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The_Botherers

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  1. Hmm, where to start. First let me say that I have not been put off being on the forums or indeed the whole geocaching sport as a result of the discussion on here. I only tried to point out how other newbies like myself might feel. Anyway, although I may have not come across like it, I am fairly thick skinned and not easily offended I would like to say to Keith B that my opening paragraph of my first post was a summary of bits and pieces that have been mentioned in a few posts, not just your own (the freeloading bit came from a different one). I hasten to add though that indeed I have misinterpreted your word choice of 'takers' and after re-reading your post it has become clear that you didn't use it as a derogatory term and I apologise for that error. And yes, I do agree as stated by others that forums are there for opinions to be voiced whether I like them or not, after all that is what they are there for and everyone has the right to their own opinion. However, acknowledging that fact it should also be acknowledged that people might get upset, annoyed or aggravated and as long as they keep responses on a non-personal, unthreatening way, then I believe this is a right that should be honoured as much as the right to have a certain point of view. To end this rather tedious post of mine I just wanted to add that I don't have a problem with paying and might well do so in future but I think this should be decided on a personal level and not because I feel pressurised in doing so . Oh, and just to say thanks to all the nice welcomes that I have received. It surely is much appreciated
  2. As I gathered from all the enthusiastic interest shown by others I have the feeling its time to kick myself hard for not joining into geocaching earlier . Now all is booked up I find out about this great sounding event. However, if the House of Boo could put us on the reserve list we would be grateful (yes, I know, fat chance someone not wanting to attend). Oh, and are there any qualified midwifes going as I will be only three weeks of my due date Just imagine that for an interesting log
  3. Summarising the main points of the majority of above posts my family and I are, at this moment in time, non-paying, non-contributing (we haven't hidden any caches or attended any events as yet) freeloading takers who don't add anything to the sport or to the upkeep of the site and are therefore not entitled to a moaning session or much else . Now, in my personal opinion I wouldn't see this as a very positive or indeed welcoming manner for newbies such as us. Yes, I know the joining date puts us somewhere in 2003. At that time we borrowed a GPS and registered on this site just for something different to do on a sunny day. Only a few weeks ago we decided to give it another try and bought our own GPS so in reality we have only been using the site for a short time. So, is there a timelimit at which point newbies should take out membership in order to stay in the good books of regulars ? As a newbie I am relatively uneducated about such things as PDAs and PQ's and whatever else the premium membership will give me as a bonus feature therefore I decided not to take the membership out - as yet. I may do so in future when the features become relevant for me or once I decided that geocashing is here to stay (I have the awful habit of starting something wholeheartedly only to lose interest after a short while ). However, I don't like the idea of being somewhat labelled inferior to premium members and it is making me think whether the friendly community I thought I had found might not be that friendly after all. As one poster mentioned above, some newbies like myself might be put off becoming prospective premium members. Anyhow, just my thoughts on this issue - if indeed I am allowed to share such as a non-paying user
  4. At the moment there are a 100 caches within 15.6 miles and 200 within 22.4 miles starting off near Lancaster. Should keep me out of trouble for a bit
  5. Well, if the marines can't even find Gibraltar, then what hope does just one pilot have??? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...2/19/ngib19.xml
  6. Just been browsing through the german speaking forum (who's the clever one ) and they seem to have the same problem with misclassification . The way they are attempting to deal with them there is that they have started a pinned topic where people can post links to caches they believe to be mislabeled. Thought that might be an option (if at all possible due to extra workload)?
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