rafermadness
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I am impressed. The site seems to be faster than ever.
Yikes! Much faster from the laptop as well as the mobile phone. TFTwork guys!
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Well that's a bummer and an added step in the process. I hope this is something that can be re-fixed in an upcoming release. Thanks for the info.
Before I upgraded to a new box, I had a program that would resize by batch or folder. I guess I'll have to find that again.
I don't see any mention of the new picture or file parameters. GC, if you have new photo requirements, it would be nice to get them published so we can follow them. Just MHO.
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Anyone else getting an error when posting pictures to logs? I've tried repeatedly to post different pictures to different logs, but keep getting the same error. The images are standard jpg's from a camera I've posted from before.
It's not a very informative message, but it shows up every time now:
An Error Has Occurred
Your request has resulted in an error. Please return to this site's home page to continue.
from this page:
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I just found this one! I jumped back at first but when I noticed the nest wobble I thought twice. My camera did not take the best photos.
That one would have had me reaching for my sting kit. A motion activated buzzer (buzz buzz) would finish it off and me as well probably. I like creative ones like that even though i don't like bees or wasps etc.
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Have you ever been hiking around and just happen on a geocache even though you were not looking for it? And if so what do you do? Do you sign the long and then look it up on Geocaching.com and sign that page? What if it was a tough mystery cache? Would you feel like you cheated?
This has never happened to me, yet. But I think I would try to solve the mystery or hunt down the other caches if it was a multi before I took credit for it. Not sure what the etiquette is for this situation though.
I'd worked on a puzzle cache for a couple weeks and believed I'd solved it. When I got to the coordinates, there was a boulder pile and I reached in the various holes until I found one with a cache stuck way back in there and around a corner. When I pulled it out it was a new cache that hadn't been activated yet. So I reached back down the hole and lo and behold, the puzzle cache was there as well. It was sitting right on top of the real, original cache.
I logged the puzzle and sent the owner of the new cache a note. It turns out that the GC reviewer had denied the listing and sent him a note that said "you've got to be kidding". I laughed about that one for a couple weeks. I never did see the cache pop up in a new location otherwise I would have found it again and logged it.
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Really?! I'll have to give that a try next time I get the opportunity. If you then suck air in, will it roll the log back up for you?
careful, I choked on that one....
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I just presented a puzzle educational event last month. The presentation materials can be found on the Geocache Alaska! Education Page.
The pdf of my powerpoint is linked from the Sept 16th "Puzzle FUNdamentals" event listing. Note that as part of the presentation, the pdf itself has a puzzle hidden within it that was provided as "homework" for the attendees. The first to figure out that puzzle was rewarded with the coordinates to an ammo can cache that was ready to place and also had an unregistered TB tag set inside.
The events that live streamed this presentation are:
Will be presenting a second edition of this next fall and in between I'm building a Blog site with lots of puzzle solving information, tips, & tricks. That project has just been started.
Nice presentation!
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After reading 5 pages of this back and forth banter, I'm glad I live and cache on the other coast.
Note: The giant sucking sound you just heard was the amount of time and drama spent/wasted on this cache when you could have just moved on and continued living life instead of obsessing on it. Sorry if I've stated the obvious.
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My macros are found in my GSAK data folder. For full disclosure, I did specify a different (new) data folder upon install. However, with that said you should be able to pick up / copy your data folder from one computer to another bringing not only your macros, but your db as well.
I agree with the others, the GSAK forums are probably better, generally speaking anyway, for GSAK inquiries.
Hope this helps.
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OK.... then give me 15 seconds to drive there. We were in a V8 Hemi Jeep. . . and we ran out of gas twice.
Actually... I think we hit 40 mph each time before stomping on the brakes. Near the end of the run, when we were low on gas, I tried to stay under 25mph on acceleration.
Poor Jeep. I hope you changed its oil when you were done. And BTW, I understand why you did it (even though I probably wouldn't), so congratulations on the effort and your success.
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I was geocaching in AZ last week for the first time and found one of those stickers at "It's a Duck's Life' (GCGDM3).
I logged it as "Needs maintenance" and included a photo of the sticker, photos of the site, and the text of the code referenced on the sticker. It didn't look very official to me.
I also logged it as a "Found" because in my thinking, I found the location of the coords, which were marked by the sticker. It seemed fair to me, since I did find the exact spot.
Today, a week after I logged the find, I was surprised to get email from another geocacher (not the cache owner by the way), which said:
You need to remove your find on It's a Duck's Life. You can't claim a find if the cache isn't there. Sorry. Thanks for reporting the sticker.So, are there geocache user "police" that read random caches and pass judgement on how entries are logged?
The email caught me off guard and I'll admit, I thought it was a bit rude and presumptuous - almosts takes the fun out of geocaching.
I wonder what others think. Am I in the weeds on this and need an attitude adjustment? I'm always willing/eager to learn and grow and welcome constructive thoughts.
Thanks!
Joe (DEZINR from Columbus, OH)
Yeah, I just logged a DNF yesterday on a missing cache (construction of a town drainage ditch in the area). The thread referenced by WRASTRO is in fact long-running, and will probably never die off. I'll even admit to being a contributor to it.
Account names are never used, and cache pages are never linked to. I'd say what you did is often frowned upon, but maybe I'm just some zany Puritan. Ultimately, I suppose it's up to the cache owner to decide what's a find, and what isn't.
And yes, emailing someone when it's not your cache is totally whacked, in my opinion.
Not a comment on the applicability of the find or not, but that smells fishy to me. Someone other than the cache owner sent you an email...sounds like it might have been from the dweeb who placed the sticker. Just sayin'. When it looks like a fish and smells like a fish, sometimes it is a fish. I can't imagine someone else doing it.
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I apparently work too much
I probably should work more !!!
Scubasonic
I do work too much (recently validated by my doctor) and find that it definately gets in the way of my caching and playing and drinking and other sporting activities and...uh...what was the question again?
Seriously, I've been reading this thread and found myself grinning at most of the comments. I am just freaking astounded by the numbers as well as totally amazed by some of the stories. That is what the sport is about. Good stories and good experiences and good friends.
Congrats Scuba!
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No idea. I don't think I see anything like that in the GC Android App. What app are you using?
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Okay, made me look.
I have 153 Virtuals and 97 Earthcaches (hey, they're virtual too) in 7.5 years of caching.GREEEEEEN....envy.....
That's spectacular. I have a few, but not nearly that many.
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ok, i have found that type before, how about something not herd of that often. feel free to give away your evil hides
A nono in a big plastic cow placed among a herd of other cows...
An ammo box in a whale placed with a herd of other whales...
A 35mm film can tied to an antler of an antelope running with a herd of other antelope...
Ok. sorry. herd, gaggle, grim.
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So here is a question I have been mulling over for a couple of weeks. Rather than start a new thread, I'll ask it here. Everyone complains about rocks thrown down as swag. I wouldn't dump a trail rock into any cache. But what do you all think of this idea. If I took, lets say, basalt from Mt. Hood, or Obsidian from Eastern Oregon, chipped off little bits and glued them on a card saying "Oregon Basalt/Obsidian complements of BlueMoth", and put the card into a 2 x 2 baggie, would anyone like to find that as swag?
I also have a box of tiny quartz points collected from Northeastern Washington, and a bag full of Oregon beach agates.
I would probably save the cards for when I travel to a region different than mine.
I love geology and minerals, and would love to find rocks from other states in cache. I would also rather find a rock in a cache than a moldy McToy (not that I take either, but just sayin'). But that is just me.
I think that is a wonderful idea and my kids would love it. And it really is a two-fer when you can combine the fun of geocaching with education at the same time.
We keep a stash of kids toys in the car for swag that goes into caches as well as a smaller bag that has some small books or educational items that our little geocachers can pick through when we find a good cache with not so good contents.
For me, I cache for the quest and challenge of the find. For my kids though (2 and 5), they like to go along and get the shiny marble, dice, or book. Keeping it at their speed means I get to cache with them which is the best I could ask for.
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Google is much more powerful now than when virtuals were being approved. Not only because of added features but also because the amount of information available has increased so much.
I'm 99% certain I know what this one is thanks to Google and features added to this site.
It's green, fuzzy, and looks like the early 70's carpeting in my first house. That's my final answer and I am sticking with it.
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My luckiest moment was finding a micro. The cache was published and our local FTF hounds were all over it, except they were posting DNF's. My wife and I decided to take a stab at it. GZ had every possible and imaginable place to hide something so small. Bushes, trees, a large sign, a 4 x 6 metal grate that covers a concrete storm water collection box, ground cover, light fixtures, sprinkler heads etc...
We were almost ready to call off the search when I caught a glimpse of something on and under the metal grate. I think that I must have gotten a better sun angle to see what I saw. I moved closer and got down on my hands and knees and what I found was a very small fishing swivel that had been painted black laying along the side of the metal grate. Attached to the swivel was a small black line that ran down the inside corner of the collection box. The surface of the water in the collection box was about 4' below the surface of the grate. I pulled on the line, but it was somewhat heavy. I continued to pull the line and out of the water popped a bunch of plant life. I continued to pull the mass toward the grate. When the mass was at the bottom of the grate I put my fingers through one of the openings in the grate and pulled the mass through. What I found was, a bunch of fake plastic leaves and vines with a bison tube attached to the underside of it. The bison tube had a couple of ounces fishing weights attached to it. The cache owner made the length of the line just long enough to rest on the bottom of the collection box. If there wasn't any water to cover the cache the artificial plant material would work as camouflage.
It was pure luck that we found it but we did and got FTF bragging rights to boot.
Hmmmmmmm.....going to have to make one of those. I've found the dangling from fish line ones, but never with fake leaves attached.
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Actually we didn't keep a secret. Although it was funny I had not told anyone at work. About 3 months into caching I had a coworker take me out for coffee to talk. They wanted to know if everything was ok at home. I was showing up at work with scratches, bruises etc and never explained them. LOL LOL
(I am a klutz and always find that tree root covered in leaves etc) Once I fell and hurt myself so bad walking in a creek to get a cache hidden in a creek that I could not wear pants because my leg was so damaged LOL.I finally came out of the Geocaching closet and explained it.
Now they know I had a good weekend if I come in with a new geostripe.
That's rich! LOL. My cache-mobile has a travel bug on the back window which is a dead give away for those who know and a good conversation starter for those who don't.
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A simple question...
I've nominated a few logs for addition to the Lost & Found section, either because they were very well written, or funny, or they told a good geocaching tale.
When a log is nominated in this way is any sort of notification sent to either the log writer or the cache owner to let them know?
I see these nominations as a way to encourage good logs and, to some extent, to encourage cachers to place caches that will generate such logs - but it's not an effective stimulus if people don't realise their log has been appreciated in this way.
MrsB
I also wondered about that. It would be nice to have an official GC mail to the log owner letting them know. I think Lost and Found is a great concept.
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Title sums it up. Is there a proper section on the forum to promote products created for geocachers? I.e shirts and what not.
Unless you have explicit permission from Groundspeak to do so (and if you do, make sure you mention it) it is not allowed per the forum guidelines. If someone asks about a particular product, I believe it is OK to mention you sell such an item, but don't use it as an excuse to post a full advertisement, and remember sock puppet accounts can get you banned. Geocoins can be promoted in the geocoin forums.
What is a sock puppet account? That one is new for me...
That makes more sense than one owned by pets who can't drive. ty.
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Title sums it up. Is there a proper section on the forum to promote products created for geocachers? I.e shirts and what not.
Unless you have explicit permission from Groundspeak to do so (and if you do, make sure you mention it) it is not allowed per the forum guidelines. If someone asks about a particular product, I believe it is OK to mention you sell such an item, but don't use it as an excuse to post a full advertisement, and remember sock puppet accounts can get you banned. Geocoins can be promoted in the geocoin forums.
What is a sock puppet account? That one is new for me...
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I cache with my two sons, ages 4 & 5 (ages 2 & 3) when we started this adventure. I get so frustrated not because I want the stuff but because I hate for us to find a cache and it is either empty, has something broken in it or I kid you not was stuffed with McDonalds ketchup packets because they are so disappointed. A few times like this and I carry a large backpack so I can stock others caches so other children won't be disappointed then I let the boys pick something out of the backpack or I will somehow swirl it all in so they don't realize that we came up empty. I don't know what the answer is but that is my solution to the problem. I just fill em up as I can.
I'm right there with you. My daughters come wtih me when we are able and are incredible disappointed when it is pure junk that is found. They don't consider used toys, dirty toys, new toys, marbles, or glittery princess stuff junk. Though we have a rule about anything not in a package getting sanitzed first. I don't get the ketchup packages or bbq sauce cups as swag. That's just fricken lame and put there by people who don't have little ones with them. I actually would rather find a log book only in a cache rather than one where I have to explain why my kids can't/shouldn't trade for something in the container.
I also carry the box of cache refills in my SUV when caching and sometimes we fill up caches that we think are worthy. Other times the kids get to pull something from the box if a cache is really bad.
There was an earlier post regarding human nature and that is probably right on target.
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I have learned after having to go back to the car for a writing implement to carry a supply of golf pencils and a small sharpener in my just incase geo cache supply bag. If I use my own I can not steal the one in the cache. I am a pen and pencil thief.
i carry a small pocketknife on the lanyard attached to the gps. not only does it sharpen dull pencils, but it cuts other stuff and can get stuck in places where my giant paws don't fit
Account names are never used, and cache pages are never linked to. 
I have 153 Virtuals and 97 Earthcaches (hey, they're virtual too) in 7.5 years of caching.
(I am a klutz and always find that tree root covered in leaves etc) Once I fell and hurt myself so bad walking in a creek to get a cache hidden in a creek that I could not wear pants because my leg was so damaged LOL.
People forget to use stealth, chased away by secruity.
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