OHMIKY
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In my area, when I look for caches near me, only a very few are MOC. I have never made one of my caches a MOC - I enjoy seeing the logs of folks who found 'em too much to limit it I guess.
OTOH, it has recently come to my attention that you can see who looks at MOC - this means you might have some idea how many people are working on a puzzle - and by seeing how many of them eventually log it, whether the puzzle was as difficult or easy as you had planned - so I may try making some MOC's just for that amusement.
Bottom line - there are so many open caches around here that I doubt if MOC would deter anyone.
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Well, as an author of puzzle caches, I am not sure I would object to having a person use an unexpected way to solve it - even brute force - we all use the tools we know and understand first
I had a look - and entered a cache - then went back to check (making sure it works, right?) and it hangs - now I don't know if this is a function of your limit on how many times you can check or not, but if it is, it presents a problem for someone like me who wants to make sure things work before letting them out for public consumption
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can't find the server - is it down or out of service?
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I have just started to wrestle with what I will want to present and how to do it, and have not even done a basic outline yet. I am looking at doing a 1hr to 1.5hr presentation for a mixed group of tweens, teens and adults (and maybe a few younger kids). Doing a cache for the purpose is probably not a doable proposition. There IS a cache in the library, but I can't see setting a group of folks loose in the stacks to find a single cache - I visualise that as a circus - possibly amusing but hardly educational.
Does anyone have an outline or any such thing for a short presentation that they would be willing to share?
(this has probably already been discussed, but I did not find it in my admittedly cursory search - please forgive me if I am attempting to whip a dead horse up to work one more time)
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I cache primarily in three states (as if you can't figure the rest out yourself): OH, MI and KY
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Well, the legwork is done - the cache container is made and placed. The library staff was intrigued and very happy to comply with my suggestions - and part of that is due to a few email connections to other librarians that were offered by people who responded in this item - THANK YOU to those folks!
The cache is currently awaiting review. If you are interested, check out waypoint GCWKMA - but you may want to wait a day or two as there is no sign yet that it has been looked at.
Again, thanks all for your helpful input!
BTW - this is a puzzle cache - the fact that it is at the library is not evident until the the puzzles have been solved - so you have all been subjected to a spoiler.
(you still need to do the puzzles to find the cache, though). 
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xyzzy!
plugh!
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Wow, I had not hoped for this kind of information in my wildest fantasies -
Great thanks to all of you. I will use the kindly offered contacts and put together an information packet including pdfs of some of the library caches to back up my spiel.
As to use of GPSr - I fully intend to use coordinates that will point to information that will eventually lead to the library - I had some ideas of making it a multi, but someone's mention of accessibility has me rethinking that.
Perhaps in a week (maybe two?) I will come back and post a waypoint.
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Cool, thanks all for input - yes, this will be a puzzle cache - and whether it will pass muster with the reviewers, we shall have to wait and see. Hopefully, since it is in the spirit of adventure - and perhaps bringing some new faces into the library and the card catalog, there will be sufficient perceived value.
Regards
(btw, MonkeyBrad - I agree - awesome artwork on the cover)
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Has anyone here had experience getting permission for placing a cache in a library? What were your experiences? Who did you approach for permission (librarian, other staff, administration?)
I am considering a physical cache in the stacks and am not sure who to ask or what objections to be prepared for.
Thanks
(edited to remove stupid misspelling)
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Site is up, sort of. Anytime I go to look at a cache listing, I get:
An Error Has Occured
Invalid column name 'RefName'.
I get the same - I can only surmise that the techs are too busy trying to fix to come make any comment.
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wow - I haven't been in your neck of the woods in a couple of years - is Jasper Ridge still making that awesome beer?
Next time I'm around I'll stop and sign your log.
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Hate to be the spoilsport here but a geocaching movie could be the worst thing to ever happen to the activity. All too often (following movies that profile specific activities) misguided, uninformed or uninitiated people make haste to get involved. That can lead to lots of newbies running around the countryside ignoring rules and proper protocol. If the sport gets spotlighted due to an increase in complaints from the general, nonparticipating public to local officials then more ordinances, restrictions and regulatory laws will follow. The number of active cachers in any area tend to put them in a sub-minority catagory. In our area we probably constitute somewhere less than .0002% of the local population of over a million people. Who do you think the local politicians will side with if caching becomes a political issue. My personal hope is that the movie goes straight to DVD and stays under the general public's radar. I hate to be so negative but I've been around long enough to have seen similar problems in other activities I have been involved in. By all means, introduce geocaching to everyone you know and others you feel are trustworthy but be extremely wary of making it known to the masses.
no wonder there are so many gay cowboys around these days
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Just climb the tree. Come on folks, you call your self Geocachers. That is unless it has a nice protective wrap of Posion Ivy. It that case do what Treasure Hunters suggested, break out the chain saw. Then get the cache, sign the log, make trade, replace cache "up" the tree and go log it. What could be easier?????? lol. 
guess you could say that you had 'logged' it as soon as the tree fell
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"scouting places to hide bodies"
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this is why I carry a stick - I guess I'll never know if I'da got bit without it - but with it I never have
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just use common sense
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I usually wear a photo vest with lots of pockets - it holds my camera gear, my GPSr, and all the various items I have thought it would be nice to have along. Didja ever notice? One day you think, wow, if only I had a left-handed, long-stemmed widget, this would be a lot easier, so you throw a left-handed, long-stemmed widget in your gear and never, ever use it?
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it's a little off my usual stomping grounds, but close enough that I may get to it - not this month
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Well now - it makes me wonder about how the GPSr will handle the new data - will we need to upgrade (update) our equipment to take advantage of the new signals? Depends on whether this folds seamlessly into the existing tech or adds a new layer. If the latter, it could be a real windfall for GPSr manufacturers.
Does anyone have links to technical info about how the new signals are added?
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actually, it does not bother me at all that some folks would select themselves out
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because I haunt the north part of the I-75 corridor
(you still need to do the puzzles to find the cache, though). 
Just climb the tree. Come on folks, you call your self Geocachers. That is unless it has a nice protective wrap of Posion Ivy. It that case do what Treasure Hunters suggested, break out the chain saw. Then get the cache, sign the log, make trade, replace cache "up" the tree and go log it. What could be easier?????? lol. 
An Odd Swag Idea, What Do You Think?
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depends on the product the bottle once contained - whether there is interest besides being an old bottle. I do collect old beer bottles, and would grab one of those posthaste - but I would not turn down a neat honey bottle or a patent medicine with amusing label claims