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I suggest a CAPTCHA type feature for NON-PM's only. This will (hopefully) eliminate the bot attacks as well as provide potential incentive for legitimate members to upgrade to a PM..

Just noticed a June 14th Announcement that Google Earth 5.2 offers the ability of connecting to your GPSr and downloading tracklogs. I haven't tried it yet but look forward to testing the capabilities.

Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to solve 2 geocaching issues in a single post! Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, It's a plane, it's Palmetto!

/me thinks your reviewer needs a raise for all the time and effort he/she dedicates to the hobby we all enjoy.

To me the "Needs Archived" log type is intended to require reviewer intervention either because the cache owenr is unresponsive or the cache page requires immediate attention such as a irate property owner or a similar conflict. With your notification setup you can see any needs maintenance logs as well as if the cache page is archived.

You really have to read the correct section of the guidelines. The section I have quoted is for puzzle type caches and it is very specific when it says: "For many caches of this type, the coordinates listed are not of the actual cache location but a general reference point" RJB43, as one of NH's most frustratingly enjoyable mystery hiders I completely respect your opinion however feel your bolded quote is taken out of context. Continuing the train of thought states: For many caches of this type, the coordinates listed are not of the actual cache location but a general reference point, such as a nearby parking location. Unless a good reason otherwise can be provided, the posted coordinates should be no more than 1-2 miles (2-3 km) away from the true cache location. This allows the cache to show up on the proper vicinity searches and to keep the mileage of trackables that find their way into the cache reasonably correct. My interpretaion is the 'general reference point' is the posted, false coordinates shown on the cache page and not a generic location of the cache. To play devil's advocate I also agree with Prime's side of the argument and the guideline that states: the option of using accurate GPS coordinates as an integral part of the cache hunt must be demonstrated for all physical cache submissions.. I interpret this statement intending to use your GPSr to find a reference point, potentially a trailhead kiosk, stone or some other reference marker intended to be found with more than the yellow pages or a generic map (IMO a parking lot would not qualify as 'accurate GPS coordiantes'). The term 'accurate GPS coordinates' is a broad term that does not specifically mean ground zero of the hide however a GPS (with accurate coordinates) should be incorperated somewhere in the seek process.

Another analogy... Lets make the assumption that you suggested your daughter clean her room.. instead of her quick 'in 2 minutes' reply lets presume she immediately replied, "I just finished cleaning my room". Perhaps you should explain to the psychic meddling neighbors that your daughter's reply may have been a bit hasty and her 'trust me Dad, I have no evidence but I just cleaned it response' needs more proof than the adamant excuses provided.

Anyone have the cache listing on their watchlist while the correspondence was taking place. It would be interesting to see the time stamp between Nomex's 10/4 disabled log and Super Fly's 10/4 enable log. This might shed some light on how factual item #5 might be.

Another search suggestion would be to create a Pocket query using a terrain rating filter. For example I have a terrain greater than 3.5 within 100 miles from home PQ generated for the days I'm feeling adventurous. You may have to weed out a few over-rated listings and a few 5 star special equipment terrain ratings but should give you a good idea of challenging caches within your radius. Good luck with the cancer treatments and I hope future prognoses only get better.

I can find your geocache with a copy of the local yellow pages.

I'd recommend contacting Groundspeak directly using the contact(at)geocaching(dot)com address explaining the details.

I can see the future found it logs of this project. I wouldn't plug it in.

Flask, I share your outrage. A mystery / puzzle cache isn't created with the intentions of one person to solve and share the coordiantes with the remaining caching world. I also believe that if someone is struggling with a puzzle they should contact the cache owner with their thought process and not their buddy. Unfortunately, social engineering is a part of our hobby. Although these are not solutions, I have a couple suggestions: #1: Add an ALR requesting a detailed e-mail explanation of the solvers thought process. This probably won't stop the social engineering but will make it more difficult. #2: Create a whole bunch of puzzle / mystery caches to be released in conjunction with the event. I'm sure your local reviewer would be glad to work with you on this. . You would probably be honored with a IHP tribute cache of your very own! #3: Attend the event and help the struggling cachers solve your puzzles.

Several years ago when visiting Germany I encountered the same problem and essentially attempted to blindly find caches based on coordinates, the posted size and translation of approx 1/3 the hint. Some cache pages offer both German and English descriptions. I've found the on-line translators are better than nothing (but not much). I suggest contacting the cache owners for a translated page. I've found most of the CO's I spoke with very helpful. Some even offered to play tour guide and escort me from cache to cache. They made me feel welcome in an unfamiliar country and culture.

I see the initial message from your reviewer as a generic reminder message that it's time to either post a status report or fix the problem and not intended to be offensive. It was your decision to take "the easy way" and archive the listing. the location is obviously special to you, why not place a new cache in the area and create a "Smith Cemetery: redux". ...Problem solved.

That's an extremely rare and hard to find appliance known as the BBL600XL - do it yourself kitchen blender. It's been on the Christmas top ten gift ideas for years and receives raves from it's owners, who say it never balks at pulverizing whole fruits and vegetables, turns ice to snow in seconds, and even crushes wheat berries into flour. Just one quick shake and this industrial-strength blender boasts 1.21 jigowatts of power, a huge 64-ounce, durable, BPA-free jar and a seven-second warranty. it has a "smoothie" setting guaranteed to explode anything within a 100 yard radius into a cornucopia of random small parts within seconds.

I'm a professional cacher however my means of income isn't listed in Vinnie's options. I sell other people's geocoins on E-bay.

I like the idea of not logging finds on line and have started deleting all of my found-it's. I have encountered a small problem, The white out isn't soaking through my PC screen.

Without seeing the original message, I believe I received the same political spam (to 2 different e-mail addresses). To emphasise, the e-mail is not generated through the GC.com servers however the spammer has obtained our e-mail through geocaching. The e-mails are generated through a do not reply to this message address and any replies get bounced back as an unknown addressee.. I've added the spammer to my spam folder and he's lost my vote!

Your bookmark lists CAN be deleted. You'll have to delete each cache from the list. Once the bookmark list is empty, you'll have the option to archive the bookmark list. Hope this helps.

I've noticed that if I check both the "that I Have Found" and the "that I Haven't found" boxes I get blank queries. Try with one, the other, or neither.

Keep in mind we are discussing South Carolina! Maybe the literate residents would appreciate the warning.

I agree that few cache locations on or near the side of the road presents an unreasonable amount of danger without fair warning on the cache page. The intention of my post was to suggest that poor decision making by some cachers about how and where they park and how and where they cross the street will affect the decisions of other motorists and the possibility of chain reaction events. I also agree that the scenario is un-likely but I'd rather err on the side of safety. I'm also making the assumption that GPSfun's original post summarized the conversation with the DOT. I believe he acted in the best interest of both Grounspeak and the S.C. DOT.

Some folks see or would like to see these forums as a place to ask questions, find information, learn, etc. Some others see it as a place to demonstrate debating skills, take a contrarian view to most anything, to snipe at each other just below the threshold of moderator involvement, etc. Some others enjoy the entertainment value. Like geocaching, people can play however they want. I'm going to use these forums as a way to offer props and kudos to GPSfun for making a tough decision, looking at the big picture and considering the requests of the DOT Land managers and safety of motorists before a serious accident and a black mark about geocaching is posted on the headline of a SC newspaper. Thanks for looking out for my safety!

Bass Chaz, Too Tall John, SquamLoon and I have been discussing the need and possible formation of a New Hampshire caching association and website. TTJ started off strong with the googlepages groups and discussions have continued on Bass Chaz's Granite State Radio Podcast forums. The NH Podcasts are availabe and Chaz has kindly modified the forums for generic geocaching communication, website discussions as well as podcast discussions. The forums can be found HERE. Check 'em out. HP