LuckyPlan
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Log pages with smileys in the description now make the line of text it's on and the line before it appear to be double spaced.
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The appropriate place for these comments is the Release Notes thread -- http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=273473
Fair enough
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Here's a good vid about some.
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Oh and obviously, there's a new color and design scheme.
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That's weird because it seems they now require you to use more of their bandwidth by going to the cache page.
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You should request this on the website feedback system. I'm sure it will get a ton of vote. Great idea.
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Here we can list all the new features we find...
I'll start: you can now see the background image of cache pages as before you could only see the border.
Hopefully, everyone can add to this. Please no complaining about something you don't like, that's not what this thread is about.
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My issue with so many micros is that in some areas micros take up so many good spots which deserve a regular size cache. I'm afraid that if things keep rolling like this, it will be hard to place a quality mid sized cage in an area because there is already a rusty altoid micro nearby. I am really not a fan when I read "this area didn't have a cache so we placed a [micro] one".
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I think knock yourself out and rack up those fav points. I hear you get a free stuffed signal doll when you hit 100 fav points. You trade them in at HQ office. I've been saving ours and we are up to 600+ so that means I get at least 6 stuffed signals. Also if you get up to 1000 favs HQ lets you dress up as Signal
for a day. How sweet is that?Besides how sweet would it be to get one of those Signal dolls. I'll send you one when I get mine if that would make you feel better.
Forgive me if I'm being completely ignorant or don't realize is is all sarcasm, but Is it true that you get a free signal doll when you reach 100 fav points?
For platinum members yes.
Do you mean premium members?
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I think knock yourself out and rack up those fav points. I hear you get a free stuffed signal doll when you hit 100 fav points. You trade them in at HQ office. I've been saving ours and we are up to 600+ so that means I get at least 6 stuffed signals. Also if you get up to 1000 favs HQ lets you dress up as Signal
for a day. How sweet is that?Besides how sweet would it be to get one of those Signal dolls. I'll send you one when I get mine if that would make you feel better.
Forgive me if I'm being completely ignorant or don't realize is is all sarcasm, but Is it true that you get a free signal doll when you reach 100 fav points?
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that would absolutely ruin a great day of caching for you ?
I'm sure you could probably think of a few, possibly many, but I'd like to know about your main BUMMER...your major party pooper...
I would really hate to lose my GPSr
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I just found a used razor.
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Being creative, can be all well and fun, but begging for BIG trouble! Be honest, and tell them you're looking for a Geocache, and explain what geocaching is. If you give them some kind of made-up story, You're asking them to check the story, and when it doesn't pan out, they'll be back to see if they can find what you were doing, or worse, Bring the authorities! (read BOMB SQUAD!)
Then, it's really gonna raise havoc.. To say nothing of a bill a local cacher has, for a call from the squad, for his cache. (since is email address was in the log book, which somehow survived the disarming.)
Yes this may be true but this is all hypothetical for laughs. True, you will nearly always tell the truth. This is just for fun but i guess everyone thinks I'm asking for real suggestions. I just want to hear some clever hypothetical responses.
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I am a new cacher and am amazed at some of the junk left behind. Last weekend we found a recently pulled tooth, complete with dried blood on it - ick!
Ok, this is definitely the winner for best signature item!
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Ok, so you're in an urban area and you're looking for that hidden micro. You're doing what you can to look inconspicuous ie: holding your gps up to your ear acting like you're on the phone and casually walking and looking around. But someone catches onto you and asks "what are you doing?"
How do you respond?
And we're off... (Who's got the best response). I usually tell the truth by explaining geocaching but I know others can do better.
He-he. I know f is next to g on the keyboard, but you typed muffle.
I got a lot of mileage out of it when a local geo-pal typed muffle in a log once. Anyhow, yes, if ever "caught", I will explain what I'm doing. Sorry, no creative stories here.
Yeah, I noticed muffle after I posted. My iPhone automatically changes muggle to muffle and I didn't catch it.
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Correction on post title: What to say when you get caught by muggles. (sorry, my iPhone auto corrects muggle to muffle)
Ok, so you're in an urban area and you're looking for that hidden micro. You're doing what you can to look inconspicuous ie: holding your gps up to your ear acting like you're on the phone and casually walking and looking around.
But someone catches onto you and asks "what are you doing?" 
How do you respond?
And we're off... (Who's got the best response). I usually tell the truth by explaining geocaching but I know others can do better.
UPDATE: Who's got the most funny or creative line?
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The geocacher is no offensive. But the language CAN be offensive.
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The geocacher is no offensive. But the language can be.
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My apologies for posting this (in case this has been asked before), but I did not find anything by searching.
We use our Android phone for geocaching. It works well, except for the compass, which is not terribly accurate. So, we have started using the feature of the app we use (c:geo) which shows the location of the cache on google maps. We noticed that many of the caches seemed to be misplaced, and I just now was able to determine that the problem is not with the phone or the app!
This picture shows the location of cache GC12MN8 that I just screen-grabbed from Firefox:
Immediately after grabbing this image, I went to the same cache using Internet Explorer (to avoid any browser caching issues) and this is what I saw:
What is happening is that repeated look-ups produce different results! In a matter of one minute, the cache purportedly moved almost 10 meters!
Thus, it seems that either geocaching.com is not sending the proper coordinates or google maps is not displaying them properly. What's going on? More importantly, is there some way to fix this massive bug?
p.s. This issue is not limited to this one particular cache. I suspect that this experiment is repeatable with any cache, as verified by my limited experimentation.
I think I've actually noticed that a cache can "move" on Google maps when the weather outside is bad ie: cloud cover. Kindda weird but I guess it has something to do with it.
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Logs may contain spoilers, it's a well-known fact.
If people want spoilers, they will look at the previous logs.
If they don't, they won't.
If I ever get to your cache, I'll be sure to log 'TFTC', and nothing more.
Hmmm... I see your point, but I think photos become an entirely different beast. It's one thing to make mention of some hint or spoiler, it's another to show people what the cache is or how it is hidden. My opinion.
Totally agree. Text just helps. A picture is something else.
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Oh and when I find the guy in town that keeps leaving Taco Bell Taco sauces in caches, there will be trouble !
That taco bell guy must travel around the country!
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...I still think it's perfectly fine to remove all these trash items when caching, even if I don't leave anything. In fact, I encourage others to do the same.
I don't think that's perfectly fine, I think it's stealing. Many COs start their caches off with junk. That is what they wanted in there and I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate you cleaning it out and leaving nothing.
well I guess the proper term shouldn't be junk. Reviewing my original post, I guess it's alright to leave old happy meal toys (I always leave those in fact). But my point is a lot of people literally pick up litter and place it in a cache. But nobody is carrying it out. So I certainly wouldn't find it as stealing. (I guess some people find it acceptable to take out something nice and replace it with some used napkins.)
Little trinkits are totally fine and great and make it fun for the kids but I'm not talking about that stuff. I carry around little things like that to put in most caches like jelly bracelets, fake money coins, ext. The stuff I'm refering to is certainly not stuff the CO placed. I'm talking about trash. I'm no germ freek but I've seen some caches where I dont want to even stick my hand in to get the log cuz they're so discusting. If I find a book that has been weathered beyond reading, I would imagine most would agree that it would be good etiquette to remove it. I remember reading somewhere on Geocaching.com that the items placed in caches should be new or slightly used. I say old rusted items (not to mention health hazards) should be removed, even if i dont leave anything.
If I take a candy wrapper from a cache (I can't believe people do this) or expired coupons, I don't think it's stealing if I don't leave anything.... At least I certainly hope not. I hope that would be considered proper etiquette, helping the CO take care of the cache.
I guess my overall comment is that many people forget that CITO also refers to inside the cache as well.
So please dont say I'm stealing, assuming this clears some things up.
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Lots of times we come across caches that are just filled with 2nd hand junk. Some common examples would be dead old/used happy meal toys, old worn weathered books, wet/destroyed items, unrecognizable pieces of something, old coupons, other stuff that belongs in the dumpster. Sometimes I feel I go hiking to find an ammo-box-looking trash can.
in considering the "leave equally to what you take" etiquette guideline, I still think it's perfectly fine to remove these trash items when caching, even if I don't leave anything (I always leave something for the kids anyways). In fact, I encourage others to do the same.
I'm not talking about trinkits, we always have party favor trinkits we carry to leave in all caches that will fit them. I'm talking about stuff that is clearly trash, or became trash due to weathering (wet paper/books).
But I was wondering what others thought on the subject of trash in caches and what can be done.
If trashcaching is what geocaching is going to turn into, I have an excellent cache idea: I'll make the coords my front side walk. The cache conatainer is about 5 feet tall, and is available for trading items every monday morning before 10am. I'll be sure to fill it full of swag during the week...
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The only reason I can see for this is something I noticed on the weekend. My phone does not differentiate between unfound caches and my own caches. It shows my caches as ones I haven't found in the area.
Although this doesn't ever mean i'll log my own as a find, but that's the only logical reason I can see for doing so.
This is the case on the iPhone. It's a little frustrating. I wish it labeled your own as stars like on the website.
for a day. How sweet is that?
I got a lot of mileage out of it when a local geo-pal typed muffle in a log once. 
But someone catches onto you and asks "what are you doing?" 
Geocaching.com site update May 4th 2011
in Geocaching HQ communications
Posted · Edited by LuckyPlan
There are three different icons representing the same type of cache depending on the zoom level. There should only be one icon for each type of cache, not three that rotate when you zoom in and out. Its very inconsistent.
I like the solid squares, the ones you see when you zoom out a lot. That should be the standard I think, no matter what zoom level you are at. Im not a fan of the new ones or the ones in a white box when up close. Thanks for all your effort Groundspeak, but please fix this.