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Uhhh, I ordered 2 yesterday, but as yet no email confirmation note. Should I be worried?

Just placed my order. Way ta go Fazanten - those honey's are "top" notch!

Brilliant night cache idea Team Noltex! I may just whiz down there for my 900th find! Meanwhile, my most recent hide is decidedly only available after dark: For Whom the Bell Tolls

Now, now ADK, one day (sooner than you might think) you'll likely - indeed most certainly, BE one of those "old people".

Uh, could that be 'cuz WY doesn't yet have electricity? <just kidding - couldn't resist...>

Well yes, now that you mention it. Gorgeous in fact, a veritable knock-out! And brilliant too.

Here ya go... Geo-Achievement Coins N' Pins (Link to multiple coins replaced with direct link by moderator)

Dumb question - so what does it mean by "$14.95 per set"??

And lest you (not) forget... the alluring, the amazing, the incredibly gunky-yukky: Bloody Fingers, Dirty Diapers...

http://jeep.geocaching.com/contest/rules.aspx About halfway down the page there is a schedule. The condensed version is that August's pictures will be voted on during September, tally'd at the very end of Sept. Errr, sorry. What can I say? Not only a bit thick here, but clearly, uh just plain lazy (i.e. my tolerance for pagedowns is little more'n 3.) Thanks!

Thanks Snowwolf75, I somehow managed to miss the link as I rooted around the jeep site. Sorry to be a pest, but... o.k. the prize for the monthly photo contest is a 60CX but question izzz... how is the monthly winner determined? Seems to me it used to be that folks voted for their favorite photo, yes? no? Doesn't seem to be any means of that presently, but perhaps they wait til some such date to close off entries and then a period of x days to vote? Am I just (again) being dense here? Where is such info on the jeep website?

O.k. so I just got my "Galena Peak" GJTB and am pondering what best to do w/ it. But meanwhile... does anyone know if there's a link to the August pic gallery for the "Discovery" goal ([presuming some pics are already streaming in...)?

Rats! Would love another rendezvous on the isle of Blake with the cinco centavo lad, but dd#2 and the 3 gk's are coming up from OR next week (uh, can you spell a-m-b-i-v-a-l-e-n-c-e?) In any case - welcome back CENT5!

Yup, what he said - about ...would have defeated the whole point ...cheapen their meaning ...slap in the face ...plays by the rules. Oh and, yessiree, the little matter of SQ's bountiful integrity. In short - hang in there SQ, tis a shame that after all your hard work, you must be beleaguered (apparently both privately and publicly) by the (ever inevitable) whineys of the world.

Yup, (though thousands of pts. could be easily calculated in a nanosecond via a well-built spreadsheet), I too am beginning to wonder if a convoluted point system wouldn't be a nightmare to track (unless some whiz-bang backender would like to step up and create a dynamic database ). Thus... looking back on avroair's original notion - it might well be better to simply devise a set of 7 Feats/Missions, that each coin would strive to complete. The first (2nd and 3rd?) to complete all might get a special bundle of coins/trinkets (we could all chip in something to sweeten the prize.) BUT - *ALL* who eventually completed all 7 feats (within some generous time limit) would get one of the special "Seven Feats" coins. The fun would lie mainly in devising truly fun missions. My first thought is simply 7 countries of course, but we could also have them gather something from each, or... complete some other such task w/in each country (like... get a pic with Msr. Blair!) And/or... the 7 countries have to include at least 3 different continents, or some such. And/or... 80 caches in each of 7 countries, and/or... Truly blathering here now, but suffice, putting our creative efforts into devising 7 fun missions would no doubt make the whole affair far more manageable (and I'd still consider whittling a custom bitty passport for each entry - uh, depending on how many we're talking about here...). <o.k. somebody else's turn again... >

Lots there to ponder, ozy. More later, but for now... By newly placed, I mean a new hide. A newly hidden cache with the coin left for... not necessarily only the FTF, but whomever will move it along swiftly in the race.

Why open to each and every geoaddict on the Planet of course!

Well o.k. I'll bite to get the juices drooling 'round here. But just fuzzy brainstorming 'cuz no doubt both missions and pt. assignments will be necessarily arbitrary (and muchly debated). For starters, I'm thinking we'd want the focus of the missions to be on global geographics and geocaching related. And ideally devised such that the playing field will be generally globally level. e.g. a mission of all 50 states clearly leaves a goodly part of the Planet at a disadvantage (not to mention begs the question as to what might be comparable in say... South Africa.) Then again... I guess these little travelers can be sent anywhere and helped by folks all over the globe, so... Nonetheless, I hafta say a mission of all 50 states (for example) seems mighty narrow-minded for an "Around the World in 80 days" race. Other thoughts... I'm thinkin'... maybe a point system ranging from 1 - 1000. With the top of Everest assigned the 1k and each and every generic cache logged 1 pt. of course. <btw, should you manage to get your coin first on the moon, then you win, hands-down, no question!> Each country visited (can only get points once for each country visited): 50 pts. 5 countries visited: bonus of 100 pts. (i.e. total of 350 pts.) 10 countries visited: bonus of 300 pts. (i.e. total 800 pts.) Most countries visited: 1000 pts. Most miles: I dunno, maybe 800 pts. Cross a time zone: 100 pts. Cache above 14,000 ft. say, 250 pts. Cache below sea level (i.e. underwater), likewise 250 pts. Cache within say... 50 miles of one of the 7 Wonders of the World: 500 pts. Various 'n sundry other notions... Logged at an event cache might be 20 pts. Logged into a newly placed cache: 50 pts. 5 star difficulty or 5 star terrain cache: 100 pts. (each) I'd also like to see a few pts. added for a wheelchair accessible cache. Furthest north cache: 250 pts. Likewise, South, East and West (based on our trusty Equator and the jolly ol' Prime Meridian): 250 pts. Then there's - how to verify (not to mention track) missions successfully completed (photos with gps coords?) Timewise? Well yes, we couuuld do just 80 days. But... I'd give it at least 3 months - possibly 6, maybe even a year... Just a potpourii of stray thoughts here - hopefully to stir up further input. I'm happy to help organize, etc. anyway I can (shoot, I might even whittle a custom little "passport" for each coin in the race similar to these little honeys.) But I dare say... Bottom line? Let's remember this is a GAME after all. So let's try to keep fair 'n FUN!

Indeed! (most respectfully ) agreed on that score, TL! And Hi backatcha <gaily waves from the Emerald City>, LBK!

Though I hesitate to quibble with some of my most esteemed and learned geopals , I must respectfully disagree with the suggestion that the FTF consequences should naturally include the cache not being there at all 'cuz the hider hasn't yet even placed it (nor, that going after such a non-existent cache is somehow just part of the geocaching "adventure" and/or "fun"). Poor coordinates, typos, inaccurate checksums, etc. - yep, all fair game when one opts to attempt a FTF. But the cache should surely BE there, in place when the hider submits the new cache for approval with the "Yes, this listing is active" box checked. To do otherwise is effectively a deliberate lie. On the other hand, I do agree wholeheartedly that minimum find requirements for new hiders would serve no useful purpose whatsoever.

Woa! Now how kewl is that!

Brilliantly fun notion, count me in. P.S. I like ozymandiasism's ideas re: more time, specific missions and especially more winning categories. Not to overly complicate things but, how bout... Perhaps the "missions" could be assigned points for difficulty - i.e. those that require more time, distance, trouble (like logging it thru an event cache would get a tad fewer pts. than say... getting it to the top of Everest, the moon, etc.

Hmmm... interestingly, I too have been mildly annoyed that somehow decrypting hints mushes them together (when I've clearly placed them on separate lines in the code). Not sure we're talking about the same thing here, but... Contrary to your work-around, I just went through all my hides and discovered that - it was precisely those that HAVE a linespace between the hints that mushed upon decryption. i.e. no linespace, no mush. I've now eliminated all the linespaces between my hints and - they all seem to be staying put nicely when decrypted (leastwise here on my machine...)

Goodness HC - looks like yet another fabulously fun fete. Truly sorry I couldn't make it (I believe I was languishing in the Phoenix airport at about the time those sweet gilded prizes were being handed out, sigh...) I SWEAR, one of these days I WILL manage to make one of your legendary geoevents!

Yippee! I'm on the list now. Thanks TSQ for your prompt and kindly response.