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    premium renew or not

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    I just tried to renew my premium member ship I appears there is not longer an option for a non auto renewable yearly membership. As I never ever sign up for auto renew on anything (it is a scam) is there an option to not auto renew on a one year membership 

     

     

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    in General geocaching topics

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    Had different problems with my last renewal the auto renewal didn't work wo I used paypal then both worked and I have a two year renewal :unsure:

    This is why I never use paypal the few times I have used I had all kinds of problems that took months to fix. Pay Pal is not to me trusted

    premium membership

    in General geocaching topics

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    I am having the same problem. Have tried 3 computers but no good. For the first few times it let me enter my card number and new address , after pressing enter it would come back with there is a error . Now the site will not bring up the page to enter my card number. How do l now renew my membership

    Yep and there is not phone number to call. I cannot do any caching because I have no way to filter out found caches without GSAK and with a PQ to use that option is useless. I do not own a smart phone or tablet so I do not have the option to use any kind of an app for such items. I am starting to think about some other hobby and just giving up on geocaching.

    Need glue wisdom

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    I glued something to a plastic lid. First I used gorilla glue, but after getting banged around a few times it came off. Then I tried silicone calking but that too came off. Then I drove in a couple of screws and that worked. I wonder how well screws would hold in that modeling clay, especially if it gets knocked around..--Cute container, hope you are able to find something that works.

    Modeling clay. Do you mean the stuff that they sell in craft stores? I have tried using in the past. I never found any glue the worked on that stuff. If the base is flat you might try a very thin piece of wood from a hobby shop the is screwed to the base. Then glue the wool to the lid. Your might also have to change the container.

    Photography Gear

    in General geocaching topics

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    I carry one of two Nikons, A D800 or a D750, my first lens of choice is a Nikon 24-70mm f2.8 and I might even carry my smaller flash a Nikon SM400. At events I carry both camera bodies and I also add my Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 lens. Plus extra batteries. This is a fair amount of weight but a lot less than when I was in Italy with a 35 pound camera bag on my back.

    Pocket Q'a

    in General geocaching topics

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    I have not been able to download any PQs into my computer with my Win 8.1 machine for over a month. I saw this info re PQs

    "If you don't need the files for your GPS or smartphone, you can also run your Pocket Queries on the search page. This is also a great way to ensure that your Pocket Queries are returning the results you want." Now I do not own a smart never and never will. In the past I have used GSAK to edit then load PQ results onto my GPS. I do not want to log directly onto my GPS. Does any know what is meant by "you can also run your Pocket Queries on the search page"

    Crazy CO's

    in General geocaching topics

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    I was out caching today with a couple of friends when we came across a cache that wasn't in the greatest part of the town. We looked for a couple of minutes but gave up since GZ was at a thorn bush and the area was littered with trash and used condoms. I logged a DNF to warn future seekers that the area doesn't seem to be the safest place along with what I thought was a humorous note:

     

    Pretty sketchy area, not sure why we would have been brought here. Hope a geocacher didn't do this damage looking for the cache

    Cache with Pride!

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    The log was very quickly deleted and a nasty email was sent to me about me being petty, disagreeable, off my meds, and that he doesn't appreciate my "crazy idiotic log" along with some other choice words and names.

     

    After a lot of threats and name calling on his part he archived the cache with this message

    Gonna take this one down, recent activity I was unaware of and a couple idiot cachers who can't seem to just tell me nicely its troubled but have to act like jerks trying to make this one seem like its Apocalypse Now redux...its jerks like this that make providing the caching community hides to find very tedious and I'm about done doing so after ...their childish logs.

     

    Anyone else have encounters with crazy CO's?

    I posted a DNF on a cache that was in a very bad area, next to a dumpster of all things, that may have been in some bushes the were filled with used syringes and live shotgun shells and pistol ammunition. Not only did I let the cache owner know in my post I also called the local police re. the live ammo. I think the owner archived it.

    PQs

    in General geocaching topics

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    Might be your temp files. Try clearing your cache (web cache) and log back in.

    web cache? I did create a new account that I was sent to by the GC web site that is something I have never seen before for PQs. But I also installed google chrome this week. As I recall a few years ago I had problems with the GC web site and google chrome on my old computer.

    PQs

    in General geocaching topics

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    I have done any caching for a while but I am starting up again. For some reasons I can not download my PQs. I keep getting kicked back to the geocaching web site to sign in when I am already signed in, anyone else have this problem. I am using Yahoo for my mail and windows 8.1, both of which have worked in the past.

    gsak

    in General geocaching topics

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    I already tred the GSAK forums. When I load PQs into gsak all the found caches are listed as not found, by anyone. ANyone else having this problem. I have been away from caching for several months so maybe something has changed.

    Photography and Geocaching

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    So who geocaches and does photography at the same time? I am not so much talking about taking a quick shot with your iPhone but has a dedicated DSLR or high end camera they lug with them? For me Geocaching is a way to get out of the house and get back into photography. Right now I have an old D90 with some average lenses. I really like the look of the new Fuji XT1. It might eat a good chunk of my Tax Return.

     

    Here are a few of my photos from geocaching. Its my goal to get all the WA State Park Geocaches.

     

    Lake Sylvia State Park, WA

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    Rainbow Falls State Park, WA

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    Millersylvania State Park, WA

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    I do, I recently set up a series of cache called photo ops There are 6 in the series. I use a Nikon D800 with a 24-70 f2.8 lens as my primary set up

    What Irks you most?

    in General geocaching topics

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    But for me, and my pet peeve. I ended up pulling all my caches when the price of ammo cans started to increase. They became targets for geo~thieves. Stealing your ammo can and dumping your cache out in the dirt. Bloody Pirates!
    Yeah, a friend of mine got back into the game after a brief hiatus and is in the process of getting his caches back in shape. One of his complaints was that all of his ammo cans had been stolen, even the ones that had concrete poured into them or had things welded to them or had something else done to them to make them less useful for non-geocaching purposes.

     

    I won an ammo can at an event recently, and I'm really not sure what to do with it. A regular-size Lock N Lock container would be cheaper to replace, and less likely to be stolen in the first place.

    I have had ammo boxes stolen that I had chained and locked to trees. So now I no longer hide ammo cans. Even if the ammo can does not get stolen all the contents get taken by cachers that do not replace things that they take.

    FM Radio Cache Idea

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    Do you need a license to broadcast less then a 1/4 mile?

    that depends on the frequency. You can not interfere with a broadcast station (there are low powered FM stations but they are licensed by the FCC) and you can not use the public service portion of the radio spectrum or the business portion. I have heard of cachers that have used and FRS radio but I am not sure how they set this up. FRS radio are cheap. The oter option is to use a Ham radio beacon transmitter but you would need to get a ham radio license which requires a very simple teat. Hams have been doing fox hunts, this is a low powered transmitter that send out a signal but the people looking for the cache with need a radio that can receive the signal.

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