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GRANPA ALEX

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  1. It could be just a matter of it being TOO close, such that one might find one cache while seeking the other . . . otherwise, the reviewer could approve it (it is a guideline more than a rule, right?). An alternative is to contact the micro owner and request in your warmest manner that he move his, even offer to do it for him and send the co-ords (if your spot is so dear). He will have the fun of your new hide when he does maintenance on his own . . . OR, you could do the maintenance for him as a reward for his helping you .
  2. Just a personal pet peave , no response needed Regarding our written tongue - is not a 'retired cacher' one who was once a cacher but has now ceased doing so, having retired? Should we not be "seeking a retired person who now caches" . . . I know, I am just kinda freaky about professionals using the tongue incorrectly. The newspapers and TV (written for reading on camera) are laden with poor grammar, spelling errors and the like passing for educated text. It is sad! The slogan "News You Can Count On!" is used by stations across the US . . . bad grammar (eeeek!)
  3. Only one is the owner . . . two may share as the hiders - the owner makes the decision regarding their cache and who can log! If they say you can log it and you feel it is okay . . . just do it. Only, please, do NOT do it as a FTF and rob actual FTF seekers of that joy!
  4. The Muddy Boots . . seems so apropo to the game (& it's my son & his family)
  5. Okay . . . let's go 'James Bond' on him! Find a spot very near to a cacher's home where the only entrance (park co-ords, even) to a long (15 minutes or more) trail can be 'tripped' to alarm the cache owner at the nearby home that a cacher is on the hunt . . . a small camera at the cache site can be allow watching the cacher with the cache. Make the cache page rates the cache very enticing! If he is a cache maggot (seen destroying the cache), the owner runs to the maggot's car and makes his activity known as forcefully as he chooses, while leaving a warning note telling him he is being targeted. It may discourage future maggot activity if he feels there is a cost for his bad behavior and fear of retribution.
  6. It is a good idea, been used in some areas already . . . but, so what! It may be NEW to your locals and a fun find, too! Be sure to put it where it can not be confused or cause less careful/thoughtful cachers to injure themselves. Found one on a T-pole along a road out in the country that had been 'aged' and had been DNFed by many who had not seen such a hide. It can be fun!
  7. This is a good idea for a cache . . . kinda like 'rest stop' hides on long freeway drives - gives one a refreshing break and a find log in an area deep into other territory .
  8. I know there are many opinions, but mine is, that after rich dark Rocky Road . . . there was NO reason to have any other flavors (it ain't no soft serve) . As for cache types that I seek . . . mostly P&G because most of the caches are P&G caches. Locally, I try to cache out the area to support my local hiders . . . out-of-town, with the costs involved, it is strictly number runs except for occassional 'special' caches (ie: Elvis Confluence, etc.). There are purists who still want "in-the-woods-hikes-climbs-etc. caches" to be the rule rather than the exception (this is fine!). These friends have become extremists simply by not moving because the game has gravitated heavily to micro P&G caches . . . initially this move was okay as it satisfied a need in growing the population of players and hides. But (IMO), it has gone too far in that direction. I used to find these purists to be a bore but I am starting to wish they had had more impact several years ago, before it got so crazy (can't believe I am sayng this) . I will try any cache (locally) but I have gained a low frustration level and tire quickly of puzzles that seem more designed to NOT be found. For me, there is really no joy in such difficulty-elevated hides that have all the time & expense of a smiley, but suffer only a DNF. Long multi-caches, drive-to-stages are too expensive today. That's all I have . . .
  9. . . . . and a cigar always stinks, even though all are smokes, some smokes are not!
  10. I agree and would rather contact the owner for a nudge . . . but HOW??? I cache out-of-town a lot, I find so many caches with hints that say "after DNF, a hint will be given" which should be in the page text and not the hint area (personal rant). This kind of comment is fine for locals that can readily return and also have local contacts . . . but it is useless for most everyone else. PAF is the only answer, except to walk away. Don't mind giving the owner their JOY with my DNF on their cache page but it does nothing for me and with gas prices, coming back to re-hunt is not reasonable . . . if I had a phone number on the cache page, I would use it readily .
  11. We have a young cacher in Burlington NC who had his 1K celebration event recently. He caches with me sometimes, beats me to the finds often, signs the logs, reads the cache pages and has a lot of great hides, as well. He was ten years of age for his event . . . Check out JoJo
  12. Another way of allowing one to multiply results from time & money invested in a period of hunting on longer runs is to run a laptop with live MS-Streets & Trips coupled with the GPS receiver. It shows your movement through an area as an indicator on the map, attacks available caches in a strategic orderly manner (always on the right and by sector) and (if you highlight your finds as you progress) shows how effective your coverage is, as you work. We have the caches all displayed on a live MS-S&T map showing the best way to approach & work through an area . . . working always on the right eliminates crossing traffic (twice), u-turns, residential deadends and allows a means of sectoring a town for best coverage - it works so well. If time is critical, it allows for picking the areas of greatest density to get the best return on expenses. Yes, it provides a gas savings . . . graphically! It is fun, too!
  13. I absolutely agree . . . with a single caveat - being able to set and have a date held while the session is open. I use it for logging after multiple day runs and it holds the date of the day I do the logging. Does not always matter, perhaps, but the cache owner might want the actual find dates.
  14. Just wondering . . . would it make sense to have a 'drop dead' (preset archive) date on event caches - the ones that stay around long after the event is over? I have been out-of-town and visited restaurats, parks and places where events HAD been held that were still showing up as a cache site. If they had a pre-determined 'archive' date built in, it would save a little gas and time, right?
  15. The real beauty of being part of a local and friendly geo-community is that you can form caching groups, different people at different times or some regular arrangements. You share the costs of gas, enhance the social side of the game and make close friends of formerly casual geo-friends. Three of us just did a run through four states plus DC splitting the gas and the rooms over four days at only $140.00 each . . . this is a good value and it was fun! We do one day trips into areas and to events, it works so well - give it a try! No reason to let your game go due to gas prices, just modify your behavior and cache on!
  16. Averaging a cache every 4.57 minutes (13+/hour) . . . MAN, the caches could hardly have even been 1/10 miles apart. MOST IMPRESSIVE!!!! Fnding the cache, opening containers, unfolding log sheets, stamping a team name, re-folding log sheet, stuffing it in the container, sealing and re-hiding the cache, getting back & into the car, driving to the next cache and doing that 315 times at the rate of 13+ per hour for 24 straight hours, non-stop. Almost everything had to be perfect, including easy finds, traffic . . . it seems impossible. Congratulations Team - Well Done!!!
  17. We are caching in groups and we share the cost of gasoline . . . three people in our best mileage car this weekend finding 50+ caches cost us each $1.28 per gallon AND it was a lot of FUN, working together too. We make plans during the week via emails to determine a target area to meet and cache - great fun and economy can go together!
  18. Your unit has the electronic compass . . . IF that compass is ON, it will create an erratic and unrelable arrow/locator for nearing your target coords. It must be turned OFF . . . do that and you will smile, broadly. When the GPSr window shows the compass - press & hold the 'page' button. A pop-up text will indicate that the compass is now either on or off - make your choice. I sold my 60 CS and got a 60Cx, no electronic compass. It must have a purpose but for me, it had none.
  19. Found a bison tube hidden under a log in the woods while looking for a small tupperware that turned out to be a only a few feet away from the bison . . . turns out the bison was an archived cache that was not removed from the site by a long inactive cacher. I removed the bison, added a new log and hid it somewhere else as a new hide
  20. In addition to donated items from Garmin & Magellan, we simply 'pass the hat'! We keep costs as extremely low as possible and the 'hat' has always covered the expenses with some to spare for the startup of the next event . . . it seems it has always been about the comradery & fun, not the stuff. Simplicity is the key to success for the avid event planners.
  21. It was 3975.89 miles from home . . . it was the hike back that got to me - WHEW!!!!
  22. Burlington NC is building a new park and the park manager was trying to get it named Burlington Geocaching Park (many-many acres). They love the game and invite the resident local cacher who worked hard to set up this successful relationship to place all the caches that he can.
  23. 1.) There are getting so many of this type of cache that are of difficulty of 1, 1. At many of these locations a move of 3-5 feet (to a bush or tree) would have changed this to a difficulty of 2 or 3, 1. Now THAT is an issue . . . bush hunts!!!! Have you ever noticed the "property damage" evidenced by bush hunts for a camo micro . . . the shredded shrub! Personally, I would not mind these being banned as they have become pesty bores, especially the sticky ones that hurt you!
  24. Hunting a cache at night in a small neighborhood park when the police came up. They were looking for drug people and they challenged me. I shared our program, they helped find the cache and wrote in the log book "Don't do drugs!"
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