+Tim & June Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Well done Hornet, Not only does he manage to complete Dan & Pid's "Burial Mound" but he makes it his 300th as well. That makes him the third this year (in the UK) to make 300 caches. C'mon Peter, you should know the routine by now, best, worst, hardest (as if we couldn't guess) etc. Happy caching. Tim & June (Winchester) See June, I told you that sign which said 'Unsuitable for Motor Vehicles' was wrong ! Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Well done to all who broke through the 100's marks this year! MarcB "We searched for hours in the cache area but all we could find was an ammo box in a little hollow. Suggest you archive the cache..." Quote Link to comment
+djh Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Well done to the Hornet, an amazing total. How do you guys get the time? DJH Quote Link to comment
+Subarite Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Well done on the 300th cache, and done in less than a year. So what is the average rate of find, can't be far off one a day. There must be a mathematician out there! Andy. ---------------------------------------- It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead - Larry Ellison Quote Link to comment
+The Wombles Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 What an amazing hit rate - well done. Dave Quote Link to comment
Seifer Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 Well done hornet, nice to know that there are some people out there who are as insane as we are Well done on burial mound, not an easy one! Michael aka 1/2 of Team Blitz Wqablz-xqxw tdqml kwfwm twjowcl di klelqklqok ejw hepw gt dm lbw ktdl! 26 27.75 34.2(recuring) 41.09275 480.048 55.027777777(carrys on!) 62.01749271 Quote Link to comment
+Chris n Maria Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 Well done Peter. And a big thanks for all your caches and the Ammo Boxes. Chris & Maria Bear rescues a speciality! London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net Quote Link to comment
Ben Pid Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 Nice one Hornet! Sorry about the old hotline, the 24 / 7 service was unavaliable due to tiredness and rest LoL.Well I had already helped you enough me thinks. hehe May the new year bring all things bright and beautiful to you and many more caches. Well done to Huga too as I think I may aswell roll both of them up inthis one thread. You know I really have to get out and cache very soon, but I just hate this darn cold weather its awful. Pid. Ben Piddington http://www.buckscaching.co.uk Quote Link to comment
+jeremyp Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Subarite:Well done on the 300th cache, and done in less than a year. So what is the average rate of find, can't be far off one a day. There must be a mathematician out there! More a job for a statistician. Do you want the mean, median or mode anyway? ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 Certainly a feat - well done Peter! Rather than get you to give us your best, worst etc I would love to hear what Angela, (Mrs Hornet), has to say about your "absences" out geocaching...........????? LiS Quote Link to comment
+The Hornet Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 Many thanks for all your good wishes. I'll have to work on best/worst etc. etc. As for Mrs Hornet, she's out working and earning money when I go caching so she's unaware of what I'm up to _________________________________________________________ It is better to regret something you did, rather than to regret something you didn't do. Quote Link to comment
+Chris n Maria Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 quote:Originally posted by The Hornet: As for Mrs Hornet, she's out working and earning money when I go caching so she's unaware of what I'm up to And she didn't notice the huge pile of ammo boxes in the garden ???? Bear rescues a speciality! London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net Quote Link to comment
el10t Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 quote:Originally posted by jeremyp:More a job for a statistician. Do you want the mean, median or mode anyway? Given only the two observed measures (number of caches, number of days) I could probably give you an accurate mean, a biased estimate of the median, and no idea of the mode. Rich mobilis in mobili Quote Link to comment
+jeremyp Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 quote:Originally posted by el10t: Given only the two observed measures (number of caches, number of days) I could probably give you an accurate mean, a biased estimate of the median, and no idea of the mode. Rich _mobilis in mobili_ I'd put a lot of money on the mode being zero. Even the Hornet probably didn't cache on more than half of the days in the year. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching Quote Link to comment
el10t Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 quote:Originally posted by jeremyp:I'd put a lot of money on the mode being zero. Ah - Bayesian statistics. Rich mobilis in mobili Quote Link to comment
+The Hornet Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Chris n Maria:And she didn't notice the huge pile of ammo boxes in the garden ???? Bear rescues a speciality! London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net Ah well. You see I explained these away by saying that I needed to reach 300 caches by the end of the year and all you good folk who have been placing caches for me rallied round and placed 100 new caches outside my back door! That way whenever I have a spare minute from all that houskeeping, cooking, DIY, gardening etc. that retirees are supposed to be doing, I can pop outside and bag a cache or two. There's no expenditure on petrol, my trousers never get muddy, there's no tree cover problems, no brambles and I'm always guaranteed to be back when she gets home!! I think I'm getting away with it. _________________________________________________________ It is better to regret something you did, rather than to regret something you didn't do. Quote Link to comment
+Lost in Space Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by The Hornet:......... That way whenever I have a spare minute from all that houskeeping, cooking, DIY, gardening etc. that retirees are supposed to be doing, I can pop outside and bag a cache or two. There's no expenditure on petrol, my trousers never get muddy, there's no tree cover problems, no brambles and I'm always guaranteed to be back when she gets home!! What about wasps nests??????? Quote Link to comment
+Tim & June Posted January 3, 2003 Author Share Posted January 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by The Hornet: There's no expenditure on petrol, my trousers never get muddy, there's no tree cover problems, no brambles But that means no bears either Quote Link to comment
Ben Pid Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 So here it is, proof of Hornets 3 Hundredth find, its a log in a completly drenched log book. Located somewhere North of Watford.... Ben Piddington http://www.buckscaching.co.uk Quote Link to comment
+lathama Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 Is it possible to post a complete run down of everone (without totals) in the Century club, Double century club, Triple century club and Quadruple century club from the Uk so we can see who is where and congratuate them all on a wonderful year! Quote Link to comment
+Masher Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 Bit late getting in there, but here are my congratulations also, Peter. 300 in so short a space of time is certainly something special. You should get a medal.... or counselling. Congratulations must also be due to the long-suffering Mrs Hornet Mark ---------------------- I was technical once Quote Link to comment
+Teasel Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 quote:Originally posted by lathama:Is it possible to post a complete run down of everone (without totals) in the Century club, Double century club, Triple century club and Quadruple century club from the Uk so we can see who is where and congratuate them all on a wonderful year! The following is a list of people who have found at least 100 caches, most of which are in the UK (sorry trunchbull!), showing their UK and worldwide totals. (UK figures should be taken with a pinch of salt...) +-------------------+-------+-----+| Name | Total | UK |+-------------------+-------+-----+| Slytherin | 413 | 230 || Tim & June | 314 | 292 || The Hornet | 300 | 276 || Subarite | 283 | 269 || Chris n Maria | 237 | 223 || Postie | 211 | 181 || The Northumbrian | 204 | 171 || GAZ | 193 | 154 || The Wombles | 189 | 143 || The Shooteroos | 156 | 143 || The Relic Hunters | 152 | 149 || page28 | 150 | 132 || Lassitude | 139 | 115 || Walker Dan | 126 | 115 || djh | 121 | 110 || JasonW | 119 | 99 || jeremyp | 118 | 115 || Dan Wilson | 118 | 115 || Lost in Space | 116 | 78 || ECM | 115 | 104 || Geo Weasel | 115 | 112 || dodgydaved | 106 | 104 || Huga | 106 | 99 |+-------------------+-------+-----+ Quote Link to comment
+Postie Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Well done Peter on your 300!! Thats quite a rate of caching!! But then you are retired Or would you describe yourself as full time geocacher!! I shall have to pay a visit down your way and get some of your 30 or so caches, all in ammo boxes are they?? (Every one needs a bigger letterbox!) Quote Link to comment
+jeremyp Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Teasel: The following is a list of people who have found at least 100 caches, most of which are in the UK (sorry trunchbull!), showing their UK and worldwide totals. (UK figures should be taken with a pinch of salt...) +-------------------+-------+-----+| Name | Total | UK |+-------------------+-------+-----+| jeremyp | 118 | 115 | I haven't found any outside the UK yet. I suspect the missing three might be caches with fake coordinates such as the final Cluedo cache. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching Quote Link to comment
+Teasel Posted January 7, 2003 Share Posted January 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by jeremyp: quote:Originally posted by Teasel: +-------------------+-------+-----+| Name | Total | UK |+-------------------+-------+-----+| jeremyp | 118 | 115 | I haven't found any outside the UK yet. I suspect the missing three might be caches with fake coordinates such as the final Cluedo cache. Caches with fake coordinates should be OK. Locationless caches are deliberately omitted (until I can work out what to do with them!), so if you've done any of those, they won't show. Caches which used to be in the UK, but which have now moved abroad (eg the Photographers' caches) will only show in your totals when they are currently resident in the UK! But the problem's most likely to be caches which were archived before the webscraper started running (eg "Winchester Cachers Meet" (GC408D)), as these don't appear on the current list of UK caches. I had just started a project to find all the archived UK caches when... If the XML feed ever happens, it will presumably include details of archived caches. Quote Link to comment
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