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That one really ought to be an unknown type of cache, to make sure that anyone coming by will know they need to bring a computer. The reviewer must have been aware that a USB "logbook" would be used, so it is "okay" in the reviewer's opinion. Can you log it? Sure you can. The cache owner might not want you to, so you might ask first.

I just say "people." "There were a lot of people where the cache was." Maybe they are non-cachers, and maybe somebody is a cacher. How would I even know?

All hope is lost!

I am disappointed by this attitude because I think it means we will not address the problem. The problem being that if one wants to do a query to find a TB, the system will show caches as having TB items, but many of those will actually not have them. (Okay, so let's not worry about finding any, just go out to have fun. That is one attitude, but I think we can do better than turn a blind eye to the problem.) To fix this, we have to tell the database when a TB is not in a cache. That means we have to mark it "missing." The conservative approach is to get a responsible volunteer (Groundspeak volunteer, or cache owner, or TB owner) to try to track down the TB, find out who has it, and ask that person to log it out of the cache it is in. That's a lot of work, and this work is not being done. If it were, then this "epidemic" would not have happened. I do not think this situation is likely to change -- many cache owners do not maintain the travel bug inventories, and many TB owners do nothing when informed that their bug is missing. Groundspeak's volunteers are doing a great job, but I think there are too many missing bugs out there to track them all down. I hear your concern, but leaving all these missing bugs logged into caches makes a problem for everybody; marking a bug missing too early makes a problem for one person. Do not the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few? If a TB owner sees their bug is marked missing, and they are concerned about it having been stolen or not logged out yet, then that person should take on the responsibility to track it down -- not anybody else.

I do not understand this. If it is no longer in the cache, mark it missing so it will go out of the inventory. Later on, the TB holder can log it by grabbing it. Why wait for the TB holder?

Some will, some won't. We'll never know how many until after there is a nano size.

Cast your votes: http://feedback.geocaching.com/forums/75775-geocaching-com/suggestions/1070029-trackables-no-longer-in-caches We don't like it much.

I think the ISS cache wins this contest, since it costs about $450 million to launch a space shuttle.

Here is another one!

http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/ Kyle MacDonald has successfully traded one red paperclip for a house. Of course, the tricky part was finding people to trade with who had something he wanted, and wanted something he had. Leaving a box in the woods is not a good way to do that. There is no limit to this process; the house could be traded for a slightly better house, and that house for another house, and that house for two houses, and so on, until you trade for a private island. If you can find enough people willing to trade, there is no limit. Economics already did play its role, and the unofficial value limit for geocaches was reached: about $5 on a good day. There is no incentive to trade "up" with a box in the woods.

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The idea is still under review: http://feedback.geocaching.com/forums/75775-geocaching-com/suggestions/1115511-new-cacher-must-pass-an-online-Groundspeak-cours

The final would be a LPC in the parking lot at the original Wal-Mart store. After all that travel, it's only fair to make the final an easy hide.

Come back, one year!

Free GPS units for all!* * With donation of any GPS of equal or greater value

The guy already killed his wife's murderer, but due to his memory problem, he forgot.

If you have Windows 7, that is no longer necessary. It will pop up a window asking you what you want to do when you insert a CD. Choose from: Do Nothing; Browse the Files; View Photos; Run the Program

An SD card would be much better than a CD! I found an older cache with broken plastic shards from what used to be a CD. It seemed to have been jammed in there with no CD case. I removed that and some other broken junk, to be thrown away back at the parking lot. The SD card would be less likely to break than a CD, and if you put it in a little watertight container, it should hold up well. Also, it could hold more music than a CD, and even if it was just a blank SD card, it's a useful item in its own way.

Perhaps a mistake was made when the "Found" log was restored? Are you unable to delete it because it was locked by the admin?

I think you are saying that when you go to the following page, the page is blank, even though it was not blank before. That is, you set up a notification and then it goes away some hours or days later. http://www.geocaching.com/notify/default.aspx This is not expected behavior, and I think you need help from the website staff. Try the form on this page to get assistance: http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=request

So it is done. Amen.

I assume the issue is that this is an old listing, from the first year of geocaching. Therefore, some people think of it like a historical landmark. It has a lot of old logs and pictures, so if it was archived and replaced with a new listing, those old logs would be harder to access. Now, I have not received my senior discount card yet, so I do not believe in giving special status to things that are old simply because they are old. Just telling you why someone could be upset about this being archived.

Ouch! What party poopers.

If everybody was as picky as you, then no caches would have any favorite votes, and you would have nothing to complain about. I see you have a bunch of favorites actually. Lead by example and give your favorite votes to caches that are not "crappy." If you don't vote, you can't complain about those who do vote.

If you can trust the gov-ment: http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/removing_a_tick.html Use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin's surface as possible. Pull upward with steady, even pressure. Don't twist or jerk the tick; this can cause the mouth-parts to break off and remain in the skin. If this happens, remove the mouth-parts with tweezers. If you are unable to remove the mouth easily with clean tweezers, leave it alone and let the skin heal. After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol, an iodine scrub, or soap and water.