beckerbuns
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Hey all this discussion happened without me. Glad to see the situation resolved, and I got my coins this morning. I'm closing the topic.
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I saw a thread on this but it was closed by the person who started it, and I'm not sure why as we didn't really get an answer. Is the sale going to be rescheduled? I realize the Groundspeak folks probably have the day off... Maybe they can look into it on Tuesday.
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Hadn't looked at geocoins on egay in a while, but tonight I looked and saw a ton of coins that had no bids on them. I guess many of the completest have realized it is a loosing battle. Props to all those who sold their coins when the market was strong.
Well, that may be, but I've been selling off my spare geocoins for months now and I've never had one go unsold. And they all go for more than I paid for them.
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I'll host a few auctions directly. Of course this only works if the trust fund is set up on eBay as a charity -- is it? Let me know the name (PM, email, or on here) and I'll list the next few auctions for the cause.
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I'm sorry I didn't see this topic yesterday when it started. Sometime yesterday afternoon, the mail process on the PQ server got stuck. PQs were being generated and were in the queue, but were not being delivered to our mail server. I've restarted the process and they're going out now.
We do have monitoring systems in place to make sure processes are running, but in this case, the process was technically running even though it wasn't actually doing anything.
Again, sorry we didn't catch this sooner. All of yesterday's PQs should be delivered shortly.
Elias Elias,
I belatedly thank you for your response. We appreciate your efforts.
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I don't give ND a hard time about caching. It's how we met, after all.
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What thread did you see something about this?
I ran two queries last night and it says they were generated. And one today, same thing. Thus far I have received zilch.
Nevermind... Found it.
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Is anyone at Groundspeak going to address this issue?
I'm able, for the first time in 6 weeks, to go caching today, and two PQs from almost 12 hours ago, as well as one this morning, say they have run but they have not arrived.
It's not my ISP; I've already checked on this. I also added the PQ email address to my address book and non-spam list just in case.
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Sorry, put this in the wrong forum. I see in the other section that they are not working.
What thread did you see something about this?
I ran two queries last night and it says they were generated. And one today, same thing. Thus far I have received zilch.
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If there's a box, it's a geocache. If there's no box, such as a locationless, virtual, webcam, or earthcache, its a waymark.
Does this mean my webcam cache is destined to move over to the new site?
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This category would include buildings that are of the unusual, one-of-a-kind, or award-winning variety.
(Incidentally why are we suggesting these if suggestions are not being taken?)
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These already have a site of their own. Have you seen www.markeroni.com?
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These already have their own site. Have you seen www.markeroni.com?
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Might I point you over to www.markeroni.com? It's a great site for historical markers...
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Yep, we made it, and had a lot of fun! Now we're in our hotel in Seattle recovering.
I am glad I was able to meet all of you new folks. The Seattle area crowd is very friendly! Thanks for feeding us and keeping us company. That's quite a hike!
(I logged today's caches from my Sidekick II phone. I love that thing. Maybe I'll let ND use the laptop now to log them.)
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Hi al!!!
ND got me a laptop for my birthday (today) and I wanted to pop in and say how excited I am to get to meet you all tomorrow!
Do we have a current list of who is coming?
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dadgum.. I just might make it out there. CJ, do you know if he'll really be in Tupelo on the 23rd like he says? That's not too far from here and I might be up for the trip. I couldn't stay, but I'd say hi.
Does he have a cell or any contact?
Let us know if you hook up!
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Never mind, I had it saved in my documents.
Heya Damenace, could you please share the link? I'm looking for it too!
Thanks!
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But since it's not a stat that is tracked, I prefer to keep my FTF list to myself. It's just a matter of personal satisfaction to race to a cache. No different than trying to find something without hints or descriptions, it just keeps it interesting.
Yeah, I used to keep track of my FTFs on my profile page but I got out of the practice a while back and got behind, and then finally took them off. I've found that it's exciting when it happens but after that I start to care less... And no one else much cares which FTFs I've gotten anyway.
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A lot of people have been lamenting about cache quality lately in our area. Joani and I have been out caching and have been having a great time, so don't really know what the fuss is all about. I've always thought that the best way to show people what you like is to lead by example.
Wait, I forgot this part.
I like to think that I lead by example. When I can find a decent place to put a cache around here (getting more and more difficult), I try to put a full-sized cache out, or if it's a micro, it's there for a good reason (like my Jake's Play Lot cache, which shows the finder a nice memorial playground, and has no good place to put a full-sized cache).
As most of you know, I was putting out micros at libraries, but I finally did archive the ones that were left because I was not interested in maintaining micros. ND and I have endeavored to put out good quality regular and large size caches, which I believe creates more excitement for new cachers and gives all finders a better sense of satisfaction in the find.
And I know I can filter out micros, or people who hide micros... But as I said in my original reply, I don't find ALL micros to be bad. I just wish they were more inventive around here and not so prolific "just because they can be"...
Also, no offense to anyone. After all if we were not all out there hiding caches, there wouldn't be any.
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Well, thank you, Marky & WoW... But I wasn't trying to push my opinion on everyone else. I was saying that these repetitive micros are getting tiresome TO ME...
And I saw that someone else brought up the fact that newbies would have trouble finding a place to place a cache, what with the cache density around here. That's still something to consider...
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Okay, I'm the size of your average NFL offensive lineman, but that hasn't prevented me from cching. BTW, where are all those chicks who dig big dudes?
Zephyr
I'm one of those chicks, and I found me one of those big dudes and married him!
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I will say though, having cached around the bay area, the closer you get to the Santa Clara valley, the lower the standard for an urban micro seems to get. There are many exceptions and we all know who they belong to, but IMO, plenty of currently listed caches prove that assertion.
You've hit the nail on the head there. I can't even begin to describe how weary I am of light pole caches and caches stuck under picnic tables and park benches. It may have been funny or innovative the first several times I saw it, but now it's just annoying and irritating. It's also frustrating to find nothing but micros in a huge parkland that could support full-sized or at least small-sized caches.
Don't get me wrong, micros have their place... And I especially appreciate the micro and small caches by such people as TPS, WoW, and sometimes Marky & Joani that are innovative -- even unusual.
I think we really need to evaluate what's important in a geocache. Just sticking a keyholder or film can any old place is easy to do. What's harder to do is to place a cache that's challenging, innovative, and fun.
My $.02.
And PS... We have been going on weekend trips a lot lately to other areas and have found that the micro-saturation is MUCH MUCH less. There are even big caches in urban areas.
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I think his point is that you only need to do about 15 hikes on the right trails to get 300 finds now( to simplify: we now have a cache saturation issue ) hence when coupled with some urban caching it is much easier to get to 500 finds than it used to be.
This is pretty funny. We've had a cache saturation issue for a couple of years now.
Elias 
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I wonder if she is one of my customers. What's her name on eBay?