Peconic Bay Sailors

Aw Geeze... now I have duplicate posts too... that was not intentional...

I am contantly, inadvertantly, posting duplicate posts... It ust happened to me, again, on another thread... probably by using the back button... Is there a way to completely delete a post? or maybe Grounspeak could add that feature? or your keyboard is really screwed up and you mis-spell everything? Would also come in handy if you make a stupid post you regret later on... I know other message boards where this is an option...

I am contantly inadvertantly posting duplicate posts... probably by using the back button... Is there a way to completely delete a post? or maybe Grounspeak could add that feature? Woulld also come in handy if you make a stupid post you regret later on...

Geocaching sucks... I'd much rather do yard work, clean the garage and basement, cut wood (OK that's kool, I get to use a chain saw), help the wife with dusting, vacuuming... I hate geocaching... I'd much rather do chores...

Ummm... puzzles do have their own cache type... the "?" caches... I do think a designation for night caches would be nice...

Basically, the "S" version is more HOH friendly... 30 minutes at 10'... the Cx versions are not water rersistant... Other than that, not much difference... Personally, for HOH friendly, I would go with the 76CSx as it has the added feature that it floats too... whereas the 60CSx will head straight for the bottom... We have one of each, 60 & 76 CSx... and use the 76 exclusively on the sailboat... never had any water intrusion problems yet... and it's been thru some nasty storms on deck... I prefer the 76 also because it is more "pocket friendly"... not quite as clunky...

i don't think I have EVER been THAT BORED...

Geeze, wouldn't it just be easier to go find the cache?

I hear it's lonely over there...

Brian, If you are not careful... one day you will find yourself with more hides than you have finds...

Well said...

We read the New England ones sometimes, if we are going that way... or maybe West & Southwest if visiting my sister in Colorado or my wife's sister in Lotus Land...

Basically anyone can place a cache anywhere in the world, as long as you can satisfy the local approver of a workable maintinance plan... (workable being the keyword here) i.e. you visit the place often or you have local people/cachers that will maintain it for you... it is up to the local approver though... If you find one that will approve a cache in one place, that does not necessarily mean you can do the same in another area... each approver can have different interpretations of the rules... Just like a Judge in a Court of Law can have a different interpretation of the Law than an Appellate Judge...

Why were people not allowed to enter a park? The gate was there to prevent people in the park from driving onto the dirt road... we came in from the opposite direction and had not realized we had entered the park... we thought we were on the edge of the park... it's not marked from the direction we came in... when I say a "dirt road", it is only passable with a 4x4... thru 12-16" of water and mud in a lot of places... more like a logging road... you wouldn't make it any where near as far as we did in an Accord...

Bringing up another potential topic, should be have a database or something tagged to a cacher's profile where cache owners can rank/rate/review a cacher... hmmmmmmmmm If you want that... try terracaching... I personally would not like geocaching to get anything like terracaching...

We have caches in our home area in NJ... Caches on Eastern Long Island (115 miles east).. and caches in the Adirondacks (180 miles North)... and we are in all the areas at least once a month...

Why were people not allowed to enter a park? Not allowed in a vehicle in that particular place... we back doored it... and there were no signs saying we were entering the park... on the dirt road we were on...

I beg to differ as I have had people correct logs when requested for many reasons : They put too much detail about the camo job in the log and gives it away totally to everyone else. They entered a DNF but the text said they enjoyed the find. They entered a find but the text said they will come back and try again at another time. They described their adventure but I could tell from the text they entered the log for the wrong cache. They entered a date of their find before the date the cache was hidden (wrong month or year or something obvious). Have yet to have anyone NOT fix a mistake. I guess it's all in how you approach someone. Then again, some of us are like the teachers we had who would point out you put your name in the wrong place on your 3 hour exam paper and allow us to fix it. And other are like the teachers who would rip your exam to pieces, throw it in the trash and fail you in the class because of it. I know which kind of teacher I'd rather be and rather have... You beg to differ How do you know how many e-mails I have received repies to, I have had Zero, Zip, Nada replies to e-mails I have sent cachers re there logs on my caches. I some cases I have sent several e-mails with no replies I am tired of cachers logging finds on my caches when they have not signed the log book. No signiture no find. If that's the situation... just delete the find... it's up to them, then, to contact you if they have a problem with your decision...

I beg to differ as I have had people correct logs when requested for many reasons : They put too much detail about the camo job in the log and gives it away totally to everyone else. They entered a DNF but the text said they enjoyed the find. They entered a find but the text said they will come back and try again at another time. They described their adventure but I could tell from the text they entered the log for the wrong cache. They entered a date of their find before the date the cache was hidden (wrong month or year or something obvious). Have yet to have anyone NOT fix a mistake. I guess it's all in how you approach someone. Then again, some of us are like the teachers we had who would point out you put your name in the wrong place on your 3 hour exam paper and allow us to fix it. And other are like the teachers who would rip your exam to pieces, throw it in the trash and fail you in the class because of it. I know which kind of teacher I'd rather be and rather have... If they are putting in "spoilers"n their logs... I would delete them, and send a polite e-mail with my reasoning and request a less descriptive log... If they refuse to comply with that... I would just keep deleting the logs, but not get into a "personal war"... No need to get nasty... If it gets out of hand with a particular user... I'd e-mail Groundspeak about the issue... Or possibly, they entered the log mistakenly??? You, as the owner of the cache, have the option to delete the log... anyway, I would send an e-mail with an explanation...

I have to agree... we have had a few other encounters with Police... They generally understand, after we explained... and a few have either been Geocachers or have become Geocachers after talking to us... even had a couple help to find the cache... One in Upstate NY had already found the cache and watched us find this particularly difficult cache... and laughed at our first attempts and assumptions... His partner had never heard of Geocaching before, but said he & his kids would love to participate...

We do have one cache that apparently is in a popular drinking & party spot for HS students... A few cachers have said they get stopped by the local Police asking why they were there... (it's also a popular fishing sopt, so I don't understand the scrutany)... BUT... a couple (of finders) have said that they have a natural compulsion to "lie" about why they were there? rather than explain that they are Geocaching... We have since called the local Police and told them there is a cache there... No logs concerning Police since then... (it's a small town)...

We went down a dirt road one time... Found a cache that was by an old, but still active hunting cabin... Continued down the dirt road for next cache... about 2 miles... and came upon a gated fence... parked and went for the cache... when we got back to the car, there was a Park Police Car there waiting for us on the other side of the fence... apparently we had entered a park (there were no signs)... He said "you are on the wrong side of the fence and not allowed to be there"... We explained what we had done, and he issued us a warning... No ticket... but a slap on the wrist... BTW... this was before we had good mapping software available... now it is easier to see the boundaries....

I would think, since it has a new Geocaching number... It is essentially a new cache... regardless of the history... It would show up on my search of "Caches nearby that I have not found"... So deserves a new smiley... and a log as a new find is OK...

I now use Garmin's City Navigator... Create my customized route... save as a .GPX file... upload to Groundspeak... and create a Pocket Querry...

GIDYYUP!!! Way to go Po... and the BOOBY Prize...