HartClimbs

quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:_Buttocks of the website_ It's where me, Mopar, Hartclimbs and Da Rebel hang out. Since 3 of the 4 are from New Jersey, I take it as an insult to the entire community of New Jersey geocachers! Truth be told - I believe you, Mopar and Da Rebel were in the nether-regions. I was designated as a sick SOB, but no reference was made to my location. - Keeping it clean Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), The Open Door (1957)

Flatlander - I'm sitting in my office and actually laughed out loud reading your post. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN - DO I WANT FRIES WITH THAT - IS THAT A RACIAL SLUR?" On further reflection - I'm not letting the 4 yr. old smoke cigars either. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), The Open Door (1957)

quote:Originally posted by South Deltan:Can somebody explain to me what is sick about this: My 4 yr. old enjoys geocaching - but I don't let him drive the car to the cache sites. Clearly it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that discrimination against mobile toddlers is rampant in NJ.

quote:Hart's, how dare you steal my old signature quote!You didn't even ask permission! I didn't steal it. I found it in a cache. I traded two state quarters for it. Guess we come from similar perspectives?!? (how's that for scarey). When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983) [This message was edited by HartClimbs on April 08, 2003 at 10:50 AM.]

...and I'm still not letting my 4 yr. old drive the car. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), The Open Door (1957)

I have a pair of collapsible hiking poles, but more often than not - I use a cut off hockey stick. It's sturdy, strong, and free-of-charge (I had a bunch of old sticks in the garage). Koho walking sticks! Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), The Open Door (1957)

My 4 yr. old enjoys geocaching - but I don't let him drive the car to the cache sites. Sounds like you're just angry your cache didn't get approved (and I'd bet the dis-approval has nothing to do whatsoever with your kids or any handicaps). Probably best to take it up privately with the (dis)approver and see if you can get things worked out amicably. Just my two cents. I'm still not letting the 4 yr. old drive the car

Thanks. The technique Welch describes is the way I was doing it (adding the person as a contact - then clicking on the contact). Sounds like it's already being addressed. Hopefully it'll be back to where you can email directly off the forum. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), The Open Door (1957)

Ok, this is probably a RTFM question - but I used to be able to click on a username in the message boards and go to their profile (where I could email them). Now, a new type of profile comes up which doesn't have the 'email user' selection. If I look the user up from GC.COM, the 'old' profile shows up, but my (ridiculously easy) question is: 'What's the quickest way to drop an email to someone from the posting boards?' Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), The Open Door (1957)

quote:Of course, I realize that without such spoilers a few of you would never be able to find anything. You're right of course - the last cache I found probably wouldn't have been located if I didn't glean some helpful info from your log entry. If you think someone could use some constructive feedback, I'd recommend dropping a quick email. Doesn't matter whether you have 2 or 2000 finds, anyone can benefit from some helpful insight from another player. Of course, some people may not take kindly to the feedback, but it's better than posting a "you know who you are" - since they probably don't know unless they're posting the spoiler maliciously. Foster's Law: 'The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.' [This message was edited by HartClimbs on April 07, 2003 at 04:26 PM.]

quote:A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.- Carl Reiner

Lyra's always gives me a good chuckle......

I've got a Rino 120 and couldn't be happier. Garmin customer service has been terrific (they had a recall of some original units to upgrade the radio) and the unit itself has proven to be very reliable and rugged. I'm very glad I chose to go with the 120 over the 110. Good luck!

If anyone's interested (very short notice), I'm heading out hiking with the family and some friends at Hacklebarney this afternoon, there's some Allivial Material I'm hoping to find (we'll see if third time's a charm). It's very short notice, but if anyone's in the area - we'll probably get to the cache area a little after 3:00pm today (keeping in mind that we'll be hiking with small kids). Figured it's a sunny day and it's great day to get the family out hiking!

Scoring 100! That's either too high for a good golf round, or too low for a good bowling game....oh wait...100 finds!?!?!?! Congratulations!

Likewise.... let me know how one secures an invite for these exclusive events.

I like Mopar #1 as well - and if you're going to make up some geocoins or something similar, count me in. - HartClimbs

Congratulations!

I just got back from a vacation in your area (now sitting back on the east coast) but wanted to post a thank you for the fun caches I had a chance to find (I only had a day or two of time carved out to cache). Dropped off a few TB's and picked up a few as well (some I left locally - a couple came back east with me!). Beautiful area - seems like there's a park around every corner but the mountain roads are fun! If you can avoid driving off a cliff while looking at your GPS - it's a great place to cache and hike. I especially liked reading the log books and finding some names familiar from the site! - HartClimbs (from the other coast)

Congratulations! I was off caching in California and missed the big hike.....! - Hart

quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:I think the point of this idea is to eliminate, or reduce the number of abandoned caches. Brian's right on the money here. The idea is to have any abandoned caches 'retrieved' by other players (or adopted) rather than having them turn into tupperware-trash under a log somewhere. I understand GC.COM is *just* a listing service, but if it's possible to have caches marked as 'retrievable' if the owner no longer maintains contact, I think it'd be good for the game to have these abandoned caches treated responsibly.

I'd mentioned this thread in an email to Jeremy - so maybe he'll weigh in on the idea. I'd agree with points made earlier - if someone doesn't respond to emails or check in on the site in 6 months, they may be 'geocaching' but they're not participating in gc.com. The site's not the only place to play the game (although it does seem to be the most popluar) - the suggestion was on how to handle the site listings (and possibly eliminate some of the trash left behind by abandoned caches). I think - if you don't respond to emails, you don't sign onto the site, you don't just confirm every 6 months or so (you pick the timeframe) 'yes, I still want to play', your gamepieces should be reclaimed and reused!

..and a great weekend for hitting 200! Hope to meet you sometime on the trails.... - HartClimbs "If someone did you a favor - something big, something you couldn't do on your own, and instead of paying it back, you paid it forward to three people...and the next day they each paid it forward to three more...and the day after that, those 27 people each paid it forward to another three...and each day, everyone in turn paid it forward to three more people...in two weeks, that comes to 4,782,969 people." - Pay It Forward

quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:Yeah, thanks for rubbing it in Hartclimbs! Oh that was your blood?!?!?! I should have guessed, all the ticks were steering clear! Gutsy move going through that area in work clothes (and shoes) - pretty muddy spot. It actually looked like there was some sort of dirt 'cap' placed there (I noticed some heavy black plastic covering buried in some spots) - anyone know if this area was filled in? Anyway - hope your hand's healing OK.... "If someone did you a favor - something big, something you couldn't do on your own, and instead of paying it back, you paid it forward to three people...and the next day they each paid it forward to three more...and the day after that, those 27 people each paid it forward to another three...and each day, everyone in turn paid it forward to three more people...in two weeks, that comes to 4,782,969 people." - Pay It Forward

When you're selecting maps in Metroguide, it'll show you how much memory will be used when they're loaded. Since it overwrites whatever's in memory - if you have a Rino 120, just stay under 8Mb and they'll load fine. Reminder - avoid loading the 'autorouting' data with your maps. The Rino's don't use it and eliminating the unnecessary data makes the maps use less memory (so you fit more in your Rino). Good luck! "If someone did you a favor - something big, something you couldn't do on your own, and instead of paying it back, you paid it forward to three people...and the next day they each paid it forward to three more...and the day after that, those 27 people each paid it forward to another three...and each day, everyone in turn paid it forward to three more people...in two weeks, that comes to 4,782,969 people." - Pay It Forward