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I'll take this opportunity to reiterate that I think trash cans and dumpsters are ALWAYS poor places to hide a cache. While I realize that it's to each there own, do we really need to lower ourselves to literally digging in garbage for a smiley? I cache in urban areas frequently and there is almost always a better hiding spot within 20 feet of a trash can! Yes, the trash can hide is my personal pet peeve. Luckily, where I am the dumpster behind 7-eleven has not caught on (at least that I've noticed). How about a camoed piece on a bench? Nobody's ever questioned me for sitting on a bench looking for a well-crafted micro or waypoint. As for urban micros, I always like the magnetic sheet that blends in with its environment (or even one that says CACHE in big letters). Fake electrical equipment is okay if there is no possible way somebody really looking at it is going to confuse it for a live one and there real ones aren't nearby. I had a fake outlet (magnetically attached to a pole) that sat on an extremely busy intersection in Seattle without the non-cachers paying any attention to it. I only had to archive it when the pole (and the whole corner) was removed. Personally, I've always appreciated caches that are hidden primarily from non-cachers but are instantly recognizable to cachers themselves. That element of being aware of something that everyone else just walks past is still my favorite quality in an urban hide.

My cache Leilani and Palenaka (GCRHR2) seems to be missing, but a previous finder told me they found it about elbow's length up a tree not long before it seemingly went wayward. That's not how I hid it (it was an easy hide--perhaps too easy). I archived it after not finding it since I believed it to be missing. I have been back a couple times without any luck, but I might simply be too biased by my memory of how I actually hid the thing (also, as many know, I kinda stink at actually finding caches). The only reason I really care is to eliminate geotrash, but also to save a TB that is in it. So, if anyone is in Discovery Park this summer and want to look for an archived cache that might be missing afterall, please do so. It's in Discovery Park in Seattle. The coordinates are: N47 39.951 W122 25.345 Reception is horrible, and the hint tells you that its where there is a knot (roots) in the trail. North Beach trail, I believe. If you find it, do as you wish with the container... trash it, recycle it into a new cache, whatever you prefer. I'd like to see the TB saved most of all. Maybe someone will have better luck than me.

Like others have said: in, on or under trash cans or dumpsters.

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My guess the German answer is correct: "Danke für den Schatz" (Thanks for the treasure). The log referred to is in German, and it was the original poster who actually gave the answer just a few logs in. Log on OP's cache Now we can carry on with the goofy answers...

I guess I could run out and get some pictures of these, but it wouldn't really help since you usually can't see the mechanism that make them work. Only the first one was the famous hydration style that I've seen a few times. The others go well beyond that idea using all sorts of magnets, rubber bands, clamps and various things that move (even a matchbox-type car). Sometimes momentum is needed, and sometimes an attractive "magic wand" is required. One even has a pinball theme. I don't want to spoil too much so I won't say more. But typically, when you get to the general area you see the black pipe attached to a fence. After all, it's all about figuring out what to do and not actually finding the cache (pipe) itself. In fact, these highly-acclaimed caches go against everything that causes a lot of forum angst: the caches themselves are micros (even nanos sometimes), they are easy to spot from a distance, and they don't have trade items. But they're really, really cool, and generally rate high on Seattle-area favorites. It's really just about getting creative...

From my coordinates in Seattle's University District, the numbers are: 2.7 miles for 10 pages (200 caches) 5.2 miles for 20 pages (400 caches) 7.7 miles for 30 pages (600 caches) There is a lot of water around, too.

Why MacGyver anything when you can just pack MacGyver himself (Made in Brazil) in your bag and let him do all the work when you get in trouble?

There are currently 4057 caches within 50 miles of Seattle's University District.

Maybe this is a stupid question, but what does "the TUS" mean?

The Fonz says if you vote for him, he promises that Geocaching will not jump the shark during his term in office!

In this situation, I think it's perfectly fine what you want to do. But then again, I'm pretty easy going...

Same with Safari on Os X, but I kind of like it.

I also tried to ask about this earlier in the thread, but thought I'd bring it up again. Right now, if there aren't any public waypoints the "Prefix", "Lookup", "Name", and "Coordinate" titles still appear. Can it be set up to ignore those if no waypoints are visible (for instance, when I only have the puzzle's actual coordinates as a waypoint)?

I just ran a test trying several HTML entities, and it does look like the version of HTML-Tidy that is being used (or at least somewhere along the processing route) is automatically converting them to Unicode. While this seems to be fine for the standard set of extended characters in European languages (umlauts, accents, ect...), it is converting Greek entities to their Roman equivalent. I guess the old-fashioned jpeg route is all you can do for now.

Okay, I've played with it a little more and have a couple of requests: 1. I believe somebody already noticed this, but it would be nice to have an "Add another waypoint" on the page right after creating one. Right now I have to go back to the main cache page to add a new waypoint. 2. If the only waypoint is a hidden one for the Final (for a puzzle solution, for instance), the cache page includes the headers for the waypoints anyway. It would be nice if no headers appeared when no waypoints are displayed to the non-owner/non-administrator. It seems a bit messy as is. Thanks!

So far it's working great on Safari 2.0.1 (OS X Tiger). I really appreciate this new feature. Thanks!

And let me guess, you'll place it in a field of cow patties?

The new stylesheet changes ignore or override some of the UBB code that we can use in cache logs. For example, user-added hyperlinks in cache logs are no longer underlined on the page itself, and bold no longer works. Actually, for hyperlinks, the underline appears once you hover over it, but there is no way to know it's a link unless you hover over it. I haven't tested other commands. That said, underlined links and bold work fine if you "view the log entry on a separate page". Tested on Safari 2.0.1 (Mac) and Firefox 1.5 (Windows XP).

Disregard last message. I cleared the cache again and it's working.

The hint text in Safari is still not working. I'm getting both encrypted and decrypted versions next to each other.

I've only looked at it in Safari, and I think the new style sheet is forcing rather small text. I need to experiment with it a bit more before I come to a conclusion. BIG PROBLEM, though: All the hints are showing both encryted and decrypted on the same page. I'll look on some other browsers in a bit, but that seemed important enough to suggest a problem (Safari 2.0.1 on OS X Tiger).

Congratulations to schulesjoe (both shoes), who hit 400 at the latest Totally Tubular today!

Oh yeah, I agree with the Eagle. He said it really well!

I don't really have a problem with a puzzle leading to a less-than-attractive final location. In fact, I would prefer a really good location to be a traditional cache so that more people can enjoy it. The truth is that puzzle caches and multi-caches get far fewer finds than traditionals, and I'd rather get my enjoyment from a puzzle that leads to a parking lot or a bus shelter or a newspaper stand than for a traditional to just be placed in those locations. Not every location is going to be the greatest, and in high density areas many of the best spots are already taken. I happily accept that. However, I have to say that I prefer the variety of (politely derogatory adjective) puzzles we have here in Seattle to other parts of the States I've visited where there are frequently very few puzzles and caching just means driving from parking lot to parking lot and lifting lightpole skirts or opening newspaper stands in front of fast food restaurants. At least if a (see politely derogatory adjective again) puzzle leads me to that bus shelter I feel like I got something worthwhile from the "journey" (which, of course, begins with on the cache page). (Off-topic alert:) Anyway, I'll just hold back my angst and need to complain for those people who still think that in/under/behind a garbage can is an appropriate place for a cache (it's not, unless it's properly tossed out inside). Urrggh!