Coldgears
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I am new to this and thought that maybe an Easter egg hunt would be fun.
If this has been done and is not a new idea, then disregard.
But eggs could be placed and the finder would just collect the egg, rather than replacing with a treasure.
Just a thought.
I sort of did this with the grandkids. Cammoed eggs and hid them, no coord or GPS, but it was a blast. With a little imagination, I bet youcan have some fun.
Yeah, my parent's did this for me when I was a child. They'd hide eggs allaround the house, and in the backyard, and I had to find as many as I could.
It's not really geocaching by any stretch though.
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I live an area with the highest concentration of Lyme disease in the country. I know a lot of people with it, and many of them rarely go in the woods.
This, however, does not stop me from geocaching in the woods. Or does it stop most people in my area from going in to woods for any reason.
Be smart. Check for ticks. If you see a bullseye, get to the doctors ASAP and kill the disease before it's too late.
Yes, there is a gross factor involved, but you'd probably swallowed a few gnats, and have had more than a fair share of Daddy Long Legs crawling on you. Not a huge deal.
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PM Caches asside, the app gives you simmilar features as a PQ, allowing you to load up a large list of caches on your mobile caching device. Befor smart phone apps, the only way to do this was with a PM, downloading PQs. Mobile apps have been allowing serious cachers to cache without a PM. Before mobile apps, caches without a PM had to either print off cache pages, or sit at a PC for a long time entering the verious corrdinates into their GPS. So all serious cachers had a PM. No, not so much. So GS is just trying to get back there somewhat, and increasing their PM revenue stream. Can't say I blam them...However they should have mentioned this when you paid the $10 for the original app. I suspect that when it was relieased they hadn't planned that far ahead.
Ridiculous argument.
"The few unavailable shows asside, the Netflix gives you simmilar feature to cable, allowing you to watch a large list of TV shows on a screen. Befor Netflix, the only way to do this was with cable subscription, and changing the channel. Netflix have been allowing serious TV watchers to watch TV without a cable box. Before Netflix, people without a subscription had to go over a friend's house or sit at a PC a long time pirating the shows, putting the various shows into correct folders. So all serious TV watchers either had a Cable Box. No, not so much. So Cable Companies are just trying to get back there somewhat, increasing their Subscription revenue stream. Can't say I blam them... However they should have mentioned this when you spent $10 for Netflix. I suspect that when it was relieased they had not planed that far ahead."
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Taken from "The Morning Call" Allentown, PA on March 20, 2012. Except for the fuse, it sounds like some of the cameo jobs I've found on caches. I think this is the first time I've actually read where it's been a bomb and not a geocache.
Forks township is a rural "suburb" of Easton. A good 10 miles from Allentown/Bethleham.
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Lets say you go out to try to get a FTF and when you get to the GC area there are other people looking for that cache also. If someone else finds the cache do you log as a co-FTF or would you count it as a FTF on your stats?
There is no official FTF.
Everyone has a different view of FTF.
The fact your are questioning whether it is a FTF or not? Don't log it. If you question it, you have your doubts. Go with your doubts, they are your stats, nobody else cares about them.
Personally? I'd count it as FTF.
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I think the big issue is determining what counts as city. Do you consider just the tourist area's? Do you consider the Inner City where all the crime happens and nobody wants to visit (People forced there by poverty)? City borders are another issue. Some cities borders actually include the "suburbs". Look at Los Angeles, there really isn't any suburbs of the city. The suburbs are included in the city. Other cities only include the extreme center of the city, where all the skyscrapers are. Like Baltimore City, extremely small area, pretty much all the work buildings and the tourist attractions like the waterfront. Not many houses. The actual housing is in another county. Most cities meet on a middle-ground; workers place in the middle, inner city housing surrounding, and possibly a little "suburbs" in the extreme corners, with the rest of the 'burbs being outside the "city-line".
It's just too hard to compile a list without adding a lot of specific criteria.
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This seems to be quite on topic.
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but I simply cannot afford spending 30$ a year for just a hobby..
Please tell me, what hobbies do you have that are cheaper than $30 a year? All my hobbies cost much, much more. In fact, geocaching itself can, and has, cost me about $50+ in a day, just in gas and eating. Fly model airplanes? Hundreds to thousands for the vehicle, hundreds a year for gas. Play video games? $300 for the console, $60 per game. Like to Garden? $100+ easy for seedlings, seeds, and upkeep. Like to Scuba Dive or Rock Climb? Thousands for equipment. Hunting? Hundreds. Woodworking? Hundreds. Collecting? Hundreds to thousands.
Yes, I would love, absolutely love to know what hobby I can have for under $30 a year. Geocaching doesn't even cost that, considering the price of gas, and eating out. Geocaching probably cost me close to 600 - 1000 a year.
But, yes. Everyone of my hobbies has cost me hundreds. I have yet to find one under $30.
However, since you can't afford it. I assume you have multipule hobbies under $30 a year. I would LOVE to be informed. As I have been searching for years for a cheap hobby... So I can have extra money too... Crap! In fact, I spend all my leisure money on my hobbies! Who'd guess?
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I'd really like to see both my thread and yours merged into one, seems really counter-intuitive for two.
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Dear Geocaching for Windows Phone 7 Application user,
We have some important and exciting news for you. In the coming weeks, we will be releasing a new Windows Phone 7 application called Geocaching Live. This application takes advantage of Microsoft’s new operating system, Mango, and will include some terrific new features. Geocaching Live will be free to download, and as a Premium Member of Geocaching.com you will have access to additional features within the application.
Premium Member features include:
• Access to all cache types, including Premium Member-only caches
• Detailed descriptions on all cache pages
• Reasonably unlimited cache downloads/day
• Ability to pin a live tile to the Start Screen that shows the nearest geocache at any given time (this updates every 20 minutes)
In addition, you will be able to take advantage of the following new features, which will be available to all members:
• A hardware compass
• The ability to pin saved “Advanced Search” results to the start screen
• Open Street Map Support
The current Geocaching for Windows Phone 7 application will be supported until 3/31/2013, at which time we will be turning off the API on which the application runs; this means the current Geocaching for WP7 application will not work after that date.
We encourage you to look for the Geocaching Live application in the Marketplace in coming weeks and we hope you enjoy it.
Happy geocaching!
The Groundspeak Team
Looks like they are making it free.
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Still waiting for the Geocaching part.
Found it.
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I just don't get it. I really don't.
Is a gay geocacher and different than a hetero geocacher? What is the point of this thread?
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I recently gave away a registered gsak as ftf prize on a puzzle.
my reviewer was fine with it long as i didn't link to it on the page.
I thought Groundspeak had a close relationship with GSAK?
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these make good cache containers.
Hidden just right, it's pretty low maintenance, and can last for a long time.
They are, generally, the best containers going for our pastime. However, they ain't cheap and are not always appropriate for every location.
Yes, I'm using a lock and lock to replace an ammo can. I have 3 ammo cans in my closet at the moment, but why replace an ammo can if it's just going to get stolen again?
I don't want to throw more money away, but it's my best cache I've hidden. It's a catch 22, so I think a lock and lock would be a great middle-ground.
I need to find a single one. Not a whole set. I am having trouble...
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For like, $3 or less. For a good sized one?
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I'm not sure it makes a difference, but which part of the "chris and annie" team was it?
I sure hope it wasn't the "annie".
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That happened here once. This was a cache container:
http://montgomery.patch.com/articles/bomb-squad-finds-no-danger-at-riverside-cemetery
The shortened link on my screen says, "Montgomery.PA" took me a while to realize that it wasn't the Montgomery county in PA (Pennsylvania) but that the PA was part of Patch shortened...
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Mah drug deala gives me dem 'lil bags.
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I spent $30 actually. Itunes Market, Windows Phone Market, and Android Market.
Bring it to the blackberry, I'll buy the phone just so I can say I spent $40 on apps.
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Yes. Happens a lot in urban caches (not so useful in the middle of a forest.)
A friend of mine actually managed to get me a find. The cache was in a lamp post, but my phone was out of battery.
Luckily, as a non-premium member, he memorized the location of the lamp post on the map.
Wohoo a find for me.
Not a big deal, really. People have been able to get to premium member caches through various back doors, since, I presume, there inception.
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As I've explained below its been the whole sarcastic way its been commented on that has really got my back up.
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Oh, I read your post wrong. I thought you meant that she found the cache using the map. Not that she managed to log the cache using the maps.
The back-door is intentionally left there by Groundspeak.
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Yes. Happens a lot in urban caches (not so useful in the middle of a forest.)
A friend of mine actually managed to get me a find. The cache was in a lamp post, but my phone was out of battery.
Luckily, as a non-premium member, he memorized the location of the lamp post on the map.
Wohoo a find for me.
Not a big deal, really. People have been able to get to premium member caches through various back doors, since, I presume, there inception.
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I think it would be smart if geocaching makes uniform containers...atleast for private property caches, I understand this might hurt the density of caches but that may be a good thing for those who hate lpc and gaurdrail micros. It seems to me like bomb threats because of the game are way to frequent.
Here's a thought. How about getting permission. Better yet... How about, if you don't get permission, grow two brain cells and DON'T use a PVC pipe. And, don't put it at the gate of a presumed terrorist target?
I wonder if this thing even got published...
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None here either.
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Yes, and helpful for SEPTA's bus routes, and trains. It can be a pain to find the route yourself. This would make it much easier.