+minstrelcat Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 ...for the Hidden Treasures IV CD that arrived chez minstrelcat this morning - it's great! There are some really talented photographers out there. Cheers Lisa Quote
+The Wombles Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 Thanks from us too; it's really good. Quote
+Fangsy Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 Got mine on Wednesday too! It's very cool. Lots of very good photos on there. I spent a couple of hours just watching it Thanks again! Quote
+MonkhouseFamily Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 Fantastic! I received my copy this morning, and have spent the last 15 mins watching my new screen saver! I am very impressed by the time and effort that Lassitude has put in to this creation. If this is celebrating your 400th cache, then I cannot wait to see what you produce for your next milestone. Congratulations on reaching 400 caches and producing a fantastic screensaver Andrew Quote
+dogastus Posted August 27, 2004 Posted August 27, 2004 I got mine today too. Thank you, Lassitude, you did a brilliant job. I like the background music too! Quote
+Pooter Posted August 28, 2004 Posted August 28, 2004 Many thanks Lassitude for my disk. Why does my cache always come last in the show? Are the photo's with the orange date info taken by FOF? Quote
+Firth of Forth Posted August 29, 2004 Posted August 29, 2004 (edited) Aye, the photos (note no apostrophe Pooter - have you not read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves':excellent book!!) are mine. Why? Edited August 29, 2004 by Firth of Forth Quote
+dogastus Posted August 29, 2004 Posted August 29, 2004 (edited) (note no apostrophe Pooter - have you not read 'Eats Shoots and Leaves':excellent book!!) I haven't read the book, but doesn't the apostrophe signify that there is an abbreviation, i.e. photo is short for photograph? Edited August 29, 2004 by dogastus Quote
choccymandm Posted August 29, 2004 Posted August 29, 2004 We were going to email our thanks to you but we'd rather says thanks in public!! Thanks very much Lassitude, very cool screensaver(s). we haven't been switching off the PC as much since, it's great to walk back into the PC room and just sit and chill out for a couple of minutes, daydreaming at the pictures in between doing the normal around the house stuff. Wonder what the postman thought though when he delivered a package addressed to Choccy M and M !!! Quote
+Firth of Forth Posted August 29, 2004 Posted August 29, 2004 (edited) Posted on Aug 29 2004, 12:27 AM QUOTE (Firth of Forth @ Aug 29 2004, 12:05 AM) (note no apostrophe Pooter - have you not read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves':excellent book!!) I haven't read the book, but doesn't the apostrophe signify that there is an abbreviation, i.e. photo is short for photograph? Adding an 's' is making a plural of a singular word. No apostrophe required. In fact, I saw a sign outside my local Safeways a while ago, saying: "Photo's developed here". Although I felt like going in and telling them they had got it wrong, I resisted. A few weeks later I noticed that the offending apostrophe had been covered up. Way way off topic now! Edited August 29, 2004 by Firth of Forth Quote
+Pengy&Tigger Posted August 29, 2004 Posted August 29, 2004 (edited) Adding an 's' is making a plural of a singular word. No apostrophe required. In fact, I saw a sign outside my local Safeways a while ago, saying:"Photo's developed here". Actually, I think Dogastus is correct. An apostrophe can signify missing letters, as in can't or didn't, therefore photo's is an acceptable abbreviation for the word photographs. If he had written Photograph's than that would be an incorrect use of an apostrophe. I think we can all stop being pedantics now. T P.S. I know a pedantic person is a pedant before you all start Edited August 29, 2004 by Pengy&Tigger Quote
+Firth of Forth Posted August 29, 2004 Posted August 29, 2004 (edited) To quote from 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves': ".. it is generally accepted that familiar contractions, such as bus (omnibus), flu (influenza), phone (telephone), photo (photograph) and cello (violincello) no longer require apologetic apostrophes". I recommend the book - it is amazing that someone has managed to make a very dry topic (punctuation) extremely readable and funny. Edited August 29, 2004 by Firth of Forth Quote
+Lassitude Posted August 29, 2004 Posted August 29, 2004 Thanks for all the feedback. Don't forget all the waypoints of the featured caches are in a folder on the CD. There should be a format to fit most people. MarcB I will send yours next week. I have your address now thanks to the Email you sent. thanks Chris Quote
+Firth of Forth Posted August 29, 2004 Posted August 29, 2004 (edited) On topic now - have already sent my thanks to Lassitude, but I just wanted to commend the photographic skills of cachers. Without exception, they are beautiful pictures. Edited August 29, 2004 by Firth of Forth Quote
+Fangsy Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Don't forget all the waypoints of the featured caches are in a folder on the CD. There should be a format to fit most people. Unfortunately EasyGPS which I use cannot open any of them Been penciling down the waypoints of all the ones that I want to find out more about and searching the site. Rather pleased to see all 11 of my photos used on it I think Water Lillies and Gower Pyramid are my happiest ones Quote
+DomHeknows Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Mines not arrived either - I can host it for you too if you like. Quote
+Pooter Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 (edited) Go to Bute for the day and find a big debate about aberrant apostrophes. I reckon that once you get into "it's generally accepted" territory, you can do what you want. By the way, Pedants Stone, GCJNJV is on the disk. Sad person that I am, FOF, I spent ages trying to work out who took all the Scottish photo's. Edited August 30, 2004 by Pooter Quote
+Flyfishermanbob Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Go to Bute for the day and find a big debate about aberrant apostrophes.I reckon that once you get into "it's generally accepted" territory, you can do what you want. By the way, Pedants Stone, GCJNJV is on the disk. Sad person that I am, FOF, I spent ages trying to work out who took all the Scottish photo's. Do you mean Pedants' Stone? Quote
+Team Ullium Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 (edited) Hahahahaha.....I love this forum I agree with you Pooter....the written language is an ever evolving animal....so don't you listen to that big bad FFB I was sent, with some other Scottish managers, on of one of those managerial courses for grammar and spelling and it was an American lady who was giving it....we all sat with our mouths open as she came away with the most outrageous statements on the English language from her USA educated point of view My own yardstick is if a statement gets the message across with no dubiety ... then spelling and grammar are secondary considerations Anyway how did I miss out on this screensaver offer ?? And isn't it costing poor Lassitude a fortune on CD's and postage ??? Ullium. P.S. missed out an 'it' Edited August 30, 2004 by Ullium Quote
Leoness Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Speaking of pedants... ...isn't it "grammar"?!!! (ducks judiciously) Quote
+Team Ullium Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 You can see I didn't learn very much Leoness I have corrected the spelling of 'grammar' from Govanite to the Queen's English for the sake of the unneducated And I suspect you have been hanging around FFB far too much for your own good!? Ullium. Quote
Leoness Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 (edited) Hi Ullium Actually, I'm not in the habit of hanging around "jammy lucky boring old farts" but I'm sure he's a very nice gentleman!!! I'd challenge him to a shooting match but I'm hopeless at trying to hit moving targets! But give me a .762 and a target 1,000 yds away and we'll see who can hit nearest to the centre! Edited August 30, 2004 by Leoness Quote
+Lassitude Posted August 31, 2004 Posted August 31, 2004 Anyway how did I miss out on this screensaver offer ?? And isn't it costing poor Lassitude a fortune on CD's and postage ??? Too dadgum right- Ive had to auction one of my GPS recievers for this!!! The postage costs are covered by Ebay!! OK you lot can download it from here: Hidden Treasure IV thanks Chris Quote
+Team Ullium Posted August 31, 2004 Posted August 31, 2004 It took me 36 minutes to download Lassitude....but worth every minute Thanks mate...what a terrific screensaver....and what a way to mark your 400th Congratulations btw Ullium. Quote
+snaik Posted September 1, 2004 Posted September 1, 2004 Hi Chris have downloaded a copy looks great, can i burn copies and pass on to other cachers. Snaik Quote
+rutson Posted September 2, 2004 Posted September 2, 2004 Nice one, am gonna place this in a few caches, before I do though, the readme mentions waypoint files, which I can't see in the install, can we have any other files from the CD please? Quote
+DomHeknows Posted September 2, 2004 Posted September 2, 2004 its also available from http://absoblogginlutely.net/absocachinlutely/HT4.exe if you find lassitudes server slow or unavailable. Note that my server is in the states so i'm not sure on the speed (it took ages to upload) Quote
markandlynn Posted September 6, 2004 Posted September 6, 2004 Mine was waiting on the table when i returned from holiday so rather than log all the TB's i installed the screensaver first!. The kids have just sat and watched spotting the ones we have been to. Absolutelycachinlutely fabulous. Thanks for the hard work. Quote
Browser Posted September 6, 2004 Posted September 6, 2004 Got mine too - Thanks very much and my compliments to all of the contributors. Best Browser Quote
+harold1066 Posted September 6, 2004 Posted September 6, 2004 Mine arrived today Thanks Chris Haven`t seen my picture yet but it is only one amongst many There are some really nice pictures on there. Cheers Geo Quote
+The Hole-in-the-wall Gang Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 I have downloaded it now and it looks very good, I even recognise a couple of the locations Thanks for your efforts Chris and to all the contibutors Quote
+Lassitude Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 Again I would like to say it was a pleasure doing it and thanks to all who contributed. thanks Chris Quote
+Teuchters Posted September 8, 2004 Posted September 8, 2004 Thanks as well. Mine arrived today - excellent prompt service from Chris. I didn't contribute to the photo collection, but there is one of my caches on it! Well worth sending Chris some cash via PayPal for a CD in the post as my phone line is still in the dark ages - Broadband expected here October....... 2005 Quote
+DomHeknows Posted September 9, 2004 Posted September 9, 2004 I've got one of my photos on it - don't look down. Quote
+OzGuff Posted September 9, 2004 Posted September 9, 2004 I downloaded the program and have it as the screensaver on my laptop. I was watching TV last night and had left the laptop sitting there -- I glanced over to the laptop during a commercial break and was very surprised to see a shot from near one of my UK caches (Jones-ing) at Canary Wharf! Since most of the photos are in rural settings it was cool to see a skyscraper in the mix. The shots are awesome! I have had my wife watch them to get her interested/excited about a trip across the pond. Maybe I can get the whole family/caching team there soon. Thanks to Chris for putting this together! And thanks to everyone for contributing your shots of cache locales!! Quote
markandlynn Posted September 9, 2004 Posted September 9, 2004 Once again thanks for the disk. Have installed them all and am now left with the dilema of which one to sit the kids in front of to identify places they have been. One question if i copy the piccy's into the same folder will it go through them all? Quote
+Flyfishermanbob Posted September 23, 2004 Posted September 23, 2004 (edited) I'd challenge him to a shooting match but I'm hopeless at trying to hit moving targets! But give me a .762 and a target 1,000 yds away and we'll see who can hit nearest to the centre! Speaking of pedant's:- Wow ! an elephant gun ! .now a 7.62 or a .308W are one thing but that’s a cannon !! And at a thousand yards !!!!!!..With 125 gn heads you must be stuffing in at least 60gn of 10x …….impressive ! Shoulders like a Bulgarian weightlifter ..eh? Edited September 23, 2004 by Flyfishermanbob Quote
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