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quote:Originally posted by GeoVet:When did we, as a nation, become dehydrated? Is there an event or revelation I missed? Recent studies inticate that most Americans (I don't think the study I read dealt with anyone other than Americans) are clinically dehydrated. Not many folks hydrate as much as they should. One big reason for that is our increased consumption of caffinated drinks. Caffine is a dieruetic, meaning the more caffine you consume, the more water you eliminate. (That's one reason Cranberry juice is perscribed for folks with urinary tract infections -- it's high in caffene and will make you urinate more.) I know I was probably dehydrated for much of my adult life and never really noticed it. About 18 months ago, as part of a change in diet, I eliminated sodas, and cut back on iced tea (I never was much for drinking coffee.) After a month or two, I noticed that I was feeling better (less aches and pains,) my concentration was better, and my stamina in the car was better (I race cars on an amateur level.) -- Robert "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by Desert_Warrior:http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/46091_400.jpg He's GORGIOUS. I've always wanted a Great Dane. Our neighbor had one when I was growing up. He used to bark a bit and could look OVER the backyard fence. I was terrified of him until I actually met him. I've liked the breed ever since. I just wish they weren't so short-lived. -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by TMAN264:The "Bambi" hunt is $10,000, but there are rumors that this never happened in the first place. And since I get all my news from Bob and Tom, who knows if it is true. Probably not. Have you ebver been hit by a paintball? Those suckers can HURT. "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

(You know, I REALLY hate this board's editor.) quote:Originally posted by Jeremy (Admin):We have two beagles... Hey! Another Beagle owner! quote:and by definition, they *never* go off-leash except for Marymoor Park, where it is acceptable (and big enough they don't pick up a scent and take off). We have an "official" dog park nearby thats always so crowded that we never use it. Instead, we go to Connemara, which is, though not an official dog park, MUCH better. quote:Even on-leash my beagles would be open to eating anything on the ground. I'm sure there's a special place in hell for any sadistic person who does this. And I'd be there to send him on his way. Quite simply, he'd be a dead man. It's happened before. -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by Team Kaz:There is a cache we found not to far away from us in a similar place. We found it so interesting to see a group of German settlers burried next to a neighborhood pool and water tower, but covered in vines and trees. You would never know it was there had it not been for the cahce co-ords. The cemetary is overgrown? That's not right. Someone should be caring for it. Growing up in rural North Texas, there were many abandoned graveyards around. My scout troop cleaned up many of these and returned to a somewhat more respectable state. If you like to research gravehards and gravesites, perhaps you can dig around a little and see who owns the land now and perhaps organize an event to clean up the graveyard. quote:So my question is, does anyone find this disrespectful to the dead? I wouldn't think so. Cemetaries are there for the *living*, to remember those who've passed before us. Done respectfully, with an eye towards the hostory of those interred there, I think a cache would be just fine. Then again, I'm not the one who approves the things... -- Robert "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by Dave77459:I am planning to hide chemical glow sticks in the first cache. The next ones will be smaller, and the finder will get a prize. The boys will all take turns with the GPS, and hopefully they can find all the caches before the park closes (about 1.5 hours after sunset). ... Ideas? Anyone done this? Cool idea! Here's a thought... In each cache, put something you need to find the next cache. Like hide one cache underwater, and in the previous cache, put a length of cord with a hook or magnet tied onto it. They have to fish out the cache with the hook. Or maybe the next cache has only general coordinates (cache is within 50 feet of a waypoint. Then mark the cache with reflective tape and put a flashlight in the previous cache. Don't tell them whaqt the objects in the cache are for. They have to figure it out. The last cache is a locked footlocker, and the previous cache has the key. Inside the footlocker is the birthday presents and party favors (or even the cake!) This more valuable cache would have to be placed while the kids are off looking for the others, and would need to be guarded, though. -- Robert "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:All containers outside will suffer some form of condensation, therefore ziplock bagging the contents is another good practice. What about putting in a dessicant, taped to the container? -- Robert "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

I've just taken up cycling for the exercise (as opposed to taking it up for fun!). I use the GPS to track how far I've ridden, and average speed (I try to keep it at about 10mph.) Yes, I can get a speedometer for the bike to do all this as well, but the GPSr is already paid for... -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

I road race (see my avatar.) I'm also starting to design and manufacture racing suspension parts. -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by junglehair:However, as umc pointed out, you are not allowed to place caches in an area where you will not be able to maintain them. Therefore if your trip to the Pursian Gulf is temporary, you will not be able to get a cache approved in that area. How long do they need to be maintained? Say I'm going to spend 6 months or so somewhere. Can I create a cache, maintain it for 6 months, and then archive it when I leave? -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by sandaals:The first release will not support color, as I am developing for grayscale devices, there are significant programming differences between the grayscale and color modes, and I have no way of testing except on an emulator. However, I will do my best to support the high-resolution screens in the first release. Version 2 will most likely support at least 256 colors. If you're interested, I can alpha/beta test for you on a Handspring Visor Platinum, a Handspring Visor Deluxe, and a Sony Clie' T665C. -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by DyverDown:Although, the hi res colour screens, hmm, that would require an upgrade for me... Done right, the application could support both high resolution and low resolution screens. -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by jerryss:I have an old CLIE with the service plan that is having problems with the battery... Well, if the IQUE plan falls through, replacement batterys for Clie's and many other PDA's are available on the 'Net... -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by infosponge:I have a Palm Vx, which I carry in my backpack. I load all the cache pages for areas I'll be visiting using: 1. GC.com membership "pocket query" to get a GPX file 2. GPX Spinner to generate HTML pages 3. Plucker to convert the HTML pages to a browsable database on the Palm. Works great and you can fit a TON of cache pages in the memory of a Palm V. http://www.tampabaygeocaching.com I use a similar system, only I use iSiloX to convert from HTML to iSilo format (I've got a TON of eBooks in iSilo format already, so using another reader doesn't make sense,) and I use iSilo to view the cache pages. iSilo has a VERY tight compression algorithm, and the reader is top-notch. -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

Well, it seems my Geocaching equipment is quickly evolving... I started out with a Handspring Visor Platinum and a Magellan GPS Companion. the Visor only has 8MB of memory, and with Maopolis's maps, that memory gets eaten up pretty quickly. So my main PDA is now a Sony Clie' T665C. What I'm looking for is a small GPS receiver that I can use with the Clie' so I can retire the Handspring. I'd really like it to have WAAS support, but other than that, specific features aren't as important as price. -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by sandaals:Thanks for your support! I hope to post a few conceptual "screen-shots" to give you an idea of what it's gonna look like. Keep the comments coming, everyone! Sounds like a good project. Some questions/comments... What version of PalmOS will be required? What map data will you be using? I GREATLY prefer importing GPX files. Supporting this would likely be easier to code than accessing the web site. Being able to do both would be fine, but I'd MUCH rather use the GPX functionality. I'd like to manage my cache list on the PC and selectivly move those caches to the PDA. For instance, download all caches in the state to my PC, then select a filtered list of caches for moving into the PDA. (Pocket Querys already handles the moving all the caches in the state to the PC part.) I'd DEFINATELY like to see support for high resolution color screens (al-la Clie'). IF the app does everything well, and is intuitive, I'd gladly pay for it. -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by Gaddiel & OrangeDanish:We just created a CD cache. I agree with BrianSnat, as long as it's not pirated, I'm ok with it. We put a note on our cache page that says something like, "Must be original, no burned or homemade CDs." As far as the dust/dirt/grime/grit goes, that's the beauty of a CD: just wash it off, let it dry completely, and you're good to go. Of course, I'd also check for any major scratches before I popped it in my player... Why? Nothing physically touches the CD except for the motor's drive hub and the plastic hub clamp -- neither of which are precision pieces of equipment. A scratch, even a BIG one, won't hurt a thing. "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by TotemLake:What I'm looking for is the real reason you even considered buying the GPS? What made you think... I wish I had one right now? Was it survivalism? Was it finding your way in? Was it finding your way back out? What's your story? I got into the whole GPSr thing kind of oddly. I'm a software engineer. Back in 1996 or so, a friend of mine started his own company to create navigation systems for General Aviation aircraft. His navigation system was based on using several GPSr's onboard the aircraft (one on each wingtip, one in the cockpit, and on in the tail.) He needed a software engineer to write code to interface with the GPSr's and write custom database code, so he called me. For prototyping, we used a GPS-III Pilot -- a really nice unit at the time.) Selective availability gave us fits - one of the reasons we used 4 receivers, and even then altitude data was crap. The prototype software was really impressive. You'd look at at the display and it looked just like a flight simulator, with the terrain displayed (from USGS DTM data,) roads (from USGS DLG data,) restricted airspace (from the FAA) and airports (from the FAA). It was surreal, driving around the Rockies (prototyping was done in a car,) and looking at the computer, and seeing exactly the same thing as was was out the windshield. -- Robert "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

Waqtcher doesn't do what I need. I want a list of caches sorted by distance from a lat/lon (which Watcher can do,) on my PDA. Once you export to GPX and convert to HTML using Spinner, the sort is lost. Perhaps this is a shortcoming of the GPX format or Spinner? -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

Try cleaning the battery contacts with a pencil eraser. I've had batterys in a Techra act like that before. Usually it's because of a bad contact between the battery and the computer. -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

Welcome! I'm a relative newcomer in the D/FW area too. Hey GoatSniFFer, what's the besty way to hook up with the Texas Geocaching folks in the area? -- RK "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

I'm new to Pocket Queries, and if this has been discussed before, I missed it -- sorry. I'd like to be able to generate a list based on distance from a lat/lon (my house, my work location, my vacation residence, etc...) and be able to list them based on distance from that lat/lon. How doable is this? I ask this because I'll be spending this weekend at a friend's and will be intriducing him to geocaching. It's be nice to be able to take him to nearby caches (we may be time/limited, and I'd like to do as many finds as we can.) For this weekend, I'll generate a list by hand, but it'd be nice to have this automated. -- Robert "I drank WHAT?!?" -- Socrates

quote:Originally posted by Tom Hespos:I just wanted to go public and thank whoever invented this cool sport. I'm on my second week. I don't know exactly when I became aware of Geocaching, but I know it was a while back. I didn't think about it much, since I didn't have a GPS, and my days are pretty busy (I'm gone from the house from 6:00 AM to about 8:00 PM because of my job.) However, I recently got a GPS receiver for my PDA, so I was looking for something to do with it (how many of us have gotten started that way?) A buddy on an email list mentioned that he Geocached, so I went looking around and found this site. That was two weeks ago and so far I've got 7 finds. I'm doing my searches on my way home from work (a 1.5 hour commute, if I drive stright through,) or during lunch. Soon I'll have done all the conveniant ones, so I'll have to start devoting more of my weekends to this sillyness! -- RK

quote:Originally posted by Desert_Warrior:What do you think? Who cares? If you believe it, believe it and be thankful for lifes great (and small) mysteries. If not, well, that's OK too, though it's nice to have a little magic once in a while... -- RK