t.a.folk
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I set a theme last month because it can make you think a bit. But I chose one I thought could be interpreted so widely that it really was almost themeless.
We too thought the earth theme was good and had almost endless potential .
Themes are what make us look at the monthly photo thread .
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Near GC3Y0XJ Plain or Self-Raising? found on the 2nd Nov 2012
What on Earth!
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That's 0, 1, 2, 4, 13, 17, 20, 21 and 37 in the bag!
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Saw this opposite GC329Q5 on the 4th July 2012
"Phone Box, now owned by Longstock Parish Council, has been converted into a book Exchange" , and it is a Grade 2 listed building.
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I'm not a fan of phone box caches either so I don't mind if they wither and die. Although the ones inside the boxes do have the attraction of being "indoors" and out of the rain, as well as giving a built-in excuse for hanging about the area for a while, they tend to be otherwise unattractive.
But I'd like to know what problems they are causing for BT (presumably big ones if it's gone as far as this!) so that we can see if it applies to other types of cache. At the moment we have no idea whatsoever what problems they cause (except for some vague, all-encompassing suggestion about environment and security).
Unfortunately it seems that Groundspeak never asked for the specific reasons either, otherwise we'd have been told and could have added it to the body of knowledge.
That is the sort of thing we told our sons when they were children.
Please tell us If you see a container in or attached to a phone box because it could contain a bugging device,drugs or explosives and we would need to tell the authorities "
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Also if BT's logic is based on fallacious assumptions, then this can be pointed out to them and they might reconsider.
Judging by comments on here and Facebook I think most people would be quite content if BT don't reconsider
Chris
Graculus
Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com
UK Geocaching Information & Resources website - www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk
Quite content? No! Happy Bunnnies !
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Attachments to rear of British Telecom junction boxes still game we guess.
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Joke-case scenario.
I guess you're right behind their decision to ban Welcome mats as well.
So off topic,but we are if our front door opened straight out onto a pavement.
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New Forest recommendations?
One recommendation would be not to rely on a cell phone for cache co-ords because cell phone reception is very patchy.
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Flooded Water Medow durning the drought at Wimborne Dorset 2nd May near GC3H4AG "Welcome to Wimborne."
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After the Motor Museum experience this cache would take you on an interesting tour of the village
GC20VDF
A Beautieu-ful Cache
17 fav points too
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No idea what this hidden "treasure" is behind the gate near Blind Lane Cache (GC385PE) http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ba45cfa3-ca0d-4a9c-94de-8b00e84b17b0 found April this year
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Did 4 caches by the same setter all film pot size all in the biggest freezer bags they could find, you didn't need to look for the container you could see the bags from a distance! This is not the only setter doing this as it seems the to be quite common now. Comments / suggestions?
Our experience is that poly bags on outside of cache containers are so uncommon in Hampsire and Dorset that we cannot recall the last time we found one .
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... I like even less dog owners who ... think that it's somehow my fault that their dog wants to attack me and 3) say "He's just being friendly" or "He's just playing".
Another one which took the biscuit for me (on Christmas Day in fact).
Dog bounds towards me barking... stops in my path starts growling... owner comes up (having ineffectually shouted at said dog who does not stop growling) "It's because you don't have a dog with you"..
I was speechless.
Well, so all I need to do, is go without a hat or stick, and have my own dog. I've got a stuffed dog, would that do?
Oh - just to be clear on this, 1) it isn't mine, it's ladysolly's, and 2) it isn't a dog that has been stuffed, it's a toy dog. But it's quite realistic.
Experience is,while caching,a big dog came running across from a distance,
and plonked its' front paws on my shoulders.I shouted at big dog as a fear response and dog the owner told me off.It was my fault the dog jumped up because I was frightened?
I start raising my voice at the dog owner and he did similar exchanges back .
Stopped shouting at dog owner and dog owner re-iterated it was my fault!
Shouting exchanges resumed only by then I was so incensed I had gone marching across to dog owner for a close exchange of words!
Eventually the dog owner got the message I wanted an apology.
But dog owner spoilt the apology with a parting retort(when he was a safe distance away from this little angry woman half his size and twice his age )that he hoped the next dog we met was a rotweiler.
(no offence meant to rotweilers,the tone was enough )
Husband with me at the time decided to keep as far away as possible from the proceedings.
He has his theories and he's sticking to them.
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Charlie (our border collie) has been subjected to 4 totally unprovoked attacks by Staffies and as a result, I go to extraordinary lengths to avoid them. This is a shame because I’m sure that some of them are alright.
We have always made sure that Charlie’s time with us is loads of fun, so he completely ignores other dogs and humans. One of the very first things we taught him was that uninvited contact with humans was completely unacceptable and jumping up at someone would be an alien concept for him. It is possible to train your dog to be exceptionally well behaved and if you dedicate adequate time to this, it will result in a well adjusted animal that is a joy to own.
One problem is that some humans ,not naming names here because he is not here to defend himself ,will fuss and play with dogs that come up to them uninvited .He in question does that less frequently since he was reprimanded by the owner of a young dog who was in the process of training their dog not to go bounding up to strangers and expect a nice fussing.
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We two have often found that horses seem to take much interest in such frunctions when performed by us in daylight .[:I]
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The manners of the dog match the manners of the dog owner.
I've been told it's my fault for:
1) Wearing a hat
2) Walking with a walking pole
3) My attitude
Ditto all the above .
The lastest excuse I've had from the owner of a snarling dog was that their dog wasn't used to seeing someone stood by the bush I was stood by!
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We bought a Colman single LED 3W head torch for £12 on line when on half price offer.
We were so pleased with it we immediately bought another .Very lightweight and comfy .
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Have just received my warning that the New Forest has its 150th cache so before too long mine will be up for archive, when it does I doubt I will replace it.
I now understand why caches are increasingly stuck on the back of road signs, dog bins and other less imaginative places. Its so difficult to place one any where else..
Hopefully for you ,rather than just going by age of cache, the first caches to be archived under the 150 rule will caches owned by people who haven't "logged on" to their account for ages .
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We gave favorites to lots of archived caches .
Some were locationless caches because we enjoyed the info given ,
followed by our research or keeping eyes open for another example .
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your GPS (and pen) you couldn't do without when caching? Bare minimum? Obviously, apart from legs and common sense!
In other words, if you could only take 1 other item on a trip, what would it be?
A walking stick /prodding stick .
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Hi all,
Been caching for a while, but pretty new to the forum and hoping you can give me your opinions.
I'm thinking of setting a new cache as a 100ml waterproof lab tube, hidden in a hollow in a tree - in an area where there are about 7 or so possible 'tree' GZs (given what tree coverage does to GPS accuracy). I want it to be a challenging hunt to give it something like a 3 or 4 difficulty, so I won't be giving a hint,
Just our opinion if these are trees with some rot associated with them.
Straight away we thought of the disturbance to the living quarters of the little creatures that reside in the rotten bits of hollow trees ".
I find it hard to muster much sympathy for earwigs.
Maybe more sympathy for Stag Beetles.
http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/wildlife/dead-wood-and-stag-beetles/
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Hi all,
Been caching for a while, but pretty new to the forum and hoping you can give me your opinions.
I'm thinking of setting a new cache as a 100ml waterproof lab tube, hidden in a hollow in a tree - in an area where there are about 7 or so possible 'tree' GZs (given what tree coverage does to GPS accuracy). I want it to be a challenging hunt to give it something like a 3 or 4 difficulty, so I won't be giving a hint,
Just our opinion if these are trees with some rot associated with them.
Straight away we thought of the disturbance to the living quarters of the little creatures that reside in the rotten bits of hollow trees ".
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I put the name first because I can usually remember that, then I try to remember what the date is, which is more difficult, because it changes every day.
That is the reason we put the date first.
Once we've discovered the date, on the thingy that led us to the cache , on a good day
we can then just about remember who we are . -
i work in computer security sounds like a pretty common scam ... be careful use your own common sense
What antivirus would you recommend?
AVG
and since a spot of bother earlier this year SUPERAntispyware free edition sat in the background .
we can then just about remember who we are .
Release Notes (Website: Enhanced Search Results)
in Geocaching HQ communications
Posted
Searching for caches found by a player with & in their cache name, does not take one to their profile. On one player it returns "We couldn't find any caches that matched your search.
Try adjusting your filters and searching again or visit our FAQs for help."
Also a player with another player with an & takes one to a completely different player seems to truncate any after the &.
It weren't broken..... it is now.