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Nurse Dave

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  1. The map is very helpful when you're not looking just around your house. I do understand what's going on, but I'm looking forward to being able to use that feature again. It ia also helpful in letting you easily see clumps of caches even in your own zip code if your interested in hitting a bunch in a short time. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  2. I think that makes you guys old fogies in the geocaching timeline. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  3. I think that makes you guys old fogies in the geocaching timeline. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  4. One other note. We found quite a few of the caches we went to had some type of food type item in them. I understand that Corvallis is a small town and all, but look you get some guy from Portland like me that comes down or some group of kids being funny and who knows what can be in that pack of spiced cider. Just want people to be careful. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  5. So we did our trip yesterday. Got a little later start than we hoped and wanted to get back for the Bones and Brew on the waterfront, so we didn't have ALL day. The ones we went to and liked the best were: Bald Hill - This one was a double edge sword. Get view, nice hiking, but a long walk to get there. Wasn't ideal for people with a short time to cache. This was also the first of the day and gave us sore legs for the rest of the day. Aw Nuts! - Very nice. A short little walk with a steep hill at the end. Ends at a nice view. Chipper's Conundrum - It felt like a 15-20 minute walk, but I didn't time it. All uphill, but again a very nice view. This ended by some benches and I wished I could have spent some time at the end of this one to enjoy the view and relax, but the rain started and the cloud was pretty black so I took off back down the hill. The big plus is with Corvallis' size no two caches can be very far apart. I lived in Corvallis for 14 years, but forgot what it like living in a small town after not too long in Portland. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  6. We have DirecTv and have to pay extra for DIY dang it. But we do have avery football game every Sunday. Wait, football and Sunday, geocaching on Sunday. I can't figure this one out. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  7. We have DirecTv and have to pay extra for DIY dang it. But we do have avery football game every Sunday. Wait, football and Sunday, geocaching on Sunday. I can't figure this one out. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  8. Maybe you could find a small floppy disk holder and send a floppy on which people would put images they took of the T.B. This way as long as the cacher could get an image on the computer, they could get it on your bug. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  9. Those buttons are kewl! If ones makes it to Oregon I'm tracking it down. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  10. quote:Originally posted by kablooey:I've placed two caches more than 1,000 miles from home. In both cases I stated clearly on the cache page that I would not be able to maintain the cache. 1. Paris, France. At the time I placed the cache, there was only one normal sized cache in a Paris suburb and about four microcaches in the city. The cache I placed has since been plundered and archived, but the first finder of the cache has now become an active hider of 16 caches in the area. 2. Waikiki, Hawaii. There are a bunch of virtual caches in Waikiki. This is the first physical cache in the area. The cache has been logged six times, and I'm having a friend check on it when she visits the area. I am planning another trip to a few places which have no geocaches. I will bring some stuff to hide, if I deem it appropriate to do so. The sport grows faster if there's something for the locals to find. There already is a rule per geocahing.com: Step 5 - Maintain the cache Once you place the cache, it is your responsibility to maintain the cache and the area around it. You'll need to return as often as you can to ensure that your cache is not impacting the area, and ensure that the cache is in good repair. Once people have visited the cache, inquire about the cache and their opinion of the location. Does the area look disturbed? Are visitors disrupting the landscape in any way? If you have concerns about the location, feel free to move or remove it from the area. Is this not clear enough for people? There is no step #6: You 4 people over there are better than everybody else and can just do your own thing, ignore step #5. It seems to me this whole sport is based on people following already established rules/guidelines to avoid the need of some sort of established governing body. People that are placing caches where they can not check on them if somebody writes "all the contents are wet" or "I bought this field from the city, would you please remove your cache" are deciding that the rules don't apply to them. p.s. I have no problem with people placing virtuals until the cows come home. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  11. Just started last month and I guess we are still a little excited. Got 37 in August, I'm sure it will slow down as the Oregon rains come and we exhaust all the ones close to us. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  12. Going to Corvallis next Saturday for lunch and a day of geocaching. Asking anyone down there for which you would suggest. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  13. We don't state where we are from unless we're at least an hour away. I think most people assume it's locals doing the caching. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  14. The difference I see is that I'm assuming tracking a radio signal is more cut and dry than GPS. It's either getting stonger or weaker, so if it's pointing to an odd object you know they did a great hiding job. With GPS you can stand in one spot and the distance can jump by 20', if you didn't have a clue stating it was hid in such and such object, I think most people would assume the GPS is pointing in the wrong direction than look for the cache up a faucet. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  15. I say go with the tree. I'm getting pretty tired of beaver this and that. I think nice green trees seperate Oregon from many other states. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  16. I was thinking when we place a cache I might just add nice items on a whim and not post that I placed them there. That would keep people from just seeing a nice item in a cache and taking it. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  17. Around the Portland area where we usually cache we tend to find a lot of "junk." Just today there was a cahe that had rocks in it. What's up with that. We just took a trip up into Washington and went to some remote type caches. These had better items than we have seen before. I think the decreased likelyhood they would be found by an alien and the lower traffic added to the value of the items in the cache. I fill a whole pocket on my backpack with a whole range of cache items so there are always a variety to trade with. Just couldn't take those rocks though. I know there will be a big time rock collector right behind me.
  18. Around the Portland area where we usually cache we tend to find a lot of "junk." Just today there was a cahe that had rocks in it. What's up with that. We just took a trip up into Washington and went to some remote type caches. These had better items than we have seen before. I think the decreased likelyhood they would be found by an alien and the lower traffic added to the value of the items in the cache. I fill a whole pocket on my backpack with a whole range of cache items so there are always a variety to trade with. Just couldn't take those rocks though. I know there will be a big time rock collector right behind me.
  19. NOTHING that can be eaten please. Even if it doesn't smell, doesn't spoil, doesn't melt, nobody should be eating, chewing, licking, anything left in a box by somebody they don't know. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  20. NOTHING that can be eaten please. Even if it doesn't smell, doesn't spoil, doesn't melt, nobody should be eating, chewing, licking, anything left in a box by somebody they don't know. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  21. I think if you have a T.B. with a hard goal to meet, you should state on the T.B. if you wish for it to be sent in the mail. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  22. * Virtual caches - A cache is actually an existing landmark, such as a tombstone or statue. You have to answer a question from the landmark and let the "cache" owner know as proof that you were there. They would have to report something other than t/l nothing. Should the top of every mountain be a virtual cache? ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  23. Nurse Dave

    Major slows

    What's up with the website today. It's taking forever to just get around, more than forever to log a cache and impossible to look at a state map. Even the big version of the state map won't load. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  24. Only problem I see is a lot of people go out when a cache is new. There could easily be a situation when a person is placing is somewhere and other people are looking or the original and al they find is a plastic container with no new cache info. Maybe you could just move it once a week yourself, or tell people they need to come with new coordinates in hand for a new hiding place and then move the cache directly there. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
  25. If somebody thinks it's missing who's going to check onit? The placer or a local cacher needs to be responsible for it. ---I will stand out, I am a raven in the snow.
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