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Seeker BP

By Seeker BP
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Team GPSaxophone

+Team GPSaxophone

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This site is way too over-moderated. Everyone is upset about the thread lockings, so the admins lock more threads. They aren't giving anyone a chance to get it out of their system.

 

There were a few of us (yes, myself included) that were bickering on Monday. The admins swooped in to save the day. They ended up giving themselves a bunch of extra work by trying to stay on top of curbing the discussion. Now they have to hang around the forums all day to make sure nothing goes of-topic. What a waste of time! The big reason we were all in the forums that day was that the geocaching part of the site was slow. It's been slow for awhile now. There have been promised upgrades (can you say MAP SERVER?) that have passed deadline after deadline. Notice how the admins haven't given us updates on it anymore?

 

My point is this, several of us have been frustrated with the progress of these upgrades. We needed a place to vent. Since the vent was closed, the pressure built up and exploded onto several other topics, new and old. If the pressure would have been allowed to be released all at once, it would have been over with already. 5 days later, it is still there fueled by some stong feelings against certain admins. Most topics here relate to Geocaching, but we don't have one-track minds. We like discussing other things with our friends (Yes, even though we bicker, the other members are like friends). If you need examples of threads that don't relate to Geocaching, I can help point some out.

 

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parkrrrr

+parkrrrr

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Originally posted by Marky:

I'd like to complain about people who have cute gif avatars in their sig, but don't have any 'official' avatar.

Yeah, me too. What a bunch of losers.

 

On the other hand, they don't have to satisfy themselves with a choice between a square avatar or an ugly white space.

 

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Team GPSaxophone

+Team GPSaxophone

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Originally posted by LQQKING4U:

posted August 22, 2003 11:38 PM

Just make a new topic everytime you wanna say something let the board scroll down that we are not off topic

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Originally posted by Team GPSaxophone:

posted August 23, 2003 08:40 AM

I'm confused.

If we go off-topic, the thread gets locked.

If we start a new topic, it gets locked.

 

Can it be that we have discussed every possible thing relating to Geocaching (or Vespa Scooters) and there can be no more new posts?

I guess we need to use the search feature and drag up old threads. That way we can spend more time searching instead of getting questions answered in a timely manner. (Search time takes away caching time, too y'know)

This topic was DELETED from the board, but this similar thread was replied to by Jeremy and locked.

Now I agree that questions for a specific member should be handled through email, as Jeremy said. Nothing wrong with that.

 

The point is that it is really difficult to post ANY new message with the Gestapo constantly locking threads. Jeremy has said (I'm paraphrasing here) that all posts are to relate directly to Geocaching and nothing else.

 

Funny thing, when I'm at work I talk about work, Geocaching, my truck repairs, my yard/house, my kids, and a lot of other things, including Vespa Scooters. When I'm here I want to do the same thing.

 

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Team GPSaxophone

+Team GPSaxophone

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I did not call anyone an idiot. I also did not start a new thread, LQQKING did that. After I replied to it, it was deleted. This is the complaint thread, I thought it was the appropriate ON-TOPIC post for complaints. Silly me, I should have used the Abject Silliness post to reply to something that ludicrous.

 

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Jomarac5

Jomarac5

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Whoa, Sax man, take a deep breath.

 

Firstly, I didn't say that *you* called anyone anything.

 

It was getting out of control -- can you not see that? It was chaos man -- go back and take a look at the closed threads that you're refering to -- they were confrontational in nearly every respect. What was Jeremy supposed to do -- let people post nasty insulting comments about himself, the admins, and everything about the way the site is run? Would you let something like that happen on *your* forums?

 

Say what you want, but say with some civility. Maybe the answers you get will be equally civil.

 

And yes, this thread is for complaining, so go ahead and complain some more if you wish. When you get tired of that, you might want to drop in over at Pat's place if you want to yak with some friends about the concerns that you have (or anything else for that matter).

 

It's just a game. And it's supposed to be fun.

 

Have fun.

 

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ChrisCindy

+ChrisCindy

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Ok, now lets be civil. J5 and Sax yall need to calm down. I never get out of hand and rant on the forums. icon_wink.gif This is getting out of control. Nest thing you know Republicans and Democrats will be sleeping together and dogs and cats...well anyway take an example from me and relax. jk icon_biggrin.gif

 

When in doubt...hit it with a big hammer.

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woodsters

+woodsters

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Wow, must of missed some good stuff on here...ummmm on second thought I didn't! I had fun yesterday at the cache event. Racked up some finds and even a benchmark. Met some great people (had to explain myself to them...lol icon_wink.gif). You will be surprised how many people actually read the forums without posting! I must say that Geocachers are an awesome breed of people.

 

Ok now to the complaint: I want to complain that there isn't a cache event more often that I can drive to in a short period of time (Drove 2-3 hours for the one yesterday). There should be at least one every weekend here...lol

 

Brian

 

As long as you're going to think anyway, think big. -Donald Trump

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ChrisCindy

+ChrisCindy

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Originally posted by Team GPSaxophone:

quote:
Originally posted by Chris&Cindy:

Nest thing you know Republicans and Democrats will be sleeping together...

My high school girlfriend was a democrat, does that count? icon_wink.gif

 

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LOL, only on Tuesdays.

 

When in doubt...hit it with a big hammer.

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DevilDucks

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Must complain..... got this as an email response to a cache that i looked for and did not find:

 

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This was out firs stash and neither of us own a GPS receiver. My boyfriend got the coordinates off Topomap. The cache is in a tree along the west wall in the front part of the park.

 

Guess what? That park if FULL of trees (most of which i already searched)!The coords that are given on the page take me to a cornfield two roads away from the park that the cache is named for. I know I should just laugh this off...but c'mon really now...what thought was put into this? Grrrrr, I will now return to my normally scheduled non-complaining.

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TotemLake

+TotemLake

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Newbies lack of patience. They pose questions and expect an answer immediately. If they don't get it within two minutes, they either ***** about the lack of an answer or they post in another forum.... and I'm not talking about the dups in the forums.

 

Cheers!

TL

 

[This message was edited by TotemLake on August 26, 2003 at 07:30 PM.]

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mckee

mckee

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Originally posted by Titus2_13:

icon_frown.gifI never should have opened this thread, I have no complaints. But since I'm new to geocaching I'm trying to learn all I can. From this thread I learned that lots of folks better start working harder because smarter doesn't seem to be an option.

 

 

Wisdom from the Armpit of the Columbia River....

 

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Dave77459

+Dave77459

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I am getting dangerously close to exceeding my posts compared to my finds, so this could be my last post for a while. But...

 

I want to complain about what happens when I try to download a LOC file. More than half the time, I get the stupid "Downloading GPX/LOC files" page, which says "You have already read and accepted the license agreement."

 

So why am I seeing this page instead of receiving the LOC file??? Argh! This is highly frustrational! Many times, I just give up and type in the coords by hand.

 

Since this is my last post, I'll make it a double. The eBook format doesn't work on my Palm. MobiPocket reboots my Palm, making me reset the dang thing. Worse than useless. icon_frown.gif

 

ClayJar Watcher is super cool, though, so I'll balance my second complaint with some optimism. icon_smile.gif

 

Dave

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Team Titus213

Team Titus213

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icon_biggrin.gifSorry, I actually read some of the earlier posts and there was some mention of working smarter not harder. But I wouldn't expect anyone from Moscow on the Willamette to actually READ any of the forums.... icon_razz.gif Cracking wise from the socialist capital of Oregon? And it's not armpit odor! According to the folks up here it's the smell of MONEY.

 

What are you looking for?

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Team Titus213

Team Titus213

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You're so right! Let's open a bunch of complaint threads. And then folks can complain that there are too many complaint threads. I'm going to stop complaining and see if I can find a job or a cache, whichever looks more interesting. (Actually in my quest for geocaching knowledge/info I thought reading a complaint thread would be of value. So, I was wrong.....sue me!)

 

What are you looking for?

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mckee

mckee

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quote:
Originally posted by Titus2_13:

icon_biggrin.gifSorry, I actually read some of the earlier posts and there was some mention of working smarter not harder. But I wouldn't expect anyone from Moscow on the Willamette to actually READ any of the forums.... icon_razz.gif Cracking wise from the socialist capital of Oregon? And it's not armpit odor! According to the folks up here it's the smell of MONEY.

 

What are you looking for?

 

I don't strictly fit in here in Little Beirut. I don't like coffe OR beer, for starters....

 

Unfortunately money smells like a$$. icon_frown.gif

 

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mckee

mckee

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quote:
Originally posted by Titus2_13:

icon_biggrin.gifWhew! Thanks! When I posted that I thought, ya know, somebody just might try. We will be going into the rainy season here so you wouldn't want to leave sunny NM. Besides, I'm out of work and living off the wife's art....www.thenorwoodstudio.com

 

What are you looking for?

 

Pretty stuff. Her work shows a very unusual texture, almost a marble-like quality to her clouds.

 

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Snoogans

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I would like to complain that no one has posted "NORM!!!," after any of my 1st posts of the day on the Abject Silliness thread.

 

I have been waiting for the opportunity to say to Woody (BrianSnat) after he asks how the world is treating me:

 

"It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing milkbone underwear."

 

Dang! I never get to have any fun. icon_confused.gif

 

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seneca

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Originally posted by Snoogans:

I would like to complain that no one has posted "NORM!!!," after any of my 1st posts of the day on the Abject Silliness thread.

 

I have been waiting for the opportunity to say to Woody (BrianSnat) after he asks how the world is treating me:

 

"It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing milkbone underwear."

 

Dang! I never get to have any fun. icon_confused.gif

 

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http://www.texasgeocaching.com Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain.

 

 

ABNORM.... icon_confused.gif

 

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me. geol4.JPG

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Snoogans

+Snoogans

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quote:
Originally posted by seneca:

 

_AB_NORM.... icon_confused.gif

 

 

GREAT! NOW I can't get Marty Feldman's voice outta my head:

 

Gene Wilder: "Well, who's brain is it?"

 

MF: "Abby someone."

 

GW: "Abby WHO?!"

 

MF: "Abby NORmal."

 

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Greenback

+Greenback

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Originally posted by Planet:

I love geocaching but....

I really dislike the way they make me answer the phone at the office. it takes too long and most people already know who they called anyway so why throw a 18 word sentence in when you answer the phone? Does anyone else have this problem? Or hate it when someone anwers the phone like that?

Thank you for calling ******** ###### &&&&&&& @@@@ ^^^^^^^ Services, This is (Planet or your name here) how may I help you?

 

You sure got that one right and then that is after you've already made the poor sucker, I mean callers go through sixteen choices on the phone system... and we have to say the words 'customer interaction' in the middle of our spiel, the joke around the office is 'intercourse' and trust me, it's tough to not switch the words LOL.

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