Firefishe

As of 2:42am Pacific Daylight Time, I am unable to log in to the My Cache Page Link. Anyone else experiencing this problem? Warm regards from,

Also my sympathies to those who've lost their dear 4-legged 'caching partners. I respond to this post because of the Rainbow Bridge legend mention. I read down a bit, and the legend is a beautiful one. I had not heard this legend. Beeyooteeful! :**) <schniffle> Warm regards, and *Meow* from, *glub glub*

There's an additional "cost" that makes a much bigger difference to me: 50% longer battery life on the units without compass/barometer. Financially I'd get the 60cs over the 60c but battery life is important to me in the field. So turn off the compass. Leave it off except for making spot readings (if you need to, as under heavy cover). The altimeter is passive, anyway, so that doesn't use much energy at all. The biggest and most significant design is <pbly> in the color screen and new power management circuitry. I doubt that little electronic compass uses so much that it'll suck the power dry in minutes instead of hours. Save for using the unit at night, and thus using the backlight, the backlight can remain off in the daytime, a significant factor when weighing varying factors of power useage. Warm regards from,

You mentioned you're using Metroguide 5.0? I thought only Metroguide 4.x did autorouting on the 60C/CS? Garmin's web site actually stated that Metroguide 5.0 was not suggested as a choice for this unit--probalby due to the lack of autorouting, although I suppose the maps upload just fine. I am looking to upgrade my Vista to the CS, and I can't for the life of me figure out why Garmin took out autorouting capability in MG 5.0 when the 4.x series already had it, and it worked on the GPS-V, Street Pilot III, and the like. Warm regards from,

Guess all we can do is be cool about stuff like this. What I find a bit troubling is that people still have this type of attitude; kids and adults both seem to possess--and show--it to varying degrees. Geocaching, to me, is a cool hobby. To me it is also a great sport. While orienteering is, more or less, racing, geocaching has, to me, a more laid back approach--and with cooler tech-toys, too . My kudos to your kinfolk! Yer offspring is well on 'is way to becoming a great newspaper person! I think it's great to write interesting articles in Journalism classes. Nice to see some young people getting involved. And about those who're jeerin'? Well, I guess you can guess who's gonna have the beer belly when they're older...watching football...*inside.* Keep on a cachin'! Will+Bill! Warmest regards from Michigan from,

I don't understand why this bothered you, or why you thought it odd to have happened in a state park. These are people who have freed themselves of drug addiction, or at least are working towards that goal... I don't believe he was concerned about the fact about NA meeting in the state park, but rather the way the two men approached him. Sounds like there's a bit more of a "had to have been there and experienced it" dynamics at work here. Ergo, a sudden pull-up of a *van* (large enough to carry "hostages?"), two men get out and, perhaps, *quickly* walk over to where he is and begin a very quick, no-introuductions "interrogation" of where the meeting is being held? I can see a lot of interplay here, and perhaps the above has some significance. If not, please feel free to interpolate. I'm glad to hear everything worked out all right and no one was caused a very nasty inconvenience (harrassed, etc.) Warm regards,

"The geocache is located under another geocache at the base of a pine tree but all this avail you no thing as you are not abled to find geocache as all your base are belong to us!"

Or, as the Great Bovine Philosopher would annotate: "And as you travel life's highway, don't forget to stop and *eat* the roses." FisheCow <MooGlub>

My point exactly! I just can't help but wonder what the Supreme Court was thinking? Exclusionary policies may not be unconstitutional, but the BSA sure isn't, to my knowledge, made up soley of right-wing, religious extremists, in the majority of their ranks. I don't think they really know what they're doing to the troops with a more moderate and tolerant attitude and practice. I mean, really. Who ever heard of a right-wing, religiously-extreme LUTHERAN for example *ducking flaming order-of-the-arrows* <pun unabashedly intended> LOL Fundies, Fundies, and more Fundies. Puhhhleeeeeeze! Keep it in the church if you must, but keep it out of scouting. Considerately,

<Mildly Ranty> The way things are going lately in the scouts, isn't it a wonder? All the bruhaha over the gay scouts thing? What is happening in the main governing body is, to me, nothing short of "lynch 'em high" attitudes--at least at the national level--being substituted for the necessary tolerances that modern society is desperately in need of fostering in young people; most local troops accomodate such matters individually, show tolerance, and set an example for doing so. I am not overly impressed with the national governing body at this point, though. When considering what children are in need of being taught--my 4 rambunctious nephews included --I can think of few organizations that have, in the past, shown such promise as scouting. I spent a couple of summers at a local scout camp and can remember learning many things, like earning my Totin' Chip card for wood-tool lore and use, a few Skill Awards (which have since been deprecated), and a merit badge or two. These wonderful experiences notwithstanding, I think that scouting needs to grow up, get rid of the extremists in the national ranks, and go to a more moderate point of view. I think that our children need better representation for those people who are different than them. Hey! I know ;-)...You can take them GEOCACHING! Warm regards from,

I did a stint with the scouts, Troop #14, Gaylord, Michigan, c. about 1977-ish. Having reached the Mighty Rank of Tenderfoot, I decided that Explorers was more my bag, so when I turned 15, I joined up with the new High Adventure Explorer Post #1 in the same city. The highlight of my time with Explorer Post 1 was a week-long trip to Isle Royale National Park in 1980, in northwestern Lake Superior. "This Scout Supports Ethical Fisheries Practices. All My Dolphin Is Tuna-Safe!"

Caches placed on one's own private land and open to geocachers--properly managed--is also another idea.

-- Tiger: This cache should be right up your alley: Lonely Hillside Surprise! -- This cache is on a "Lonely Hillside," out in the middle of the Arizona high desert. Cache is a Tupperware container in plain view, placed atop a curious mound, dark green in color with equally curious dark blotches all over it. Park your vehicle at the paved parking lot (lines are painted weekly due to sandstorms erasing the parking slot lines). Get out of your vehicle, walk a short 200 feet up the hill--which is in plain view of the parking lot--obtain the cache container, log your find, then put the cache back on the mound. Cache is rated a 5/5, explained below. 1. Driving to the cache is easy. 2. Walking to the cache is easy. 3. Initially, taking the cache is easy, however there are a few caveats: 3a. The cache may seem easy to grab at first, but upon closer inspection it will be evident that the cache is held in place by some type of sticky secretion emanating from the mound. 3b. With a vigorous pull, the tupperware container comes free, leaving it available for you to open it and log your find, but upon opening the cache, you realize that the plastic-looking box is really some type of multicolored, sand-hued natural resin, as amber might be out of a pine tree. 3c. When you come to realize this, the "mound" may have moved slightly, although you won't have noticed this. 3d. As you're figuring this out, the seemingly perfect and manicured lawn and surroundings--especially the area by your car --has now, equally seemingly, turned to a quagmire of murky muck. 3e. As this observation sets upon your mind, and you quickly try to ascertain just what seems to be going on at this cache site, you are drawn to the sudden upheaval of the "lonely hill," and as you turn around, ARE NOW FACE TO FACE WITH A VERY LARGE MUTANT ZOMBIE TURTLE, THE DARK GREEN AND BLACK SPLOTCHED SHELL-THAT-FORMED-THE-HILL NOW TOWERING TWENTY FEET ABOVE YOU, COMES CRASHING DOWN AS GIANT SNAPPING JAWS CLOSE DOWN ON YOUR SOFT, KRUNCHY (YES, "KRUNCHY"), AND TASTY SPIRIT-VEHICLE, AND YOU TASTE THE TASTE OF KETCHUP ACCOMPANYING YOU AS YOU ARE SWALLOWED NEARLY-WHOLE-IN-ONE-BIG-GULP! Oh yes, your car sinks into the quagmire-that-was-the-parking-lot, when, after the last part of the bumper (sporting a "Geocaching Is For Enlightened Snobs" bumper sticker) sinks out of site, the quagmire settles back into solid asphalt, and the GIANT MUTANT TURTLE is now a hill again, and the TURTLE-THAT-IS-NO-LONGER-LONELY--is has you in its tummy! --telepathically sends a blurb of incomprehensible digital bandwidth to the GC.com server banks, and the cache name is changed to "Haunted Turtle Hill. . ." Although missed initially by your people, soon resignation sets in, and the entire geocaching community mourns the loss of yet-another geocacher, hell-bent for a geocaching coup, instead ending up as turtle soup. Warm regards Msr. Sockpuppet, Firefishe Caching In On The Journey The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation)

Hi everyone. Firefishe here, Caching In On The Journey. I'm posting--after a very long hiatus--because I need to find a solution to a nagging problem. I have a Palm Tungsten T PDA and a Magellan MAP 330. What I want to do is connect a Bluetooth transmitter to the end of my MAP 330's serial cable and transmit the NMEA serial stream to the PDA, so I can use it with programs like Mapopolis and DeLorme's products. I want to know if this is feasible, and would like to have some suggestions. Thanks in advance, Firefishe Caching In On The Journey The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation)

Mapopolis has gotten great reviews, and their new Navigator series of maps has voice-prompted turn-by-turn prompts. Voice only works with a gps attached, so I don't know what it sounds like. DeLorme, however, lets you add your own streets, something that every mapping program should offer, imho. Hope this helps. Firefishe Caching In On The Journey The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation)

I wonder why more PDA's aren't using Transmetas power-sipping processors, much like the Sony PictureBook series of sub-laptop computers does. Firefishe Caching In On The Journey The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation)

quote:Originally posted by Anders.:For me, the 5.0 version works on my laptop, running Win 2000 Professional, but not that good on my desktop machine, which runs Me. >>>Your desktop system *runs you?* How does it link up? Hyper Frequency Direct Logitudinal EM Wave Neural Link? Or maybe just a cable from your gps?<<< hee hee hee On the latter, it will not print correctly and crashes if I open "About Mapsource" and then click on "Product info". Anders Firefishe Caching In On The Journey The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation)

quote:Originally posted by Anders.:I agree fully. Use your satellite screen and check if there are a good number of satellites above. Satellites closely grouped right above you don't give any optimal sat geometry, but they may give you any positioning at all under tree cover. Satellites all spread out give the best geometry, but then many of them may be obstructed by objects around you, like trees and/or buildings. Anders Or, if you're in the woods, giant weaselgnomes (which are to be feared!) (please reference below for the weaselgnome allusion): http://ubbx.Groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=6216058331&m=38760426&r=39960667#39960667 Happy Caching! Firefishe Caching In On The Journey The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation)

My greatest fear To be alone In the woods Where no one Can hear me yell For help As I am being ... Assaulted by weaselgnomes Firefishe Caching In On The Journey The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation)

Enough time has gone by since the magazine round cut-down to ten. I think we should lobby congress to get the thing removed. Let's all contact the NRA and get the ball rolling. Firefishe Caching In On The Journey The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation)

quote:Originally posted by Sparrowhawk:Definitely non-geocaching, but THE truly wierdest story of strange things in the back country I ever heard is the rather entertaining http://www.worldofthestrange.com/wots/2001/2001-04-02-03a.htm Prepare to have the thought-strand that holds together your suspension of belief quickly give way like an overcooked spaghetti noodle. -Elana (a.k.a. "Sparrowhawk") Just read the story, Elana, and I have to say it gives one something to think about. Something like: TIME TO KICK SOME !#$!@# BOOTY! My thoughts are like this: Enough is Enough! The guy has this kind of experience and the usual cover-up mechanism goes into place. Having to grow one's own food hydroponically to keep from having a "heart attack" is not what this Fishey considers high living <sarcasm hopefully obvious>. If these kinds of things *are* occurring in our forests, We The People have not only the Right To Know, but the Right To Act! Forget the frickin' lasers, if it's organic, Smith and Wesson can take care of it--although I suppose that when the dog latched on to the whatever-it-was, the w-i-w merely responded as a defense mechanism. Methinks the mistake was in this guy *actually calling to tell people about it!* Major DUHHH!* As to the aspect of his constantly being pursued, I know that if I had irrefutable evidence of vehicular shadowing, especially the kind supported by photographs, etc., my response would be entirely different--as well as entirely militant. If I saw a bunch of official-looking-though-unofficial-seeming "miscreants" near my house, I'd be calling whomever I could find with any amount of Courage to confront the nits and find out what the heck was going in. 100 armed civilians with deer rifles, shotguns, and sidearms would've given anybody serious Pause and Reflection--even the nits at his 'ouse . My Word to the Wise: If you hever have an encounter like this, PLEASE DON'T BE OVERTLY OPENLY PUBLIC ABOUT IT. Don't call your friends, and for cryin' out loud, if you must use the public phone system, by all means use a spread-spectrum/digital scrambler of the latest technology. Also arm yourself and don't be afraid to use it. Just my .02, but Sheesh! Really people. The power of the citizenry will be retured to it when We The People become the voice we once were. I'm not an extremist, just a person who believes in practical survivability and matters of interaction with others, interaction designed to be beneficial to both parties. But if someone wants to Smash My Vehicle (Body) in the process, it's their funeral. I'm here to learn, love, and learn about love. Love is an energy, and energy must flow. It can't flow if, one day, I have an "unfortunate steam roller accident " Friends don't let friends drive steamrollers drunk! . Oh, and watch out for anything extending a pseudopod as a "gesture of friendship;" that next pseudopod-shake may be your last LOL. Firefishe Caching In on the Journey --------------------------- The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation) ---------------------------

Hmm. Makes me wonder if they were actually breaking one of their own rules by being outside of the perimeter--I mean if they ran off like that, kind of strange. Usual documented behavior from others' past encounters with those types is that they approach and detain. Well, I'm just glad that you and yours are all right. Kind of weird behavior though. How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of tootsie pop? The world may never know . . . LOL Firefishe Caching In on the Journey The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation)

quote:Originally posted by NJ Admin: quote:Originally posted by Firefishe:I'd like to see this, primarily to be able to download waypoints from one page instead of many pages. Just use the http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/ to download up to 500 waypoints at once. Being a premium member, I do use this regularly, however there are times when I need the new information and the files haven't been emailed yet. This is the reason that I made the suggestion. PQ's are wonderful! I love them and so does my Handspring Visor Prism. Nice to see those icons in color! Thanks for the response. Firefishe Caching In on the Journey --------------------------- The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation) ---------------------------

When searching for caches, whether by zip code, home coordinates on your My Cache Page, cache #, etc., have the ability for the displayed cache pages listed to be longer than the usual number. I'd like to see this, primarily to be able to download waypoints from one page instead of many pages. Just a thought. Thanks for reading this. Firefishe Caching In on the Journey --------------------------- The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation) ---------------------------

quote:Originally posted by GPS_Brian:During a business trip to Vegas some years ago, a coworker and I decided that it might be interesting to do some hiking around Area51. <snip middle for brevity> We eventually headed back to our car and on back towards Vegas. That was about all the excitement we needed. Along the way back we stopped by the same convenience store we had stopped at previously. We were going to tell the "old man" about our trip. When we went in there was someone different behind the counter. We asked about the old man and the fellow replied "what old man?". He swore that there was no old man that ever worked there -=-=-=-=-=- GPS_Brian =-=-=-=-=-= This one gives me the chills. I wonder if the "cammos" weren't another group of, umm, "observers" out doing the same thing that you were. I betcha they were. Warm regards, Firefishe Caching In on the Journey --------------------------- The year is 2003. The name is S.A. Brown. BrowNAV (Brown Navigation) ---------------------------