Teese
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I even got a FTF while cruising (at Cabo San Lucas, MX)!
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I have a MeriColor that's unusable due to a damaged display. A local cacher has a dead MeriGold with an apparently intact display--she can ill-afford a new GPSr and consequently is on a temporary caching hiatus. I'd like to offer to insert her display into my MeriColor and get an operating monochrome unit--anyone have an idea whether the connections are compatible?
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Eternal thanks from the last cacher on earth to realize that WAAS was missing on my Meridian Color (or to see this old thread). Followed the recipe, tweaked the latest firmware prior to uploading, and all went like a charm. Happy as a clam.
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Teese, is that your GPS or are you happy to see me?
.. sorry, had to. (by the way, what brand is your 'bent? Looks familiar)
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... keeps the GPSr warm so the batteries last longer!
I ride a 1996 Vision R-40 -- as you can see, it's short wheelbase with underseat steering (and is so old it has the all-mesh seat). A bit heavy and now has quite-dated componentry, but it's reliable and perfect for my bad neck. Sure hated to see ATP fold up.
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I bike to a lot of caches ... feet first (on a recumbent)! Note the GPSr mounted between my, um, knees.
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I found these log entries (proposal and acceptance) in my Tributary Tribute cache.
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I'm a little late to this topic, just like I'm a little late (i.e., in the post-FTF wave of finders) to a lot of caches, but thought I'd add this since I live within a mere stone's throw (OK, that's an Ichiro stone's throw) of the OP. Yes, we live in a 3-county area that has a number of extremely competitive FTF enthusiasts (some of their FTF runs end up in geochats and coffee afterwards)--but yet I have accumulated over 3 dozen FTFs while working full time and receiving no more than email notification. If you make an effort (as in hike, bike, and/or get out in the rural county) an FTF will indeed come your way (my last was another small town in the OP's county a full day after publication-another a couple before that involved a hike and was up nearly a week before I got to it).
I differ with a fair number of people with respect to caches announced at events (and not appearing on geocaching.com for another day or so). I was the first to find one of those and, before I logged online, the first finder after publication claimed FTF. I simply logged as FTFAH (first to find after hiding) and trust I diffused any angst by handling it that way. If its an announced event, I think the (i.e., my) FTF is the "real" one; though I have different feelings about CO-provided coords to select friends.
And lastly, I feel your pain regarding lamp post caches but, brace yourself, they're out there and more are coming ... so at least it's reassuring that your own hides will rise to a higher level of ingenuity. Oh, and pssst, just lemme know the coords before they hit gc!
Teese
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Perhaps it's just a matter of semantics ... to the phantom find crowd, "FTF" may be code for "Falsified The Find" and the log is, in a sense, a precisely accurate declaration that yet delightfully twists the knife in the gut of those who react negatively to their little game!
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Perhaps this is a good place to indicate what I encountered when visiting First Butte Lookout on 08/04/07. To quote my log: "dentalstudent and I drove up quite early in the day so as not to inconvenience our camping families (i.e., return in time to make breakfast for them), but we ended up abruptly waking Mort (the eyes and ears of the First Butte Lookout) from her much-needed sleep (critical to staying sharp during her 9:30-6:30 stint -- yup, fire lookout staff actually have defined shifts!) After overcoming getting off on the wrong foot, we had a wonderful visit and agreed that we'd pass on a reminder that this is a working lookout, so please respect the necessary down-time essential to an alert fire lookout."
It would appear to be good community relations to spread a reminder that the manned lookouts are 24/7 worksites with scheduled downtime that should be respected. We ended up talking with Mort for over an hour and left on good terms (and ready to buy the lookout book), but the possible damage by off-hours visits (such as mine) is very real. ... a standardized caution on each lookout cache page?
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How about an airline-by-airline report? For instance, Continental is OK with GPS's on the same basis as other electronic devices (it's in their magazine)o once at cruising altitude.
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A simple shoulder strap carrier works fine for me. I replaced my Merdian Color's lanyard with the button for a cell phone carrier (using a 3/8" 4-40 ss bolt from the local hardware store), then pop-riveted a matching windshield mount (from Radio Shack) to my shoulder strap. Handy and secure. Not sure if the ss bolt would throw off the compass in a Platinum, but would prefer strength of ss over brass.
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Did I do something wrong? Sent for my $50 rebate on Magellan Meridian the second week of February (3 weeks ago-ish), and wheresmyrebate.com lists it as accepted. Granted, it's not been mailed yet, but I'm upbeat and fingers are crossed. Did they turn over a new leaf?
Cachehouse Lawyer: The Cost of Rails-to-Trails
in General geocaching topics
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K13 is absolutely correct, the text of the granting document is extremely important. Here in Washington, these old (1890-1910) conveyances have at times been accorded status as grants of an easement, of a right-of-way and of fee title. One local line which is the subject of trail establishment efforts (Bay-to-Baker Trail from Bellingham Bay to Mt. Baker) --already hosting a large number of caches on noncontroversial portions-- has stretches sporting all three variants and the vision behind the trail effort is becoming increasingly problematic. As best as one can tell, the railroad organizers went door-to-door in teams to solicit assembly of the right-of-way route ... but each team carried a pre-printed pad of "deed" forms bearing differently worded text!).