Guyute1210
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Round trip was just over 9.5 miles, so figure just under 5 miles.
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I guess I phrased that wrong - I meant how long for the TB logs, etc... to update. My stuff finally did get updated - took about 8 hours.
That's another issue that they are aware of. It has to do with the syncing of the servers. Also the same issue as approved caches showing as Unapproved Cache in the title on the search page.
Someone forgot to feed the hampsters and Keystone had to overnight an emergency supply of Chemical-X, that's why your issue is ok now.
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How many hours does it take to update things?
software developement is not an easy or quick thing. Just look how many times Windows Vista's release date was pushed back. This stuff takes time, especially on a production system. have to change code, and test it in a testing environment and get all the bugs out of those changes before migrating to the production environment and going 'live'. It may be a slow process, but if done right (and I have faith that jeremy, et al. are doing things right) will be well worth the wait.
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I've never had an issue with getting them on my verizon cell phone. always fast and always quicker than my friends that have other services.
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yes there is a bug. they know about it, and have it on their list. you can try to switch to 50 per page, and use the numbers to navigate the pages instead of the arrows. This work 95% of the time for me.
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In the mean time, you can bookmark those profile pages in IE or FF and view them that way..
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Everyone could have whatever number they wanted
I'll take "42".
No way! I wanted it!
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I would like to see this feature, but I would like it more if the benchmark database was updated first.
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I'd use it...there are a couple people around me that like to hide caches I don't much care for, but they do occationally hide something I might like, so being able to ignore all from user X that are all micro sized (or anyother size) would be great!
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Hi all PA. NEWBIE to caching, always like the woods and finding stuff, now just to learn to use my GPS!
From the northwest pa Seneca PA !!
Peace and may your searches be fun!!
Rob
Welcome! come check out our local group: the Oil Region Cachers
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one note i think is important....
my gps has elec. compass and altimeter. they are cool, and i have played with them on occasion...usually the compass is off, and the altimeter is wrong, go fiugre. but, when you replace the batteries, you have to recalibrate both of them. i have experiemented with the compass to see if calibration is necessary, and i didn't find that much difference between calibrated and non-cal. but that is something to keep in mind.
I have to disagree with you on the calibration. I have a 60CS and if the compass is not calibrated, it always points ~30-50 degrees either way of where I'm actually pointed. and is right on after calibration. I'm going by where the roads and streams are on my maps as compared to where it's pointing.
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That's a good idea.Has anyone tried saving those little packs of dessicant that seem to be shipped in all sorts of different products? I keep a few in the hard case for my digital camera when I go snorkeling and they help with fogging up and just provide some 'insurance'. Granted they won't help if the log gets poured on, but with the usual dampness they may keep things drier.Just an idea - I have a few that I am going to mess with. Have not looked for a source of them online, but they must be out there somewhere.
We drop a few in each of our Ammocan caches. From my experiences, this cuts down on having a damp log book in a watertight container when others open it in the rain, etc.
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I would like to get this caution out to all cachers planning to do some CITO:
In addition to geocaching, I work at at a nature center. Last week my boss had a scary encounter with what seemed like an unpleasant but ordinary piece of trash next to the road. A closed 5-gallon plastic bucket turned out to contain a VERY strong and volatile acid, and in moments the fumes gave him acid burns on his face and in his lungs. It was probably meth-related, and the hazmat guys told him that if he had opened a bucket of cooking meth, the explosion would have killed him (not "could have" but "would have".)
Apparently the latest gig with meth-production is to leave an anonymous looking closed bucket sitting somewhere out in the landscape, in a park, in an overgrown field, even at a fairly remote site that also happens to serve as a school bus stop. That way, if the meth explodes during the several weeks that the ingredients must "cook", it won't take out the house or the van anymore. It would seem that they are also disposing of their unwanted by-products in a similar fashion.
Our entire Parks Department will be going through training from the Fire Department's Hazmat Unit, to learn to recognize the more commonly used formats we might encounter. Meanwhile, with CITO events coming up, no matter how much we want to know what weird item is in the bucket, we all need to LEAVE THE SEALED BUCKETS ALONE and call someone with the appropriate hazardous materials training and gear to deal with it. Yes, this is from the woman who picks up dead skunks and bottles of rotting snake as part of her CITO work.
We might also rethink the idea of large geocaches looking like anonymous sealed buckets. I think it's time for some clearly visible labeling.
-Donna
That's all good information, but per the guidelines of the forums, you should not post the same post multiple places, I think the Clandestine Drug Lab thread is plenty, not in 4 threads. Thanks.
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There are also other instances where they are to be released for an event, and the event coordinators pass out copies of the cache pages before the cache is to be published. They are usually published later in the day or the next day.
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Question: IS the graph supposed to represent all upcoming CITO events for each state, or all CITO events for each state YTD? I checked Guyute1210's clain of 11 PA CITOs, but only saw 8.
That's because 3 of them already happened and are off the first page...one was even in feb.
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I think there is a lot of merit to the ides.
A simple "CITO" check box next to your regular log would do two things. Encourage more people to CITO. And give use an easier method to track how much good geocaching is doing the world and maybe more importatnly our public lands. That's not a bad thing.
The problem I see with the CITO checkbox is that everyone will check the box and say that they CITOed b/c they brought their cigarette butts or water bottles back out, or just check the box to get the new numbers...
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Ok... I had way too much time on my hands. The complete graph:
Uh PA has 11 on the schedule.
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I have a sheet made, but it's a pagemaker v7 file. I don't have anyway to convert it. My fiance did it in what was easiest for her. If someone can convert it, send me an email through the site.
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I grew up in Pittsburgh, and have seen many Pittsburgh Steelers from Rocky Blier at the Supermarket, to Lynn Swan in the USX tower where I was working at the time, to Franco Harris at a local park with his family. The one wierd one was meeting Bill Cowher @ Disney in Florida in April with his family he walked up to us (myself and my father) and asked if we were from pittsburgh since we were both sporting the colors, and we talked for about 10 minutes while we were waiting in line to get food. Rode the elevator with Antwaan Randel El at an apartment building where my friend used to live. Probably more I'm forgetting, but none while out caching... :-)
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Add another one for PA:
CITO de Mayo - en Parque de Lago Lunar by mtndave (GC11Q2F) on May 5th.
WTG guys!
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One way that I solved this issue, is to always expand to 50 per page, and only click on the page numbers, not the > links. This works 95% of the time. When it doesn't work, closing that tab and going back into the bookmark has fixed it for me.
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PA now has 10 with the addition of Presque Isle Annual CITO Event by NWPA Geocachers (GC11WMA) on April 21st.
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If you are looking at a liberty, you should look at the Xterra as well. You will probaby find that for the money The Xterra is both more capable (actually it flat out is more capable) has more room and gets the same or better MPG. In all honesty I'd consier the Xterra a 1st Tier 4x4 the the Liberty a 2nd tier. Meaning the Xterra is one of the top 10 stock 4x4's you can buy in the USA while the Liberty is in the also ran pack with about 40 other SUV's that all do ok but just don't make the cut.
I call BS...they are about the same stock...I've run with both stock offroad, and have driven both stock offroad...It's more the driver than the vehicle anyway...
I don't know where you got that the Xterra is one of the Top 10 stock 4x4's, but the Liberty has outsold all of the SUV's for the past couple years...
I felt that the newer xterras (the ones with Independent Rear Suspension) don't run as well as the X's with the solid rear axle.
My $0.02
The Pennsylvania DeLorme Challenge
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Doc, thanks! That worked well. Now we just have to find a way to get all the grids...