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    Who Are The Lurkers? Introduce Yourself.

    in General geocaching topics

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    Hi, we ahve been geocaching since Easter. We have 129 finds. Its a great family hobby. I usually read the forums every day but seldom post. Recently I posted a few times just to complain about all the anti mod postings.

    What I like most is getting info for geocaching, I learned about paperless caching and bought a Dell Axim 3, and use GPS Sonar, and Mapopolis. I really like being able to learn new tech items.

    I also like the stories of the unusal finds, ect. I would love to see a geocaching magazine or newsletter with more stories.

    Thanks for all the fun created by Jeremy and crew. A very satisfied customer.

     

    I bought an Axim as well but have found that I cant connect because my comp cant see it now , although it will recharge I cant do any updates because the docking station doesnt seem to work after 3 years (X3i model)

    I got cachemate for paperless caching , I had to go back to printing out stuff, I find this site very helpful but I`m not racing against anyone to get more than them .And I do a bit of lurking ( hehe ).

    Events/Routes in north Wales/Chester area

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    Hello!!

     

    I live in Wirral.... so not far.

     

    You'll find the N Wales / Wirral / Cheshire / Merseyside cachers are all lovely, and lots of fun!

     

    We have quarterly events, usually held in the Cheshire Cat pub in Christleton near Chester - I was being badgered this weekend as to when the next one will be, so I'll have to get my diary organised!!

     

    Very often during the cooler months lots of us meet up to go out caching, but in the summer lots of us are away at other caching camping events, so usually it's Sept to March / April.

     

    Drop me a line through my profile and I'll make sure you get to hear of stuff happening - shame you didn't get in touch sooner, there was a very fabulous camping event (that everyone can attend for the day, or as a camper) last weekend in N Wales!

     

    who`s badgering you Hazel ? i cant believe you stand for that!

    Got pulled over last night for....

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Archangel_UK

    well since a lot of geocachers have had run ins with the cops, i listed a few tips for getting out of it unscathed,

     

    how i got pulled over has nothing to do with geocaching, but geocaching as an excuse helped me get off the hook.

     

    the point is to be honest, but not to admit to anything.

    the other tips will get you a long way to get out of ay sort of tickets.

     

    i just thought it was weird that he gave me a verbal, and even though he didnt know anything about geocaching he honestly believed thats what i was doing and didnt question the weird assortment of tools in my car any longer,

     

    and i honestly didnt tell him i was fumbling with my gps, i should edit that part out of the above thread,

    i told him i was looking for such and such street where a geocache was supposed ot be and i was lost, and asked him for directions.

     

    cops love giving directions, they can actually write it off as a civil service of sorts, i heard somewhere they supposedly have to get so many of these civil service points per quote period, things like helping someone change a tire, giving directions, and following a junk car to a mechanic,

     

    this can help you if you ever get approached, you can always admit to being lost there is no fine for that. and cops are almost always willing to help you get back on track, plus its a good distraction to get them from badgering you with questions

     

    Well in UK , we dont have those sort of probs with cops, they may ask what you are doing and where you are going ,but no weapons involved !

    However using handheld devices are big no-no and attract fines and points on licence

    Worldwide cache numbers updated

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    I'd like to point out that France has a higher percentage growth that any country of comparable or greater size, but then someone would (rightly) accuse me of cherry-picking statistics. :(

     

    Indeed, but France does seem to be doing rather poorly on the "caches per variety of cheese" metric.

     

    All unfavourable statistics can be turned in one's favour using the power of -1.

     

    In this case, I think you should count the number of varieties of cheese which you can enjoy per 100 caches. That's at least 8 for France without having to import anything.

     

    The pedant in me wants to point out caching started in Ohio, not California.

     

    You have a dodgy pedant there (oo-er missus). The inhabitants of Oregon would like a word with him. I do hope nobody here has ever accused Americans of being geographically ignorant. :blink:

     

    that would be hard considering that all the Americans i have spoken to do not have a good perception of world geography........... more along the lines of "i am blonde " sorry ladies

    Adopt-a-newbie!

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    Hi all, new to Geocaching and this seems to be as good a place as any to introduce myself :)

     

    I'm in Cheshire and I seem to be getting the hang of things, since I've already managed to find a couple of caches (and I'm sure I've got the right place for a 3rd - but the pesky little nano in question is proving elusive :D )

     

    October 2007 myself ,Wirral (near HazelS) know what you mean about elusive nanos :lol:

    geocacheuk.com

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted · Edited by Archangel_UK

    Can I just mention that having had syncing probs with geocaching.com and unable tosee my stats I am really happy that Teasel/Ian has sorted it out and I am up to date B)

     

    Big Thanks to Ian :laughing:

     

    for his help in the midst of all his probs

     

    gold star work all round :laughing:

     

    and apart from numerous typos in this post which I had to correct once I`d posted , everything seems to be going excellently B)

    Sat Navs

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    I would recommend the Nuvi car satnav. I have found it to be an excellent geocaching unit and have got about 800 caches in 6 months with it. Battery life is 4 hours so is a problem if you are going for a long walk. However if it is straight eg along a canal and a fair distance to the next cache you don't have to have it turned on. It recharges in the car pretty quickly so if you are doing a lot of driving then it shouldn't run out of juice- I used it for a 15 hour caching day in Milton Keynes and it never got close to running out of juice.

     

    Unlike my TomTom which just goes off when its battery decides its finished after 2 hours B)

    Sat Navs

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    The battery life is given as 2 hours max on most satnavs but as has been stated excellent to get you to the parking area but not if you have a longer than say 1.5 hours on foot.

     

    Its working out which is the best method for you that counts ; go for it but remember that the TomTom especially just dies when the battery is finished ;)

    IF I had the money

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    Definately the Garmin 60Csx :D

     

    Yep totally agree, have dropped my 60CSx three times with no problem in just over a year of use. :D

     

    Working outside, (Mobile Phone Industry) I'm on my 5th Mobile Phone and 3rd PDA, Mobiles/PDAs don't like being dropped or water. :huh:

     

    The HTC device is really nice but not for a techno-idiot like me, who works at height and gets wet, well very wet!!! I have actually had a "play" with an HTC, cannot remember which one, but it was about £450 and did everything. :P

     

    Have to agree it is a great device and as posted does EVERYTHING, BUT!! :D

     

    The company I work for did think about buying them (x10) but we stopped when we tried to find out there IP (Ingress Protection) rating, we were told they were tested for "normal use" which basically means use it in your bed with plenty of pillows around and make sure your roof does not leak!!! B):)

     

    Don't quote me but I seem to remember that a 60CSx can withstand full immersion, in water, for 5 minutes. I think Garmin use an IPX rating not the EU IP rating so cannot remember.

     

    In the end my company thought better of the "all in one device" and settled for a GPS (Garmin 60CSx), TomTom (PDA or Standalone), Laptop (for Internet Access/E-mail/etc) and a very cheap mobile phone!!! :ph34r:

     

    As for five mobile phones in one year!!!

     

    1) Dropped from 30m while on a tower!! :D

    2) Dropped from 150m while working on a tower, (small hole still in the ground)!!!! :o:o

    3) Left on roof of van, drove off, found by mate who drove over it!!!! :P:D

    4) Fell down the loo, the phone not me!!! :ph34r::ph34r:

    5) Dropped from 60m while on a tower, BUT, luckily the Astra van below broke it's fall!! ;)

     

    Cheers

     

    Nick

     

    you do seem to like dropping phones off towers don`t you :huh:

    IF I had the money

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted · Edited by Archangel_UK

    You could have a Garmin map 60 csx and combine it with an ipaq or similar running Tomtom. not a cheap option but a very versatile one.

    Why not just install Memory Map on the PPC and don't bother with the Garmin? Either get a PPC with a built in GPS, such as a Mio p350/550 a701, or my HTC Kaiser/TYTN II or get an even cheaper PPC with Bluetooth and get a GPS mouse.

     

    The Garmin unit that you have all recommended so far does not do half the things the OP asked for. Does it play mp3s? Connect to a PC wirelessly? Does it do turn by turn satnav (may do I'm not sure)? Can you get full cache info from it like you can with Cachemate? Do you get a display like this below?

     

    aV1zdxjr.jpg

     

    On which when you select a cache you get this:

     

    aV1zeGEA.jpg

     

    In addition to the things the OP asked for, he would also be able o send & recieve email, make phone calls, send SMS, have full HTML internet access via 3g, Edge, HSDPA, GPRS or wifi, play games, edit MS Office documents, sync his outlook calender & contacts and install whatever different apps or games he chooses.

     

    Well Ive looked and they appear to be about £450 quid + (can`t seem to find one at 275 )

     

    ok if you `ve got the disposable income but hang on ! doesnt the new garmin do the paperless caching thing as well .... and unless you are a gadget junkie ; most folks will have changed their mobile for something small and discreet, not a blinking big lump like this , hmmmmmm

     

    and if they`re on Ebay (cheap) that says to me that people are not too happy with them, if they were that good you wouldn`t be avble to get one for love or money , Hmmmmmm :ph34r:

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