Johnnie Stalkers
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Getting to watch the bomb squad splash a cache sounds like more fun than just archiving and retrieving though.
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This article in the local paper was where I first read about the sport. Never could get it out of my head. after 6 months I caved in and bought a GPSr. Good times...
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I vote for CarleenP because I can't stop looking at her picture...
Wouldn't that be the "Hottest Avatar" thread? In which case I think I'd have to vote for web foot. Hey, I've got a web toe fetish, alright? Alright!? Why does everyone look at me funny when I say that?
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"a half dozen more" with room for only 32 (actually 30), won't help ya much at all.
Kerry,
Sorry if my comment was unclear. It can be challenging to properly convey sarcasm in text. Cobras GPS is an 18 channel. With 24 active sats, evenly distributed around the globe, using all 18 channels seems like a stretch.
Thanks for the info though. I have to assume you work in a technical field of some sort.
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Caches, like women, should be real. I want to be able to touch it, caress it, and fondle it if I so desire. I want to be able to open it up, stick my hand inside, and pull out a treasure. I want take in the not just the sight, but also the smells, sounds, and feel of the cache. I want to lie down in the autumn leaves and rub the cache all over my body until I am satisfied.
Can’t do that with a virtual.
If that doesn't give Criminal a bump up in the Most Influential Thread................
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Here are a couple of my recent pipe cache paint jobs. The trick is to break up the cache's outline and match the local cover.
Sorry but it appears you forgot to include your cache containers in those pics.
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About a half dozen more and my Cobra GPSr will finally be able use all those CHANNELS.
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Cobra has made some exceptionally good quality electronics in the past, I'd be interested in doing a side by side comparison with them and Mag and Garmin prods.
Well if your piece of..uh I mean..uh fine navigational aid can steer you a little in my direction lets give it a try. Sort of the GPSr exchange program.
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...Yes the "Arriving at destination" is a bit wierd ar first. Usually happens between 50 and 100 feet.
OK, here's a user description that I'd use to support my point. Cobra advertises that its GPS is useful for the golf course. They claim " the Cobra GPS can be used to provide the remaining distance to the green, critical for making club selections. The only requirement is to first save the coordinates of the center of each green on the course. The GPS 100 has the memory to load and save coordinates for 18 holes on 25 courses." Johnnie_Stalkers tells us that his experience revealed an accuracy of 50 - 100 feet. I don't know anyone in the sport of golf that would accept that margin for error from a GPS when estimating distance to the green. Most golfers that I know can pretty well judge distances with that degree of accuracy without the need for electronic navigational devices.
Let me clarify this point Gallahd. It appears my statement was unclear. The "Arriving at Destination" feature, while quirky, is not inaccuracy. It is a warning you get as you approach your goto. More often than not the cobra puts me within feet of the cache (if not standing on top of it). Not knowing what make/model the cache owners are using tells me the cobra isn't any different than any other unit as far as accuracy.
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I once tried to put a Duralog in a cd player. It didn't work but the colors where pretty.
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I am beginning to think my "Worlds largest ball of Toilet Paper" Virtual isn't going to see the light of day.
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Cobra cacher here.
After a few months of using the Cobra GPS500 I have to say I am very pleased with it. That being said I have to say I have never used any other brand or model. Yes the "Arriving at destination" is a bit wierd ar first. Usually happens between 50 and 100 feet. Heck I get that close I switch to map screen anyway.
Still haven't ordered the cable for mine. I believe it works with mapquest which I happen to use anyway. Have yet to hunt something that required a laptop and manually entering coords takes me about 10 seconds....I couldn't plug in my USB cable that quick.
I can't imagine the 18 channel doing much...it does lock pretty quick, but I'll still lose signal in heavy foilage and downtown areas with tall buildings.
That being said, some of you Mag / E-Trek people need to meet us out at a cache one day and we can take turns trying out each others units. (OMG I cannot believe I said that, but its funny so it stays
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Wow, thats an impressive paint job.
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OMG! I have a recurring dream where....ahh never mind. Hey where'd my pants go?
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What was I thinking? One look at my avatar and name should be all the excuse I need.
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If anyone seems to be paying too much attention to you, just gesture with one hand (the one not holding the GPS) and say, in your best Alec "Obi-Wan" Guinness voice, "You don't need to know what I'm doing here. You never saw this film canister under this rock."
LOL...good one! That will get anyone to hightail it out of there fast.
My luck I'd unknowingly do this in front of the Star Trek Fan clubs annual picnic and Vulcan Roast.
Headline:
Geocacher Mauled by trekkies after eronious Sci-Fi gesture.
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Back on topic Gentleman.
How can you be OT in a thread dedicated to Park Wierdos?
There was an absence of wierdos participating. By co admin posting the focus was returned.
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Sunspots. Lots and lots of sunspots.
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Yea, where the H are my pop ups? ATTICA! ATTICA!......
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My vote goes to Carleenp.
She straddles the mythical line drawn in the forums and through our community, and gives balance and credence to both sides with her purposeful diplomacy. She is an ally to both sides of the great debates that have been waged in these forums.
Having said that I'll bet more than one of you out there has been wondering when she will lean one way or the other. But in having to wonder, you have to think, and in having to think, decisions are made and opinions are formed. The influence subtle though it is, is very real.
Very insightfull post RK. I have always enjoyed CarleenPs posts, but I never considered how much her diplomatic fence sitting influenced the course of discussion and flow thought. I have to agree with you. Of course now that YOU have made me think and influenced my opinion......
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Seems like alot of caches are in parks that border housing developments. In Cincinnati almost no one has privacy fences. Nothing like being 5 feet from someone backyard poking around in the bushes. I always wonder if the cache owner put it RIGHT behind his house just so he could watch and laugh...ahh good times.
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I think thats 11:13 1/2 Depending on which side of the time zone your on it may only be 1/4.
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...there is nothing about a butt in the air that has ever slid under the radar. Anyone with siblings knows this.
OMG.
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Brainsnat made an excellent post about not taking the forums to seriously. That is the topic of this thread. Arguing for an OT forum is off topic. Lets not have another Geocide today.
After a few months of using the Cobra GPS500 I have to say I am very pleased with it. That being said I have to say I have never used any other brand or model. 
Claiming Your Hides As Find!
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What if the cacher in question was REALLY good at hiding caches, but lousy at finding them. Would this quantify a self log? How about a DNF on my own cache?