own requirements using just two functions:

    changeLink() and addSubMenuItem()

    (Full instructions in the file)

     

    As it stands there are a few new links and a few modified existing ones which hopefully most people will find useful.

     

    http://www6.brinkster.com/coolsite/greasemonkey/customise_menu.user.js

     

    Thanks

     

    Mark

    What I LOVE about caching :)

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    What do I love about caching?

     

    • Bumping into other cachers of all ages and instantly having something to talk about
    • Bumping into cachers in Holland/Belgium/Germany etc and instantly having something to talk even if the language is a struggle!
    • Driving to places we would never have otherwise gone: Scottish Highlands, Germany, Luxembourg etc
    • Finding an ammo-box after long trek
    • Going for a walk and walking just that bit further to get a cache when previously we'd have turned back sooner.
    • Finding old caches
    • Walking 15 miles and stopping at McDonalds on the way home... :)

     

     

    Mark

    Why has my cache has been archived

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    Wow, I can't believe a cache owner would place a cache where he KNOWS there are syringes. Yeah, they may have been "clean and unused" at the time, but the fact that they're there indicates to me something is going on in the area.

     

    This surprised me as well!

     

    Sometimes areas deteriorate after placing a cache, but to be honest, there's no excuse for placing a new cache or hanging onto an existing cache cache in a grotty area.

     

    We placed a short series of caches on a pleasant footpath in the countryside with nice views. We had nothing but good logs on them, but when we went to check on them one evening a large farm building had been built near the path between two of them.

    It didn't block the path or affect the caches in anyway but the walk was now not as nice as when we placed the caches a couple of years earlier so we archived them.

     

    Mark

    Who,s travel bug is it

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    That's weird... I've had two Groundspeak Lackey geocoins given to me and a couple of Groundspeak Volunteer coins as well. All were transferred to me when I requested it. :blink:

     

    Yeah, I know a few others who have similar coins as well

    For some reason they are a bit possessive about the 2007 issue...

     

     

    Mark

    Who,s travel bug is it

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    On a related note, we have a 2007 Lackey Geocoin which we WON in the raffle at the Harrogate Mega (it was actually at the Ripon camping event)

     

    Needless to say I felt conned when I realised it was registered to Signal and Groundspeak refused to transfer ownership :blink:

     

     

    Mark

    Wherigo compatible phone wanted

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    On a non-technical note, if you want to write Wherigos you need to be thick-skinned. When people like them, they like them a lot (our four have all got Favorite points on them)

    However, if for some reason cachers can't find the cache they are the worse thing in the world and YOU are responsible for ruining their lives!! :blink: (Or so it seems by reading the DNFs) :)

     

    Mark

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