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"what here? must be a micro!" I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy.....

"....do you think they'd mind us digging a bigger hole to get the cache in...?" I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy.....

Thanks Bill D (wwh) I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy.....

Hi Merman Just read your Post regarding Fierce Creature, I have tears in my eyes...... .....From laughter at the thought of you running up the road back to your car!!! SORRY If you want to try again, we'll come and hold your hand, so you won't get scared next time. Only Joking, thanks for at least trying. Rincewind. I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy.....

Hi Cachers. I just wanted to give a little tip to anyone placing, or considering placing a Travel Bug (TB). When creating a TB it might be useful to put a description of your goal(s) for your TB with the actual Bug, may be laminate the instructions and attach them to it, or just place it all in a zip lock bag. The reason for me suggesting this on the forums is - at the weekend we happened to pick up a Bug which had no 'Goals' attached. It wasn't until we got home and logged the collection of the Bug, that we saw where the Bug was wanting to go, in totally the wrong direction we had come. But I suppose this all adds to the fun the Bug has travelling all over the country or even the world. If we had seen the goals of the bug we might not have moved it, and let some one else, possibly going in the right direction, take him. Hey, as I said, it adds to the fun. Hope this helps. Rincewind. I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy.....

Keep going Subarite, It won't be long before you're at the 500 mark, all I can say is I feel sorry for your legs, that or you're keeping Eveready in business with battery puchases!! Well Done Again Rincewind I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy.....

Okay chaps, What about.... If we have to go to Buxton we take him with us, take some photos to show he has travelled up there... Bring him back, drive like the proverbial bat, get back to the cache bash, then drive him up to the bug hotel at during the week? Does that sound like a plan?

quote:Originally posted by Kouros: EDIT: On second thoughts, bring him along to the meet on Sunday... let us all see him! Then get him on his way! That was an idea of ours, but it does very much depend on whether we have to go to Buxton or not... if we don't have to go, or if we can leave Buxton early enough on Sunday morning we will bring him to the meet with us - and take lots of piccies while we're there!

quote:Originally posted by Richard & Beth: I would actually say that would be a little unfair to go grab the travel bug immediately, at least give someone new to the game a chance to find it first! Richard To late I'm afraid, we have the little red hippo. In a way we think it would have been a shame to run the risk of a newbie finding it and possibly not knowing what to do with it. How many other TB's have gone missing because a newbie hasn't known what to do with them (i.e. - Hotdog Man and Gulliver Bear). Fortunately these have been tracked down but how many others have not? It is very possible that any newbie visiting the cache may have thought that the TB was simply a swap item/wouldn't have been sure what to do with it/wouldn't visit another cache/was a mad 'Packham' stalker, keeping anything related to the man and that would have been the end of the little red hippo! We were not going to take him initally, but there was no information on him as to his goals and I think that this made the possibility of him going missing even higher. If there had been a card or note with him stating that his goal was to travel the world and asking the finder to place him in another cache then this would have made it a bit more obvious for newbies - while it is obvious to the more experienced cachers among us, it would not have been for someone on thier first hunt! just MHO. Perhaps this would be a good time to ask you all for your thoughts as to where we place him next... Chris Packham had set a goal that he travels around the world. We are possibly visiting the Peak District next weekend and could place him in a cache up there/on route or we could place him in a cache down here, close to where he started. Would people prefer we keep him locally for a while, or would people like us to help him on his way straight away? Rincewind & Luggage

Well, we're off to do a 'Dan & Pid' - anyone joining us? We promise we won't take the T & J Bear! Rincewind & Luggage

I was just watching the news and I thought that I would put a mention on the forums. I was hoping that they were going to show it again, they didn't, Doh!!! Never mind.

Hi Peeps Just to let you all know that BBC South showed the trailer for the Caching program after the News this evening, and yes Richard & Beth your wedding photo was featured (Hee Hee). Dan and Pid were, sort of, shown (it was dark!!!! ) and of course Team Tate were shown as the main attraction. But no T&J (perhaps their on the editing room floor) We can't wait to see the Prog on Monday. If you want to see the trailer again, I suggest watching the Local News and waiting to the end for the trailers for up coming programs. See you in the 'Field' Rincewind & Luggage

Well, I thought it only right and proper that we do this publicly. We know it will only go to their heads, but you lot have already done that with your, 'well done' here and your 'congratulations' there. But it has to be said Bl***y Hell How Many!!!! Only joking, Well done Mum & Dad (in-law) Here's to the next 300,000 (sorry to many zeros, well we've got to pull these so called Pro cachers down a peg or two ) Congrats again to you both. Rincewind & Luggage

Hi Cachers This is just a quick note to all cachers who were possibly thinking about doing our Final Hurdle cache within the next 18 days. The cache has been archived temporarily due to a major event taking place in the vacinity. The cache is totaly unaccessable and to get any way near to it you will need to pay to get into the major event. The cache should be available again to cachers soon. The major event ends on September 22nd, but it will probably take the organisers a week to clear up. I would recommend that you could attempt the cache from September 29th. The 2 preceeding caches can still be attempted, so you can prepare yourself for the hunt of the Final Hurdle. Happy Hunting Cachers. Rincewind.

Well, you see, we went to Florida and.... Stop me if you've heard this one.... Yep, Luggage and I (fiance) got wedded out there and Tim and June told us about this great new game. We went Caching with them to start with then we got cheeky and nicked their Etrex, so they bought us one for christmas. Thanks Tim & June Rincewind & Luggage

Well, you see, we went to Florida and.... Stop me if you've heard this one.... Yep, Luggage and I (fiance) got wedded out there and Tim and June told us about this great new game. We went Caching with them to start with then we got cheeky and nicked their Etrex, so they bought us one for christmas. Thanks Tim & June Rincewind & Luggage

I have investigated numerous ideas for in car navigation and have found a suitable alternative, especially if you don't want to spend out on a laptop, also a laptop will more than likely get in the way if you have a passenger. The alternative is a PDA (palmtop PC) like the Palm M505, most of these will take windows based software (cut-down/pocket versions) also the new Auto route 2002 has GPS and palm top capabilities. the cost of a palm top will be about half the price of a new laptop and the software is about £60 depending on where you purchase from. if you are unsure about palm tops, beware of cheaper models which are glorified data banks that only hold names, addresses and calendar type info. Always look for windows/mac facilities. also if you want there are plug in units which convert a palm top to a GPS (just the receiver part and the palm top becomes the screen and controls as on a Etrex or Vista) these unit are a little expensive though. I will check the price and post again. Rincewind.

I have investigated numerous ideas for in car navigation and have found a suitable alternative, especially if you don't want to spend out on a laptop, also a laptop will more than likely get in the way if you have a passenger. The alternative is a PDA (palmtop PC) like the Palm M505, most of these will take windows based software (cut-down/pocket versions) also the new Auto route 2002 has GPS and palm top capabilities. the cost of a palm top will be about half the price of a new laptop and the software is about £60 depending on where you purchase from. if you are unsure about palm tops, beware of cheaper models which are glorified data banks that only hold names, addresses and calendar type info. Always look for windows/mac facilities. also if you want there are plug in units which convert a palm top to a GPS (just the receiver part and the palm top becomes the screen and controls as on a Etrex or Vista) these unit are a little expensive though. I will check the price and post again. Rincewind.

Readers of this may need to refer to Robin's last reply on the old forums - the link is http://forums.Groundspeak.com/ubb/Forum17/HTML/000276.html Well Robin – for once in your life you started a thread and actually came back in to make a post !! well done – that must have taken some effort. To pick up on some of your points…. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock I will answer your questions now, but may I make a few points first. Some of these questions were answered many months ago, on my web site pages, but there is a policy - at local UK Newsgroup level I believe, of removing links to my own web site I think you have mentioned your URL times that it is permanently imprinted on our minds – perhaps that’s what you wanted. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock I hope that the words themselves are not edited. This may seem paranoid, but unfortunately it is possible. I suppose a person like you has a lot to be paranoid about… Originally posted by Robin Lovelock It is bad enough that a person can shout abuse on this newsgroup under one or more user names, hiding his identity, but it would also be nice if all text, including URLs remained unchanged. Thank god the URL does disappear now. This may make you refrain from quoting it every other sentence. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock The fact that we have planted a large number of caches in the London to Newbury area, mostly within 10 miles of us, is no reason why others should not plant in this area. June and I would LOVE people to plant good caches in this area - we'd have less far to travel. We sure would like to spend more time walking and less time driving If anyone else was to plant in your area it would turn into a ‘cache crawl’. You don’t seem to spend any time driving – and it seems like if it’s not within 300 yards of a pub, you won’t bother. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock All we ask is that these are quality caches and that they are planted responsibly, so that the hobby does not get a bad reputation with landowners and other authorities. As posted before, don’t do things that will upset landowners then – an example of what would annoy a landowner is someone jumping over his fence – but then you’d know nothing about that, what with promoting good practices etc. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock The result would be that others would have difficulty planting caches. Again, this is a subject already dealt with in depth on my website. The forums is the ideal place to discuss this – not your web-site. Other cachers have already expressed their concern at the number of caches you have placed, and now you threaten to place more? Do you really like p***ing people off? Originally posted by Robin Lovelock I don't think I've ever given reason for people to hurl the abuse that we've received on this newsgroup alone. No, you’re right – not on this newsgroup alone, you seem to have an ability to annoy anyone you come into contact with. I can see that by doing a search on your name in Google under Newsgroups – the number of ‘Lovelock Annoying’ entries that appear are quite amusing. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock Unfortunately mud sticks, and so I'm sure many of your readers (100 or 200 ballpark now?) do not have a good opinion of me. Perhaps its more a case of ‘once bitten, twice shy’. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock After one of the moderators threatened to resign, he archived them again. Actually, I don’t think it was just because a moderator threatened to resign. I think you will find there were numerous complaints from GENUINE geocachers also. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock When an American visited UK hoping to visit these caches, Jeremy suggested that he login and visit the archived cache pages using links from my site (which also has links to my backup pages and the two other geocaching sites). Well, as you are using these two other sites you don’t need to use this one as well. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock I've not had replies from Jeremy for some months, but understand that is a common problem and one that I have sympathy with him on (again explained on my site). Perhaps he just hopes that if he ignores you for long enough you will go away – and explain here, not on your web site. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock Now let me answer your questions Tim: A. Would you be willing to use the Geocaching.com website purely as a hobby/pastime instead of an extension to your business ? - Yes, this has been the case since I first started Geocaching. The only connection is the indirect one that I have always openly declared: if Geocaching results in a massive increase in GPS product sales, it will also help my business. If this has always been the case since starting caching, why do you insist on ramming your URL/software etc down our throats every 5 minutes. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock B. If Jeremy were to allow you to place new caches on this site, could you do so without mentioning your business or websites either on Geocaching.com website or in your caches and without requiring cachers to email you direct rather than through the 'mail bot' thereby compromising their privacy ? - Several points here, all of which I have no problem with, so long as I am protected from the sort of abuse I have already suffered. There is no immediate need to place new caches on this site, of course. Stop mentioning your web site address, even if it is to a separate geocaching page – you know that this is only going to inflame the situation. I notice that Timp has his own company, by which you traced him, through the net, this means he has a web site. I notice however that Timps’ travel bug, Gulliver bear, did not have a page on his web site, he actually created a whole new web-site for this (www.gulliverbear.co.uk) – thus avoiding any problems. Why don’t you do the same? Originally posted by Robin Lovelock C. Would you be willing to not put your advertising material (or allow others to do so on your behalf) into other peoples caches thereby using them as a vehicle for your advertising ? - No problem at all: our visiting card is not "advertising material" - if that is what you are thinking of: it gives links into our personal geocaching page hosted on my business web site, and links to all three major geocaching sites. It also has words promoting good practise. I'm sure no reasonable person would object to this card. If I could quote a URL here it would be to a picture of the card - but I can't. Are you happy with the 5(?) copies I dropped into your cache along with the torch, etc ? Or did you object to it Tim ? Sorry but I don’t want you to include your ‘calling card’ in any of my caches. This contains a link to your personal geocaching page, which in turn links you to your web-site. I do not want this in my cache. I don’t advertise my business, so why should you advertise yours, especially in one of my caches. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock D. Would you agree not to flood an area with your caches (which would deprive others of placing caches in that area, common sense must prevail) ? - As mentioned earlier, my caches certainly do not prevent others planting theirs. Also, the density of my caches are far fewer than other clusters already, some of which you have visited, along with ours, logging nice words. You should see how dense the clusters of caches are in some places in the USA, or parts of Europe. If anyone wishes to plant caches within 20 miles of us in Sunninghill, I'll be glad to give what help I can, including donating materials such as boxes, cameras, and advice. I think Kimrobin has already answered this one, along with entries from other cachers, they have no-where left to place them. It would appear that if you want other people to place caches in your area, perhaps you should ‘free up’ some space to allow this to happen by removing some of yours. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock Part of that advice, after our own experience, would be to publish the caches on all three geocaching sites, in addition to keeping their own backups. Is there much point using the other sites? I notice that you say on these forums that all/some of your caches are missing, but you have not updated the other sites to reflect this – I’ll be damned if I’m going to use the other sites and be sent on a wild goose chase because you couldn’t be bothered to update it. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock I think the average number of caches per user is 3:1 - see the front page of geocaching.com - however a very large number of Geocachers plant no caches at all, so it requires those that can to plant more than this average. No it doesn’t! All this means is that the caches out there will get more visits. I’ve noticed cries from people in various parts of the country asking for caches to be placed as there are large areas mainly devoid from caches, yet you choose to flood an area, while visiting as few as possible. Originally posted by Robin Lovelock There you go folks: as always I feel more comfortable speaking with those who do not hide their identity. No-one could forget yours. How many times do you want to give us your address in one posting? Originally posted by Robin Lovelock Many Thanks Tim, for posting this message. ………… ……… You also know that we spoke on the 'phone many months ago, after I followed your email address to your business web site which gave your full name and contact details. Is it any wonder people want to hide from you? Originally posted by Robin Lovelock I only have one question now, before this thread is deleted: Who of you think the Lovelock caches should have been removed without my consent ? There goes that paranoia thing again… [This message was edited by Rincewind & Luggage on March 06, 2002 at 03:50 PM.]