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Who is widely accepted to be the inventor of the adhesive postage stamp?

Getting to grips with the new lists, some immediate problems occur to me as I've used it for the last couple of days: The hyperlink to a cache page no longer responds to the keyboard shortcut of Ctrl + click to open the page in a new tab. I have to right-click and select 'open in a new tab' which has removed important functionality for me and is unnecessarily irritating. For some inexplicable reason, the maximum number of items I can view on one page is now 500. When a list can contain up to 1000 items (and many of mine do) this is ludicrous. For example, my last foreign caching trip had 600 ordered items which I needed to be able to view in ONE document and when using Ctrl + F to FIND an item, I'm now forced to unnecessarily search two pages which is irritatingly cumbersome. Let's have the possibility to view 1000 items at once returned to us please... (not everyone uses lists on a phone, some of us still use a PC , you know). It no longer appears to be possible to print lists. On Chrome, Edge and Firefox, when you go to print the list page the dialog preview box only displays one (seemingly random) page and tells me that the entire document is only 1 page long. At the very list, you need to provide some sort of 'printable' format to restore this essential functionality. Found items are no longer clearly indicated by a different shade across the whole list entry. I now have to scrutinise the tiny icon for an even tinier smiley to work out which are ones that I've found... this is very difficult to see and less helpful than the previous 'different shade' of the whole line. Change it back, please.

This one is going to be a toy company, so I'll say Lego.

Its feet?

Log a ‘needs maintenance’ request on the cache page. You can give plenty of details in the ‘NM’ log itself if you click on ‘opt out’ first which lets you do an NM log without having to do a Write Note as well. If the cache already has one or more NM logs on it which were at least 6 weeks ago, then you should log a ‘Needs Archived’ log in a similar way, which will alert a reviewer

Don’t worry... circular themed trails are more common than you may think. There are loads within a 40-mile radius of my home co-ords and I think a trail of caches is a great way to spend a morning. Also, I for one, much prefer a circular route to a linear one. It takes you back to the car afterwards without a boring cache-free trudge at the end! As with anything like this, there will always be those cachers who get precious about the old days and insist every cache should be an ammo can at least a mile from the nearest place to park and from any other hide... and there will be others who much prefer lots of closely-placed micros on a circuit. You’ll never please everyone so don’t even try. Just place the sort of caches YOU would want to find in places YOU would want to visit and you won’t go far wrong.

Unfortunately, you can't "ensure its survival". Contacting the owner is the first step (which you've already done) and you could also pop a needs maintenance log on it advising when building is due to start (and from which date access will be unavailable). Rescuing the TB was a thoughtful gesture. If it's a very special container, you could pop out to rescue the cache itself just before access will be unavailable too... but the listing will probably have to be archived. You can pop an NA up on it once it's out of bounds. Unless the cache is a rare old one it may be no bad thing. Archiving old caches and placing new ones elsewhere instead keeps the game fresh for everyone, including those who've been playing for a while.

Was it the one wot got shot? Spencer Percival, I think?

Can you give us a bit more to go on, at all? Ideally, the location of the co-ords you found it at would be best. If you can't remember from the days when you used to play the game, how to find the co-ordinates of a given location, then a road name would help. In addition, sometimes, a cache can be traced by the name and date of who logged it. If you can read the name, that would help - also the date they logged it. If there's anything else written on the log. let us know what that is.

Certainly. Many COs will be grateful to you for ADDING a new log to an existing soggy one. That will save them visiting GZ and it's not uncommon for visiting cachers to do this. As you mention, popping the new log in a bag (to protect it from contamination from the damp of the existing log) is a good idea. ADDING a new log, is different from REPLACING a soggy log (i.e. taking the old log away)... which should really only be done with the CO's permission or if the existing log is completely unreadable. It's all to do with who has signed the log and who is able to claim the find. The paper log is really the only true record of who has found the cache and should the CO wish to check on-line logs against it, they can tick it back. Not everyone does that, but you should get the CO's permission to take the old log away (if it's still readable). If that's not possible in advance, it's also acceptable to remove a readable (but soggy) log and mention that you have done so in your on-line log. Always offer to return the paper log to the CO if you do that, and give them a reasonable timescale (say a week or two) and then throw it away if they don't get in touch.

In which case, to use PQs to get the caches, you will have to set the filter for the region in which your county is situated for each PQ. That's the smallest area you can go down to with PQs. This will generate far more caches than you want or need - but you can pop them in to a database and once you've run the county/state/country macro, you will be able to sort out only those which are in the county that you're interested in. It's likely that your region will have more than 1000 caches in it (which is the maximum PQ limit), so you will have to split them up using the date they were placed as the filter, to get every one. Project-GC's PQ splitter tool https://project-gc.com/Tools/pqsplit will work these dates out for you, saving you a tiny bit of time and calculations... and of course it will give you an idea in advance, how many PQs your region will need. I expect running these PQs will take you about 3 -4 days depending on cache saturation.

I was just about to recommend GSAK. https://www.gsak.net/index.php You can use it to "get" geocaches via the API. You can specify a circle or rectangle area... or choose a region (within which you want the caches to originate) and you can get up to 6000 caches in one extraction. That particular command isn't something I've used but it may be that the 6000 limit is also per day (as it is when you want to refresh cache data, which I do a lot).

You may find that your local reviewer might be able to help. It is possible for them to view the locations of archived caches in a search, so if you contact them with the co-ords of where you found it, you might get lucky! Do bear in mind though, that this 'service' isn't part of their actual reviewing job so will be undertaken only by those reviewers who have the time and inclination to assist in the endeavour. A polite and friendly message (with as much info as you can supply) will go a long way to help your cause.

It's possible to lock a TB page (preventing further discovery logs etc). Click on the drop down list on the right hand side of the TB page, under Actions and select Lock. ... or you could make a new card for it to go in your new car and encourage people to log the code which now relates to the new vehicle. It won't matter too much that there are 2 cars out there as the old one probably won't get logged very often anyway, unless the new owner takes it to a geocaching event!

For a fast walker. I'd have to recommend this series of 160 letterbox caches over some beautiful countryside, with lovely scenery just West of Brighton. The S.W.A.L.K. series could net you a vast number of this rare icon type, with no additional preparation such as puzzle solving and/or waypoint projection and it starts here: https://coord.info/GC5QQ5A I did it in stages and for the most part, it was full of quick and easy finds, with helpful hints and good co-ords. There are currently 5 disabled hides but that still leaves you with a huge haul! You night even decide to do just a few loops of it. If 160 caches in a day is too many, there are other slightly smaller series in the area which would make equally lovely walks. The train line along the South Coast, (or the 700 Stagecoach bus service) should make a few of them accessible to you. If you'd like something a bit special (full of quirky hides and lovingly-crafted handmade containers), then the Devils Dyke Series, North of the city has a bucket load of favourite points to commend it as well as my personal recommendation. It starts with a church micro: https://coord.info/GC5RZH6 and continues with the series proper here: https://coord.info/GC5RZHT/ which could take about 3-4 hours for a normal speed walker. The 77 bus https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/brighton-hove.gov.uk/files/Service 77 to Devil's Dyke Timetable Travel Guide from 22 April - AMENDED.pdf will take you straight to this National Trust site and the walk, though challenging towards the end with a very steep hill, affords some fantastic views of this iconic landmark area where you will see Red Kites circling in the thermals and paragliders joining them.

Ding to tyzack4 It's currently my favourite programme on TV; hugely funny, wildly irreverent at times and never takes itself too seriously. Seth is obviously a massive geek himself with a love of things like Next Gen and his fondness really shows. Over to you.

Gosh, I don't think I've ever set a question before which didn't go immediately. Looks like you have to be a bit of a sci-fi geek to know this one from memory. So now it's hint time. The creator's name is Seth MacFarlane and the show (also described in Wikipedia as a sci-fi comedy drama) is currently airing its 2nd season in the US. It stars MacFarlane himself in the main role and has featured Robert Picardo (the holographic doctor from Star Trek Voyager), Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troy from Star Trek Next Gen), Rob Lowe, Liam Neeson, Charlize Theron, Ted Danson and Bruce Willis in various smaller roles.

What is the name of the new spoof sci-fi TV show from the creator of Family Guy and Ted?

When will that be-ee? Say the Bells of Stepney-ee.

Ding to RJx2.

'Fraid I'm gonna need both their first names and last names for the ding, there Marty. Have another beer while you rack your brains to remember...

Which celebrity/professional dancer couple won last year's Strictly Come Dancing?

Is that Kinky Boots?

Have yourself a ding there, Marty.

Thanks. Never read any of the books but have solved a huge number of geocaching puzzles based on them. Thinking of geocaching puzzles, I'll go to the theme of one I'm currently working on. What was the name of the first 'Carry On' film? (Don't worry, that answer won't help me solve the puzzle!)