el10t
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Some great names on that thread! What a small community it was.
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Here's a name from the past, moved on to other things...
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I would love to know just what it is about these forums that brings out the incredible amount of pettiness for what is basically a silly game of hunting boxes.
Oh, the irony!
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16th Century Pub! Best virtual ever.
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Looks good to me - hopefully Garmin will make a success of it. They should be able to market it well enough.
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Whilst I'm not a great fan of more rules, I must agree, this one makes a lot of sense.
Hooray for being able to ignore your principles!
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Hooray for more rules!
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Exactly the same problem here. I've also commented on it on the GSAK forums. Anyone else having difficulties?
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Only got it because of el10t so i think they should post the next one
No you go ahead - I was only passing through.
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Clue 2: Oh, is it fair???
Faroe?
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What a strange "discussion" or "argument" this appears to be:
Person A: OSM has limitations
Person B: We know OSM has limitations
Person A: OSM has limitations
Person B: We know OSM has limitations
Person A: OSM has limitations
Person B: We know OSM has limitations
etc.
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Wow! All those people jumping on the bandwagon to tell someone off for pointing something out. Incredible behaviour.
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Isn't caching what ever you want it to be?
If some enjoy the numbers game. or dashing out at 5 am in the rain to grab a FTF, or spending 7 weeks deciphering some "pointless" puzzle or walking around the gorgeous Cornish coast path picking up a cache or two along the way whilst licking a Kellys cornet or some may even enjoy finding 100 micros in hedges in a day or going to events and meeting loads of other cachers - so what? Can we not all just play it as we like to?
I've had great days walking miles over Dartmoor and finding 3 caches and equally great days doing circular walks in Wiltshire and claiming 30 caches and a really good day just finding one 5/5 cache in Devon.
Yes of course you can play the game however you want to. Similarly I can take a break for whatever reasons I want to, right? I wasn't trying to change anyones reasons for caching, just explaining why I hadn't cached for a while as per the original question.
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I was just idly reading through the logs of a few older caches and looking at some visitors profiles of those who had not logged many more than 100 caches in total. A large proportion of them logged their last find over a year ago in spite of comments in their logs and in their profile saying what a fantastic hobby geocaching was and how excited they were about it.
Why have they suddenly stopped? I can understand family or work commitments getting in the way of a few, but for so many to suddenly stop completely is just beyond me. I don't think it can just be a case of exhausting their local area as there are always new caches coming on line and there are more now than there ever were.
I've been a member for seven and a half years, have less than 100 finds and can't remember when I found my last cache. Reasons for me stopping for so long include:
- starting a family
- busier job
- degradation of cache quality and dawning realisation that some caches are in fact little more than litter
- interest in other things
- broken GPSr which I haven't got round to replacing
- changing attitudes of cachers to numbers-based activity instead of the discovery of interesting places
I haven't got round to starting again yet.
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Some of us who used to be cachers auditioned for the first series of Eggheads. There's a full report of our experience online.
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I'm not sure I agree with loads of praise for moderators who seem to do exactly what they are told without questioning why. Each to their own I suppose.
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I remember buying a few Hornet ammo cans. I drove to his house, loaded them into the car and posted a cheque through his letterbox.
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Navrestad's first flight was in 1825, 179 years before the Wrights and half a century or so before Caley's experiments.
Blimey! I'm not an aviation expert but I'm sure the Wrights flew prior to 2004.
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Originally posted by The Spokes:It is worrying that GAGB representatives respond it this way for ANY reason. Even when they have resigned.
Actually they aren't GAGB representatives if they have resigned.
Personally I can see their point entirely.
Rich (A founder member of GAGB)
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Yep - You've got jeremyp and I correctly identified.
That seems like an age ago - it was my first cache find.
Rich (A founder member of GAGB)
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Originally posted by AshandEs:Okay, thanks a lot. Now I'm addicted to the bloody donkey. And I can't even win a prize anymore, either!
Yeah, sorry about that. The prize was won earlier today after just less than two weeks(!). You can still continue to play for the intellectual challenge though. Enjoy!
Rich (Founder member of GAGB)
Need help coming back to geocaching
in United Kingdom and Ireland
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This is a distant memory...