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We looked into both and went with frs for the same reason. seemed like the license was a hassle. we weren't too concerned about the range. didn't figure we would have that much separation. We have started carrying them caching as well. Maybe we will cross paths soon. the taylors

Thanks for all the posts. I think I have decided to eventually try out a mac but hang on to my current pc's until i figure out which is better. My oldest will be 12 in about 2 years so maybe she can fix some of my problems for me .

i hate how a perfectly good complaint department gets derailed into boring political rants and somebody starts a touchy feely compliment department.

i was mostly replying to the nothing wrong thing, thrown in with a little criticism of how fast and loose the first, and second, and fourth amendments, the commerce clause, etc. have been interpreted. so i guess i would like to complain that rubbertoe can post someone elses illogical rant and gets a "nothing wrong with that, I agree (mostly)" and when I rant i have to read way more than that just ignore me like all the other idiots who spout off once in a while. Sometimes I even talk about geocaching (but I try not to rant during those lucid moments). it's all good!

found a turtle shell in a cache obviously picked up off the ground and left there. The moron traded it for the disposable camera!!! No matter my kids thought the shell was neat so we traded for it.

Feel free to immigrate here so long as you come from a country where you have the opportunity to learn English before you get here. We do not have an official language. Not even English. It is just the least common denominator and incidently one of the hardest languages to learn, especially if it is not your first. God is not a part of our culture it is a part of yours. I was born and raised in America. I have dedicated my entire adult life to the service of this country in the military. It might also interest you to know that some of our early Presidents were probably privately agnostic but feared the political backlash. Under God was added to the pledge of allegiance in the 1950's. I really am tired of the American people, the Supreme Court, and most of our government officials ignoring the 1st Amendment. Perhaps, the moral majority should just be done with and round those like me up and burn us at the stake (again). So I guess my complaint is, if I didn't immigrate and you hold an opinion contrary to popular opinion, where am I suppossed to go? Kind of scary to find out I'm no longer welcome here because my religous beliefs don't conform.

quote:Originally posted by Rubbertoe:I found this in my e-mail this morning: ------------------- IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS , MUST ADAPT - Who knew rubber toe got email from the U.S. Atty General!!!! So much for the constitution!

quote:Originally posted by umc:People please if you going to have your dog out with you hiking, biking, walking, caching, ect. Please clean up its crap off the trail ______________________________________________________________________________________ Coming Around, New Owner Of a Garmin GPS V Received on 10-03-02 Here, Here! We love to go with our dogs and would love to continue to be able to take them. This same thing really cheezes me off.

I can't make it this weekend and it is too far for me to maintain a cache there, so my only intent is to clean it up. If it is still there end of next week and no one adopts it, i will take out the trash and ask for it to be archived.

I would be willing to recover the gargage if no one adopts it. It is a bit far for me to maintain but my wife loves that area. We can make a trip clean it up. If no one adopts it in a week or two I will start planning the trip unless seeker bp gives it new life in the meantime, but I think it would be better if someone adopted it or had it archived.

I have wondered about this for two weeks but never taken the time to figure it out. Procrastination pays off!

This has been driving me nuts. That is a Simpson's reference right. When Homer built the Crusty bed that terrified Bart?

This has been driving me nuts. That is a Simpson's reference right. When Homer built the Crusty bed that terrified Bart?

I am not only considering geocaching, I just wanted more insight to the joy and despair of doing on a mac what I have found to be suprisingly easy on a PC. One of the big issues is always compatability. I think I more or less have figured out where I stand on the other stuff or at least I know where else to go to get the info. I think Jeremy had a valid point. This shouldn't just be a rehash of the same old tired "mine is better than yours." In order to be really useful it should more or less center on the general topic of geocaching. There are probably more appropriate places for the rest of the discussion. Perhaps his admonition was a bit terse, but I've 'ad worse. Besides, it does get tiresome after awhile don't you think?

quote:Originally posted by Jeremy Irish:Please refrain from the long and tired hashed out Mac Vs Wintel discussion. Keep it specific to GPS use and Macs. If it continues it will be labelled off-topic and closed. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location My apologies for starting (and perpetuating) this mess. My intent was to get specific information related to using GPS with Macs. Perhaps the topic should be closed. In the future I will attempt to focus my questions better. Thanks to everyone for your input. It was mostly helpful.

quote:Originally posted by georgeandmary:If you're tired of too many options, widely available software, affordability and speed, then go ahead and get the mac. My experience has been too many useless options. Most of the really cool stuff doesn't perform as advertised. I don't buy the affordability issue. It seems to me that comparably equipped PC's cost about the same but without the benefit of seamless integration. And my PC is slow as dirt. They always seem to get slower and slower with age. I am still not sure about the software issue. I don't think I will have to share with a PC at all. I don't take advantage of the PC software availability because of all the problems I have when I add more stuff. I would like to be able to do more with my PC but I don't really want to learn the nitty gritty about building and programming computers. I haven't upgraded hardware on my PCs in a long time. If you spend the money and get a well equipped new one, It holds up till you replace it. Keep it coming, this is very helpful so far.

I feel as if I should apologize to brdad for the confusion but on the other hand I have read posts in other forums, and it seems unavoidable. I would comment about upgrading wives but she is sitting right next to me and I don't want to get smacked. Thanks for all the responses. As for my Dell, I cannot say enough about their customer service and tech support. They ask how my kids are doing by name now. Just kidding but I really would rather not know how good tech support is. I have an inspiron 7500. The tech guy who keeps coming out to fix it tells me how common the problems I have with it are. It is just poorly designed and very heavy. It breaks under its own weight and I have never been happy in the PC environment. How do you make a mac crash, my PC's seem to do it all by themselves at random and often. Bottom line, I am not a skilled computer guy and don't enjoy troubleshooting my PC's. It usually involves some choice words. I am not a gamer. I don't take much advantage of all the software available because it seems like every time I add stuff to my computer, more problems follow. Having said that, the only piece of PC equipment I can't live without is my GPSr. I am willing to learn how to make it jump through hoops to work with a mac. No One has said anything about taking the mac out of the box, plugging it in, and being ready to go. I hate long set up processes, frustrating upgrades, etc. This doesn't seem to be the case with a mac.

quote:Originally posted by cachew nut:I think that if you look hard enough at anything you will see what you want to see. If you squint at the yellow portiion of the geocaching logo long enough, you will see a crooked cross with a decapitated head screaming in pain [This message was edited by cachew nut on October 13, 2002 at 09:08 PM.] I know what I'm gonna be for halloween now!

I am thinking about getting a mac. I have read a few threads about making gps work with mac and it sounds pretty good. I really like what I have seen while window shopping. The promises Mac is making are pretty enticing. If you have a Mac and geocache are you happy? What are the most frustrating problems? Anybody have a good argument for not switching? Dude, I hate my Dell. Feel free to bash Macs if you just need to get it off your chest, but try to be constructive. Thanks for your input.

I refuse to be part of such nonsense. posting things just to get another page. Really! Are we there yet?

I refuse to be part of such nonsense. posting things just to get another page. Really! Are we there yet?

Now that we have a new geoculting gang do we need one of those nifty hand signs. I have always wanted one of those. There won't be any hazing will there? Where do I send my brain to get washed.

As I learned in my college statistics class, Figures don't lie. liars figure.

I just use the spinner from a game of twister.