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  1. Easier said than done, Luckless. Sometimes the more the hider is encouraged, the more caches he hides. And they are all pretty much the same.....a magnetized micro stuck on every metal surface. It gives other geocachers no chance at all to find a good spot to hide a cache when it's too easy to walk up to something metal at a spot and stick a magnetized micro to it. A person could do that all day, every day if he wanted. And unfortunately, he does. I don't participate in being the "First To Find" a cache. I am not too crazy about having to be the "First To Place" a cache either because some people want to stick magnets all over town. It's pretty easy for people that like to hunt micros and someone that likes to hide micros to dominate a town after a while with nothing but banter back and forth about how great it all is, all the while taking up every available spot in town to hide a cache. And add in the fact that most of the hunters are a bunch of FTFers that don't care what's hidden just as long it it means an FTF race is about to begin and it all equals lameness for the rest of us. Please don't take the "if you don't like them, don't hunt them" route with me. I've read it a thousand times before. It's a standard comeback for those that live for whatever gets published (FTFers) and those that don't have to worry about dragging along the kids while geocaching. Kids and a micro stuck on a pole in an empty field do not equal fun. Kids and a micro thrown off to the side of a trail do not equal fun. It's been my experience that kids and micros of any kind (unless the location is awesome) do not mix at all. I wish some of those people that are quick to throw out the "don't like them, don't hunt them" phrase would go geocaching with kids (not just babies in strollers) once in a while. They would find out real quick just how much fun it is to find micro after micro after micro.
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    I'm on dialup/firefox and the maps work just fine for me. No problems there. But PLEASE put the maps back at the top of the page! I don't really care which map is on the page, but I would prefer the map to stay at the top of the page. This new map is causing me to have to print more than one page when really one page would do if only the map was at the top of the page like it used to be. What happened to the old map? Is there any way to make the map switch stop? I hate all this wasted paper because the map is at the bottom now.
  3. I'm on dialup/firefox and the maps work just fine for me. No problems there. BUT..... I don't really care which map is on the page, but I would prefer the map to stay at the top of the page. This new map is causing me to have to print more than one page when really one page would do if only the map was at the top of the page like it used to be. What happened to the old map? Is there any way to make the map switch stop? I hate all this wasted paper because the map is at the bottom now.
  4. I LOVE the Topo Shirt!! Is it being considered as an item for sale soon? I think it's a much neater design than the plain ones.
  5. Anybody seen them online yet? I've been watching for them. I was going to tell them to roll down the windows and turn the radio up real loud to stay awake. Have fun at GW4!
  6. Looks like goat remains to me. My guess is that you were on private property and that the landowner used this specific area to dump remains. Since they are in various stages of decay, that makes more sense to me than anything. Now, if they had all been freshly lain to rest here and all had the same stage of decay, I might think something fishy was going on.
  7. Are you bored today, Googling Hrpty Hrrs??
  8. HA! Speak of the devil..........I just got a Weekly Cache Notification email! Two down (one pending), one to go! Come on GC.com.......send me the next new cache notification immediately after its published and I'll never say another swear word at you again! LOL
  9. I don't think so. I do receive log emails on caches that are on my watchlist but that's it. Hopefully I will start receiving emails on subscribed threads now. If not, I guess I will have to start using a different email, but I don't think thats the problem. I already have a gmail addy but thanks for the offer.
  10. It says "Enabled subscriptions are (checkbox with little red checkmark) checked." I have it set to notify me of Unknown, Traditional and Multi-cache caches. And inside each of those, anything that can be checked is checked. I did update the Distance in Miles sections to 50 instead of 10 miles, but I doubt that's the setting that's causing the trouble since a cache was posted .08 from my house and I never received any notice of it. I don't know what else it could be. I appreciate your help!
  11. Ok....I admit I found one setting that was wrong. But I'm not sure if it's something new or not because I haven't changed any settings in almost a year and I used to get email notifications to subscribed threads all the time. In my Control Panel, there is an email setting that looks like this: Enable 'Email Notification' by default? If ticked, choose default type: No Email Notification Enabling this option will automatically subscribe you to any topic you start or reply to. And although I had the little checkbox checked to enable email notifications to be sent to me, I have never seen the options available if ticked box. It was set on No Email Notification. I changed it but how confusing is that? You can enable and disable it all at the same time?? Now, what about the new cache notification emails??
  12. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.....tell me why I am not receiving email notifications from GC.com! This is so frustrating! I see updates posted about the Google Maps (which I can't use), updates to the bookmark lists (which I don't bother with anymore), updates to this and that, yet no one, not even Jeremy when asked directly, can answer me why I am not receiving emails or notifications from GC.com about new caches that are published or emails from the forums for threads I am subscribed to. I used to receive emails all the time from subscribed threads. Now I have to bookmark them in order to go back and read any responses or go into my control panel (which is a complete PITA way to read responses). Only once have I ever received a notification about a new cache that was published. Most of the time, I don't even know about new caches unless I do a manual search. I used to get the weekly new cache notices like clockwork on Sunday nights. Now they either don't come at all or I might get a notice sometime in the middle of the week, even that rarely happens. I haven't changed any settings in quite a long time, I still use the same email address that I signed up with and I don't have any spam filters or other folders that my email could go to. Even the little box at the bottom of this reply box that says "Enable email notification of replies?" is checked and always has been, yet I never receive an email about replies. The only mail I receive is the logs on caches that are on my watchlist. I just don't understand this. But I do know I am really tired of it. I pay my "monthly dues" each and every month. I hardly use any of the premium member features that this entitles me to, yet I still pay because I feel I should in some way support the website. But despite this, some of my complaints are about things that are not even premium member features. Someone, please, just help me figure out what is happening here! If something is wrong with the website, just say so! If it's on my end (which I doubt...I haven't changed any settings), I'd like to know too so we can get this resolved. I have been dealing with this for months now and no one seems to give a reasonable answer one way or the other. I can't possibly be the ONLY person this is happening to, am I?
  13. Maybe the cache hider "failed to mention" to the reviewer that it was hidden in an "unnatural" hole in the ground. And I CARE. You let one person get away with hiding a cache like this and pretty soon it becomes standard. Holes will be dug all over the place and everyone starts stretching the truth about how the hole actually got there. Geocaching rules clearly state to me that I cannot bury a cache. But there will always be the nimrods who take a mile when given an inch. Seems to me they did exactly that in this case. Maybe TPTB need to (re)clarify that rule a little more so stuff like this doesn't happen.
  14. Well said. Let one dingdong get away with it and a whole bunch of dingdongs will be doing it next week.
  15. Sounds like something out of my league. Another link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060426/wr_nm/media_lost_game_dc The first clues for the "Lost Experience," as the game is known, will be shown on May 2 during the program's broadcast on Britain's Channel 4, May 3 on ABC and May 4 on Australia's Seven Network. Singapore's Channel 5 and Star India are among the others participating.
  16. He emailed me privately and said he had an incorrect notification setting. But that still doesn't solve my problem. Any ideas, Jeremy? I just noticed this showing in the reply box when I make a reply........... Post Options Enable emoticons? Enable signature? You are currently receiving email notification of replies <<<<<<<<It's lying, I say!
  17. Worked like a charm! Thank you, Thank you!
  18. Never mind - I have found other posts with the same issue - must be a change to the database I had this same question come up when I was doing manual searches for new caches today. Can you direct me to the posts that you found, if you still have them available? I can't seem to search for any caches any farther than 50 miles from my home coords or up to 10 pages. Nevermind....I just found the topic too. Thanks anyway!
  19. Never mind - I have found other posts with the same issue - must be a change to the database I had this same question come up when I was doing manual searches for new caches today. Can you direct me to the posts that you found, if you still have them available? I can't seem to search for any caches any farther than 50 miles from my home coords or up to 10 pages.
  20. I have the same problem. In fact, I was just emailing my comrades in a geocaching group about this very issue. (PandyBat) wrote: > Am I the only one that isn't getting notices about new caches being published? I have everything set up to notify me immediately when a new cache is published, plus I am scheduled to get weekly notices about all the new caches. I haven't been receiving anything. Most of the time, I don't even know about the new caches unless I go to GC.com and do a manual search. I used to get the weekly notices like clockwork on Sunday nights. Now they either don't come at all or I might get a notice sometime in the middle of the week, even that rarely happens. Am I the only one this is happening to? > And I am a premium member, if that makes a difference. > Sandy - PandyBat By the way.....I don't get any email at all from GC.com except for the logs from caches on my watchlist. Nothing from the forums or new cache notifications. I haven't changed any settings and I even use the same email address that I've had since I signed up two years ago. There's no spam filters or any other folders that the emails could go to. Whatever is wrong, I don't think it's on my end. Sandy - PandyBat
  21. Here in Springfield, I would say based on what I've seen at events, that the population of men vs women is about 50/50. I don't know what it is that doesn't seem to get anyone else I know all fired up about stuff as I do. Between geocaching, where'sgeorge.com, bookcrossing.com, the internet in general, reality TV (especially Survivor), 80's music and gardening, I wonder if I am adopted. No one in my family could give a rat's behind about any of it. Not interested at all. It's so bad that I am the only one in my family that gets called on to program their VCRs, cellphones and digital watches. They don't even have an interest in knowing how to do it themselves. They just call me. Wonder what it would be like if I didn't do it for them.....now that could get interesting...lol
  22. Here's another answer for that problem. I did something similar for a recent cache. Spray painted with a stencil and filled in with a Sharpie Marker. JohnTee VERY NICE!!
  23. Exactly. No one was exerting anything towards phenixcachers (Scott) and his caches except a little constructive criticism that he took way too personally. At this point, he is even taking it to the extreme. I'm not sure if he is really as hurt and crushed over all this as he says in his logs or if he is liking all the attention. He has even gone so far as to say in one of his logs on the Ophiophobia Hatchling that he would be archiving the cache and that he would go out and get the logbook and leave the container for OzarksJim to go pick up. Now to me, that shows signs of irresponsibility, immaturity and he needs to step back, re-evaluate and get a grip on himself and this situation. No one wants him to quit, just gear his enthusiasm towards putting out better caches. I have to admit, when he first started geocaching, the guy got me all fired up again with his posts about how great this sport really is. I haven't seen that kind of excitement in a long time.
  24. When making a micro cache, don't make the logbook so small that it takes forever to roll it back up and put it back in the micro. It's one thing to be sitting at home preparing a micro and rolling up a logbook so small it takes tweezers to get it out, but it's another to have to spend 15 minutes rolling up that same log out in the field trying to get it back in without tearing it to shreds. I don't see the point of having a logbook so small that all you can write on it is your initials. But then again, I don't see the point of a lot of things.
  25. I get where you are coming from, NetDrummer, I really do. Maybe the best thing to do would have been to contact the owner of the cache in private but when the cache owner doesn't respond or responds like Scott did, there aren't many other options to take than to openly discuss it. I too felt sorry for him at one point but when he started taking his reaction to all this to an extreme, I questioned whether I should feel sorry for him or for the rest of us....LOL I'm glad you took Jim's log to heart and are doing the right thing by closing the cache if you see fit for it to be closed. It makes me appreciate you that much more as a responsible geocacher and I can't wait to see your next hide. Like Jim said, your hide wasn't a bad one, just in a bad spot. And had he not posted a log and you two were discussing this bad spot back and forth in emails, you run the risk of several other geocachers going after it without a clue of what could happen while they were there. Jim finds A LOT of caches and he finds them practically minutes after they are published. Because of that, he runs the risk of being called a cache cop because he "reports" his experiences and sometimes they are not always what people want to hear. I kind of like to hear from an experienced geocacher so soon after a geocache is placed. It helps me decide what geocaches I should try to go after on my next geocaching trip and which ones I should take my kids with me and which ones I should not. As far as your cache is concerned, I was glad to see Jim's log and glad to see you take the appropriate action. I appreciate the both of you for looking out for the rest of us.
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