TNRonin Posted July 17, 2003 Posted July 17, 2003 Sort of curious if this is even worth my time. I can't travel far so if it ain't in TN I guess I'm hosed.
+Logscaler and Red Posted July 17, 2003 Posted July 17, 2003 I am kinda watching it but after reading some of their clues and reading about the hides, I doubt if anything comes close to where I am at. But I have wondered why these guys are jumping onto the geocaching bandwagon, yet they still refuse to change any icons, upgrade programs - or delay them - or upgrade their maps and mapping software for the older units. They are trying to sell newer units I understand, but why would I buy something new from them if the service for the older units was and is so bad? To me, it follows that once they have a bad service in place, they tend to keep it. They just upgrade the equipment and price to get that bad service. It would seem to me that if they want to sell a lot of newer units, they would bend over backwards helping the people with older units. logscaler
+Mopar Posted July 17, 2003 Posted July 17, 2003 quote:Originally posted by TNRonin:Sort of curious if this is even worth my time. I can't travel far so if it ain't in TN I guess I'm hosed. http://www.tnrdgrnr.com/maxpedition/images/animatedbanner.gif Think we can lose the advertising banners? GC.com doesn't bombard us with these, why should the users? Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon.
TNRonin Posted July 17, 2003 Author Posted July 17, 2003 Anything else you want to tell me to do while you are giving out the commands? www.tnrdgrnr.com/mapedition
enfanta Posted July 17, 2003 Posted July 17, 2003 Mopar may have a point (can't believe I just wrote that...) I thought your question was directed toward ths Auction thingy. Distracting. Ode to a Pigeon: Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, You Lookin' at Me? YOU LOOKIN' AT ME?! (b. katt, 7/14/03)
+Mopar Posted July 17, 2003 Posted July 17, 2003 quote:Originally posted by TNRonin:Anything else you want to tell me to do while you are giving out the commands? http://www.tnrdgrnr.com/mapedition http://www.tnrdgrnr.com/maxpedition/images/animatedbanner.gif Not a command, more of a friendly suggestion. You will notice you don't see any other banner ads on the site. They don't allow them on cache pages, they won't even approve a cache they think has commercial intent, and every user that has ever tried to use the forums for advertising has been swiftly banned. Do what you want. Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon.
+Stunod Posted July 17, 2003 Posted July 17, 2003 To answer your original question: YES I'll also agree with Mopar and enfanta that your banner ad is not going to be well received here. "Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand."
TNRonin Posted July 17, 2003 Author Posted July 17, 2003 That is odd, I have seen another poster that has a banner in his sig. That is why I did it. I sort of figured the reason I did not see more is because the vast majority of people have no clue how to make one. Hmm. Edited to add, how is it any more or less distracting that homer bouncing up and down? www.tnrdgrnr.com/mapedition
+Logscaler and Red Posted July 17, 2003 Posted July 17, 2003 I just figure you did not know how to turn it back off. I suggest losing it also. logscaler.
+Gaddiel Posted July 17, 2003 Posted July 17, 2003 quote:Originally posted by logscaler:I suggest losing it also. Agreed. Just a suggestion, though.
TNRonin Posted July 17, 2003 Author Posted July 17, 2003 No prob, if the consensus is to loose it, it is gone. www.tnrdgrnr.com/mapedition
TNRonin Posted July 17, 2003 Author Posted July 17, 2003 Well, I hope that gets it. www.tnrdgrnr.com/mapedition Well, I've killed it in my profile. What gives?
TNRonin Posted July 17, 2003 Author Posted July 17, 2003 Ok this is a test to see if that banner has cleared. Here goes. www.tnrdgrnr.com/mapedition Ok what gives?
+erik88l-r Posted July 17, 2003 Posted July 17, 2003 The banner ad is gone. It's still there on the earlier postings, but it's gone from the later ones. Thanks! Back to the topic at hand - the Magellan caches. This seems very much like the APE caches of a few years ago. I don't like the idea of racing to a cache to be a first finder, but I did my best on the APE cache and on the Magellan one. I was sixth finder to the Atlanta APE one and first finder to the Atlanta Magellan one. There are supposed to be 32 caches in 25 states, so most folks should have a fair shot at it if you don't mind staying up late. Hopefully it'll turn out to be worth it. ~erik~
+Logscaler and Red Posted July 17, 2003 Posted July 17, 2003 Thanks for dropping it. Nothing against you or anything like that. It was just very annoying sitting there flashing in and out. 31 caches in 25 states? Well I guess that covers half the states. But you would think they would want to get at least one in Alaska, just for the location and potential of a higher percentage of people using or needing a gpsr. logscaler.
+Gone_Bananas Posted July 19, 2003 Posted July 19, 2003 Even though I just bought a new Magellan Meridian, I don't think the contest is very fair to the majority of the people who have to work every day and have to sleep at night BECAUSE they work everyday. With the clues and coordinates apparently showing up in the middle of the night or during normal work hours, the only people that have any opportunity to chase one of them down, either doesn't work or is retired (nothing wrong with being retired!) What I'm getting at is that even if one of them showed up in my own back yard, if the coordinates are posted during the day on a week day or in the middle of the night, for that matter, I wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of being first! Get it??
+Woodbutcher68 Posted July 19, 2003 Posted July 19, 2003 Chicago coordinates were put up around 6:00 p.m. I live about 25 miles as the crow flies from where the cache was, but the crow didn't have a 5 mile traffic jam or an actual 35 mile drive to get there. I made it in 38 minutes ( 30 minutes after LL found it) after I saw the Coords and was the fourth person there and the fifth to sign the log.(Stopped to talk with a fellow cacher 50 yards from it.) It's a matter of luck! The guy who found it was from Indianapolis. If he had chosen another area to wait for the coords, he might have been second. Maps?!? I don't need no stinking maps! I got coordinates! There's a fine line between Geocaching and mental illness, I just not sure which side of the line I'm on!
TNRonin Posted July 19, 2003 Author Posted July 19, 2003 This is not TNRonin but an admin who finds TNRonin's signature particularly annoying. Please don't sport banner ads in you signature. Much appreciated.
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