drsolly

I keep mine in my hand.

The whistle is not only for emergency "Here I am" use. I've also used it as an animal-deterrent. A quick blast on an Acme Thunderer makes cows, etc, take a couple of steps back. The mirror not only lets me look in places I couldn't otherwise look (such as the far side of crinkly fences), it also lets me look in places that I could look but only if I get down on hands and knees, and although for many people getting down on hands and knees is no big deal, I can tell you that with my current dodgy thigh, it's nice not to have to.

I'd recommend doing a big ring, or two smaller rings closer to each other. If the caches are 300 meters apart on average, that's 4 minutes walking, plus 2 minutes finding, plus a minute signing; 7 minutes per cache = 700 minutes = about 12 hours.

Forceps, needle-nosed tweezers, magnifying glass, multitool, spare logs, spare micros, plasters, paper hankies, KFC wipes, string, sticky tape, compass, magnets, pencil, pencil sharpener, biro, gel pen, felt tip pen, spare batteries for PDA, mirror, torch, money, British Slug Survey membership card, UV torch, waterproof for PDA, red flashing light, whistle. All in my camo caching shoulder bag. When caching on the bike, all the above plus various things for on-the-track bike repairs. At night, the above plus head torch, portable lighthouse. In the car - you wouldn't believe what I carry.

I'm a fan of coal posts, and I know a lot of other cachers are too. I was surprised today to bump into one - I saw it, thought "That looks just like a coal post", and when I looked at it, sure enough, it was. What surprised me, is that there's no cache associated with it. So, an opportunity for someone near here. N 51 21.940 E 0 7.448

We've all done it - walked round and round graveyards looking for particular graves. It's a common problem. But I've come up with a solution! What would be really nice, is if people were buried in alphabetical order. The trouble is, they don't die that way, so you can start off with a graveyard in good alphabetical order, but then to keep it what way, you'd be constantly digging people up and reburying them. An expensive solution, so probably not going to be adopted, especially in these economically challenged times. But there's another way, and it comes from the world of computer databases. What you do, is you keep a box of 3x5 cards, one for each grave, giving the details of who is there, and the location of the grave. And then it's cheap and easy to maintain the box of cards in alphabetical order, and you could even put the database online.

Dunno about Norfolk Broads, but I can recommend London Girls. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ocjiW5yp8

I carry three. A pencil A biro A gel pen The biro is my usual writer, the pencil doubles as a stylus when my fingernail isn't good enough and the gel pen is good for write-on-wet. I also carry a largish felt-tip for correcting spelling, factual and grammatical errors on notices. For example, on the back of some road signs these days, you'll find "this sign has no value", and although almost no-one will ever read what's round the back, geocachers will, so it's a good place for "but the pole it's mounted on is valuable metal" or "and the sign's message is also entirely useless".

I notice from the BBC that the government "may support compulsory microchipping of dogs to help encourage "responsible" ownership". "We are close to finalising a package of measures to tackle irresponsible dog owners," said Lord Taylor. I'm not sure how this would work - if I'm bitten by a dog again, how does it help me if that dog has a microchip? The last time this happened to me, I was able to identify the owner, she denied everything, and that seemed to be the end of it. How irresponsible does a dog owner have to be, before there's some sort of penalty? I shall continue to defend myself if attacked, even if the attacking dog is microchipped.

You'll be delighted to hear that I just googled, and the exact same thing has happened to 8330 other people. http://www.google.co.uk/#q=%22Irish+Setter%27s+arse+and+a+car+hit+me%22&hl=en&prmd=imvns&ei=xVAxT_SUE4K90QWJ4JC9Bw&start=50&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=331a4f7bdc615d5e&biw=824&bih=772

Brilliant!

Why pay for a cow when the milk is free?

"Warning: The route between 57 - 58 passes a farm. I have passed this farm without incident several times but on one occasion was greeted with three angry dogs snapping at my heels." Um.

Where were you when Fermat needed a bigger margin? drsolly's infinite log theorem says that every margin is big enough, he should have used a sharper pencil.

That's what your parachute is for.

Here's drsolly's infinite log theorem: Given a log book, no matter how full, there's always somewhere to squeeze in an extra log. Let me know if you'd like to see the proof.

I can certainly understand the "offset multi"; there's an interesting place or object that you want to bring me to, but you can't hide a cache there, for one reason or another, so I get to see the interesting thing, then the cache is nearby. I can also understand "tourist multis", where I'm being taken around a town or village, or following the history of something/someone, and each stage of the multi takes me to another interesting place. The Jack the Ripper series, for example. I can also understand "adventure multis", where I'm led through a series of tasks and puzzles (in the fashion of "Your Mission", or the "Reigate MegaRamble") until I get to a final cache. But I also like doing a long circuit of trads (and because I'm not really into swapping toys, I don't care how big the containers are) and collecting a piece of info at some or all of them (I especially like it when I'm not just collecting A=5 etc but it's a bit more sophisticated than that) because I get the satisfaction of each find (which is much better than just noting how many bars on a gate) and then the extra satisfaction of finding the final, which gives me a feeling of "job completed" at the end of the route. What I'm not keen on, is a multi that takes me over a long walking route, in whch I get to count letters on signposts, numbers on manhole covers and digits on telegraph poles. Because no matter how interesting a street lamp is to the cache setter, the fact that it has a 6 on it is not really something that fills me with a sense of wonder.

I'm really fed up with all the pig-bashing that goes on at this forum. Pigs are kindly, gentle creatures who are only friendly and want to play, and provided you don't provoke them by sticking your pole in their face, wouldn't harm you. If you're nervous about meeting pigs, I'd suggest that you volunteer at a pig rescue establishment, and get to know these delightful animals better.

Are they the ones with a cat in -or should that be Hamster?- that may, or may not be dead? I've read it again - he definitely had a cat. All I can say though is that if he was so clever, why did he give his cat a flask instead of a bowl???? Well, no. Not definitely. Only maybe.

Oh no it isn't... y = 36.695x3 - 194.18x2 + 584.11x is a pretty good fit though R² = 0.9984 With what t-value?

It's exponential!

My favourites are the Schrodinger cache containers, which are able to be there or not be there depending on who is the observer.

The key is widespread broadcast.

Also bikes. I lean my bike against a handy tree and start searching ... 20 minutes later, I notice that the cache is just behind my bike.

Don't tell me you're not supposed to buy fur coats now?? :unsure: Donkey Jackets are okay. I think sheep fur is still OK, because you don't call it fur.