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    DISHONEST COIN DEALER

    in West and Southwest

    Posted

    I know Matt and have met him personally. Never dealt with him on any coin transactions. I'm pretty confidant in saying he don't work for Groundspeak. Some people just like Geocaching as their job since that is all they seem to do.

     

    I'm a little confused on the math you posted since the numbers don't add up. But that aside, I can't really help with the situation. I do think it is wrong for him to try and pass on his loss to you. That should only happen if a company files for legal bankruptcy or goes out of business.

    Touring suggestions around LA to Vegas area

    in West and Southwest

    Posted

    I did a car tour for an Australian geocacher a few years back. We stopped for a few caches along the way, but it was mostly tourist spots and sight-seeing. The loop I did in order (starting and ending at LAX)-

    Venice Beach

    Santa Monica Pier

    Mulholland Highway (from 405 to 101)

    Universal Studios Hollywood

    Hollywood Sign overlook

    Hollywood and Highland (Chinese Theatre, Kodak/Dolby Theatre, Walk of Fame, etc)

    Capital Records Bldg

    Drove west along Hollywood Blvd into Beverly Hills

    Rodeo Drive

    Santa Monica Blvd

     

    Then back to LAX. I'm happy to play guide if you are interested and my schedule allows.

    Roughneck Rendezvous IV!

    in West and Southwest

    Posted

    Next time you do one of these please message me. Looks like fun but I had no idea it was going on.

    If you get the weekly newsletter, it lists all your nearby events. The event was posted here and on several other local forums. Isn't that enough to let you know it was going on?

    Heading to Big Bear in California soon

    in West and Southwest

    Posted

    Lots of caches up there, but snow conditions will make finding many of them difficult. Are you looking for hiking or 4x4 trails? North shore trail for hiking/walking trail. 2N01, 2N02 trails on the east side, and 3N16 on the north side for 4x4 trails. Most of the 4x4 trails on the south shore are closed in the winter.

    Large caches in downtown...

    in West and Southwest

    Posted

    Hiding a larger size container in such an urban environment is very challenging. Whatever you do, DONT use an ammo can or other surplus military storage box as the container. Be sure to CLEARLY label it as a geocaching container. Obtain permission from the property owner if on private/managed land. These are all to CYA if you have problems with it down the road.

    Looking for other local Cachers (805)

    in West and Southwest

    Posted

    The OVC (Ojai Valley Cachers) are usually caching in Ventura and Oxnard on a regular basis. You might be able to connect with one of the people in their group. Outside of that, I don't know of any other groups near Ventura. The next closest is in Thousand Oaks and then onto the San Fernando Valley.

    IT"S AN EPIDEMIC.

    in Trackables

    Posted

    a what's the big deal about an NM anyway.

    people seem to think of it as a slap in the face.

    it's only an alert that there is an issue with the cache that needs to be dealt with.

     

    many COs ignore them anyway, which is another issue that needs to be addressed.

    hiding a cache is a privilege, not a right.

    if the cache is not maintained, that privilge should be taken away, opening that space for a cache placed by someone who cares.

     

    and what i'm attempting to do here is only to make the game more fun.

    i enjoy the game.

    i care.

     

    Missing travel bugs is not really a good reason to post NM on a cache.

     

    I don't really see the problem. I learned a while back to ignore the inventory list altogether.

     

    There are a lot of times when TB's are removed from a cache before the person who placed it there even gets a chance to log it into that cache.

     

    Perhaps you could post a feedback thread asking Groudspeak to remove the inventory from the cache listing. That should take care of the problem.

    Exactly. As a geocache hider, I am by default without any control of my own, giving people the option to place travel bugs in my cache. There is no way to disallow this on the site. So even if my cache is in good condition, with a current log book, pen, etc, somebody can some along and post a NM log saying there is a TB listed in inventory but not in the cache.

    Please don't post a NM for this kind of thing. Just post a note if it bothers you that much for the TB inventory not to be current.

    Geocaching and Police

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I had a couple cop cars pull up to me while I was looking for a cache in some bushes behind a supermarket. DNFed that cache, then chatted with the cops for a while, explaining what I was doing. One cop followed me to the next cache and I found that one. He didn't log his find however. :laughing:

    Caches that are obviously against guidelines . . .

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Coincidentally enough, ShowStop, yours is one I looked for in Skagway three weeks ago. Unfortunately it was gone (someone had found the log lying on the ground the day before), so I put it up for "needs maintenance". Some Aussies found it elsewhere and returned it with a new container, so I'll need to go there again when I get back to Skagway next week. :) There have been a number of finds since then, so I think that it is more than safe to take the "maintenance" tag back off it. You are welcome to e-mail me if you want me to let you know after I'm there next week.

    Timing is everything. :(

     

    The biggest challenge is the lag with cruisers posting finds. It is often a week or so before I get the logs as people return home from their cruise and catch up on their logging. So sometimes, as in the most recent case, the cache is replaced before I even disable it and can request maintenance.

     

    Thanks for the heads-up on the cache. I didn't realize the NM was still active.

    Caches that are obviously against guidelines . . .

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I would say that at least 10-20% of the caches I have found so far are ones that are placed by people who are never in the vicinity. Luckily there have been some really great cachers in Alaska who have volunteered to take care of some of them once they started needing maintenance . . . but I'm sure if these nice people had wanted to take on more caches they would have placed them already. :)

     

    Perhaps the Alaskans should start doing like the folks in Hawaii. Stop volunteering to maintain vacation caches. They're against the rules unless you have a maintenance plan in place. Start putting NA logs on them and let the reviewers take appropriate action.

    My Alaska cache has been in place since 2004. I live in California. In those 7 years, it has disappeared about 6 times. I have a maintenance plan in place and while the 2 week goal is sometimes hard to meet, the cache is maintained on a regular basis and has over 1000 finds. I take pride in this cache and don't want it to get a reputation of a poor "vacation cache". And ironically, like Palmetto commented, my local cache hides are actually maintained worse then my Alaska cache. Exception to the rule? YMMV...

     

    In that case Alaskans not maintaining your cache will have no effect and an NA log would not be needed. If you are in that area regularly there is no reason for a reviewer to deny publishing of the cache.

     

    However, the type of cache being discussed is one where locals wind up taking on the maintenance. Then they complain about vacation caches.

     

    I'm just saying stop maintaining the vacation caches and once they fall in disrepair put an NA log on them. No need to complain. Just let the system take care of them.

    My primary maintenance is actually done by a local non-cacher. They don't even own a GPS. However some other local geocachers assist with maintenance when needed or are in the area.

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