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YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM CANADA WHEN ... You only know three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup. Eh!

Groundspeak announced today that it is discontinuing Challenges. Your problems likely stem from that.

I will try 72

Are you using Vantage Point? It is generally the only way to load to a Magellan unit I believe.

Wow, how big was that condom?

I got the adoption request, but now I get this message: "You are unable to use the adopt feature for this listing. It has been archived."

We recently purchased a couple of activated coins from a fellow cacher, but cannot move them into inventory because we are not the owner. I can't find out how to do it. Can anyone help?

I've made one run on this cache, and am planning another. I have hunted enough of IWC's caches to know that even his "easy" caches are not always easy. I read a lot of logs on caches I have placed, I have found, and just some in the area that I haven't attempted but am planning to find. It amazes how many cachers, especially new cachers, post comments about missing caches because "If I didn't find it, it isn't there. I am way too smart to overlook such an obvious placement." There is a bridge cache about 20 miles from where I live that was placed when I was with the cache owner. I was in the area again a few months later, so I decided to go find it since I was going to have to use my GPS to even find the area it was in. Lo and behold, about 5 feet from the cache, in plain view was another keyholder placed on the guardrail. When I got home to log the find, it seems that about 3 days earlier someone had searched for the original cache, not found it, deemed it missing, and replaced it as a "favor" to the CO. Yay, three cheers for you! Just because you didn't find a cache doesn't mean it is missing. If you want to get on my bad side, replace one of my caches without contacting me first. I am pretty lenient as a cache owner- if my cache is missing and you can prove you were at the right place, I will let you log it if you so choose because it is not your fault it was gone. I will disable the listing, and go replace the cache. I can guarantee that any of the following will eternally place you on my "lit shist": 1)Replacing my cache without my permission, 2)Griping about how you hate the cache- if you don't like it, say so, I can take it. But I don't need a 3-page dissertation of your grumblings, or 3)Ranting on and on about how the cache isn't fair because you couldn't find it- even if it is rated as a more difficult cache. Sometimes, caches are just meant to be hard to find. We spent a cumulative 4 plus hours looking for "#576" in Nashville, and it is a 3.5 difficulty. I wasn't sour towards the CO because it took us so long to find- I was elated when I found it. If I make it back up to Paducah and happen to ever find this cache, elation will be my story. If I don't find it, it will because IWC is a step ahead of me.

Thanks for the suggestions. I did not end up getting to cache because of playing taxi for a 13-year old bowler and his grandmother who lacked transportation. I did manage the virtual at the Speedway before We left time, so at least I got to add Indiana to my states list. Indianapolis is a beautiful city- the wife and I will definitely make a return trip in the future and so some caching then.

Southport

Going to be in Indianapolis next week. Am planning on caching one day if possible. What are some of the cool caches in the area? I am looking for easier caches (due to the heat) but still see some cool things.

Saw a really neat hide last week that was a film canister hidden under a thingy on a lightpole in a parking lot. :-)

I like puzzle caches.....when I can figure them out of course. Two near me have me completely swamped. They are GC1F32B and GCZ638. If anyone has any ideas, feel free to PM me. (I'm not looking for the answers, per se, just an idea towards solving them.)

A good starting point is www.itsnotaboutthenumbers.com . You can also download a program named "CacheStats" that will link to world66.com

I tend to leave items from the Dollar Tree.....sometimes items for the kiddies(toys, chalk, etc), sometimes for adults(bungee cords, batteries, and the like). Difficulty of the cache affects my decision sometimes. I'm not in it fir the swag, but I do enjoy the trading as part of the game. Hate finding used, beat up items or inappropriate swag.