HartClimbs

I watched plenty of episodes and I don't recall Helmut from the Jeffersons. You don't remember Weezy???

Just because you're paranoid doesn't meet THEY aren't out to get you. (the snopes site is a good one!)

Here's a list (just searching for "murder mystery".) I'd attended a Murder Mystery event cache hosted by Avroair which was by far the most elaborate and well planned event I've seen to date. I don't know if you're looking for a cache or an event cache idea - but Avro did an unbelievable job with this event cache. Good luck!

Good - his lovely wife finally tossed him out and he's living in that county park?

Best choice to save power is to unplug any electronic equipment not in use. I'd read somewhere that a TV draws a good deal of current even when turned off. I found this interesting site on PC power use and it's surprising how much electricity a running PC consumes (even when shut off). I'll leave that discussion to the electrical engineers who frequent the site. My post was about the Geocaching World Community Grid team! Best thing for the environment is - turn your pc off and unplug it. Period. If you do leave it on and want to join WCG - join the geocaching team! (there's the plug for geocaching). Then turn off all your lights and go out hiking! Brian's post was interesting - so the delta for PC at full load (vs. a PC at rest) is basically a single 100W lightbulb. Candles are more romantic anyway.

You can use the photos of the building behind the sign to plan out a terrorist attack, such as entry points and vulnerabilities. Or at least general photos can be used to do this, so they don't allow any pictures. That is my hypothesis. You are correct sir. Apparently, it's illegal to take pictures in the vicinity of US border installations (at least that's how it was 'splained to me - I didn't check to confirm it anywhere). Nevermind this particular border crossing was a one lane road which probably sees 20 cars per day (although it is a surprising large building on the US side, eh?). Nevermind we took a similar picture on the "Welcome to Quebec" sign and there was no issue from the Canadian folks. The canadian side has a building that looks more like a tiny gas station. I know the border officers are just doing their job. I was very respectful and when we left one of the officers said "well, you don't look like a terrorist". I'm sure they're far more worried about drug traffic in that area than anything else, but it did lend some excitement to the day and gave us something to laugh about. I'm just concerned the government will start profiling guys driving green Subaru outback wagons with their wife and small kids in the car. Thankfully, the car's registered to my wife - so she'll get hassled next time she tries to board an airplane and find she's on a watch list! Oh, and I had the GPS sitting on the front dash of the car - thankfully they're not illegal to use around border crossings!

I always find it interesting that some people revel in pointing out any negative aspect, no matter how minor or insignificant. Nothing's free - and reading through the thread I can find where anyone suggested it was. I just unscrewed a lightbulb so running the grid program is net neutral for my personal power consumption. (actually, I maybe reducing my overall power consumption) I just suggested these grid programs (seti, folding, wcg, etc..) as a way to use PC's that are sitting idle for people who have them on already and want to use their available processing power for the greater good. Yes, you're right - the processors (and disk drives) will use slightly more power as they're in use. These good causes need CPU processing power to find solutions - so the more the merrier. As CoyoteRed already correctly noted - to save power - always turn off any piece of electronic equipment when not in use.

I just wanted to congratulate the 14 people who've joined the World Community Grid geocaching team so far on completing almost 400 answer units (and garnering over 96,000 points to date). Like geocaching, it's not about the numbers - but the geocaching team's in the top 10% of all the teams and continues to climb! (Ok, so who says something good for the world at large can't be fun and a little competitive too?) Keep those idle PC's humming!

Interesting. Has he done a study and actually found hundreds of miles of sloppy, illegal trails caused by geocachers, or is he just pulling numbers out of the air? Hmmm.... it wasn't air I was thinking he was pulling his "facts" out of....... Now I feel badly about dragging that lawnmower all the way behind me while searching for Snat's caches....

Actually - some spots are illegal to photograph. Can't snap a picture in NYC subways - can't take a picture of the GW bridge - although I don't have a clue how it's enforced. Here's an apparently illegal picture from last weekend up north of Stowe VT. The border patrol quickly pointed out my error (much to the kids delight!). Who knew - a simple digital picture can land you in jail....

So does this mean I need to cancel my account with cafepress.com to print the geocacher creed t-shirts? I was going to sell them at the Creed concert with eyes wide open. It's nice you guys wrote it up and I think it's got some terrific points for new geocachers but calling it a creed seems a little formal. I didn't think it was a formal statement of religious belief or confession of faith. Everyone has a different take on the game though and Jeremy's the founder of this listing site, so he's probably the best arbiter to discuss this with. Seriously, it's a nice set of guidelines for new cachers....and I like the website.

But is it really theft if you leave it laying in the open in a public park? Sounds more like someone recovered abandoned property....... Yup. To steal mean to take another's property wrongfully, often surreptitiously. Steal is the most general: stole a car; steals research from colleagues. To purloin is to make off with something, often in a breach of trust: purloined the key to his cousin's safe-deposit box. Filch and snitch often suggest that what is stolen is of little value, while pilfer sometimes connotes theft of or in small quantities: filched towels from the hotel; snitch a cookie; pilfered fruit from the farmer. Cop, hook, and swipe frequently connote quick, furtive snatching or seizing: copped a necklace from the counter; planning to hook a fur coat; swiped a magazine from the rack. To lift is to take something surreptitiously and keep it for oneself: a pickpocket who lifts wallets on the subway. Pinch suggests stealing something by or as if by picking it up between the thumb and the fingers: pinched a dollar from his mother's purse. (this information purloined from Dictionary.com). Although if I find an ATV with it's keys and borrow it - the "abandoned" property rule applies. (especially if it's a really fast ATV in a cool color).

If it turns up - and you have a waypoint in for "Home" - it may find its way back to you. As for misplacing GPS's (not stolen ones) - I put a sticker with my email address and phone number inside the battery compartment so if it's located by a generous soul, at least it has a chance of finding me again. Good luck - I'd agree with Kar - worth filing a police report as you never know what'll turn up. (worst case, theft loses are deductable on your taxes with a police report).

In the Morristown vicinity.

Congratulations on the bi-centennial achievement!

Very good news indeed. I'm heading up to Vt to get some skiing and ice climbing in - but was getting worried about the warmer temps forecasted. I just hope the six more weeks of winter are actually cold and snowy - not just hovering around freezing and sloppy!

I'm actually tied for #3 in the world, only I stopped logging caches online with #319. Makes it more a personal victory (although I want to announce it here!). By the same token, BrianSnat's #2 in the world for caches hidden. He's actually hidden several thousand caches - but I heard chooses not to post all of them online as a matter of style. I applaud his self-control!

8 geocacher teams contributing so far..... cool! http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/vie...mId=C4FJBHMXHN1

It's amazing what you can find on the internet with a little effort. Much more apropos than my first post (but I figured I'd add rather than edit!).

What can I say - I don't blend well.

I just got new ice climbing boots today - now I need to find some vertical ice geocaches! BTW - anyone in the market - Ramsey Ledgewood has some terrific closeout deals.

That's just it - every little bit helps - even if you have an older PC. I've got it running on a very fast laptop, as well as an old crummy PC that's so old and slow that it's maily used as a file repository. Fast or slow, the PCs chug through the results eventually (the SLOW pc I have is working on a monster unit-of-work thats already accrued 325 hours of CPU time and is only 83% completed...it'll finish eventually!). Most of the work units are MUCH smaller - and have completed in under a day. Thanks again to the folks who've signed up and hopefully more will consider joining in! It'll be interesting to see how the GEOCACHING team moves in the standings!

I still think NJAdmin is a rotten drunk. She should approve caches faster and require that all new caches be painted International Orange to make them a little easier to find. Sheesh - everyone's so freakin defensive. It's frustrating waiting for a cache to be approved - and understandable if someone posts about it. I see no reason to insult folks - and Squealy should be careful what he insinuates. (Remember the movie Beetlejuice?) Who knows what demons may be lurking.... Anyway - if the guidelines say 72 hours, the caches should be at least reviewed by someone in a few days.....

Well said Brian. What's next - cache debits and credits? For Sale on EBAY: 10 geocaching credits