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    Phone vs Garmin

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Greenadventure

    Been using my android phones (2017 - 2019) on my two past cache day finds, and I find them to not be accurate. Do you prefer your Garmin? I have the beast Montana 650, and thinking about getting a new one.

     

    Edit: As I hope to reach 500 caches by the end of this year (right, hehe), I bought the Oregon 700.

    OCD (phobia of bacteria) and geocaching

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    Posted · Edited by Greenadventure

    Am I alone? I can't go caching without a bottle of antibacterial. I take photos before signing the cache, and use the antibacterial after signing it. I cannot go to events because of this. :(

     

    I find caches kinda yucky. I once found a cache where there was a used sock in it. That was... well, words cannot describe it!

     

    Even though, I love geocaching!

    Pollution because of geocaching

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    Posted

    Which benefits? The invidual benefit?

     

    Imagine this...

     

    You and some other good guys, drove for some miles to Attend a CITO on a polluted place, that some hours after looks way better and clean.

     

    It's enough for your carbon footprint?

     

    By the way... you (as us all) can CITO in every cache you look for.

     

    The footprint thing is all wrong I think. Trash doesn't evaporate as far as I know of.

    Pollution because of geocaching

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    Posted · Edited by Greenadventure

    How do you get around to caches and events and such?

    Maybe the benefits outweigh the negatives.

    I almost blew diet Coke out my nose reading this post. Never have I worried about this in my life.

     

    LOL, that isn't very pleasant! Mostly by bus, but I'm lucky to have many forest caches in walking distance.

     

    I was going to say the benefits might outweigh the negatives.

     

    Which benefits? The invidual benefit?

    Pollution because of geocaching

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Greenadventure

    Hello!

     

    I don't own a car, and don't know if I would become addicted to driving around and finding as many as possible if I did. This is just my thoughts on all the pollution geocaching generates. How much fossil energy is burned a day because of geocaching is hard to estimate, but I'm sure the atmosphere could do without!

    Messaging Center script not working

    in Website

    Posted · Edited by Greenadventure

    Not for me. Not in IE either. Is the Messaging Center Java dependent?

     

    When I debug the script it starts with:

     

    function Linkified(n,t){this._defaults=defaults;this.element=n;this.setOptions(t);this.init()}var Utilities,defaults;String.prototype.format||(String.prototype.format=function(){var n=arguments;return this.replace(/{(\d+)}/g,function(t,i){return typeof n!="undefined"?n:t})});String.prototype.htmlEncode||(String.prototype.htmlEncode=function(n){return $(document.createElement("div")).text(n).html()}),function(n){function r(n){var i=document,u=i.getElementById(n),t,r;i.body.createTextRange?

    Choose to "this entry was edited...", or not

    in Website

    Posted · Edited by Greenadventure

    I wish it was possible to choose whenever to add that or not.

     

    If I choose for example to change the build of a sentence, but not add any new information, I wish I could be able to choose not to have "this entry was edited..." at the bottom.

     

    Point made! ;)

    Logs in English only if possible

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Greenadventure

    I was surprised to see that the OP wasn't an American, or at least had found caches in Europe. I've cached successfully in several European countries. I'm not selfish nor arrogant to insist that international cachers use a non-native language.

    Sure it's helpful if the logs and page are in English, but the arrow still points to GZ. You just have to remember to switch your GPS to the metric system so it can tell you how far away you are in those countries.

     

    Have found caches in my native country, Denmark, Germany and Poland. :)

     

    I'm not selfish or arrogant, but looking up a cache on tour, and all logs are in Polish isn't much helpful. :)

    Logs in English only if possible

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Would make it easier for tourists that don't know the language.

    Hello, Greenadventure.

     

    I see that you geocache in various countries in Europe, so I can understand the basis for your suggestion. The use of a "standard" logging language in parts of the world where many languages are used could be helpful to those who like to hunt for geocaches in nearby countries, and I suppose English could serve as a good "standard" language, at least in Europe, where many do have some familiarity with it.

     

    It couldn't be a logging requirement, but cache owners could make the suggestion on their cache pages if they so desired.

     

    Having said that, you posted this suggestion in the Off Topic forum, which is an area reserved for discussions of things other than geocaching. Your suggestion would likely get more appropriate commentary if it was posted in the main Geocaching Topics forum. I'll notify the Off Topic moderators and ask them to move this discussion over there.

     

    Hello cache_test_dummies :)

     

    Thanks for the reply. A translate all logs to prefered langauge in the geocacheapp would be nice.

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