Peconic Bay Sailors
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The problem is, once you allow a "Night Cache", then it opens the flood gates. Should puzzles get their own types? What about caches hidden in caves? Although, I agree with you in spirit, I think it would cause more trouble in the long run.
Ummm... puzzles do have their own cache type... the "?" caches...
I do think a designation for night caches would be nice...
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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...
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i don't think I have EVER been THAT BORED...
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Not true.
With 24 hours a day, a determined cacher can spend weeks if he wanted to in order to find a difficult puzzle or multi without going out in the field. Even 1 questiion a day, though limiting as it is, will not deter someone.
Triangulation and trilateralization can be done with simple yes/no answers to you are within 528 feet of an existing cache.
Geeze, wouldn't it just be easier to go find the cache?
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even though I live in the Mid-Atlantic region.
I hear it's lonely over there...
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I have 228 hides with 181 currently active.
How many are too many? When you have too many to properly maintain. For some people it might be 1, for another it might b 500.
Brian,
If you are not careful... one day you will find yourself with more hides than you have finds...
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Generally speaking, the shorter your message, the more you leave to the imagination of the recipient, as that person must fill in the blanks with assumptions. If they have a generally negative outlook on humanity, then they may be likely to understand your message in a darker light, whenever you fail to make your point clear, assuming you didn't actually intend to be rude. I am not suggesting that we drown people in words.
Also, politeness always takes effort. Colloquial internet speak may be quicker to type, but it lacks the clarity needed if one really wishes to convey politeness.
Give people a chance to correct their own mistakes first. It's the least you can do. I think that if you deleted my log as quickly as you told me that I made a mistake, then I would not eagerly seek your caches again.
Well said...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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... hmmmmmmmmmI have a list of a few cachers that I know claim bogus finds, there logs I do check.If you want that... try terracaching...
I personally would not like geocaching to get anything like terracaching...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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.I have tried sending an e-mail asking cachers to remove their logs but they never do it of reply to my e-mails. Sure sending an politically correct, it just does not work.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...
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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.I have tried sending an e-mail asking cachers to remove their logs but they never do it of reply to my e-mails. Sure sending an politically correct, it just does not work.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...
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You need to relax, folks! The police are generally just doing their job! Think about it .. if you weren't a cacher, and someone was prowling around near you, either in the day, or worse, at night, you would certianly be glad for a police officer then! Just be honest and truthful about your activities, and most times you won't come to grief. I know this as a former Ontario Provincial Police Officer, and a current Correctional Officer. Certainly you will sometimes get one that likes to power trip, but they are generally the exception rather than the rule.
Look at it from the point of view of the officers. There is someone lurking about, looking over their shoulder to see if anyone is watching them! A police officer will just naturally want to know what they are up to, and so they should!
Whatever you do ... don't lie!
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...
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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)...
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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....
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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...
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I now use Garmin's City Navigator...
Create my customized route...
save as a .GPX file...
upload to Groundspeak...
and create a Pocket Querry...
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GIDYYUP!!!
Way to go Po...
and the BOOBY Prize...
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Aw Geeze... now I have duplicate posts too... that was not intentional...