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  1. Who invented the lamp-skirt cache hide anyway.  :blink:

    The first time I found a lamp-skirt cache, I thought "How cool is this?" Needless to say, it didn't take long for the thrill to wear off (but then again, I still go after them...)

     

    I call this the "Buffalo Effect". Here's how it works: You are driving your car in South Dakota for the first time. It isn't long before you see a buffalo beside the road. You slam on the brakes, stop the car, grab the camera and shoot 50 frames in about 30 seconds. 48 hours later, having passed approximately 47,000 more buffalo, your reaction varies from boredom to out-and-out anger (because some idiot in front of you has just slammed on his brakes with no warning.) In Hawaii, this is also known as the "Cattle Egret Effect".

    We've got the same thing at the zoo, the Peacock Effect. The Peacocks are allowed to wander the zoo grounds, they pick up spilled popcorn, create a crowd in front of my bus... It's like people have never seen those nasty birds before. Oh, sure, they look pretty... <_<

  2. On another note:

    With the recent burst of new caches in San Pasqual Valley, it's been great fun to see the FTF flury.....some hard core cachers out there.  Some logs posted at 2 a.m. in the morning!  I most enjoyed reading D-Jollyman's posts.....had to have a desginated driver take him.....wow!  That is true love!

    I thought about joining in the search last night as well but common sense and work this morning kept me away. After reading about the mud involved in the other caches, I know I made the right choice. :P

    What is this "common sense" of which you speak? :D<_<:blink:

     

    D!

  3. Congrats to Harmon for hitting the big 1 <_<  <_<  :unsure: today!!!

    Okay,where would you be without me (and fellow Geobabe Splashette)? Better yet: Where would I be? You're responsible for all this ya' know.

    Congrats, to my Geocaching AND square dancing buddy and his bride.

    Congrats to everybody I missed! Keep rackin' up those ######!

     

    Hey Marty, I fixed it for ya :laughing:

  4. I did mine, thanks.

     

    D

     

    Analysis of file 360281.gpx

     

    2721 unique caches.

    2721 finds logged.

    76 DNF logs (on found caches only).

    Avg. Difficulty = 1.68

    Avg. Terrain = 1.62

    Avg. Challenge = 1.92

    453 hard caches (17%)

    5 countries

    7 US states

    0 multiple finds (0%)

    426 (15.7%) archived

    First log: 06/2/2003

    Last log: 01/10/2006

    Most finds: 74 on 10/17/2005

    Oldest cache: #234 (GCEA)

    Newest cache: #330731 (GCRWYN)

     

    Difficulty:

    1.0: 943 (34.7%)

    1.5: 756 (27.8%)

    2.0: 592 (21.8%)

    2.5: 179 ( 6.6%)

    3.0: 137 ( 5.0%)

    3.5: 50 ( 1.8%)

    4.0: 40 ( 1.5%)

    4.5: 13 ( 0.5%)

    5.0: 11 ( 0.4%)

     

    Terrain:

    1.0: 1203 (44.2%)

    1.5: 593 (21.8%)

    2.0: 419 (15.4%)

    2.5: 235 ( 8.6%)

    3.0: 168 ( 6.2%)

    3.5: 65 ( 2.4%)

    4.0: 25 ( 0.9%)

    4.5: 5 ( 0.2%)

    5.0: 8 ( 0.3%)

     

    Cache types:

    1 ( 0.0%) Cache In Trash Out Event

    8 ( 0.3%) Earthcache

    12 ( 0.4%) Event Cache

    4 ( 0.1%) Letterbox Hybrid

    11 ( 0.4%) Locationless (Reverse) Cache

    122 ( 4.5%) Multi-cache

    2331 (85.7%) Traditional Cache

    175 ( 6.4%) Unknown Cache

    50 ( 1.8%) Virtual Cache

    7 ( 0.3%) Webcam Cache

     

    Containers:

    18 ( 0.7%) Large

    790 (29.0%) Micro

    108 ( 4.0%) Not chosen

    115 ( 4.2%) Other

    1122 (41.2%) Regular

    512 (18.8%) Small

    56 ( 2.1%) Virtual

     

    Countries:

    1 in Canada

    1 in Greece

    8 in Mexico

    1 in Netherlands

    2699 in United States

     

    US States:

    12 in Arizona

    2675 in California

    1 in District of Columbia

    1 in Maine

    8 in Nevada

    1 in Oregon

    1 in Wisconsin

  5. If this one is back in action, I believe it is wheelchair accessible.

     

    Even if it isn't back, that area is very interesting. The "trees" along the walkway are fascinating.

    I just moved this cache to the newspaper bins near the other end of the ship, but I forgot to get the new coordinates. Duh. I'll have it going again soon.

     

    Gaslamp and Aloe Virtualis at the zoo are accessible.

     

    D

    The Star is back in action!

     

    D!

  6. :D

    FlagMan 01/10/06

     

    The Womb

     

    Retrieved "delivered" ammo can, cleaned-up & added swag, dried out logbook, and replaced the cache back to it's "Womb".

     

    This deserves a big round of applause and an extra dose of Karma. With DJ & PW down FlagMan steps up to deliver!!  :(

     

    Thank you!!

    My pleasure (well, I am a little sick, you know). Just trying to get my foot out of my mouth...

    That's pr'bly what made ya sick in the first place!

     

    D

  7. If this one is back in action, I believe it is wheelchair accessible.

     

    Even if it isn't back, that area is very interesting. The "trees" along the walkway are fascinating.

    I just moved this cache to the newspaper bins near the other end of the ship, but I forgot to get the new coordinates. Duh. I'll have it going again soon.

     

    Gaslamp and Aloe Virtualis at the zoo are accessible.

     

    D

  8. Anyone else having problems viewing the pictures on puzzle cache webpages? I have at least two new puzzles, You In and International Dog and Bone, that I cannot view the pictures. This makes solving the puzzle impossible. I see that both have the pictures on a website other than GC.com. I am using Internet Explorer and hitting refresh multiple times, but no luck. I only accidently discovered that there are pictures on either of these pages. Until I figured out there was a problem, I was staring at blank pages and wondering how everyone else was solving them.

     

    Maybe everyone can post the pictures on the webpage itself?

    I put in a link to the puzzle just in case the image doesn't show up.

     

    D!

  9. The photo of the front page looked alot like San Diego . . Sure enough it was Princess Toadstool's photo from Stone Ruination #9 Pond Scum

    (here)

     

    don't have time to post page but press F5 enough times and I'll bet it comes around.

     

    Cheers! Jeff

     

    Edit for crappy typing!

    geoCapture.jpg

    Congrats!

  10. Saw this over at the UK forums and thought I'd give it a go here...

     

    For me, it was when I hiked out to Goat Canyon Trestle in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park back in May of 2003 (before the trains started running again). Nope, I didn't accidentally find a cache (although I wish I had, it's quite a hike), but I did a google search on the trestle several weeks afterwards and I came up with a nearby cache. I then found Flagman's "Grandparent's Cache" in early June.

     

    How did you get started?

     

    D!

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