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dbarreca

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  1. 3078.1km SouthEast of my home...Going to be aa while before i can exceed that one
  2. I am having the same issue and would love any feedback or suggestions. I have upgraded to the newest GE, so thats not the problem
  3. Just caught this story on one of the facebook groups Adventurer out 'geocaching' unearths pipe bomb look-alike July 28, 2007 Rob Faulkner The Hamilton Spectator (Jul 28, 2007) Geocaching is a fast-growing adventure sport in many places -- but in Halton Region, it's been looking explosive. The new, outdoor, treasure-hunting game uses a global positioning system (GPS) device and co-ordinates found online to find hidden "caches" with logbooks and trinkets inside. But around 5 p.m. on Friday, July 20, a Burlington hiker found a cache that looked deadly, along the Bridle Trail in the Royal Botanical Gardens. It was a 17 centimetre long metal pipe, with caps threaded onto both ends. It was wrapped in camouflage tape, tucked in a sealed, plastic bag and visible inside a hollow log. "A pipe bomb!" the hiker thought. Fearing for the safety of adults and kids nearby, the man put the "bomb" in the front seat of his car and drove it to the Burlington OPP station. Halton police bomb disposal experts arrived there by 6:30 p.m. "It's the first time I've ever been involved in a geocaching explosive call-out," said Halton police Constable Jeff Foster of the bomb-disposal unit. The Halton police bomb robot, RMI, approached the car, removed the "pipe bomb" and took it to an open field behind the station to open it. (Foster wouldn't reveal how it was done.) Meanwhile, Halton and Ontario Provincial Police officers took precautions: they closed a QEW off-ramp for four hours as they dealt with the suspicious device. The robot opened the pipe, and police saw that it contained geocaching-related documents. Police visited a website noted in the papers and saw photos of the pipe, confirming it as a geocache. Halton police warn geocachers they should not use containers such as pipes, ammunition cases and other items that would arouse suspicion if the general public stumbles upon a cache. They suggest caches be labelled and carry a web address so they aren't mistaken for bombs. Meanwhile, they also warn folks who find what they think is a bomb not to examine, touch or move it.
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