cone_dxf & family

Count Matthew and me in to help. Not sure about the girls yet. Also not sure about the evening, waiting to be told by SWMBO if I have a prior engagement. Best Wishes Mark

quote:Originally posted by SimonG: My datum keeps getting markwelled by my recursive websucker. http://www.SimonG.org - now with added blog! Nurse - some ointment for that nice MR G PS better add us to the list

Many Thanks to all of you for your good wishes. Having discussed our century as a family, we have decided on our favorites, but before going into that, there are certain people we need to thank, for the encouragement, friendship and inspiration they have provided. They are in no particular order Tim & June - you guys are amazing and Isobel loves the bears. Team Nia - brilliant caches, and proof that famalies can geocache together. Team Tate - are we stalking you ? No seriously nice people who we've enjoyed meeting The Blitz family - always happy to help with a clue or hint. and all those cachers who have set the caches for us to find, or who we have met along the way. Now to our favorites Belinda - Otter's Ramble Isobel - Banjo & Barrow Matthew - Night Vision & After Dark Mine - Facing Saints (our first cache) We've had some great times, and we hope to have many more, and we have certainly been to numerous wondeful places we wouldn't have known about without cacheing. Very Best Wishes from all of Us Mark,Belinda,Isobel & Matthew see you again at 200

Well done, onward to 200! Mark & family

I use Paint shop pro, as I like the browse facility and resizing images couldn't be easier. I usually resize to 640x480 which for most images puts them under 100K, occasionally they need to be tweaked a little smaller, but in PSP you can lock the aspect ratio, so just reduce the 640 to 630 for instance and the software will calculate the other dimension for you. Best Wishes Mark

quote:Originally posted by wing-co:So which sats are the EGNOS sats? Is it only #33 & #44? And how long does one have to wait to see the magical 'D'? Correct, from the UK, the sats 33 & 44 on Garmin receivers are the current EGNOS sats. 33 is the INMARSAT over the Atlantic, so roughly SW on the Sat display, and 44 is over the Med, so roughly SSE and nearer the horizon. They will only display on your reciever if you have enabled WAAS in the settings. Based on my experience last night, it takes a while for the reciever to acumalate enough data to start applying corrections (several minutes) and then it seems to apply the correction 1 sat. at a time, so a D appears on one Sat. then another and so on. Good luck Mark

Did some playing with my Garmin GPS V tonight. Enabled WAAS, and sats. 33 and 44 appeared, but was only getting a signal from 33, 44 being obscured by the horizon. upto 8 other sats visable, gave an initial 19ft EPE which is normal, after about 7 or 8 minutes, as the unit collected data one by one the sats started to show D, and the unit reported 3D Diferential accuracy, which fluctuated between 6-8ft once all the sats were dialled in. Mark

Hi Steve, I think it depends on your browser settings, and the file type, to get the save or open box. However you could change the text to read 'Right click here and chose Save Target as....' Best wishes Mark

Full support for Tim & June

quote:Originally posted by Team Blitz:We just placed a "virtual" cache in a Hornet ammo-box: there's LOADS of space in there!!! I believe someone just added some tickets for the Southampton vs Arsenal Cup Final in there :-) Paul Noone in their right mind would place a cache THERE.... Yes it's terrible the rubbish people put in caches, I almost removed it this afternoon Mark "Keep the Blue flag flying High!"

quote:Originally posted by jeremyp: I thought it was one particular billy goat that butted the troll into the river and lots more had already crossed and been eaten. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching A quick search found the following synopsis http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/bill_goats_gruff.htm Billy Goats 3 Troll 0 Can we hear your rendition of the song ? Best wishes Mark

quote:Originally posted by jeremyp: quote:Originally posted by Tim & June: By the way, a Troll is not someone who trashes caches. Briefly, a troll is someone who places a post on a forum in an attempt to start a flame war or argument. I thought a troll was somebody who hides under bridges and eats any billy goats that cross them. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching I think you'll find that the troll fails to eat any billy goats, and ends up being butted into the river, never to be seen again This posting was brought to you courtesy of my wife (a Nursery Nurse and fussy with it)

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Great excitement here as you reach 400. We all wish you well, Matthew and Isobel in particular wanted to say thank you for the bears we have collected to date. Very Best wishes & congratulations Mark & family

quote:Originally posted by Tim & June:Michael Blitz Copyright 2003 Tim & June. All rights reserved There, now Michael can't even use his name. Tim & June (Winchester) See June, I told you that sign which said 'Unsuitable for Motor Vehicles' was wrong ! That is assuming he hasn't registered it as a trade mark!

quote:Originally posted by Kouros:Now you're going to tell me that elsewhere they call it Sarah and Pete next... ------ An it harm none, do what ye will Pete ~ Peat ~ Peat Moor were the heather grows ?

If you chose he option Hide/seek a cache from the front page, there are links from there to all the varieties of Welcome note. You can even pick which language you want

I'm dismayed that a some people can't see beyond the guideline and move on. The guideline clearly asks people not to place certain items in caches, and yet some people insist on continuing. To an outside body (like Forest Enterprise) that can only suggest that there is no point in spending time drawing up guidelines. To dwell on much earlier point, I am fairly certain that part of the charter for Forest Enterprise cahrges them with making the land they manage as accessable as possible for recreation, but not at the expense of the flora and fauna, and without compromising anyones safety. We have now hurt ourselves by bringing an end to our dialogue with them. I'm certain no one would want to compromise their safety by entering a part of Forest where logging operations are ongoing. I'm equally certain that you wouldn't want to disturb sensitive wildlife (rare birds nesting, Badgers) or destroy rare flowers. These can all be done most effectively through ignorance, which will be the case if we do not convince FE that by informing us we will abide by their wishes and respect their rules. If you really fel unable to abide by guidelines for the good of all then we as a group will rapidly be relegated to the same level as those nice people that Dan (or was it Pid) stumbled across recently. Mark

Hmmmmm! just testing mine having changed the title. Mark

No I wouldn't eat or drink anything from a cache. It's not worth the risk in my view.

quote:Originally posted by jeremyp:I don't think this 1 April thing is anything to get majorly excited about. They are only changing the signal format slightly. It's still a test system which means unreliable (sometimes deliberately so). Some people have claimed that they can already get the signal so the format change is also not a big deal. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching The signal carries a coding which indicates it is a test signal. Garmin receivers enabled for WAAS will therefore ignore it, so although the Satellites will be visable on the satellite view their bar will remain grey as Garmin discount the test signal. Magellan on the other hand will process the signal regardless. I am unclear reading the information on the ESA site if after the 1st April the Garmin recievers will start to accept the data. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd probably write to garmin and ask, but I'm not sure that in practical terms it will make that much difference. Best wishes Mark

quote:Originally posted by djh: quote: I believe the shop by the bargate is called Frontline supplies or something similar. Its always best to ring first and check if he has any, as supply tends to be variable. Best wishes Mark This is where I get all of ours from, good advise to call before you go, they either have 2 of each size or none (don’t ask me why) but they are always in good condition. They also have a shop in Bournemouth. DJH Now found the details Frontline Surplus Stores 12, Bargate St Southampton Hampshire SO14 2DA Tel: 023 8023 1321

quote:Originally posted by Team Blitz: quote:Originally posted by GingerNut:Hi All, I've just been to a shop in Portsmouth to buy an ammo box. There is an army-surplus place in Southampton, by the Bargate, in the road called "Bargate" - which is around the corner from the pedestrian precinct. Their stocks seem lower, but I paid £3.50, I think, for one of the "slimline" ammo boxes (ie size down from "Hornet size"). The ones I have seen there have all been A1 condition paul Team Blitz Noone in their right mind would place a cache THERE.... I believe the shop by the bargate is called Frontline supplies or something similar. Its always best to ring first and check if he has any, as supply tends to be variable. Best wishes Mark

Well done, saucer of milk for that man/cat. Very Best Wishes Mark & family

quote:Originally posted by Kouros:[snip] The GPS might take us right to the real position, but the cache could still be anywhere up to thirty feet in the other direction. ------ An it harm none, do what ye will Or in some cases 30ft up the side of an old railway cutting I'm still finding bits of chalk in my pocket