philmir

A lame cache is one that is put out for commercial advertising purposes and that Groundspeak allows to continue regardless of being informed. Commercial caches have specific rules for being published. What do they matter if Groundspeak is prepared to turn a blind eye ? I don't support these caches nor will I ever support these caches. These caches are deceptive and unethical. Commercial caches should be identified as such. Apparently , however , there are a myriad of loopholes that unscrupulous individuals can drive their semi- trailer trucks through to get around Groundspeak 'regulations'.

Thank goodness ! I'm glad that people understand the situation. The more cachers the better. Each of us enters into geocaching with our own abilities to learn the game and skills we learned elsewhere. The lerarning curve can be steeper for some than others. Tolerance is the name of the game along with geocaching. The cacher in question just didn't do his homework before printing his comment. All of us have jumped to conclusions at one time or another only to find out later we were wrong. That's called being human and making mistakes. The main thing here is to learn from our experiences. In this case, I believe that the cacher in question entered the game long after discussions about new GPS innovations. I'm sure that he is in the same boat as I am. Older and trying to catch up to an ever increasingly technical ' cyber world '. Things move very fast and for the older citizens like myself it's a challenge to keep pace. We didn't grow up with computers , but have made the effort to learn the ropes much later in our years. Give us a little slack ! We all need to be a little more tolerant of each other or the world will go to heck in a hand basket pretty quick. I hold no malice towards the cacher that posted the errant comment. I'm just glad that he could get the real scoop before unknowingly spreading a rumour any further. I don't think his intent was to do harm. He just didn't ask the right people the right questions and took a rumour that started with his friends as truth. Cache on !

WHOA , NELLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Before this gets way out of hand ! The question was simple enough. The answer was obvious , but reassurance was good. The cacher probably misunderstood about preloaded GPS s ! As to Mtn Man , I never expected a stern note ; just a reminder to the cacher to be sure of his facts before posting a note like that for all to read. Think back a few years to the Febreeze scandal that started with false postings on the internet. It cost the company millions to sort out the B.S. There are people who still believe today that Febreeze will kill their pets ! The net is a great tool for gathering information. It is equally as dangerous for spreading misinformation. To have more cachers is a good thing AS LONG AS THEY ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THE GAME ! When they start interpreting things for their own benefit or to suit themselves then the trouble begins. There should be somekind of Caching 101 that people can take to prevent misunderstandings like this one. Cache on !

A geocaching member has posted a note under his latest cache that Geocaching.com is selling co-ordinates in bulk to the general public , muggles as he put it, therefore he is making all his caches Premium Members only. The note appears under Binary Cache GC2DA42 by Draughck. Is it true that Geocaching.com is selling co-ordinates in bulk to anyone ? If it is not true perhaps the reviewer Mtn Man could post a reviewers note regarding such under that cache log site. Anxiously awaiting a reply.