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I realize this web site is here to make money. I get that. What I don't get is the heavy handed way that it's done. One example: I went hunting the other day and found where a cache was hidden in a city park near my house. Was, because someone had stolen it. (Since it was in a sprinkler control box I suspect it was a city worker just doing his job.) When I got home I went to report it only to find the listing limited to paying members only. Huh? I can't report it missing?? Dozens of other folks will have a bad experience like I did only because The Powers That Be here didn't bother to make an exception to the members only rule. A check box would do. An "Owner Check Your Cache" box. But no. Premium only. And another thing! I'd bet that 90%+ of cache destroyers have never even heard the word geocache, let alone come here for directions to valuable "treasure". An old yo-yo or a Hot Wheels is hardly worth the effort. Yet that's the main reason given, besides making money for this site's owners, that the premium members only system is in place. For our own good? More BS. How about this then? Sell ad space here. Sell pointers to nearby or online family or outdoor/hiking related stores. Sell ad's related to the fit lifestyle. Hats, shoes, hiking sticks, kid stuff, dog stuff etc. Get sponsorship from GPS unit manufacturers. Most money gets the sub title. Geocaching Dot Com sponsored by Garmin! All these ideas take the funding weight off the users and put it on the owners. By doing this it makes the site easier and more fun to use and that in turn makes more people come here and participate in the hobby thereby making the owners more money from advertisers! All that's needed is a bit of work.

I know of a survivalist camp in the Fraser Park area of CA. It's all packed and ready for WW3. It's also abandoned. My question is, should I put a cache there? The location is unusual and fairly remote. The park is very nice. From there it's not even a mile as the crow flies to the camp. I ask because the owners may be bikers or drug dealers or just vanilla nuts. And they may come back. What do you think? Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Howdy, The new Legend firmware from Garmin seems to aquire the birds faster than ever. Worth a try. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Here's your answer. Download the new 5.1 Acrobat. Uninstal 5.0 or whatever version you now have. Reboot. Instal 5.1. Acrobat is poo-poo and you have to do this every so often to keep it going. I do so hate it. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

An Electric Rodent as a avatar? It fits with the hobby. I like. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

If someone or in this case two someones elected themselves my judge and jury I'd have alot more for them than just talk. It's good they stay silent. They've done enough. Idiots. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

I was a mortor tube early adopter and, yes, they do seem more than a bit spooky. I wrote "HARMLESS" in big letters on mine. More than a few GC'ers have wanted to hide CD's in my cache and couldn't. They won't fit. But you can hang a green mortor tube by the carry handle, say up in a tree. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Anyone think there'll be another Legend upgrade? Garmin can't keep supporting these units forever. I wonder when they'll move on. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

It is the same on the Legend. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

With the unfortunately high number of lost GPS units reported here I have to wonder if anyone has ever found, say a nice yellow eTrex, on a trail? If you have found one did you find an owners phone number on it? I got this idea while on a long dry trail yesterday. I started seeing Vistas behind every rock. Needed more water I guess. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

CPR was created for near drownings. Forget TV. CPR is almost useless in the real world. But. If you *see* a person become pulseless and non breathing there is something you can do that will work. The Precordial Thump. One or two hard blows to the middle of the chest between the nipples with your fist, like a hammer. You MUST be sure it's a heart attack first or you might kill rather than save. This action will, in some cases, reset the heart back to a normal beat that pumps blood again. This was in the CPR protocall years ago but was removed due to the high number of mistakes. People were too freaked by events to check if Grandpa was choking, drunk or sleeping before they cracked his ribs, lacerated his liver and poped a lung with the Thump trying to fix his "heart attack". If you're sure (no pulse, open airway, no breathing) use it. It works. Why not, he's dead already. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Since I only read English could I edit out the 13 other languages to free up memory in my Legend? For those of you who remember Windows 3.1 you'll know what I mean. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Lithium batteries have a longer shelf life than Ni Cad's or NiMH. They do not last longer when in use. They do in fact cost more. You decide. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Howdy, I live in Los Angeles. The MapSource map for my city is in two sections. One 7.5MB's and one 3.5MB's. Since I have an eTrex Legend I only have 8MB's of map memory. Room for 1/2 the city. Has anyone found a way to prune down the MapSource maps by removing POI's, vegitation or other useless data? I updated my version of MapSource to the latest available but it still has the larger maps, not the newer smaller ones. Thanks for the help Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

I couldn't resist this one: Goth 101 Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

I couldn't resist this one: Goth 101 Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Two small bugs repaired. Nothing fancy. I'm going to wait until the next one before I bother. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

We in Los Angeles called it "T-Hunting" and were a bit less legal than you guys. Our hider was given 1/2 hour to go hide somewhere within city limits. When the time was up the hidden guy would rubberband his mic closed and play his choice of music until we found him. Almost always bad music that we *had* to listen to find him! Finder gets to hide next time. Those were fun times indeed. I don't see the connection to Geocaching though. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Have mercy on the Ham. All that RF energy went to his head. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Have mercy on the Ham. All that RF energy went to his head. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Hey Littlefrog, I have an Etrex Legend that came with the data cable. If you trust me enough to send me your Etrex Basic I'll update it for you and return it. SASB of course. I updated a friends Basic not too long ago. It didn't add a whole lot of features since his was only a year old. YMMV. Matt Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

I've been looking for the Lat/Lon of the YB-49 Flying Wing crash site. Anyone know them? I DO NOT plan to sell the wreckage on Ebay as others have! I'm a Flying Wing nut. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Mappoint 2002 ftp://www.ophelan.com/incoming/ Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

Mappoint 2002 ftp://www.ophelan.com/incoming/ Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.

I'm sure if you asked all the deputies and paramedics working overtime that have to deal with the hundreds of social fu*k-ups every year you get a much less PC opinion. Like mine. It's not a "counter culture" or an "alternative lifestyle experience". It's a filthy, dirty mess populated by kooks that have damaged minds caused by bad childhoods and later on excessive drug use. It's not art: It's regression, in public, on dope. That's why it's held in the middle of a dry lakebed. Can't damage dirt. Trust me, unless you have your very own Tinfoil-Hat, avoid the place. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but don't bet on it.