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Point them here: http://www.lawdit.co.uk/reading_room/room/...lm-children.htm This "idea" by the schools was dreamed up by people taking anti-paedophilia measures to the Nth degree and has no legal basis. Very interesting Thanks for that But that does not cover the Mega Event, the films people will be making will not be for "private use" the films will be going onto the World Wide Web, for millions to see. Which still makes me think it I film Joe Bloggs little "angel" for 2 seconds and put it up on YouTube for the world to see without his permission .......... will he sue me? I know this is ridiculous, but it's the world we live in and I for one would rather be safe than sorry Mandy I'm not sure what the basis for suing would be as the kids have suffered no loss and the video would not be for personal gain. If this were a real problem YouTube would have come a cropper itself before now.

I will attempt to answer the unanwerable question. To make the answer even more impressive, I will do it as someone who doesn't like the sort of caches that the OP alludes to. Some people place caches that they acknowledge themselves are not very interesting for two reasons: -They like placing caches and it's easy to place this sort of cache -For those cachers who would rather do any cache rather than no cache, regardless of of where the cache is Fin

I've used mud and blackberry juice (very effective) on different occasions. The only time I left blood on the logbook was when I tripped over and cut myself a few feet from the end of a 15 mile multi and then dripped it on the paper!

I've used an Otterbox successfully. Only had a problem once when someone caught some of the contents of the box in the seal. Edited to add- don't do as I did and test out the depth of the water by putting a wellington into the stream. I slipped and ended up in to my waist- and I was wearing a suit.

I went a couple of weeks with all my PQ's working except my caches along a route one which ran every day (according to the site) but I never received it. I contacted Groundspeak and miraculously about a week later the PQ started appearing again.

I agree totally with these sentiments, however, where does it say in the GC guidelines that a cache has to be placed in a "worthwhile location"? I reiterate my earlier comments, the "point" of geocaching is the use of a GPS to find a hidden object - nano/micro or whatever, in whatever location. Neil They don't say "has to be placed in a worthwhile location" but the guidelines do state: "Ultimately you'll want to place a cache in a place that is unique in some way. The big reward for geocachers, other than finding the cache itself, is the location. A prime camping spot, great viewpoint, unusual location, etc. are all good places to hide a cache."

I like mine despite a couple of gripes. The unit doesn't handle multis well as you have to flip between geocaching and waypoint mode. You can't manually add waypoints to a cache when out in the field for multis & puzzles, either. There is one glaring mistake in the software that someone at Garmin should be extremely embarrassed about- the wheel works counter-intuitively when typing in a word or editing waypoint coordinates, ie you turn it left to make the screen selector move right.

I daresay it's right that not many cachers set caches they consider pointless, although there are one or two where cache owners have told me that a particular cache of theirs is not very interesting. I went through a period a while back when I came across an increasing number of caches that I found quite unpleasant to do (and generally I just walked away from them). This happens to me rarely now as I just have had to just be more careful in choosing ones that are likely to interest me.

Although I may moan about the road or supermarket series of caches in encouraging the placing of caches that are hidden without thought, at least they have the advantage of making them easier to avoid if you are like me or to find if you like that sort of thing. Perhaps there should be a new cache-type created to highlight caches that are hidden principally to be a quick find in an area of no particular interest? It would make life a lot easier in planning caching trips for both numbers-driven and quality-driven cachers.

Hazel, do you have Memory Map? I do mine in that. If you don't, let me know your route I'll do one for you.

And as a strange Italian cacher did...

Two related issues for me: Make all cache waypoints geocaches rather than waypoints so multis can be handled from one screen Allow the addition of waypoints to be clasified as caches manually for multis in the field. At the moment I have to keep flicking backwards and forwards to get cache descriptions, hints, etc when I do multis, which seems an odd oversight on Garmin's part.

He actually helped in the creation of one of my caches that requires solving a simple musical problem at one of the cache stages. He sorted the tune out for the puzzle- something that was beyond me. Perhaps it's because he could do it in the house and out of sight!

At 12 my son tolerated caching and would sometimes help look for the cache. At 14 he wouldn't look, but would stand and watch me with a pitying expression. At 16 he won't stand anywhere near where I am looking as caching is "weird" and "sad".

My personal opinion is that the principal (or apparantly principal) purpose of a cache or thread in the forums should not be for a commercial, political or charitable entity. That would have still taken out the 2005 Aussie tsunami cache, I think, but allowed the UK one, for instance. I don't see why McDonald's, The Cheshire Cat pub, the NRA, Noraid, Tesco, the Moral Majority or your local satanists shouldn't be mentioned on a cache page or forum thread as long as the mention isn't the principal reason for the cache or thread, even though I personally object to several of these organisations. Some people will be offended, but I don't think there is (or should be) a right not to be offended. (Let's face it, some people are offended by current policy!) Right, having solved that, I'll get straight on to ending war and famine.

I have to say well done to mtn-man for being a calming influence. I do think that Groundspeak have made a right pig's ear of this, though. It reminds me of when I get advice in business from lawyers. It takes experience in business to know what to go with and what to question. This has all the hallmarks of people who are great entrepreneurs but maybe not that experienced in business tieing themselves in legalistic knots when what is needed is a deep breath, to stand back and just think about what is common sense.

I also see this when double clicking any cache icon in Memory Map. As it happens I actually prefer it, as previously it showed the decrypted clue which I then had to encrypt before I accidentally read it, as I like to cache not knowing the hint.

I have a caches along a route PQ that runs each day. Over the last week it still runs (according to the list) but I have stopped getting the email. My other PQ's work fine and I have checked my junk mail and it's not there. Any ideas?

I have the Wherigo caches appearing as random icons in Memory Map after export from GSAK. I tried to edit my Memory.txt file but I don't have one in GSAK! I'm running xp. Any ideas?

I've got 2 caches where bird boxes feature but in both wildlife can't get inside. I think one of our esteemed reviewers has one too that has a blocked hole . There's one big clue that highlights the difference between a bird box cache and a real bird box (apart from the blocked entrance)- real bird boxes are placed so only birds and not humans can reach them!

I think the psychology of cache finding is quite interesting. If you look at the ratings on geocacheuk the drive-by caches rate poorly... but they also have lots of finds. The average cacher seems to prefer finding lots of caches, none of which they enjoy much on an individual level, to finding one that they will enjoy a lot. I guess it is the enjoyment of racking up numbers that outweighs the enjoyment of doing an interesting cache. Maybe this is related to the enjoyment people get from collecting things with caches replacing the more usual stamps or train numbers.

I tried to list the first cache in the "Launch Pad Lunacy" series in the engine casing of a rocket intended to send one of the Galileo satellites into orbit but Deceangi rejected it on the basis that moving caches aren`t allowed any more.

Funnily enough the cache of mine that has been visited the most is a multi. It is only 2.5 months old so maybe it's the newness that is distorting the figures. Of my old caches (2004) a short multi I own is visited at about the same rate as an easy trad of mine. I find it's only the long multis that get less hits. I even have a puzzle that gets lots of finds because I con people into doing it by putting Motorway Mayhem in the name (albeit with "not" in front of the word "Motorway"). In general I'm a big fan of multis as on average I find them placed with more thought than the average trad.

Hi VSM- I think we were both in New Orleans last week and did a couple of the same caches. My favourite London cache is London Invasion. It's a multi that takes you around some interesting spots seeking out strange mosaic alien pictures. Kook29 has another good multicache, too- Sing as You Go. Or for a very cheeky cache placement try Ghandi Peace Cache.

13.7% if I don't count multiple DNF's on the same cache. In the overwhelming majority of cases the caches were actually still there .