dawnrazor

Well well, how's this for a VERY old post with some names from the past - and STILL geocaching from the days where you needed a handheld GPS. Which I incidentally have that same Magellan brick (sadly no longer needed in this day and age). I wonder if anyone does old school hasdheld unit caching any longer ? Or iirc someone from this period used to do this at midnight ? Ed

quote:Originally posted by Slytherin:At last, here are the pictures from the camera that was in the cache. As the cache owner lives in Brisbane, Australia I thought I might as well get them developed Thanks for developing the photos from this cache - I'd actually forgotten all about this one and should have archived it before absconding overseas. Looks like also forgotten to take one's own photo when placing a cache too. Suppose this one ought to be archived or handed over to any willing takers ? D.R.

Just in case Mr Chips snr. was worried that this bug had "slipped off the disc" - he's arrived in Queensland with us and started a new bush adventure some 10000 miles from home. Eddie

Heh, we are flying but all of our possessions are going by sea, such a move requires much planning when the trip is to be one-way only. Things like GPS's and travel bugs have to go by sea and go before we do. Sad fact of life but true, some things have to concede second best. Sadly also I dont do a lot of geocaching these days, although I doubt this will be true when I get to Oz. I'll certainly be interested to see a latitude of S appear when I reactivate my GPS.

If anyone has a travel bug that would like an adventure or two in Australia I'll be happy to take it along with me to drop off. (mr Chips is already on board) This lift leaves the country on Jan 31st so get on board quick. You can either post it to me (mail ed@style-sheet.co.uk for an address) or leave it in a cache in the E.Midlands and mail me details. (I recommend THIS CACHE cache as its close and I've already packed my GPS for shipping). Eddie

None of the above or have a "show text-only" option (a la BBC webby) Just as long as every browser yet to be written can see enough to get the gist. Also Morsemans point above, censorship is such a negative approach.

Hi all, Been awol for some time, about to be even more awol in fact, hence this msg. Me and mine are about to abandon this ship and go and live abroad permanently. I've archived one of my caches due to accidental discovery (A Harty Meal, Kent), the second I'll just archive anyway (On High in Low, Bucks). The third however has some sentimental value, being Mott The Hoople, Leics. which is also pretty old and has a huge list of visits and logs now. It was hidden in the days where there but a few caches in the UK and I'm loathe to let it fall into disrepair or archive it for want of a better idea. So cutting to the chase, does anyone (who has found this cache already ?) fancy taking on this huge responsibility for me, although there can't be many people left who haven't been to this cache by now. No idea if there's a way of transferring the cache, logs and all to a new owner - anyone done this yet ? Thanks to anyone who can help me. Technically speaking, this cache and its old photos represents a five pound IOU from JeremyP, incentive indeed. Ed.

Last count I had 45 logs on Mott The Hoople (less without the maintenance comments). Since early 2001 I think, long enough to fill 2 camera films and 1.5 notebooks. Mott

Having done a couple of your caches, I am sad that some have been got at or had to be moved. For someone who plants as many caches as you have - which are for our benefit - I think this is eminently reasonable. Look forward to seeing the return of the cache! Peta (Mrs DawnRaazor)

This appears to be a bit of a boys debate -can we have an argument about something really important for example the price of knitting wool at the moment is ridiculous. It must be all those geocachers out scaring the sheep Seriously - please keep going cos I get loads of amusement from wondering whether the easy going chap I married is the ranting fool that keeps posting on this particular thread Cheers Peta (Mrs DawnRazor)

This appears to be a bit of a boys debate -can we have an argument about something really important for example the price of knitting wool at the moment is ridiculous. It must be all those geocachers out scaring the sheep Seriously - please keep going cos I get loads of amusement from wondering whether the easy going chap I married is the ranting fool that keeps posting on this particular thread Cheers Peta (Mrs DawnRazor)

Having done a number of caches with my 4 year old,(and a lousy GPS) clues are really useful and avoid endless disapointment and wingeing on the way back to the car. for instance I recently attempted the Pinchmill Puzzle with my daughter and niece (both 4). There was an encrypted clue however it was probably more cryptic that before it was decyphered However we failed to find it and had to walk a fair distance back to the car and the kids took a lot of convincing that a the whole point of the exercise was a nice walk in the country. To be fai, when I am on my own or without the kids I rarely use the cheat, however it is always useful as a backup. I liked the idea of the automated email as people can make an active choice about how detailed a hint they need. A bit rambly but thats my 2 pennorth Peta (Mrs DawnRazor - finder of 2 caches today with 4 year old and without hints!!( but I had them with me just in case))

Having done a number of caches with my 4 year old,(and a lousy GPS) clues are really useful and avoid endless disapointment and wingeing on the way back to the car. for instance I recently attempted the Pinchmill Puzzle with my daughter and niece (both 4). There was an encrypted clue however it was probably more cryptic that before it was decyphered However we failed to find it and had to walk a fair distance back to the car and the kids took a lot of convincing that a the whole point of the exercise was a nice walk in the country. To be fai, when I am on my own or without the kids I rarely use the cheat, however it is always useful as a backup. I liked the idea of the automated email as people can make an active choice about how detailed a hint they need. A bit rambly but thats my 2 pennorth Peta (Mrs DawnRazor - finder of 2 caches today with 4 year old and without hints!!( but I had them with me just in case))

Argh thats grim - I suppose that explains all the warning signs that are springing up near car parks at large open spaces. Ideally you'd want to leave nothing in the car of any value whatsoever but that's not always possible. Sad times we live in.

Argh thats grim - I suppose that explains all the warning signs that are springing up near car parks at large open spaces. Ideally you'd want to leave nothing in the car of any value whatsoever but that's not always possible. Sad times we live in.

quote:Originally posted by el10t:So why propagate it with a poor analogy? Trying to make a joke to draw a line underneath it. Needn't have bothered.

Youre right - this IS a pointless argument. Now excuse me while I write a letter to the BBC complaining about how they are ruining my viewing experience on my black and white TV by not explaining which colour ball is which during the snooker like they used to.

quote:assuming everybody has M$ IE 6 is really poor netiquette. The web is supposed to be open. Don't make it an M$ only club. You can't cater for everyone with this sort of thing, some people just use whichever browser they are used to it even if it is inferior to the other equally free ones out there. Others will use whichever browser they can because isn't from Microsoft. To put together a site that is truly cross-browser would be extremely dull looking as they all have their own liberal interpretations of the HTML W3C spec. The stats show that the people that don't use IEx are a tiny minority that have to take what they can get due to their poor choice of browser. The web is open imho lets hope it IS a M$ show then it will look better as time goes by rather than worse.

Got mine of Ebay for £230 including postage from New Zealand. Arrived in 5 days. Now just after a Metroguide Europe CD which seem to be much in demand, fetching almost full price in each auction Peta - (Mrs DawnRazor)

Got mine of Ebay for £230 including postage from New Zealand. Arrived in 5 days. Now just after a Metroguide Europe CD which seem to be much in demand, fetching almost full price in each auction Peta - (Mrs DawnRazor)

If you want a decent pub meal and a beer or many then try this one here. Should see you right, if you get to the cache there's no mistaking the nearby pub since theres precious little else there. Ed.

If you want a decent pub meal and a beer or many then try this one here. Should see you right, if you get to the cache there's no mistaking the nearby pub since theres precious little else there. Ed.

Quick OS count up here. Enjoy.

Some stats of interest. Internet Explorer 5.x: ~56% of page accesses, down from 78% a year ago. Usage peaked at 82% in Aug 2001, then tumbled with the advent of IE6. Internet Explorer 6.x: ~32% of page accesses. IE6 should quickly become the leading browser as users upgrade: it took only 9 months for IE5 to become the leading browser; similar rapid growth can be expected for IE6. Netscape 4.x: ~4.5% of page accesses, down from 8% a year ago. This percentage should continue to shrink slowly, then shrink more rapidly as NN6 becomes stable. Internet Explorer 4.x: ~3.6% of page accesses, down from 10% a year ago. This percentage is shrinking as people upgrade their browsers. AOL: ~5-6% of page accesses. These accesses are also included in the percentages for Internet Explorer, since AOL's browser uses Internet Explorer. This percentage should remain about the same in the near term. Mozilla and Netscape 6.x: ~1.1% of page accesses. This has grown significantly since the release of Netscape 6.1. Opera: ~0.75% of page accesses. This has recently been growing slowly but steadily. Netscape 3.x: ~0.05% of page accesses. This percentage is shrinking as people upgrade their browsers. Internet Explorer 3.x: ~0.05% of page accesses. This percentage is shrinking as people upgrade their browsers. Internet Explorer 2.x: ~0.05% of page accesses. This percentage is shrinking as people upgrade their browsers.

IE5.5 here - its the only way, whatever you think about Microshaft their browser is head and shoulders above all the others. There's no question of it.