Nappy10
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Not too good of an idea to place in an employee only section.
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It just means that there is no physical cache there. The cache owner is just showing you a point of interest, senic view, etc. Most Virtual caches require you to answer a question from the area. For example, according to the plaque at this location, what year was the building built? You answer the question by emailing the cache owner, and you can log a find (without giving the answer to another cacher, of course).
The GC.com website explains it like this:
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.
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I think the idea is a good one, but maybe not with geocaches. I think that raising the idea of food as an acceptable means of geocaching "swag" opens a door to many questionable scenarios.
If such a cache were to be placed, I think it would work really well...for the first couple weeks. I don't see that a standard cache could get enough visits to be worth the effort for the food bank. A well-organized food drive over a weekend would probably raise a better inventory of food than a cache such as this would in a year.
Also, what of those who never quite follow the guidelines. A canned item might cause others to ponder droping a bag of trail mix or chips into the cache. Squirrels and other animals would make use of your cache more than cachers would. Dangerous for the animals and the environment.
It is my opinion that a good rule of thumb would be "no food in caches whatsoever." I don't mean to put down the idea, because your intentions are to help the community in which you live.
I would prefer that you maybe organize an event cache. You and your local geocachers could do a food drive before the thanksgiving/holiday seaon. It solves the above mentioned problems and accomplishes the task at hand. I don't know how this will pass the non-soliciting rule, but maybe worth a try.
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I think the idea is a good one, but maybe not with geocaches. I think that raising the idea of food as an acceptable means of geocaching "swag" opens a door to many questionable scenarios.
If such a cache were to be placed, I think it would work really well...for the first couple weeks. I don't see that a standard cache could get enough visits to be worth the effort for the food bank. A well-organized food drive over a weekend would probably raise a better inventory of food than a cache such as this would in a year.
Also, what of those who never quite follow the guidelines. A canned item might cause others to ponder droping a bag of trail mix or chips into the cache. Squirrels and other animals would make use of your cache more than cachers would. Dangerous for the animals and the environment.
It is my opinion that a good rule of thumb would be "no food in caches whatsoever." I don't mean to put down the idea, because your intentions are to help the community in which you live.
I would prefer that you maybe organize an event cache. You and your local geocachers could do a food drive before the thanksgiving/holiday seaon. It solves the above mentioned problems and accomplishes the task at hand.
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I was thinking the same. Is there a cache page for Pinzapalooza cache. If not, I bet the owner changed his mind on the naming after he placed it and before he submitted it.
If there is a cache page, go there and see if they were switched. Is it by the same owner?
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I like hiking caches, but I like caches with a difficult search involved better. I have done some where I had to come back five or six times. All the better feeling when I do find it.
But yes, when its a long hike, a scenic area, or whenever possible....please, please, please make it a large cache. Micros dont have substanance, although they do present challenging finds, I like to find a hearty ammo can now and again.
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Everything seems to be working great for me on Firefox. The hover text and everything. The new icons seem to be a great addition. (I like the directional compass icons). Thanks for all the hard work.
Nappy10
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For some reason, the site logged me out for the first time in a long while. And now I can loggin in GC.com. I get the error "Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding." I will come back and try tomorrow.
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Yeah Riddlers....something just happened. I think the geocaching site was down for a moment.
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Okay...now they are back.
Probably something wrong with my connection. For about 2 mins I wasnt able to see avitars or access the geocaching webpage at all.
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I cant see any avitars either. Weird.
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Is there anything else that is says with that error message?
The two most common problems I get are (A) I forget to log in first and (
I forget to select "Found it" in the little drop down menu above the date.I am not sure about geocaching.com, but some web serves dont accept special characters like "%&@, etc, etc. Try also logging without those. That might help.
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In other words, you can update your information on geocaching.com, and members you read your forum posts can view that information. However, as far as customized personal forum information goes, I dont believe that is yet available. Many of the buttons cannot be used (i.e. the "New Poll" button.)
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It looks as if that is an option not yet available to forum users. When I did a quick check for some information, the geocaching website says the following about this specific feature:
You can change your profile at any time from your account settings. However, forum-specific profile information will eventually be available to edit here.You have reached a setting that will be updatable on the Geocaching.com web site. Currently many of this functionality is unavailable, but we're working hard to get all the settings to function.
Updates on the forum changes can be found on the forums status page.
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Although I agree holding a travel item in excess of a month is a bit lengthly, one must recognize that not everyone has a "carefree" geocaching life. I would encourage others to think about their commitments before picking up a bug, but things do occur that prevent that. Work, family difficulty, personal issues, time constraints, and money contstraints all dictate a persons ability to preform as a geocacher.
A month may seem a world of time to one cacher, but to someone who casually enjoys caching, its not that long. Geocaching is a game and travel bugs have a life of their own.
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You cant help someone that doesnt want to be helped. If you have the bug now, I would suggest re-releasing somewhere else and try to log it there. I cant imagine the number being re-released somewhere else by the owner with the current bug still in action. Oh well....
Some people have to realize that geocaching is, in fact, a game. Sometimes things dont go the way you planned. If your bug makes a wrong move by the fate of another, at least it moved. You can alter the intentions of the entire world to move a metal tag along.
Its probably just a case of miscommunication and hopefully you and the owner find a peacefull resolution.
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When do we cast the votes?
I forget to select "Found it" in the little drop down menu above the date.
Newbies Signature Item, What Do You Think?
in General geocaching topics
Posted · Edited by Nappy10
To tonyaltn:
Here are some ideas...
Kayak Keychain #1
Kayak Keychain #2