Coldgears
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To prove i've been to a location. Why should I go to a place if I can't prove I was there? I won't visit any-place, even if it is fun, if I can't prove it.
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Shouldn't it be, "When do most reviewers publish caches"?
No, I think he ran a couple thousand PQ's to get this data. In that case? The dates for "placed" are reliant on what the cache owner puts as the date the hid it, not on the date it was published. Look at a recently published cache, notice that the date is a couple days old.
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Maybe the biggest change in caching since I started is that people are no longer grateful to cache placers. Instead, they feel entitled. Entitled to have caches everywhere they go, and maintained to the standards they expect.
When you are severely limited on something you want or need desperately, even the slightest increase is hailed by all.
Take for example, water. Give someone a couple drops of water a day. And they will be extremely grateful for another drop. Give people a couple gallons a day, and that drop becomes nearly meaningless.
I think this is a change for the better.
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So where was the cache? On private property on a gun range?
Surely there are other places? Possibly a playground?
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A gun or knife "COULD" be in there?? But from your post there was NOT a gun nor a knife in there, so you are guessing, and my guess is you are trolling. If you are not, then put it back and mind your own business.
Woah, that's harsh. I thought we were supposed to believe someone's issue was real until proven otherwise. This doesn't seem far-fetched to me.
Honestly? I'd bring it to the land owner, and ask him if permission was received. This probably doesn't seem ethical, but the fact that it says "geocache" on it, can bring a two black eyes and a bloody nose, assuming there was no permission, and something happened.
If there was permission, put it back. If there wasn't? Explain what geocaching is, how this isn't on the main geocaching website, and how this usually doesn't happen, and will not happen again. You want to make sure they DON'T get the wrong idea, lest they make the rest of the legitimate caches forced to be archived.
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Next question: what date do most geocachers celebrate their birthdays?
That's how I read it.
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Well, the pixellation seems to be fixed.
Changing the earth axis was the only way to fix it, however.
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The...
GEOMOBILE.
A 2.5 million dollar vehicle, built custom, from the ground up. Can off road, can float on water for those annoying paddle caches, and had that distinctive "jeep" feel. Heck, it can even fly the the propellers it has on the top.
The license plate is the tracking number for the overall vehicle, and had black tracking numbers along with the travel bug sign, for each light on the car, each light has it's unique number. Each light has a unique icon, along with the vehicle.
Inside is a 50K custom built subwoofer, from William Crutchfield himself. Along with 20 surround sound speakers. On top of the car is a loudspeaker, which calls out "Coldgears in geocaching in this vacinity" every 15 minutes, this can be toggled, or the time changed customly.
On the back of the vehicle is a projector built into the casing, which projects a 2 X 2 foot image of geocaching on the ground behind the vehicle. This can be turned off if neccessary in the state you live in.
Underneath the back window is a 30 inch HDTV, which is waterproof like those electronic billboard. It is attached to a wifi finder, and shows the current stats, and most recent finds of Coldgears, as soon as you get close enough to an unecrypted WIFI it updates.
The front of the vehicle is shaped like signal the frog, with the two headlights behind his eyes, and his mouth of the grill. The back is just regular jeep.
Inside the car is a GPS itself, and the nearest 100,000 caches from my home. This updates every day, to keep it as current as possible. This is done by downloading the GPX file through wifi, to the a computer which is built entirely just to handle gpx files. Whenever you get within a certain distance of a cache, lets say, .3 miles, it will notify you, and say something like, "There is a cache .3 miles northeast of here." You'll never drive by one again!
Santa's workshop is going to be extra busy with these on the production line!
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I hate derailing this thread, but am I the only one who thought this was about caching in/around thanksgiving?
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Hello everyone,
Can someone tell me when the saturation rule, no cache within 0.1 mi or 161 m from each other, was first introduced ? The closest date would be appreciated...
Thanks
I'd like to know this too.
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I think eye protection is necessary, I've had sticks jammed straight into my eyes before and couldn't see much beyond a blur.
Well, I couldn't see much beyond a blur anyway, at least, until i got glasses. Now I can see everything, and have something conveniently taking the brunt of every stick.
However, if you don't have glasses your probably better off losing your eyesight, because wearing protective glasses in the woods just looks and is quite ridiculous if you don't have eyesight issues.
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OK, here's a related scenario that happened to me once. Say that you found a cache a while ago. Later on it gets archived because the owner no longer wanted to cache or maintain their caches. The owner has since stopped logging in on the site. No one will ever find it except previous finders who still know where it was. You go for a hike nearby and just take a quick look. There it is, still where it was. Can you take it then since it's not a published cache anymore, and the owner is not likely to come get it months after their last login.
Yeah. It comes down to personal morals. I wouldn't give two craps personally. Some people think, "Well, maybe we should let it sit here another 5 years, the owner might come back ya know..." There is no right or wrong in this case. Do what you think is right.
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Yeah, i'm going to an event in Cherry Hill NJ. 11-11-11 @ 11-11-11
PLUS, it has GEOCOINS!
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Do I win oldest cemetary award?
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I don't think he'll mind my citing this example.
Briansnat's list of caches near historical sites in New Jersey is:
I'd love to use a list like that, but the whole list is very biased towards North Jersey.
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Groundspeak makes quite a good amount of money with premium membership. 50K is a drop in a bucket per year.
What will probably happen is they will make map view premium membership, that limits the amount of views (Which causes the price hike), and gives people another reason to pay money for premium.
A win-win for Groundspeak.
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One major factor I forgot to mention.
I love it as a way to say, "I've been here". Like today, I went to Pennsbury Manor, watched as Witch Trial, saw Apple Cider made fresh from apples (And drank it, best apple cider ever), learned so much of history, walked around a museum, saw the oldest cemetery I've ever seen. It was a day of fun.
However, without geocaching I wouldn't have done it. Without geocaching I couldn't prove I was there.
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Sounds like a lot of us, doesn't it? I climbed pretty far out on a thin limb last weekend just to sign a piece of paper in a matchstick container.This guy sounds more like he subscribes to the idea of better living through chemistry.
The problem comes in when people go above what they are capable of. Geocaching is for everyone, not every cache is. People know there limits, people know the risks. This guy doesn't seem to know either.
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Give it a couple weeks after the e-mail for him to delete it. This seems more of an honest mistake, and you don't want to get on the bad side of people if it is not necessary.
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Really just too weird.
And another indication that the gene pool needs a little more chlorine.
Or maybe some therapy and mental meds for the genes that are a little older and have alzheimers.
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You can't "find" your own cache because you already know where it is.
Wait... What? I thought it was established that the, "Found it" log was actually a, "signed the log" log.
In that case, yes the CO can sign the log. Therefore it is a "find".
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That's great news! More states on the east coast need one. Like NJ or ny (originator of real Woodstock no less...)
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Don't take this too seriously. It's a joke, I'm arguing like some of the people on this forum in real life with other people.
No need for long arguments here, it's a joke...
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I don't want to be a nag. But, generally people quote the post and reply in the same post.
You can do it your way if you like to, but it is not normally done that way.
Sorry.
night caches
in General geocaching topics
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Do a pocket query for night cache and/or flashlight required and/or recommended at night.
These caches are rare in many area's where I live. Most city parks don't want people there at night, and have rules that say you can't be there past dusk.