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The Mad MG's

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  1. I suffer with dyslexia but I try not to use it has an excuse.

     

    I do use a spell checker and I also ask wifey to read my cache pages before I send them for review.

     

    Just remember, I may get all the right letters but not always in the right order. :D

     

    I think its funny that people who use a computer to gain information to do the hobby they enjoy are complaining about spelling and gramer on a website forum when I feel its the computer that has killed the art of spelling and grammer by people relying on spell checkers and no longer using pen and paper.

     

    I am a gardener for gods sake and I have to use a comptuer every day and when I send emails they are all spell checked first. I have a dictionary somewhere in the house but I can't tell you the last time I used it.

     

    I don't have any A levels or a degree but I can use a GPS and a map. I can even use a compass!!! :D

     

    P.S Wife checked this before posting. :D

     

    Great post Yorkie

  2. We've been successfully caching since February with our Garmin venture hc and been printing copiously the cache pages, but have recently been given an old ipaq rx1950 to help with our little adventures.

     

    So heres where I'm up to. I've used EasyGPS to load a gpx file to the garmin GPSr and gpxsonar to the PDA.

     

    To be honest its all we seem to need in the field, but would of liked spoiler pics for the more trickier of puzzles or images of clues needed. I like gpxsonar though for the re-centering of position and then searching for the next cache

     

    I keep seeing articles about cachmate, but as a none user I can't see the added benefit of the cost.

    So basically I'm asking is there a better way to cache with what I have with a PDA, satnav and venture hc?

  3. A bit of fence sitting here. :unsure:

     

    As a relative noob I get the OP's point, but also get the quality not quantity point.

    Surely its a diverse sport that accommodates us all.

    As a Family I love the days out caching, Mrs M takes her photos, me and the kids get a kick out of the hunt/find (sometimes) and we all click Refresh when passing the PC to see if our newly placed cache has been found.

     

    I've had the idea/equipment for a new cache for several weeks now, but am still fine tuning it. Hopefully it will get good reviews and cachers will appreciate the effort put in to it.

  4. Sorry if its another daft question, but how do I put a picture on the description area of one of my caches...IYSWIM.

    Just thought it would jazz the page up a little, or would it put people off printing out the cache page

     

    Thanks

  5. Have you ever:

     

    Put caches out then dreamed about them during that night, from them falling apart, being muggled, or being unfindable because you got the co-ordinates all wrong and they are not there in the first place?

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    put caches out and sent them for reviewing then checked your emails every 2 minutes to see if they are published yet?

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    once they are published (and the reviewer has again realised how stupid you can be) check the listings every 2 minutes to see if they have been found, even though it is only possible for Superman travelling at the speed of light to find them in that time?

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    been tempted to drive out, hide nearby and keep watch to see who turns up?

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    just look at the map to see your collection of little stars amongst the smileys?

     

    Do you drive past your caches on the way to wherever and have a little smile to yourself knowing they are are hiding there?

     

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    is it just me who is totally and utterly sad?

     

    I think I am well and truly hooked and have OCD (Obsessive Caching Disorder) :rolleyes:

     

    Excellent, seem to do them all. Don't know whose worse, Us or the kids. Only earlier our youngest shouted slow down whilst driving by one of our caches, just so she could look up the bridlepath to look for cachers

     

    Sean and Sue

  6. Thanks for the info everyone.

     

    As I said its a big 'if' ,money issue and I'm a self confessed gadget junkie, so just researching at the mo and all above has given food for thought.

     

    Presently I'm caching with a Navman, Garmin venture HC and Samsung phone and lots of print-outs and OSmaps. Just need a little room in my backpack for a few sandwiches for my little adventures ;)

     

    excellent advice, many thanks

     

    Sean and Sue

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