Chris n Maria
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I recon there are certain words you need to include. lets try:
Charity
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Topics seem to be beiing locked all over the place.
Ho Hum
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I have a sure-fire way to guarantee that a cache is in fact there: log a DNF and include the phrase "maybe it's gone missing?".
This is always followed within 48 hours by three logs from people who found it, usually with "easy find in the obvious place, more or less a drive-in". GeoSod's law, it's called.
Oh Yes - how true is that
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I have to agree with Davestar hear. I think it comes down to different people getting different things from caching. Some (like us) like the way it introduces you to new and interesting places whilst others preffer the hunt part of the game. Thats the joy of it you can play whichever way you choose.
We always log our DNFs and have never regretted it, in many cases it has lead to the cache placer confirming the cache has gone missing and in another we were able to inform the owner that the clues in a multi cache just didn't work properly and noone else had bothered to let them know.
Chris
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Well I'm only here as I am sitting around at work waiting for them to tell me I can go home. ...
Merry Christmas to everyone.
Chris
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It is supposed to be a game, just like golf is a game. If we were playing golf and I decided that it didn't matter whether we cheated or not I could still play, but the game would lose a little something and we'd probably not even bother finishing the round.
Actually i recon it would make it a lot more interesting. but then I would wouldnt I.
Chris
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Well, the cold, hard fact is that you will not know until you have been to your cache and looked at your logbook and checked that the person has not been there.
Klaus - heres a direct question for you. What exactly does it matter if people are looging caches they have never been too? Where is the bad?
Chris
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Just another thought:
Personally I (Chris) am a committed cheat, I will and have cheated at almost every game/activity that I have ever taken part in. Thats the way I am - if there is an easier way to get to the goal I will take it, its the winning thats important not the taking part.
But I don't cheat at caching (anyone who sees the number of DNFs we log would know that), why? Because I can see absolutly no point, I wouldn't have had a nice day out I would be just sitting in front of a computer all day and I can get paid to do that.
So in this case a cheat is only really hurting themselves arn't they?
Chris
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Of course it is your job as the cache owner.
I never signed up for that! We placed our caches to introduce people to interesting places that we knew. If they would rather claim a find by not visiting then its their loss.
Chris
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I don't agree. It's not my job to police other people's numbers.
I've refused bogus log entries to some of my virtual caches though where the wrong answer to the verification question has been given.
Same here,
I've deleted where people are obviously extracting the urine but other than that I have real trouble seeing what difference it makes in the big scheme of things, or what they hope to gain from it.
Happy Christmas Everyone.
Chris
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Is it quite an old cache? I think I once saw a similar description on a cache in Hornet land. At the time there was a discussion on the forum about this and people noticed that switching north did make a difference to the position but in reality it was no more inaccurate than any GPS position.
Chris
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In short, yes it was the right thing to do.
One of the big shames about all the ranglings was that very few people (1 or 2 as I remember it) thought it was a bad idea, most arguments seemed to be about the way things were done and tiny missunderstandings got blown out of all proportion. Such is the power of the internet for quickly creating a really good row out of really very little!
Both GAGB and the UK mods(past & present) have done a fantastic job for us in working with landowners to achieve some relly good access agrements.
Chris
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Just wondering how many I'm up to...
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We have a cache on Essex Wildlife Trust land and the warden thought it was a great idea when I spoke to him.
Chris
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Click
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Yup the November issue - he mentions doing this cache so you could probebly work out his user id if you wanted to.
Chris
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Everyone probebly already knows this but:
in the back of this months Country Walking is a nice article by Radio2 DJ Stuart Maconie all about caching - aparently hes a bit of an adict now.
Just thought you should know.
Chris
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Nothing wrong in that - we have a travel bug who rarely leaves our side (unless there are rabbits about).
CnM
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I've had a multi cache planned for quite some time now that has one part of it in Undercliffe Cemetary. When it gets approved I will put a note on the cache page to pass by Mark's new pad and say hello.
I can't think of a more fitting tribute.
Chris
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Interesting. The cache seems to have gone missing in July, and then resurfaced in September. I wonder where it was in the meantime.
Aparently in the lost property office of the police station. they clear out every 2 months but the officer thought the cache "looked to important and thought out" to just be thrown away so she got in touch via the guys in Groundspeak.
Another good reason to use ammo boxes with an official sticker on them.
Chris
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Hi Edward,
Glad to see you made it over here from Epz
Welcome to the wonderfull world of tupperware.Cheers
Chris (Lobsterboy)
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I know that some people may not be able to attend the funeral, but how about a donation to a charity in his memory?
Are we able to find out if there is a particular charity that his family would like donations to be made to?
Sarah x
Children in need seems appropriate to me.
Chris
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Does this include the ones that are archived?
Prom Park isn't too far away from us.
Jessex placed a cache in exactly the same place after Marks one went missing.
Chris
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Of course if someone wants to setup something similar in the UK the equivellent to cafepress is shopdonkey and very good it is too.
Chris
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in United Kingdom and Ireland
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Nope that didnt work Alex. Lets try:
Tsunami and Help
That should do it