LazyLeopard

Pick a location and a date, and set up an Event Cache (where the "date hidden" is actually the date of the meeting) and you never know, you might smoke out some cachers who don't read the forums... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Pick a location and a date, and set up an Event Cache (where the "date hidden" is actually the date of the meeting) and you never know, you might smoke out some cachers who don't read the forums... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Anyone figured out how to stop it plotting blobs at every track-point? I'm sure it's blindingly obvious, 'cos if it was a bit obscure I'd have been able to find it... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Anyone figured out how to stop it plotting blobs at every track-point? I'm sure it's blindingly obvious, 'cos if it was a bit obscure I'd have been able to find it... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

I've used it once, for the UK Project Ape cache "Meridian Snake", which has clearly been removed. (I found it once, so I know where it was hidden, and it isn't there now...) Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

There's some heated discussion on this subject in the General Forum here! Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

quote:Though I have noticed that you can get quite a lot of undergrowth damage where people have tramped about looking for the cacheThere is, I guess, some skill in finding a well-hidden cache without flattening the undergrowth in the general area. I'd say it's a skill worth developing. The less impact my search has on the area, the better. Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Heathrow, Gatwick and Birmingham, IIRC... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

quote:We could specify in the text of each hotel that only people leaving or taking a bug can log a find on the cache.Might that encourage folks to take a bug even though they couldn't actually move it nearer to its goal? Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Check out the Travel Bug section of the forum. One of the recurring topics is the rate at which bugs don't move... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

quote:It's too late by the time you get home and read the bug's plans.I guess, so long as the bug gets back into a cache soon, a slight hiccup won't matter all that much, and some movement may be better than none, but there are a few other options for avoiding that situation: First, if a bug's goal is really important then, ideally, it would be accompanied by a label with that goal written on it. Second, if the bug has been logged in the cache long enough for its link to appear on the cache page, then the cache hunter can read about the bug in advance, before going on the hunt. Third, folks leaving a bug in a cache could record that bug's goal in the cache logbook so that later visitors can read them. Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

The alternative, if you can figure the correct dates out, is to email contact@geocaching.com with the bug reference, the cache references, and ask them to make the corrections you think need making... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

The captions for photos can't be encrypted either, though at least photographs can be deleted without deleting logs... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Once you've set up an avatar image you do seem to have to log out (by clicking the appropriate link) and then log back in to the site before the avatar actually starts to take effect. I found that mine started appearing even on posts I'd made a while back a couple of days after I set my avatar up... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Worst I've managed is about 6 square inches of blisters after a day's hot hard bush-walking to find Cache Number 12 in Western Australia... Ok, so it did suggest taking a 4x4... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Worst I've managed is about 6 square inches of blisters after a day's hot hard bush-walking to find Cache Number 12 in Western Australia... Ok, so it did suggest taking a 4x4... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

It's worth giving a little thought to what sorts of conditions the contents of a cache will have to survive. If the summer temperature's likely to hit the forties at some stage then things like M&Ms are likely to melt. If the winter temperature drops below zero then things like bottles of water might freeze and burst. Neither will do much good to the rest of the cache contents. Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Yeah, there's a Farnborough in Kent too, but the nearest thing it has to an airshow is at Biggin Hill, a few miles away, and that show was last weekend. Noisy round here, it was Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Yeah, there's a Farnborough in Kent too, but the nearest thing it has to an airshow is at Biggin Hill, a few miles away, and that show was last weekend. Noisy round here, it was Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

I think it is important that bugs do come with two separate items with the bug's number on them, but a printed visiting card (say) could provide the copy just as easily. A card could also have the activation code on it, and have space for the owner to add the bug's name, release date, etc... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

Mission 10b was missing last time I checked the hiding place. I was short of time, and I've been meaning to get back to it to see whether it's just been misplaced, or whether it has actually been removed. Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

I did, and he did. Thanks Jeremy. My bug's travels may seem shorter, but at leaset they're topologically accurate now Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

I did, and he did. Thanks Jeremy. My bug's travels may seem shorter, but at leaset they're topologically accurate now Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

quote:Any suggestions as to how the NS problem can be fixed, or should we just grin, and bear it?You could try turning JavaScript off. It'll make things look rather less pretty, but it might get there a bit faster... Alternatively, if you have a choice, look around for an up-grade. Netscape 4's table-handling is just plain slow, and extremely fussy. One tag out of place and it doesn't bother rendering anything... Me, I'm stuck for now. Both using IE and installing new stuff are banned for security reasons... Purrs... LazyLeopard http://www.lazyleopard.org.uk

* How do you setup background images on cache pages? By adding broken HTML to the description. * What are the limitations? It is possible you will render your cache description un-readable to a few folks. * It is a good thing? It's your cache. I wouldn't use the trick on my caches, and I've not hunted caches because I couldn't read or print their descriptions before now. Mostly those were down to use of off-site images or javascript rather than backgrounds though. Purrs... LazyLeopard [This message was edited by Lazy Leopard on May 23, 2002 at 10:04 AM.]