Bumbling Fools

Just received mine (I was a bit slow in sending off my S.A.E, but then "Cornishmen do it dreckly"). I have to say, I'm well "Choughed" Thanks for the badge Steve.

For all you towpath Cachers out there, I wonder if you could keep an eye open for a missing person & boat? A Mr David King Hired Narrowboat “Holly” From Middlewich Narrowboats in Cheshire for a holiday from 9th - 23rd March and failed to return it. Original details can be found here(pdf). However, The boat was spotted on the Hatton Lock flight in Warwickshire on the 29th March, where the original green, red & white colour scheme had been painted blue (picture here.) A further sighting around Braunston, Northamptonshire was made over the Easter weekend, but since then, the trail has gone cold. Although narrowboats travel slowly, the time since the last sighting means he could be down almost as far as London or up to south Yorks, or it may be that Mr King is trying to lie low in some backwater, or be repainting the boat again if he realises the size of the hunt for him and that his blue paint scheme has been rumbled. Obviously Mr. King's Family is concerned for his welfare, and Middlewich Narrowboats are concerned for their £40000 Narrowboat (not to mention all the people who had booked it for subsequent weeks). If you have any information, you can contact Middlewich Narrowboats on 01606 832460 or Cheshire Police on 01606 480000 quoting crime number CC07101211 For anyone who wants to follow the story (hopefully to a safe & happy conclusion) you can do so here Thanks for your help. (Not sure what the FTF prize is, but several people will be very grateful)

I had this recently on my Paypal Account. In my case it turned out that my credit card had passed it's expiry date, but as my new card had the same card number (just a new expiry date) then Paypal tells you your card is already registered and won't let you add it. The solution is to log into your paypal account, go to "Profile", then "Credit Cards" and delete the expired card. You can then add the new card details and start making payments again. HTH

Presumably any wedding invitations will not have a venue listed but a set of co-ordinates for the guests to make their way to?

Was it a tool or was it a weapon? I always (legaly) carry a leatherman multi-tool with me, and it is exactly that - a tool. It's this sort of emotive language that really bugs me, as it leads to all sorts of knee-jerk reactions in a "won't somebody think of the children....." manner. Whatever happened to teaching our children about risk, assessing that risk, and the consequences of getting that assessment wrong? It's a life lesson we all need to learn, and it won't be done by giving our children a risk-free environment. Obviously we need to make those judgements on behalf of our children when they are too young to recognise that danger. but we mustn't remove it all together, or where will it all end? As someone has already pointed out, there are some pretty sharp pencils in some caches..... I can understand the guidelines wrt dangerous items in a cache, and never place any myself, but if your (our) children are young enough for such contraband to pose a danger to them, they should be under supervision when caching anyway. I don't see any need to over-egg the pudding by refering to such contraband as weapons when they are not.

Firstly, my personal support must go to Beds Clangers at this time. In respect of "please do NOT make any public comment.", I shall bite my tongue on most of what I would like to say. However, I must say that this has implications for us all, and I for one don't want any outcome "swept under the carpet". We already seen one thread deleted - will this one go the same way? Will whatever may have happened happen again, but to someone else? I can appreciate that this isn't the time or the place for such information to be known, but I feel TPTB need to know an issue such as this can't be withheld from its members (at such time as is appropriate). After all, without the Geocachers themselves, there is no Geocaching.

Fair enough, but is the location of crime detection cameras anything to with Geocaching? Or is anything that uses a GPSr considered "Geocaching"? To drag this topic onto actual Geocaching, I did speculate whether there is an 'exclusive' series of camera caches out there, where in order to claim a find, you have to post a picture taken by the Gatso. Of course, you could only claim a handful of finds before you weren't allowed to 'play' for 12 months or so This thread has made think (semi-seriously) of a couple of ideas for a series of caches. Based on the location of the cameras themselves, (magnetic nano caches, anyone?) Caches at (or nearby, for safety's sake) the sites of road crashes (they are rarely accidents), with road safety themed swag and a copy of the highway code as a FTF prize. Though I favour the second idea, I suspect they'd be too macabre for most people's taste.

I find if you don't let that pointy thing on the dashboard go above the big black numbers in red circles at the side of the road, you don't have to worry about about the law enforcement cameras. After all, that's why they call it a limit, not a target. I also find advance warning of panic braking well served by the brake lights of the car in front; leaving a safe gap so that you avoid running into the back of them. It's interesting that most people seem to count the cost of speeding in terms of points and fines; me, I count the cost in the contribution excessive speed makes to the 3500 deaths on our roads every year

All can now be revealed - Jane's newest Pimped Snack Warning - Ensure all beverages are are swallowed before viewing - I shall not be paying anyone for replacement keyboards! Colin

Nice try, but I can now officially reveal the mystery cacher.... ...The Behemoth Bourbon Biscuiteer is Mrs. Bumbling Fool, and the two kids posing with the oversized comestible are the youngest Bumbling Fools. The date was a bit of a red herring; when Jane wrote the page content we had done this cache that morning, it's just the the owner of PimpMySnack.com didn't put the page up until the following day. I'm not at liberty to say what snack Jane is currently pimping - you'll just have to see if it gets added to the site.. -- Colin

Gel saddle like riding an armchair???? Nah, for that you want one of these (I know I do )