MCL

quote:Originally posted by TreeBeard (Pid): Its about a 20 minute walk from the safest parking place anyway. You mean "20 minute walk from the NEAREST parking place..." That would make it just like any other NHS hospital then wouldn't it? No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

quote:Originally posted by Huga:I hope my caches aren't average, if average ones are gonna go around blowing up... ...please don't post like that while I am eating. God what a mess.... No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

In my book, its a multi-cache if, in order to get the final location coordinates, you have to visit more than one other location to collect clues and/or solve puzzles. Whether in the course of so doing, any of those "other points" is in fact a cache in its own right or not is immaterial. Personally I have two different terms for these two types: I call the ones where you just get one logbook to fill in (and therefore one "find") a "multi-cache" and the ones where you get more than one find I tend to call a "multi-part cache", simply because each of the traditional caches within it set is often called "Blah blah Part 1" etc. Clappers Caper is what I would call a Multi-part, whereas Mission Impossible would be a multi-cache. To confuse things even more, there are the ones like "Watermead Wetlands" where there are several traditional caches linked by their names and all hidden by the same person, but completing all of them doesn't get you any extra find to log. These caches, I call a "set". No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

quote:Originally posted by Huga:On another note, the whole place is run-down, grafittied and seemed full of random youths. To my mind, that's exactly the sort of place that: a) Caches will get trashed Unsavoury youths may be found. ...I never thought of that until you mentioned it but now you do I must agree most strongly. No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

I can't believe it! Is that DAYLIGHT I see in those pictures!!?? No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

quote:Originally posted by The Merman: Then as you run the site Gustaf, perhaps you can tell us how you manage to run these stats without problems from GC.com? Interesting point. Gustaf's FAQ is quite revealing in terms of his mindset. quote: Q: Will you send me a copy of the script of that amazing program you have?A: No, for several reasons. It has to be changed all the time, to keep up with changes on Geocaching.com. And if everyone starts using it, there will be too much load on their servers. I think that speaks volumes. No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

Now thats something I didn't know....The russians have got their own system, and it is available for public use, on pretty much teh same basis as the US one. No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

quote:Originally posted by Richard & Beth:Following September 11th police in Las Vegas blew up a cache as a potential bomb. Take a look at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=1094. ..which raises the question, if we have a major terrorist incident in this country, does that mean we will all have to remove our caches, and apologise to the police, the fire department, and the local radio station? Will we be advised to hand in our GPS units too? No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

well they obviously don't scrape that often...I have had 45 finds for nearly a week yet only one person with 45 finds appears on that list, and it ain't me. (I have no problem with this, its just an observation that might throw some light on the amount of scraping they are actually doing) Hmm. I dunno. This site is quite interesting (for example I'm quite intrigued at the number of "one hit wonders" users. Quite a high number I would say.. But I take the point that *if* this is one of the sites that is causing gc.com to divert attention away from the gcuk communications then I think we have a right to feel a bit aggrieved about it, well at least Mark does anyway. But whether we should do any more than voice *that* opinion on here is a moot point. I think we just do that. Voice the concern on here and leave it at that. However, Jeremy, you mentioned "whingeing to Jeremy" in your post. I think I agree we should stop short of that, but it was also suggested that we might like to email the *swedish* site personally and complain, and that I think could be a good idea.

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quote:Originally posted by Huga:Oh dear MCL, you've been drawn in by those nasty Merkins. What next? Washington as the center of the Universe? Sodditt. I really should spellcheck before I post... No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

Wronskian, you really do have too much time on your hands in the afternoons don't you? No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

There is a cache near my parents in kent which involves reaching into a dark hole, deeper than my elbow. Its a multi-cache, and even though I have done all the work, there is no way I am sticking my arm in there. So the cache will remain not done. Look, anyone thinking of laying a cache like that...just don't, ok? No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

This is to let people know that the pub is maxxed out as far as the lunches go. So if you want lunch, don't bother turning up if you haven't already booked. Unless Team Blitz can suggest another pub very close? People travelling a long way will have to eat something. Paul? No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

1- Pull the relevant section of OS map and plot the coordinates on it to locate access and parking sites 2- Plot the same coordinates in Mapsource to compare maps. Believe it or not I sometimes get something out of one that I didn't spot in the other. Now look up the area's satellite photos just to be sure there are no nasty surprises. I once bought an OS motoring map book (the big one with spiral binding...), and they had forgotten to print Lake Windermere on it... There I was in the pitch dark driving up this road with a lake on my right, and no lake on the map.... 3- Transfer any relevant coordinates to the Etrex, including parts of multicaches of course. 4- Print out the webpage of the cache (printer friendly) and slip it into a clear A4 filing wallet. Read all the past logs, or at least the last ten if there are dozens. 5- Print out the mapsource or OS version of the map (I choose dependant upon local geography, whichever is easiest to read) and place it in the same clear pocket as the cache page, but facing the other way. This means I have a rainproof/damp-proof copy of the page and associated map all in one. All I have to do is turn it over. 6- Charge up all batteries including Etrex, Mobile, Digicam, and torch. Make sure you leave the torch with the digicam and the etrex, and then forget to bring the torch anyway.... 7- Make sure you have boots, change of trousers, and enough fleeces for a long walk in the freezing cold. Oh and an umbrella. They look good hanging from trees... 8- Find something to swap into the cache... 9- erm... that's it. No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

quote:Originally posted by Huga: What exactly is a klick? I've heard this so many times but always assumed it was a sci-fi TV made-up term... Apart from the most common use already mentioned, a Klick (sometimes spelt Klik) it was also used in the Vietnam War to mean "a short distance" with no actual distance specified, in the same way that the word "moment" doesn't specify an actual length of time, yet people generally know how long they will have to wait if they are told "a moment", or "a few moments". In addition, a third use has been to mean a non-metric equivalent to the kilometer...1000 yards, which turns out a tad over 0.9Km Now I suppose you wanna know what a tad is.... Many people believe that the Klick was invented in Vietnam, but in fact it was first documented back in the 1950s by US forces in Germany. I understand that this original use took the "1000 yard" form, but it very soon transferred across to meaning a real Kilometer. They used the term Klick originally because they wanted something that wasn't "Kilometer" but sounded a bit like it. No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

..you all realise that when we reach 40, they will have to slaughter another fatted cow? No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

Much better off on Auntie's site. She does have 20Gigs of bandwidth after all.... Yes, thats not a typo... No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

Using ammo boxes as poratble loos? That would be taking the piss wouldn't it? No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

I must add my name to the list of congratulators. Very impressive effort over the last month, I must say. No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

A dadgum fine Christmas to you all. I am sitting here, at work, at 2am, and thinking about how many caches I might do tomorrow.... Firstly, I have a little date with a certain cache by Mr Simon G, which due to having to work last weekend I was unable to finish as I expected. I also expect to tackle a couple of easy ones with my parents down in Kent later today. So I want everybody's fingers crossed and touching wood, ok? No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

quote:Originally posted by Teasel: Does an email address, or location of a person's house / tower block, enable personal identification under the terms of the Act? Only if a person's name is connected with the data. Just an email address on its own is OK. Building coordinates are also not oersonal, unless the name of the person is stored linked with it. Once that happens, the data becomes personal data about that person, and yes it falls under the Act. No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

MCL will be in attendance at these frivolous shenanigans. MCL has decided to write this in the third person... No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

I can confirm you have MCL, Huga, and Dan correctly. No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....

quote:Originally posted by kennamatic: We can be pretty certain then that there is life on other planets. Jupiter with at least 13 moons probably has a great caching community. And from what I know of Jupiter, very little in the way of tree cover to block the signal! Now you are just being silly... Everyone knows you need at least 24 satellites for any kind of decent planetary coverage. Don't be stupid, of course the Jovians don't do Jeocaching. They have far better things to do, like making crop circles here on Earth. No trees were harmed during the production of this posting, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced....