stu_and_sarah

Does it say it's a travel bug, and have a TB tracking number attached? If it does, it'll be a duplicate TB. Feel free to log it or not, but you should probably put it back in another cache so other people can get the information from it. If it doesn't, then it's just a 'special' cache swap. Not trackable, but it should be placed in a cache for the same reason I just stated. A sig-item can be related to a cache. It's just something that someone always tends to leave in a cache. For our first 50, we always left a wet-wipe along with our other swaps. That was our signature item. If we'd left something with information on finding one of our caches, it would be a sig item AND related to the cache. Makes sense? Cheers, Stu

If you don't want your TB going into a MOC, state this on its information page, and preferably also on an attached tag. Easy You might say it's hindered, but it's also less likely to go missing through ignorance? I think the MOC issue is moot. Cheers, Stu

I'm not sure I understand the problem. It seems to me that there are two travel bugs (Northing and Westing) who each have their own pages: here and here. You find each bug, note the part of the number and then go find the bonus. There are then some signature items which also contain the coordinates. If you're having trouble finding a sig-item womble with the coordinates on, you can go and find one of the travel bugs, because you know where they are. The other ones are not TBs. Does the one you found have a TB number on it? That's what it seems like to me. Cheers, Stu

The same thing has happened to us before. We temporarily disabled a cache as it had gone missing, and passed over ownership to friends who were going to adopt it when we moved house. A couple of weeks later it was achived by TPTB as it had been disabled for too long without the owners checking up on it . Then we notcied that our notes on the cache page saying we had checked it had disappeared. Both Stu and myself, and the couple who were adopting it had seen then, so we know that they were submitted properly. How very strange! Glad to see it wasn't just us though. Sarah

No... I think only stumpy people will be dropped there. They won't know what to do with people will full-length legs - they're not represented on the diagram. Stu

Eek! I don't envy your job there, Lacto. Good luck. Although I can't believe someone really left an ammo box out with its original markings - I'd be wary as a _cacher_ finding that, let alone member of the general public. Stu

I think that's a great idea! Sarah

A film can is the perfect size to put a carrier bag in. I put the lid on, and stick a sticker on the cannister saying that it is a "cache in trash out bag". A new carrier bag can be put back into the cannister and placed in another cache. I turned one into a travelbug too http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=61849 Sarah

Another question could be "What milestones require congratulation?" I would suggest 100, 250, 500, 1000 and all thousands after that. But hey... I don't want to knock anyone's achievements, or others' appreciation of that, so carry on as you were. Oh... and being a mini driver, I'd like to see 848, 998 and 1275 on the list Cheers, Stu

Cachemobile The number (and TB logo) is on a circle of paper in a second tax-disc holder. Cheers, Stu

Depends if he washed it first, I guess. Stu

or drop it in the toilet. *looks towards her soggy pedometer which doesn't seem to be drying out very quickly* Sarah

Ours certainly knew about a road that wasn't there last time we passed about 4 years ago, so it doesn't seem too out-of-date. It goes 'bilbbleybip' and you have to read the screen, rather than voice prompts, but we've found it to be a huge boon to the ongoing harmony of our marriage when travelling. Sarah finds it a bit cumbersome for caching - but we kept the yellow eTrex, so she can carry that one, while I keep the 60CS on my belt clip. Cheers, Stu

Edit your profile on GC.com, and you'll find a box labelled: "Forum Signature" Cheers, Stu

Shouldn't you be more pleased to have placed them in the least dense counties? We're doing our best to get Leicestershire's numbers up at the moment, but it's taking a while because we don't want to place 'lame' caches. Cheers, Stu

Congratulations Snerdbe! Sarah --

I agree. Micros can be great. I like the cache continer being the appropriate size for the location. If there is somewhere where an ammo box can be hidden without fear of being muggled, excellent. If a film can, or even a nano-cache is more appropriate, then that's good too. If there is no room for a cache container of any sort, then using a good location for part of a multi is a good thing. If that can't be done, then a virtual would be great! Badly executed caches are disappointing whatever size they are.. Sarah

Oh god! The memories come flooding back... I vividly remember swimming in the sea, and one day finding a bit with a nice warm current, so I swam extra there. God knows what warm stuff was being pumped into the sea, but you can almost guarantee that it wasn't good to be swimming in. Still not dead, though. Stu

248 caches and not dead yet Stu

I've seen the term 'muggled' used loads in this context, but surely 'trashed' is more appropriate. Muggled tends to mean removal/abuse by people who accidentally stumble upon the cache (muggles). These have obviously been picked up from the GC.com site, searched with a GPS and removed/trashed. What a shame, but there's always someone about who's happy to ruin everyone else's fun. They probably have a really strange justification for it - one possible warped example being "If we trash non-members-only caches, then lots of people will start making members-only caches and then Groundspeak will get lots of money. That can only be a good thing" They'll get bored eventually, and the game can go on. Cheers, Stu

Drat. If we hadn't taken the 7th of June off last year, it would have been 32 finds in 12 consecutive days. As it is, our two top records fall over those same days: 19 in 6 days, followed by 13 in 5 days. I can't for the life of me think what we did on the non-caching day! Does it count if we revisited a cache... because the only photo I have from that day is right next to one of the caches we'd done in January. Cheers, Stu

I think the point there was that the banter and leg pulling was seen as intimidating for the new people. I don't see the UK forum having anywhere near that kind of problem - new posts are met with helpful advice rather than markwelling and mickey-taking. So, I don't really see the need personally. Cheers, Stu

Siberian RubbermaidSniffer? From what I've seen in log photos and at meets, it seems pretty much any dog is a good companion for caching. Just make sure it matches your lifestyle. Don't go for a greyhound unless you're going to walk 10 miles a day. Don't get a St. Bernard if you live in an apartment! I don't know how it works in rest of the world, but in the UK, the animal charities will help you through a lifestyle questionnaire to help you pick the best dog. I bet you can find one online. We're thinking about a dog. My criteria are friendly, fluffy and not too active. Sarah just wants one she can colour in with fibre-tip pens. Cheers, Stu

Well, Mark... looks like it's a 'standard' serial interface, but on CMOS voltages instead of the RS232 +/-12v or whatever it is - they're not claiming it's RS232 compatible. This is for interfacing directly to the serial port on a CMOS chip, rather than plugging into the back of a laptop. I reckon that with a good quality power supply, line driver , antenna and cables, this would make a suitable NMEA output for a PDA or laptop running some mapping software. If I wasn't cutting down on unfinished projects, I'd easily pay a fiver for one unit. Probably a tenner if I had an application in mind for it. Cheers, Stu

I remember chatting to them at an event last summer, and I may be wrong, but I think they might have said they were relocating in the autumn/winter. Maybe the bugs are packed in a box and they're sorting their lives out at the moment - I know we held onto some bugs for a while when we moved recently. They're certainly an anglo-american team, and the relocation may even have been transatlantic. I can't remember fully, or I might be making it up completely. Cheers, Stu