Jimrky
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JimRKY (Mission 1)EMAIL SENT: September 15, 2021NAME RECEIVED BY ME: September 26, 2021MISSION SENT BY ME:OUTGOING MISSION ARRIVED AT DESTINATION:INCOMING MISSION RECEIVED BY ME:Bethie_Biker (Mission 2)EMAIL SENT: September 15, 2021NAME RECEIVED BY ME: September 26, 2021MISSION SENT BY ME:OUTGOING MISSION ARRIVED AT DESTINATION:INCOMING MISSION RECEIVED BY ME:It appears that both Beth and I have received Special People - being Geocachers, that is. We're going to do our Very Best to surprise these good folk of the 'caches 😊
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11 hours ago, GeoCharmer81 said:
HAPPY AUTUMN TO EVERYONE!!!
The best time of the year for me. Many happy memories. I wish the same for you!
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JimRKY (Mission 1)EMAIL SENT: September 15, 2021NAME RECEIVED BY ME:MISSION SENT BY ME:OUTGOING MISSION ARRIVED AT DESTINATION:INCOMING MISSION RECEIVED BY ME:Bethie_Biker (Mission 2)EMAIL SENT: September 15, 2021NAME RECEIVED BY ME:MISSION SENT BY ME:OUTGOING MISSION ARRIVED AT DESTINATION:INCOMING MISSION RECEIVED BY ME:The die is cast - the email sentI wonder where my coin will...went?Many thanks for again having this Halloween Mission GeoCharmer81. Soooo glad Bethie_Biker reminded me - we've had a few things distracting us of late 😎
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On 5/10 Laval K-9 said: Her mission was shipped March 10th and is probably floating on a raft somewhere in the Atlantic
Bun-ny Shark Doo Doo Doo-doo Doo-doo...
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Quote Unit473L: "If I can buy a standard TB for AUD$9 (average price to get one shipped here in northern Australia) and it's going to cost me $10 or more to make the proxy, then I may as well just send out the original TB. "
Ah! Location, Location, Location? In the US we can get aluminum disks for about $0.40USD each in small quantity (plastic just 1/4 the price). I would have thought your proximity to China might produce lower prices for you, but I am NO expert on Australian import duties and fees, nor freight or for that matter market prices (the only time I send something to a friend in Oz it took 3 months to get there!). Likewise on the label stock. Here I could make custom printed items such as this for less than $0.50USD apiece all materials (landed costs) considered in small quantity.
Sorry it doesn't work the same for you
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I think what you're doing is great! But a couple of things stood out for me: wood and paper. I realize that you want to keep costs down, but why deal with inherently porous materials? You could - only suggestions - use a plastic disk - like a poker chip, or more costly an aluminum disk. And there are water resistant and water-proof label materials suitable for (especially) laser printers. Worst come to worst you glue a printed waterproof material onto aluminum with something like contact cement and have nothing to soak up water and no further steps.
What do you think?
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10 hours ago, ChriBli said:
I have of course read all posts in this thread, including the first announcement from HQ and your first post. I'm not sure which one it is you think should enlighten me or make me feel foolish, but your first post contains exactly the same thing as the second. Neither says anything tangible about how the cross-platform experience has been improved. HQ's announcement mostly speaks about the technical reasons why they are doing this, nothing about cross-platform and no significant improvements of experience.
Hmmm...Have you ever heard of the term "sarcasm"? You might consider my posts in that light. Now do you feel a little foolish? I know I would were I to be you.
Have fun caching! 😎
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On 5/5/2021 at 2:19 AM, ChriBli said:
Maybe this is the improved cross-platform experience?
Instead of trying to make something fit your preconceptions, why don't you just read back as suggested. You'll feel a little foolish when you do, I'll predict..
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On 5/1/2021 at 11:30 AM, ChriBli said:
I've been trying to look up what the buzzword "cross-platform experience" means, but I didn't really get it. I'm pretty sure improving it doesn't mean messing up the experience for desktop users so it gets as bad as for mobile users though. And if I've understood the previous posts right, mobile users are not happy about the changes either.
Follow it back to the original post. I'm sure you'll get the gist. And if not...well, what's life without a little mystery? ?
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NORAD reports we no longer have Easter Bunny on radar, Laval K-9...We're sorry...
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Now, I TOL' ye to stae oot of ma garden, R-r-r-r-rabbits! I'm holdin' ye're wee packets as hostages - he-he-he-he-heeee!
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I have a very Happy post to make! Yesterday, Bethie_Biker brought in the mail - yep, she actually walked that far! And, she said, 'I have an envelope here, for us both, that seems too heavy.' On opening said envelope, a modest, unassuming craft envelope of card stock, I found the most wonderful surprise! mopirate had sent us one of their Signature Geocoins!
Thank you so much, mopirate, for being so thoughtful. You Did Not Need To! Seeing you happy was enough reward for us!
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On 4/29/2021 at 9:45 AM, thebruce0 said:
One way to look at it is that the underlying system has been improved, but the interface has lost functionality that many used. Ideally, they'll listen to the issues (again ideally, constructively critical ones, not raging insulting angry rants, though they have their appropriate effect) and continue to adjust and/or fix the interface.
Conceptually speaking, if the links imply 'searching' for all cache a user has found or placed, then the link makes sense.
But if the link/location context implies an archival list, then the loss of pagination is a very big interface loss for usability's sake. If the server-end of the functionality is in fact better/sleeker/quicker/lighter weight, then finding a way to (re-)implement paging through tens of thousands of chronological records should be on the list of projects to complete over top of the new underlying system. Not because the new code is bad, but because the interface and user experience demands it for its context.
Or, as I said days ago: Thank you for improving the cross-platform experience. And sincere thanks for bringing back functionalities when the furor becomes too much. ?
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1 hour ago, GeoCharmer81 said:
This isn't an experience about this Mission, but to show how things are going with the usps.
Prices going up, service going waaay down. NOT amused at all!!!
There was a Secret Santa for my fb Hedgehog group and I had sent a gift from Florida to Scotland (yeah, I know) on DECEMBER 10, 2020.
It was $39.USD. The package came back to me yesterday (April 29, 2021) as they had neglected to put a customs sticker on it somewhere in the process. Maybe someone should have figured it out in less than four and a half months??? Only good thing, it wasn't destroyed.
And, I had sent the same person another package with a custom made item at the beginning of January and it got there in a week.
I have had the same experience. The few shipments I have had undeliverable have taken up to a month - to come back from within the US.
I know, from the news, a proximate cause - and I agree with you that I don't like this at all. And there is NO alternative that is cost effective in most cases. I remember when, for a penny, I could get a First Class letter across town in one day. Now our mail has to go from Hopkinsville to Nashville - before coming back - and costs 55 cents -5400% more than it once did - and now they won't even guarantee Priority Mail to be to the delivering Post Office (not in the recipient's hands) in 3 days for over $8 per letter (which is nearly an 80,000% increase).But, as my wife lovingly likes to point out - I'm an old man and so should be quiet ?
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5 hours ago, Bl4ckH4wkGER said:
Thanks for reporting. What you are experiencing is not a result of this souvenir related release but due to changes to the header of the website. The respective engineers are already aware and working on a fix.
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Small additional effect I have noticed online since the change: I can no longer log out from any other page than the main page. Tonight the caret dropdown (top right of page)from pages other than the main page contained Settings only.
Another bug - or am I going to have to dig into my system?
Device name B250M-DS3H
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7600 CPU @ 3.50GHz 3.50 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
Device ID FBF9C1FB-D5F7-44DA-92AB-EB7C5905ED50
Product ID 00342-50399-19036-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display
Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 20H2
Installed on 6/23/2020
OS build 19042.928
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0
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On 4/27/2021 at 11:56 AM, Laval K-9 said:
Seems like he is in some kind of hibernation.... and I don't like it a bit
(Yawn) You called?
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18 hours ago, mo pirate said:
Received my mission: April 24. I am complete!
Wow what a great surprise. I was wondering what this package might be as I had not ordered anything. What an amazing gesture for a HAPPY Easter!
thanks so much to Jim RKY and Bethie Biker I can sure use everything in the package. What a nice thing(s) to do. I will always remember this mission!
You are more than welcome! We're pleased that you are happy and that your Mission will now be a good memory. For us, I like to remember this quote from a classic movie:
"Every time a bell rings, a Rescue Missioneer gets his wings..." ?
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Sent my info to Laval K-9: Never didName received from Laval K-9: 21-04-20Sent my gift: 21-04-20
My gift arrived at destination: 21-04-23I received a gift:I'd better NOT get a gift ?1 "Bunny's Flat-Pack Special", with a side of Jellybean Reduction, served up hot & tasty?
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Sent my info to Laval K-9: Never did
Name received from Laval K-9: 21-04-20
Sent my gift: 21-04-20
My gift arrived at destination:I received a gift:I'd better NOT get a gift ?I received a message from Laval K-9 that the Easter Bunny had egg trouble (it appears he/she dropped one and had no replacements), so I suited up and got Off to the Rescue !
Who is this for? To quote Centauri in The Last Starfighter, "I'm not gon-na tell you!"
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Oh the wailing and gnashing of teeth seen in the posts! "W h y must you make the cross-platform-experience better Groundspeak? Why-hy-hy-hyyyyy???"
I have a simple post nykkole: Thank you, Groundspeak for providing improvements across the platforms. Thanks for bringing functionalities back when the furor becomes too much (it does happen, and sincere thanks).
Off direct topic - can you bring back links in the Messages as we can do here in Forums?? ?
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I have come to use the Mapped results of Shared Lists as a way to provide a link to cache information, and our caching, for several years. Problem: AL's don't show up in the website so I can never include AL's in this sort of information.
Are there any plans to include AL's on the website maps?
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On 4/8/2021 at 9:42 AM, kini_ont said:
Sent my info to Laval K-9: Feb 22/21Name received from Laval K-9: Received Mar. 6/21Sent my gift:Mar. 12/21
My gift arrived at destination: YES glad to see it arrive safely
I received a gift: I can wait I'm not going anywhere (29 day Lockdown in Ontario)19 hours ago, Laval K-9 said:You gave me a false joy when I saw something was written on the ¨¨ I received line ¨¨.
Sorry for the lockdown. Here, there will be a press release at 5 today with the prime minister. I expect we're going to receive bad news too
kini_ont & Laval K-9 (and all participants) -
I "tuned in" just to find out of the Happy Easter Mission had concluded. Sorry to see, not yet but I must say that for the number of Participants you have done a marvelous job !!!.
Even more sorry to hear of possible new restrictions for at least some of those in the "Northern 10". Bethie_Biker and I send our best thoughts and energies to you all. We are ready for next year (made sure to have Coins on-hand for that).
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3 minutes ago, geO_Kacher said:
All who wander are not lost.
Nope! Some are just newbies ?
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NEW MISSION for MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY---HALLOWEEN 2021!!!
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