Kodak's4

quote:Originally posted by Acceptable Risk:... The problem is, my deer friends are beating the sh*t out of my gate at all hours trying to get in. Last night alone, I was woken up at *least* 6 times to the banging, and at some point she broke the latch and made it in... This morning I fixed it and just now, she banged on it again, (she's now grazing in my front yard...) Any ideas on how to make her stop? Can I spray something nasty smelling on the gate that she'll find repulsive? ... And before you yell at me for petting deer... The mom knows me, I feed her by hand... Do you think if you stopped hand feeding the deer, they might be less interested in beating down your gate and coming into your yard?

quote:Originally posted by AD0OR:how long do you dare make them? There's a multi in the Seattle area that has, if I recall, nine legs. It was fun, but one of the ongoing problems has been that at any given time, one or more of the legs is missing, making it awfully tough for people to complete it in one day. As the number of legs increases, the probability of the multi-cache getting 'broken' approaches 100%. If you do a multi with a large number of legs, I'd suggest that many (most, or all) of the legs use big, heavy, permanent features to provide clues, so that it won't get broken so easily.

quote:Originally posted by umc:.......for placing my first cache. Does anyone think this would be rude or even work. On the main cache page I would like to ask that people only bring 'nice/new/no toys' things with them to trade as I will start the cache off with only items that fit in those categories? Do any of you think that would be possible in order to keep the used candles, dirty old toys and basically junk out of the cache? I also have plans to make that a point at any cache I go to in order to improve the geocaching community. Thanks http://www.mi-geocaching.org/ Let me make a suggestion that I don't think I've seen stated before - Looking back over my finds, I can see that at those caches that I really liked (e.g. I liked the location and found it special for some reason, there was some significant challenge to finding the cache, and the cache showed care and attention to detail on the part of the hider) I have tended to 'reward' the cache by leaving good stuff behind. That's true only as a generalization - there have been times when a cache looked kinda sorry when I found it so I left a bunch of stuff, there were times when I was just in a rush and didn't trade although I really liked the cache. But rather than focus on how to coerce other people into leaving good stuff, why not concentrate on hiding really high quality caches - high quality in the sense that you've taken the time to find a beautiful spot to hide the cache, the find will present a reasonable physical or mental challenge, the coordinates are spot on, and generally pay careful attention to the details. Maybe then, as a result, other people will behave the way I have, and 'reward' the cache. -Paul

quote:Originally posted by brdad:Generally, finding a cache is as easy as being at the same spot it is. I can see that the cache hiders in Maine are not nearly as creative as the cache hiders in the Seattle area.

quote:Originally posted by freeside:Yes to all questions. Please, give me some credit. The units were as identical as possible. I've noticed that when comparing reception with my GPS III and GPS V, I will see substantially different reception (# sats locked, signal strength) in one unit (the GPS III) when the two units are side by side. Separate them by a meter or two, and the reception is identical. I figured it was a receiver interaction issue. Try comparing them with them not sitting inches apart. -Paul

The cache size description (normal, micro, etc.) is missing from the printer friendly version of the page. Missing as in not there. This is exactly the same missing as the missing cache size description in the ebook Pocket Query versions of cache pages. Could we PLEASE get it changed so that it is no longer MISSING? Both in the printer friendly version and in the ebook version? Thanks!

quote:Originally posted by Sissy-n-CR:Is that kind of like correcting someone's grammer or spelling? CR No, not really, since generally even with spelling errors, people can figure out what's meant, but with the coordinates, the point is to be as accurate as possible, and even a minor error can be confusing to searchers. And 'grammer' should be spelled 'grammar'.

quote:Originally posted by Sissy-n-CR:Is that kind of like correcting someone's grammer or spelling? CR No, not really, since generally even with spelling errors, people can figure out what's meant, but with the coordinates, the point is to be as accurate as possible, and even a minor error can be confusing to searchers. And 'grammer' should be spelled 'grammar'.

quote:Originally posted by Team 5-oh!:I have my PQ's setup to deliver by cache type. How does that help? I can break out virtual caches, multi-caches, etc. into different ebooks. Fine. But how do I break out micro-caches? That's not a cache type, it's a cache size. It's answered in a different dropdown menu from 'cache type'. And the cache size is reflected in the normal cache page that you see online; it's just not included in the ebook version.

It seems the ebook format cache descriptions are missing the 'size' information. That is, there's no indication if a cache is 'normal' sized, or 'micro' that I can see. I presume also 'large'. This caused me some considerable confusion recently, when I was looking for a regular sized container and the cache was actually a micro-cache. I'm trying hard not to waste trees by print out the cache pages. The fact that not all the cache logs are included, the photos are not included, and apparently the cache size isn't included really has me about ready to chuck it and go back to paper, wasteful though it is.

quote:Originally posted by leatherman: quote:Originally posted by Kodak's4:I find that when lepidopterist penultimate chordate animitronic table leg, it gets under the skin of obsessive compulsives who insist that word meanings are fixed and established. _Did you know those words? What part of the brain do you archive trivial tid bits like that.?!_ Sure, I know those words. They don't get 'archived' because they're perfectly useful and usable words that get regular usage. Penultimate, chordate, table, and leg all got used in ordinary conversation yesterday.

quote:Originally posted by Seth!:Here are some thoughts about meeting topics, in order that they might be tackled: + Determine the purpose/goals of the club. + Devise a position statement regarding geocaches in State Parks. + Determine what roles of leadership are needed. + Appoint people to those roles. + Develop a quarter or half year plan. I base these on what seem to be our most immediate needs. Feel free to comment! All that sounds like a good plan to me. I voted for Kirkland simply because it's close to my home. But I will come regardless of where we meet. If we don't get it together, and soon, it's going to be bad news for geocaching. Where the state parks lead, the county and municipal parks are sure to follow.

quote:Originally posted by leatherman:What does the _H_ stand for? http://www.plauder-smilies.de/sad/confusedpp.gif _Preparation, the first law to survival._ http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/39197_400.jpg Well, if you don't free yourself from the fetters of correct spelling that are imposed by obsessive/compulsives, it probably stands for something that starts with an 'H'. But since you, yourself, have thrown off the mindless shackles of such behavior, for you alone, it could stand for dadgum near anything you like. I do wonder, though, why you feel constrained to use the conventional meanings of words. I find that when lepidopterist penultimate chordate animitronic table leg, it gets under the skin of obsessive compulsives who insist that word meanings are fixed and established.

quote:Originally posted by DisQuoi: quote:Originally posted by Bushwhacker:Are you ready for a good line of govermental *ull*hit! This is the letter I received from the county this afternoon. Meegan Flenniken's job is to protect the park from abuse and damage. Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. Meegan Flenniken's job is to find ways for the public to use the parks for the activities they desire, AND to protect the park from abuse and damage. They could protect the dadgum park from abuse and damage very simply - just forbid anyone visiting the park. I think we can all agree that would be WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. The question is not whether to protect the land from abuse, the question is how to protect it from abuse while also allowing reasonable use.

quote:Originally posted by DisQuoi: quote:Originally posted by Bushwhacker:Are you ready for a good line of govermental *ull*hit! This is the letter I received from the county this afternoon. Meegan Flenniken's job is to protect the park from abuse and damage. Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. Meegan Flenniken's job is to find ways for the public to use the parks for the activities they desire, AND to protect the park from abuse and damage. They could protect the dadgum park from abuse and damage very simply - just forbid anyone visiting the park. I think we can all agree that would be WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. The question is not whether to protect the land from abuse, the question is how to protect it from abuse while also allowing reasonable use.

quote:Originally posted by sbell111:Whoa! Flag on the play. How can you suggest that KT move from being convenient to the best darn city in the world to a small town in the southwest? If anything, we should all be jealous of those fortunate ones that have easy access to the City. How interesting. It appears to me that wherever sbell111 lives, the meaning of the phrase "jealous of" is what (out here in the Pacific Northwest) we mean when we use the phrase "overwhelming pity for".

quote:Originally posted by MrGigabyte: quote:Originally posted by FlyfishNC:As one of the locationless cache "owners", I was distraught I am sorry you are distraught over the false logs on your locationless cache. I already apologized. Perhaps you may wish to http://opentopic.Groundspeak.com/0/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=1750973553&f=3000917383&m=9700962135 You are distraught over a cache, a photo and a meaningless log. Sometimes life becomes unbalanced. I'm very sorry you are distraught over the email you've received regarding your forged photos and faked logs on locationless caches. Perhaps you may wish to view an entirely unrelated thread and put your life back in perspective - namely, you are a cheater, and now everyone knows you are a cheater, and if you're unhappy about it, well, I guess that's because you screwed up and now your life is out of balance. Don't view it as hate email, view it as a 'life lesson'.

quote:Originally posted by ktjensen:I use an actual Magnetic compass with a DECLINATION offset to tell me the true north direction. Unfortunately many who place Geocaches may not know about what that means. In fact your GPS has a setting to decide between Magnetic North or Actual North, that you need to pick. If your GPS is the wrong setting then you are marking the way point in the wrong place (maybe). That said, I found that I was using the NAD27CONUS version of the DATUM instead of the WGS84 that is recommended. I am changing it, and I will try to find some 1/1 skill level caches. Maybe that will make the difference. So does everyone think the DATUM thing was putting me way off? The setting of the magnetic/true north on the GPS will affect only the bearing that the unit gives you to indicate directions, not the position. Using the NAD27 CONUS datum instead of WGS-84 would put you off by about 128 feet at the coordinates of the caches you listed. I have, on rare occasion, managed to find a cache that was more than 100 feet from where I expected it to be but I can tell you from experience that it's dadgum hard. If you have not found any caches before I would guess it would be extremely unlikely you'd find it with the datum set incorrectly. I think you'll have a much better time if you adjust the datum to WGS-84.

quote:Originally posted by sbell111:I also explained that, as a member, it was only fair that I be allowed to hunt and post any caches on the sight. A few days later, I reposted my logs. They were quickly deleted. So here we are again. I believe that I have the right to have my finds posted... The time has come to just post this person's identity. He clearly feels that since he CAN delete your logs, he has every right to do so. I suggest you adopt the same policy. Since you CAN damage his reputation by smearing him here, you should now feel free to go ahead and do so. Loudly. Often. I suggest that you write the story in the logbooks of the caches you find. I suggest you write the story in the on-line logs of the caches you find. I suggest you put it in the cache descriptions of the caches you place. Eventually, he may decide that he doesn't like the game if the victim can hit back. Generally bullies are like that.

quote:Originally posted by Taz et al.:I'm writing to advocate people putting a smidge bit better prizes in the caches they find. I cache in the Massachusetts area generally, and I'm tired of finding things like one chess pawn, a small plastic dinosaur, and other useless, uniteresting prizes in caches. I'm not saying you have to spend a bunch of cash on the cache, I would love to see a scratch ticket or two, a yo-yo or some other rinky-dink toy that people will get at least A LITTLE enjoyment out of. My and my cache-mates give homemade CD's, packets of Red Sox and Patriot stickers, scratch tickets, small toys, and other little impulse type items we find while we're shopping around. It doesn't take much to leave a somewhat thoughtful prize. Taz Well, I guess one man's meat is another man's poison. I once spent quite a while pursuing a little plastic whale from cache to cache in the hope I could finally get my hands on it - I *really* wanted a plastic whale. I'd rather have a plastic dinosaur than home-made CD's with pirated music on them, and I'd much rather have a plastic dinosaur than Red Sox or Patriot stickers, or scratch tickets. Lately I've been leaving behind whizzer whistles, mini flashlights, two different kinds of bouncy balls (smileys and frosted looking), whistles on stretchy bracelets, glowsticks, and gliders. If there's nothing I really want from a cache, I generally leave something but don't take anything, hoping that others will do likewise and caches will improve rather than run down. Are those good enough, or should I dump it all in the trash and go get something else?

quote:Originally posted by Steve Bukosky:Is it reasonable to be walking, even tresspassing across an open field and suddenly find a man-made hazard without any warning? Yes.

quote:Originally posted by MyBoys&Me: I'm still on my own side. I still disagree with Jeremy & Eric. I still think I've got a great idea here. I still think other cachers will like my idea. I still think my idea benefits geocaching. So what do you think? I think you're wrong. I think you're looking for a way to promote a yard sale. If that's not the case, great - ditch the yard sale and have an event cache instead.

quote:Originally posted by MyBoys&Me:Eric, I'm new, but I'm not a dunce. What I'm asking is soooo temporary it doesn't make a plunk in the lake, but it will send ripples that benefit geocaching in general because people will LEARN about it. THAT's my main goal. Great! Since your main goal is to benefit Geocaching in general, you can proceed without any problem at all. Just ditch the yard sale part of your plans, and everyone (including you, since you state the yard sale is not the main goal) will be happy. Problem solved. Go ahead and have a great event cache. Just don't try to promote your yard sale with it! -Paul

quote:Originally posted by MyBoys&Me:Eric, I'm new, but I'm not a dunce. What I'm asking is soooo temporary it doesn't make a plunk in the lake, but it will send ripples that benefit geocaching in general because people will LEARN about it. THAT's my main goal. Great! Since your main goal is to benefit Geocaching in general, you can proceed without any problem at all. Just ditch the yard sale part of your plans, and everyone (including you, since you state the yard sale is not the main goal) will be happy. Problem solved. Go ahead and have a great event cache. Just don't try to promote your yard sale with it! -Paul

What sort of external antennas are people buying/using? Do you find they give superior performance? Better accuracy, resistance to multipath, different directional profile? Better reception under cover? Enquiring minds want to know!