MSalisbury

+1 The Incredibles I don't understand why in the world you would want to log your own cache as a "Find" - presumably you know where it was hidden, there's not a whole lot of challenge to find it is there? Play the game the way that you want to, I guess. Personally I'm not THAT hungry for another coupla smilies. It's not about the numbers, rigth?

I own a cache that someone has posted a photo to the gallery. The photo shows the cache IN PLACE! I'm trying to remove the photo from my cache listing and am not seeing any buttons that allow me to edit the gallery listing. I've checked the "Edit Listing" section, but the gallery isn't included. I see no controls in the Gallery section either. What am I missing here? Still can't get over someone taking a photo of the cache in place and posting it online, with a cute little note "Don't look! it might be a spoiler" - Really? Ya think?! :: Rolling eyes :: Thanks in advance

Regardless of your (or my) opinion of Tim Burton's directing skills, The ending of his "Planet of the Apes" was actually closer to the original Pierre Boulle books' ending than the 1968 movie was.

With the new "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" movie coming out in August, I wonder if there is any plan to do a round of APE caches for it as well? [Edit: Never mind - I found the other thread addressing this in the forums. Rise of the Planet of the Apes Caches ]

OK, in my defense it was todays update on the story. Thanks

Without seeing the cache page for context, I ran across the following in a google search of "Yale - not the usual coords" . Although it would appear to be more about the coordinate system that the YALE program uses - ie x-y coordinate system using whole or half- integers. ftp://reports.stanford.edu/pub/cstr/reports/csl/tr/82/233/CSL-TR-82-233.pdf 2.6 The YALE Coordinate System YALE (and SILT) work in a standard mathematical right-handed Cartesian x-y coordinate system. SILT allows arbitrary real coordinates, but YALE restricts the coordinates to be integers or halfintegers. When selecting a point on the screen, the nearest point with half-integer coordinates is chosen. The grid marks that can appear on the screen are always placed at distances that are equal of a power of 2 times lambda. The exponent can be negative, however.

Has anyone else been following this story? It's been rather big news on the Aviation site I frequent. Apparently the signal from a a WIFI by Satellite startup has been found to interfere with GPS recievers. Granted the impact on vehicles and and such will be greater than on geocachers with handheld GPSr's but still... Wireless-by-satellite start-up hits FCC roadblock over GPS interference findings By Cecilia Kang, Published: June 30 LightSquared, a wireless-by-satellite network start-up created by hedge fund billionaire Philip Falcone, hit its first roadblock with new findings that its service interferes with Global Positioning System receivers. A report filed Thursday to the Federal Communications Commission found that LightSquareds planned operations could knock out 500 million GPS receivers used by police and firefighters, airlines, construction workers and consumers. Such a network would cause unacceptable interference to GPS operations, the United States Global Positioning System Industry Council said. Reston-based LightSquared simultaneously filed a proposal to the FCC that would avert much of the interference, the company said. The use of filters on its devices and GPS receivers could allow both technologies to operate on the same band of satellite spectrum, the company said. The GPS industry disagrees, saying there are no technology fixes. But the FCC will ultimately decide whether it will allow LightSquared to pursue its aspirations of being a new competitor for mobile Internet customers. The FCC said it would not allow LightSquared to launch its business until the interference issues are resolved. Spokesman Neil Grace said the agency will review the report, adding that the FCC has a long-standing record of resolving interference disputes based on engineering data. . . . Our nation cannot afford to let spectrum go underutilized. Americas economic growth and global competitiveness are on the line. There is much at stake. Falcone put $3 billion into the venture through his Harbinger Capital fund. The creation of a mobile broadband satellite network would turn the investor into a wireless industry competitor with a national footprint rivaled only by Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. That rivalry would be welcome news to the FCC, which has pushed for more competition in the wireless industry. It is reviewing AT&Ts proposed $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile, a deal that consumer advocacy groups say would create a wireless industry duopoly dominated by Verizon and AT&T, with eight out of 10 accounts. LightSquared wants to lease its network to other businesses. It has signed wholesale leasing agreements with Leap Wireless and Best Buy. And other investors have placed bets on the Falcone venture, including UBS and J.P. Morgan Chase, with $586 million this year. The tests, required by the FCC, showed significant interference. Construction companies such as Caterpillar and John Deere said the interference could potentially lead a tractor to run into a gas line. The aviation industry warned that flight safety would be jeopardized. LightSquared will seek a compromise with the GPS industry, company officials say, including an agreement to help find technological solutions to the interference problems. This issue will be resolved by good data, smart engineers and good-faith problem-solving dialogue, said Sanjiv Ahuja, the chief executive of LightSquared.

Gotta say that my impulse would be to go out and claim some free cache containers. If they are archived amd the CO hasn't bothered to pick them up, and even seems to have withdrawn from the hobby completely, at that point I figure they are litter and subject to a CITO run

Read the Bible, specifically the book of Genesis - there's a great story about the Jews and their 40-yr long search for a multi-cache called "The Promised Land", a multi-cache starting in Egypt, with a waypoint at Mt Sinai and ending at the River Jordan. A real Diff 5/ Terr 5 cache. It even has the first TB in the form of the Ark of the Covenant (or would that be a "Traveling Cache" containing the TB "10 Commandments Tablets"? ) (sorry)

They're referring to a hide being used to complete something like the ABC challenge cache. While I may use your "Great cache" for G someone else may find "GRC #178 for their G cache. I have not seen anyone say this, and I don't understand why they would. When I use a cache for a challenge it's usually because that cache stands out among all the others that equally qualify. So to me it's an added badge of honor to that cache. This is exactly the sort of challenge cache I'm referring to - things such as "Find a cache starting with each letter of the Alphabet", or "Find a cache in every county in the state", or "Find a cache hidden by users with names starting with each letter of the alphabet", or "Find a cache on each page of the Delorme Map book for State X", or the Well-Rounded Cacher Challenge (Find one cache of every difficulty/ size/ terrain combination). Completion of the Challange may or may not result in a "Bonus" cache hide. I'm not necessarily meaning "Find all caches hidden by some some unsuspecting Cacher X". Izec.Nine: I have to ask, and I'm not meaning this in any sort of confrontational way, but why would it irritate you to include your cache "Without asking"? Were you thinking I meant a "Find all of Izec.nine's cache's" challenge? I meant more "Find a cache meeting this criteria", and you happen to have a cache that meets that Criteria. I see it (my cache being used in a challenge) as a way to increase the number of people searching for my cache, which is after all the reason I hid it in the first place. I don't think people hide a cache expecting to get pre-approval of those people who will be allowed to search for their cache, do they? Heck, if that's the case, why publish it on Groundspeak at all? After all, I can hide a box in the woods and then just email the coords to those special people that I approve of, don't need to use Groundspeak at all. Again, I'm just curious about the attitide of cache owners who are so against challenges. I can understand editing logs for vulgar logs, or for logs that give away too much information about the hide. But for being found by someone who I don't approve of? Huh??? Thanks to all who have responded so far.

Another recommendation for the GGA - we meet every month somewhere in Georgia, but a large number of the membership is in the Atlanta area. There is an active Caching community here, and a metric butt-load of caches in the metro Atlanta Area, enough to keep you busy for a LONG time I'm up in the Norcross area. Feel free to contact me off line if you have any further questions. Welcome to Atlanta - we've been waiting for you, what took you so long? Mark aka MSalisbury

I've run across someting a few times that confuses me a little, and I would like to ask what everyone else's feelings on a matter are. There are any number of Caching Challenges out there, right? Most CO's don't seem to mind if their cache is made part of a challenge (I know I don't mind) but I've seen a number of cache owners that take a rather militant attitude about not having their cache used for any sort of challenge and threaten to delete logs of anyone stating that the cache would be used as part of a challenge. One I saw was part of the Georgia County Challenge, where the cache owner made a point of stating in the cache description that any logs using his cache as part of the challenge would be deleted. (I won't mention the name or GC of the cache) The most recent is for the Original Stash Tribute plaque (GCGV0P) - apparently there is a challenge out there to claim a number of caches around Estacada. The Cache owner has posted that he didn't want the logs "cluttered" with all the logs of people working on the challenge and would delete them. Apparently he wasn't aware of the challenge, and didn't spend 10 seconds on Google like I did to find out. I thought the idea of putting out a cache was that you wanted people to come find your cache, right? Does it really matter WHY people were coming out and searching for your cache? As long as they come out and search? Esepcially for one like the Original Stash Tribute. I mean, why would anyone get upset that people were actually searching for their cache? I don't get it. (BTW I think that the owner of the Stash tribute plaque is doing a great service to the caching community, and have no bad thoughts about him - I'm just curious about the attitude.) Personally, I happened to be working on the Georgia County Challenge when I was in the area of the first cache I mentioned, and when I saw his anti-challenge notice on his cache page, I simply chose to put it (and all the rest of his caches) on my "Ignore" list and searched for another one in the same area. I noticed his caches were seldom visited or searched for. Seemed rather sad to me. What are peoples thoughts? What am I missing here?

Hmmm, are you implying ALL your caches were intentionally placed in areas renowned for hoinky boinky pickups? Maybe you can start a series and called it the Blue Oyster Caches. It will at least give us folks who only intend to geocache (and nothing more) a heads up. You know, being that yesterday was PRIDE, maybe people would be a little more tolerant with those who don't share the same "normal" values. Lastly, if you read the cache page then maybe you would have seen the notation about this location. Again, LincolnAdams, put my caches on your ignore list, I don't want to see anymore notes on my cache page after the fact. I am completely disgusted with you at this point. "Lighten Up, Francis" The only time I've ever been "accosted"/ approached at a park was by a LEO, while I was sitting in my car reading the logs one last time before setting off to search for a cache near a kids park. Apparently they routinely checked on lone males sitting in the parking lot. Understandable, and as a father of three I appreciated their concern. Had a nice chat about geocaching with him before he went on his way.

You all did notice where this took place, right? Midland Texas? As in Midland "Former President George Bush has a ranch just down the road a bit" Texas? I would imagine with a former US President living in the area the plolice would be a little more twitchy about suspicious packages left in public places. Just saying...

Dude - you rock! That's just about perfect! The only way it could get better would be if you could choose a custom graphic (Would love to get a train graphic as a play off of her geonick (Railroading). Thanks for your help - I'm off to place an order. Msalisbury

I would like to get my girlfriend a custom coin for her 50th birthday. Ideal would have her Geonick and Birthday on one side, and some sort of art work on the other. Looking at the custom coin sites listed in the pinned FAQ, I don't see any sites that make Geocoins in lots less than 100-200. I want a single coin fer crying out loud! Or at most 4 or 5 coins. At least a generic "Happy 50th Birthday" with the option to engrave her name on it would be acceptable. Are there any sites/ venders that sell commemerative coins in small lots for birthdays? Like "Geonick's 50th Birthday Coin"? The closest I've found are goal coins for 500th find, 1000th find, etc. that can be etched with name/ date/ cache waypoint name. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance MSalisbury

Well, never made it up to Turkey Run, but hit some cool caches in Terre Haute, got all of the ones over in Marshall IL, plus the two around the corner from my Mom's place, and a handful in Paris IL. Visited some really cool (if that's the phrase) cemetary caches. Got down to Moonshine IL for lunch (OMG - such a crowd, on a rainy day while everyone was staying inside trying to eat), down to Earl's in West Union for some of the best fried catfish I've ever put in my mouth. Goit to take my daughter and my girl-friend around the ISU campus, althoughit certainly has changed a lot since I was last there. I even got to grab a few heading towards Bloomington IN. I found it interesting how the caches were differant than what I've come to expect caching down in the South. Not better or worse, just a slightly differant flavor. Not as many Lamp-post caches (Not a bad thing IMHO) in urban areas, more actual containers. Although it appeared like someone had cornered the market on match-stick containers and Decon boxes - gee, seemed every other cache was a match container hanging in a tree. Good thing was that I didn't find a SINGLE film cannister, which was kinda nice. I dropped off about 13 TB's that I had brought up from GA, SC and TN, and picked up a couple to bring back. All in all my girl-friend and I had a blast caching in the Wabash Valley, and she is already talking about coming up again at Thanksgiving - she says it's to spend time with my Mom, but I know better <BG>. Thanks to all the cachers who hid caches that we found, and the ones we have yet to search for!

Hey, it got you to respond, didn't it? LOL!

I've found enough magnetic keyholders tucked under the edge of a transformer box that it still creeps me out a bit when I come to search for them. I myself will not hide such a cache - I figure if I'm not comfortable searching for it how can I ask my friends to search for it? I have seen clever hides that used electrical components, and rely on the "What's out of place here" cammo - a junction box tucked into a corner with no cabling coming into it, and "electrical outlet" on the side of a tree or telephone pole, or the ubiquitous solid outlet plate attached magnetically to the side of a Lampost. But if GZ seems to be near a big green box that is humming I'll usually pass it by. Sprinkler head caches seem to be popular here locally, and I've seen enough caches where all the sprinkler heads in the area have been trashed to not place anything like that myself. Again, unless it is out of place - a sprinkler head in the middle of the woods? OK. Urban caches that I admit to really liking are the fake hollowed out nut+bolts that we find attached with a magnet to metal signs, or in Guard Rails. A friend of mine is a machinist and has made us a number of these little beauties.

Oooh! I like this idea - Never thought about stocking a cache with books. It owuld be something differant form theusual Mc-Toy swag. I've been wanting to put a cache out near the local library, adn this might be a good theme.... Hmmm <setting thinking cap firmly on head> .... Back on topic - If I have a nice piece of swag and a regular sized cache that I'm hiding I'll put in a FTF prize. Usually though I just stock the cache with nice stuff following whatever theme the cache has. If I have any TB's I've "seeded" the cache with the TB for good luck on occasion. But micros or nanos the FTF will have to be prize enough.

Thanks - will do.

Not sure where we got it, but when we started my girl-friend and I heard that you do a "Happy Bunny Dance" - so the first one to find a cache will either move away from the immediate area and start doing a silly dance, or just stand there with two fingers up (think Peace Sign) held up behind our head (like bunny ears). Or jsut say the phrase "Happy Bunny Dance". If a particularly difficult or long search, we've taken to using the phrase "Tired bunny dance", usually followed by an exhausted sigh....

</ Crickets chirping> 33 views and not a single response? Beuhler? Beuhler? Wow. Would have thought there might be a FEW caches that would be recommended in the area. Guess we'll just wander around and see what we can find. Thanks

I will be back home in Terre Haute the first two weeks of August, and bringing my girlfriend up from Atlanta GA. In addition to showing her around the old stomping grounds I would like to do some caching with her. Are there any "Must See" caches in and around the Terre Haute/ East Illinois area? My Mom lives over near Marshall, and we'll also be hitting the Marshall / Paris area one day. I've been collecting TB's to drop off as well, have about a dozen or so, so regular caches would be appreciated more than garden variety LPS's We are planning on making a run up to Turkey Run one day to find the oldest active cache in Indiana, but what others are just fun to hunt for? No spelunking or mountain climbing - unfortunately she just had knee surgery so have to keep the terrain down in the 1.5-2 range. All suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks in advance Mark "msalisbury"

I didn't see your note until way late the evening of the 8th, sorry I missed helping. But I had fun checking out the web cam - I live in Metro-Atlanta and know pretty much where this is just based on what I could see - what a cool idea! I've added this one to my list of Atlanta cache I need to snag the next time I'm downtown!