Jan and the Percey Boys

I am not sure if this should be mentioned here but there is a competition being run by a canadian cacher to get photos of his coins with coins for prizes. (many coiners have donated coins for this) I only mention this as there is going to be a release in the UK - I have two here on my desk which should be placed this weekend If you need further info please look at the geocoin Forum Thanks Bob

NEWS ON COINS #34 & #35 Well the coins have arrived here in the UK and I hope to put one out in Wales and one out in England this weekend Regards Bob (and that is the well known non cacher Jan )

just to say thank you for the feather which arrived safely today. I can now prove I am clever enough Bob

Nochipra - you sure know how to please my kids Daniel loves the frog and the cockroach - he is sat here on the floor singing to the frog!!!! jack has yet to see as he is out mind you if dan has his way he'll get nothing Loved the Titanic coin as we were at the Titanic exhibition the week before last in Liverpool, from where she sailed Also loved the e mail with the links etc.Glad you enjoyed the mission I have learnt so much about other places and people Still havent sorted uploading pictures so will list what we got Joke Cockroach - Dan's Favourite Squiggy Frog HSM hand sanitisers - all boys need that - especially Jack loads of bazooka - not seen that for 40 years - when I was a kid there was a lot of US bases round greenham common and you'd get this type of bubblegum back then. Lots of postcards and info Key ring compressed flannel Magnet (Mind you it mentioned Portsmouth - my soccer team's(Southampton) dread enemy also known as the Skates grrr ) Accessible pin Oaks Buck Titanic coin A great package Thanks Bob

Nochipra - you sure know how to please my kids Daniel loves the frog and the cockroach - he is sat here on the floor singing to the frog!!!! jack has yet to see as he is out mind you if dan has his way he'll get nothing Loved the Titanic coin as we were at the Titanic exhibition the week before last in Liverpool, from where she sailed Also loved the e mail with the links etc.Glad you enjoyed the mission I have learnt so much about other places and people Still havent sorted uploading pictures so will list what we got Joke Cockroach - Dan's Favourite Squiggy Frog HSM hand sanitisers - all boys need that - especially Jack loads of bazooka - not seen that for 40 years - when I was a kid there was a lot of US bases round greenham common and you'd get this type of bubblegum back then. Lots of postcards and info Key ring compressed flannel Magnet (Mind you it mentioned Portsmouth - my soccer team's(Southampton) dread enemy also known as the Skates grrr ) Accessible pin Oaks Buck Titanic coin A great package Thanks Bob

both packages on their way across the water - hope the Huskies aren't on strike for one of them - had problems with them last time Bob PS dont mention postage costs $32 was pretty steep - ended up counting out coins!!!

This team of Jan and the percey boys comprises of my wife Jan (who doeesnt cache and keeps out of my obsession), myself, my two sons, male dog, male budgie so our experience of girls is minmal. If you are one of the lucky recipients of our missions I apologise now as me and the boys have guessed what a little girl might like/want I hope we have bought age appropriate and guessed whether they are girly or not. If we got it wrong.....oops!! Jack 1 e-mail sent- June 12 2 name received June 18 3 mission sent - packaged ready to go tommorrow am 4 mission received Daniel 1 e-mail sent- June 12 2 name received June 18 3 mission sent- packaged ready to go tommorrow am 4 mission received Bob

e mail sent offering to place a coin or swop and travel Bob

x) This is quite an interesting take for someone who enjoys geocoins! Have you paused to consider why geocoins have become more advanced in quality, design, function, etc.? It's called feedback. Those responses, both positive and negative, are what give cachers and designers the information to continue to improve the overall presentation of new geocoins. It's not by accident that coins are becoming for intricate, colorful and beautiful over time. If we're going to keep learning about geocoins, where better than the geocoins forums? (this is not a slight to older coins of course, the most beautiful coin I've ever beheld is still the no-frills USA geocoin "Melissa" that was our first coin find ever) y) I'm not aware of "USA based and not neccessary trackable" being a precursor to mystery coins not enjoying their place in the geocoin forums. If we don't have a thread for a mystery coin, where would you like us to "clutter up" the forums with the sincere expressions of gratitude? Inevitable? Yeah, that's pretty accurate my post was not trying to get away from posting ideas etc - I just thought a new coin thread as well would stop all of the dredging through posts that people complain about!!! Bob

The purpose of these particluar forums is geocoins. The rest grew from it, and as each new idea comes along, the decisions are made behind the scenes as to whether it is allowable or not. The reason I am watching this thread is to decide whether or not, and how to, write up guidelines for cointests or to keep allowing them to run off topic (not leaning that way), since many have gotten way off topic lately and away from being about geocoins themselves. Winning a coin does not make the thread coin related. The geocoin forums were originally split off from the Travel Bug forums, when they first came out. It exploded from there, so we have to keep it in the spirit in which it was started. This is why if you want off topic, you go play in off topic. If you want geocoins, you come here. There is a time and a forum for everything and everything in it's own forum. Thank You. Many of the biggest offenders or propogators for a web board primarily for social interaction were not even here to remember why this forum was created in the first place. In fact, the boom of the geocoin hobby predates the above persons join date by nearly 2.5 years! <personal attack removed by moderator>

I have thought a bit about the forum structure and so here goes (Puts his head above the parapet and awaits the outcome I think there is a major difference between Missions and Cointests, and here is my two Pennysworth 1) Missions These are a way of trading coins in a similair way to a Maths Trade. Whilst there are other strings attached it does increase the sense of community that naturally exists in this forum. I would find the removal of this difficult to understand as we are trading Geocoins that we have paid the tracking fee on. Whilst we may add souvenirs, chocolate etc it is still a trading methodology Whilst I have entered a few cointests in the last 6 weeks or so I believe my thoughts are purely analytical and therefore in no ways reflect which cointests I have entered, it is my thoughts on the way forward 2) Cointests This is a very different issue to missions. Looking at those I have won they have not been really geocaching related (I think I have been possessed by Kealia Aaagh) A - the time of a baby's birth B - What I know about the Netherlands C - How many Trapezoids in a geometric figure The question is how we bring this back in line to keep in the spirit of the Forum i) I dont believe exiling it to the Off-Topic thread would work, it would kill the cointests (some would say that is a good idea) ii) A seperate forum is not appropriate or in actuality ever gonna happen iii) I have a solution but it might not be popular . Why do we not have a single cointest thread that runs similair to the uk pub quiz thread. You can post a cointest and then whoever wins can then post the next one. If you are not prepared to win and then donate the next coin do not play!!! Whilst I am in flow there are 2 other issues I would like to see considered x) A pinned topic for new coins: - Just a post of picture, description and price and where to get it from. None of the patting each others back, I dont like it, etc etc. So we could all look in one place to find the info y) Mystery Coins: - this is not due to the fact that I don't have any but I find all the posts on this to clutter up the forum as well. yeah let us know they are there but the rumour and begging and boasting is a bit of a bore especially as most are USA based and not neccessary trackable Oh well sit back and wait for the inevitable response Bob

So let's test this theory you have then. I claim it to be a theory because I see no proof yet to conclude you are right and my opinion is different than yours in this matter. Open a thread in the general topics encouraging people to post pics, random pics of nothingness, just to make you laugh. Give it 72 hours. As a prize give away a bison tube, which is something that falls under that topic very nicely. If the thread isn't moved or closed, then maybe you are onto something, but if it is, then maybe I am closer to the right answer. I'll even pay for the bison tube. So you have nothing to lose, and all to gain. How about a link to the thread so we can all watch this one. Why dont you open a thread and try to sell your bison tube in the general topics - and see if it survives. the coin forum has always had licence to do things that cannot be done in the other forums Sell things Charity related stuff (look at the uk forums history if you dont believe me) Commercial company posting Do not jeopardise this by ideas that are designed deliberately to prove a point Bob

Just because you are naive and wrong doesn't mean we can't be friends.

I reckon you should give it to TMA that'll spike his Guns (Sorry Peter feeling mischevious tonight!!! Bob

Well I dont beg as well as TMA Probably not as lucid as the Peters trio (Hey there is 3 of them) Did you say in the running! There aint no way I can run ah well another cointest passes me by Bob

so good I said it twice Bob

there will always be enhancements to geocaching and the Forums you like and others you don't - Waymarking isn't for me for instance - you just avoid it. As time passes we will find things change. When I left the forum a bout 18 months ago the swapping of non trackables was popular. Not many designed and sold their own coins. Most coins were either state, individual or geocaching related but times change. I personally dont like all the celtic mythology faeries etc etc and see no link to geocaching (Up until 1792 the word celt was only attached to a tribe at the head of the danube. It is more to do with irish nationalism than anything else) but each to their own. I recall all the angst back then about is it related to geocaching (if you don't remember I am sure Kealia and Hula bum might remind you!!!! So maybe as the geocoin world evolves this isnt the best place to get news of new coins I haven't done many missions (although I have learnt loads about places and cachers by fdoing them - I still cannot get over Idaha not having a freeway between it's 2 largest towns for instance) So dont split it we are all smart enough to avoid the stuff we dont want to read. I for instance read of new coins but hate all the great coin, orderd 2 etc etc but that is just me Bob

Do you ever have one of those days I had a couple of travelling coins that I had agreed to place for a forum user We had been to the beach and I was tired but said to the wife that I was gonna stop to place these coins. When I parked within 200 yards of the cache I got out the GPS and found I had put the co-ords in wrong – I was 28 miles out!!! I knew where the village well was so thought I’d go and give it a try without the GPS – The clue said behind a tree – how hard could it be!!!! Well the well is surrounded on three sides by a steep slippery bank covered in trees!!! An Englishman never gives up so off I start, gradually getting higher up the bank. When I was 20 or so feet up I lose it and next thing I know I am on my way to the bottom with no control!!!!! I end up in a heap badly sprained/broken fingers, muddy Jeans and no cache. All I can say I felt a right nerd hobbling back to the car. Next day after much nagging I end up at the doctor who says “have you been hunting them box thingies again” and “It’ll probably take 6 months to heal” Well it has been 3 weeks and I still cannot bend 2 of the fingers or get my wedding ring on! And no I didn’t record a DNF it was too painful to type!!!!! bob

okay we have heard teh Jokes now (hic) Jack 1 e-mail sent- June 12 2 name received June 18 3 mission sent 4 mission received Daniel 1 e-mail sent- June 12 2 name received June 18 3 mission sent 4 mission received

Please DO NOT reply to this Post Moderators please shut Over the last month or so I have learnt a lot about the modus operandi of Groundspeak, and my original complaint of commercial posting in tag lines continues, as do request for charitable support in the same place. I therefore believe it is right to apologise for misunderstanding what I believed to be the standard especially in the light of the resignation of the respected moderators. I also wish as a matter of public record to apologise for naming Mongoose in my rant – it was unfair and I should not have done that Bob

Goodness Gracious Glad you guys got the coin Canadian Post is slow!!! taken 22 days longer than to get to Arizona!!! Posted a souvenir to NJ on last Tuesday and got there Friday - sometimes it is lightening fast others not so! Bob

I Love em and still have some chester ones that I drop and swop now and then, (also have a few camp exploreers as well) come on TMA where is my copy of your coin - beg beg beg - is that enuff! Bob

there are some great micro and nano caches which have taken us to places we would never have been without them GC19P0A being a great example. There are some really nff boxes (no I am not going to point the finger) It is a questi9on of getting good information in teh cache page - some people want to stop in layby's to find film canisters I dont, but will happily walk along canals to do so Each to his own Bob

Thanks must also go to my "helper" - you know who you are!!! Bob

I have PM'd you with a few ideas mind you it might cost you a feather Bob