[What was the best thing you've found?]

Somebody had made a cache around here with just 6 older handheld videogames. They still worked, but I didn't want any of them and neither did my son. We just had fun finding the cache.

[How to view caches on google Earth?]

2 weeks ago I was able to view local caches on Google Earth, but now I can't remember how I got there. There does not seem to be any option saved in my GE options. Anyone know how to do this?

[Geocache containers?]

Why make a cache container when there are so many for free? I mean if you are looking for one that looks like a rock, it might be real hard for someone to find it.

 

But I use the following for containers. They are all big enough for a logbook and a few items: large vitamin container, Glad containers, cappacino container. Anything plastic is good.

[Satellite Accuracy]

I dont think it's the unit. In the US I was getting an average of 15ft. Now it's about 40ft

I noticed my geko 201 got great accuracy (15ft) in wide open areas, and even got a very quick sat lock on a large lake. But in any type of cover it got crappy reception, and tended to think I was still moving for the next 20 seconds, even though I had stopped. I think that is a software glitch, or bad software design.

 

Anyway, in open areas my Garmin 76csx works great. I wonder if smog might affect signal reception... I do think cloud cover affects reception. On a cloudy winter day 2 days ago, my 76csx took a long time to get a lock.

[Terrifying Experience Placing A Cache]

I've heard from more than one martial art, and more than one sensei, that fighting is the last resort. Violence is the stupid and weak man's way of solving a problem. HOWEVER, they also say, if you are cornered by stupid and violent people (of which there are many), then KICK a**, do it once, and do it with finality.

[Terrifying Experience Placing A Cache]

The Short Reply

 

It's a ***CIVIL RIGHT***. Any statute that does not meet this is not enforceable under constitutional law. Period. You have the Right To Keep And Bear Arms! Exercise it properly and Be Safe! No Other Way!!

 

Thus Endeth The Short Reply

Of course it's a civil right. And in most states you will be thrown in jail for exercising that right, especially with twists in the law that says you have to be cornered and trapped with no means of escape before you use a firearm.

 

And so, in most states, using a firearm in self defense will still get you jail time. And I even think that's true for any type of weapon used in self-defense, if you hurt someone that's assault or battery, period.

[Rfe: Default Coords For Searching Caches]

I have a request for the search function at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx. When we choose "default coords" as a search from choice, can the web page default to whatever we have entered as home coordinates? I like to search for only regular caches closest to my home coords. It seems this would be a simple thing to change, just get the coords from the user's data.

 

Thanks!