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quote:Originally posted by RobertM:It says on the site that 1,000,000 AOL CDs stacked on top of each other would be taller than the Empire State building. I wonder where this guy is storing all these CDs? When he has 1,000,000 what does he plan on doing with them? He must have some obsessive compulsive disorder! Robert, The site addresses this issue "Once we have 1,000,000 collected, we will make our quest across America to give them all back to their rightful owner, AOL and say "stop doing this". " Now that might make a huge cache! Jpjazz

quote:Originally posted by RobertM: quote:Originally posted by martmann:Someone in my area left an AOL sign up disc, who hasn't got millions of these? Me. I only have 1. You have 1 million? Maybe you should look at recycling. Robert, I this guy at http://www.nomoreaolcds.com/ is collecting a million of them, so far he has 170,000! Jpjazz

quote:Originally posted by FullOn:How's this for a tiny, evil micro... http://www.scgeocachers.org/avatar/tiny.jpg http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=59415. Wow that's great, where can others find such a container? Jpjazz

quote:Originally posted by Rubbertoe:Actually, my brother-in-law was looking for one of those AOL disks after he reformatted his HD the other day... we couldn't find one. http://home.columbus.rr.com/rubbertoe/geobanana.gif http://home.columbus.rr.com/rubbertoe/index.html _"Now with 50% less yuck, and 100% more color!!"_ Tell your Brother-in-law to check out http://www.nomoreaolcds.com/

I'm not promoting any specific merchant, just the concept. I am often frustrated that we have this technology to navigate to any point on the earth within 20 feet, however most of the population still relies on an antiquated system of streets and inconsistant numbering system. We now see the advertising cross marketing with websites, why do not include waypoints? Jpjazz

Film canisters are fine if the site is relativly dry. I have found that in damp or snow and ice locations they tend to leak. From that standpoint the scew top versions that have a seal would be much better. Jpjazz

I have been following a thread that mentioned the "Tim Horton's Location Project" and was wondering if it was an effort to locate by waypoint all the Horton Franchises? http://ubbx.Groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=4016058331&m=78760963 I have had thoughts it would be great if more retail companies would list their GPS locs. I have been compiling a list of my own, but with the proliferation of GPS equipment I would think that such outlets, especially franchises would make this info available to the public. Does anyone know of such data by any retail chains?

As one of the former threads states, just following the rules stated on the main page http://www.geocaching.com/articles/requirements.asp will go a long way to getting a quick approval. In the old days, there was very little checking done by a small crew. I found out about a mistake I made on a Niagara Falls cache when a Canadian cacher emailed me that the cache locs placed it in the middle of the river at the base of the falls. No one including the Cache approvers even noticed! Jpjazz

quote: Although the vast majority of each restaurant's Canadian outlets are still 'stand alone', there are a few up here which have the tandem 'Wendy's/Tim Horton's' arrangement you describe (...which is a good thing, since there aren't nearly enough calories in a Wendy's triple-bacon-cheeseburger as it is). That TBCB is an Adkin's dream food, that is if you throw away the bun. Can't saw that I know a lot about the Horton menu, is it fast food mixed with donuts? Here in Utah some of us cachers keep the Wendy's locs handy for a quick bite before grabbing the next cache. It maybe the attraction of that cheap $USD 0.99 menu. Jpjazz

quote: Wow, I didn't realize it had been that long ago. Which brings me to something I've been curious about just because I think about lame things like this all the time. Up there in Canada do they have the combo stores with Wendy's and Tim Horton's? Down here they're starting to pop up all over. You can walk into one building that contains Wendy's on one half and Tim Horton's on the other. I usually don't have occasion to get up into Canada much. Mr. 0 Mr O, This is news to me, first we take their Hockey Teams and now Tim Hortons. Are these just located in Ohio or are they in the surounding states?

I had one approved within 30 minutes last evening, "Mrpowersupply" http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=62776 Possibly due to the availabality of a Geocache screener to review it or that the location was close to a former cache.

I did a search for "memorial" caches http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest_cache.asp?key=memorial&submit4=Find Many have been logged

quote:Someone in my area left an AOL sign up disc, who hasn't got millions of these? why would anyone want another? The person was new, and I assume they will figure it out eventually, I hope so anyway. I leave stuff, but don't take (so far anyway, only have 14 finds). This is exactly my point, maybe because he was new. But after 14 finds it time to wake up and realize everyone has enough of these AOL coasters (I hear they are good to scare the birds away from the pool!)

GPS locations will be sited to within 1 foot, making the hunt much different. In this case caches will be understood to be located within 20 feet of the GPS long/lat location. All Trade Junk will be limited to signature and travel items. National Parks will embrace Caching with Preapproved Caches in "Safe Locations".

This is another case where common sense must carry the day. This is a game caching not war, just administer your cache the best you can.

I have traveled extensivly with my GPS without ever being questioned. With all the electronic devices now being used this is just one more. You may have to turn it on for the screeners, but it appears to be nothing more than another cell phone type device to the screeners.

I can't say much for or against his donuts, but I do recall his talent as a a Leaf defenseman and 4 Cups! His final years were with Buffalo as he helped anchor the defense with the "French Connection" line with his "bear hug" techniques before his untimely death in a car accident the mid 70's. Now where he learned to make a donut is beyond me, it's hard to believe that anything could beat a Krispy Kreme!

In areas with a harsh enviroment a sealed ammo box can't be beat. I prefer them to tupperware.

quote:As far as trade items, I like them. I enjoy the experience of finding the box and anticipating what is inside (though it is usually junk). A lot of us TNLN largely because there is nothing in a cache worth taking. Personally I think we geocachers should upgrade our cache contents, rather than eliminate them. I can not rememeber a cache that has been out longer than 3 months that has anything but junk, I just prefer the logs and signature/travel items.

I am looking for opinions on the continuing trend for caches becoming home for broken fast food toys and junk drawer trinkets. For me the prime attraction of a cache hunt is limited to the search, reading the logbook and possibly moving a signature item, Tbug or WG dollar. Further I speculate that we would not be raising the ire of local civil defense and public park personnel if more caches were contained in a film canister or Altoids box rather than the now common ammo box or bread loaf sized Tupperware containers. I realize the toys are a draw for our younger cachers, however possibly the young ones could be lured into the sport by other means. Just food for thought....

I might add that the POI info is quite dated and can not be relied upon to be accurate.

From the photos I have seen the screen size of the Mag and the Trak seem about the same. Is this indeed a fact?

Drive a Tractor onto the Washington mall and park it in a fountain. Now that is acting suspicious! We just need use a little common sense, stay away from dams, airports, military bases, etc. My 2 Cents. Jpjazz

This is a perfect match, your still moving the bills around and in the end they will renter circulation. This seems to have been addressed in the previous thread. I say Cache On with George! Jpajzz