Congratulations!!!!

[Lactodorum]

I'm pinning this topic at the top of the forums as a place where you can express your congratulations to anyone and everyone when they achieve a significan geocaching milestone. It is meant to replace the numerous "Congrats" threads that appear from time to time in the UK forum.

 

Although not everyone will be happy with this style of offering good wishes to fellow geocachers, it is commonly used elsewhere and most people who responded to my previous thread thought we ought to give it a go.

 

So.......congratulate on

[+snaik]

Congratulations on setting up the congratulation thread Mr Laciduriumium Sir

 

Edited December 2, 2004 by Snaik

[+mongoose39uk]

Congratulations on setting up the congratulatin thread Mr Laciduriumium Sir

 

Echo

[+Nellies Knackers]

Congratulations to Lactodorum for setting up this topic and congrats to Snaik for being the first to reply.

I would also like to congratulate mongoose for such a stylish follow-up.

This wasn't what you meant was it?

[+Haggis Hunter]

Congratulations to everybody for congratulating the congratulator putting up this congratulations thread, I THINK

 

Edit to say sorry to Lactoforum, this isn't what the thread is for and we all know it, SORRY!!

Edited December 2, 2004 by Haggis Hunter

[+Team Maddie UK]

I have a question.... Will each congratulatory thread have its own page or will this thread have 100 pages by the end of the year?

I certainly would not want to go through each page just to see who has reached what milestone, but would like to see each one individually.

Lynn

[+Team Ullium]

I have a question.... Will each congratulatory thread have its own page or will this thread have 100 pages by the end of the year?

I certainly would not want to go through each page just to see who has reached what milestone, but would like to see each one individually.

Lynn

Good point Lynn

 

Although when this idea was first tabled I thought it might be reasonable to have all the congratulatory posts in the one place!!

 

But now I am having second thoughts

 

Apart from your own pertinent question...I fear that many of us might only now and again check to see who has reached a particular milestone and this might actually reduce the number of congrat replies to some posts! If you see what I'm getting at

 

I will watch the developement of this pinned subject with interest

 

Ullium.

[Deego]

When you look at a heading if there is a by the side of it there are NEW post that you have not seen. if you click it, it will take you to the first unread reply since you last logged on no matter what page its on.

 

hope this helps

 

now back on topic

[+Stuey]

Although not everyone will be happy with this style of offering good wishes to fellow geocachers, it is commonly used elsewhere and most people who responded to my previous thread thought we ought to give it a go.

 

I looked, but couldn't find any other forums that use this method of pinning to the top for the congrats messages? Not sure where the problem is with the individual messages? At least they are Geocaching related

[+perth pathfinders]

Although we have recently had a run of 'Congrats' this will not always be the case. If I see a name I recognise on the forums I will congratulate them, but if It is a pinned topic, I certainly wouldn't check this thread everyday to see who's name is on it.

 

Surely everyone likes to see their name up on the thread - and is glad that someone has noticed - we certainly were!

 

After a couple of weeks, the names disappear down the list anyway so I don't have a problem with them.

 

So would prefer it if things went back to theway they were.

 

Just my twopenneth anyway

cheers

PPs

Edited December 3, 2004 by perth pathfinders

[+Seasider]

it is commonly used elsewhere and most people who responded to my previous thread thought we ought to give it a go.

 

Censorship is often based on ignorance.

 

Where exactly is this used elsewhere?

 

I can see no other forum that uses this method!

 

These type of messages are an integral part of the game and with censorship creeping in I think it might now be time for me to finally hang up my GPS...thanks to everyone for all the caches over the last 18 months and goodbye!

 

Seasider

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

Well can I claim a FTF for using this thread for actualy congratulating someone one reaching 200? A big congratulations from Me, Space Wolf, Dolly Girl, 4PawDrive must go to "crr003" on doing it again and this time sneaking past 200!

 

Have a look Here for last time.

Another one to add to the list Brian!

Dave

[+John Stead]

Censorship is often based on ignorance.

Where is the censorship? All Lactodorum has done is open a new thread to see if people may be willing to post their congratulations there - as far as I can see none of the previous congratulatory topics have been deleted.

Maybe it won't work out but let us at least give it a try as Dave has.

[SlytherinAlex]

Surely the way to run this pinned thread is for one person to post that a particular cacher has passed a particular milestone and anyone who wishes to congratulate that person can send them an email. This way each milestone takes up one post, keeps the thread uncluttered and it makes it easier for Deego to keep his Hall of Fame up to date.

 

I stopped participating in congrats threads a while ago as there seemed to be some occassions (particularly Monday mornings) when the top 10 or 12 threads on the forum were congrats based. Similar results happen when someone who hasn't posted for a while comes back and posts on every congrats thread that there has been for a couple of weeks. This has the effect of bumping each one to the top of the forums and shoving the discussion threads down the list.

 

A lot of the problem with the UK is that we only have one forum. The Americans have a local forum based around a number of states and then they have the General forum for general geocaching discussion.

 

I know that in the past Jeremy has been asked to provide us with another branch of the UK forum but nothing has been done so far. An extra UK forum could be used for humour, funnies, anecdotes, congrats and sectarian abuse leaving the existing forum for general discussion items about geocaching. I think we should adopt the "one milestone - one post" idea but also push Groundspeak very hard for an extra UK forum as outlined above.

 

At least lets give it a try.

[+Bill D (wwh)]

John Stead wrote:

Where is the censorship? All Lactodorum has done is open a new thread to see if people may be willing to post their congratulations there - as far as I can see none of the previous congratulatory topics have been deleted.

Maybe it won't work out but let us at least give it a try as Dave has.

I agree. Personally, I was happy with the way things were, but that's just my opinion. We're trying it this way now, so let's give it a fair trial and see how it goes.

 

SlytherinAlex wrote:

...when someone who hasn't posted for a while comes back and posts on every congrats thread that there has been for a couple of weeks. This has the effect of bumping each one to the top of the forums and shoving the discussion threads down the list.

Now that is annoying!

[Deego]

Team Slytherin hit their 900th cache I think

 

Big Congrats from me B)

 

Brian (Deego)

 

UK Hall Of Fame

[+steviep]

nice one alex

 

 

and i know 1000 will come very quickly for you

Edited December 4, 2004 by steviep

[SlytherinAlex]

Team Slytherin hit their 900th cache I think

Yes, it's true.

 

A fitting cache for the 900 milestone.

 

I'm hoping to get to 1000 before the end of the year. (Not that I'm a numbers man of course)

[+Eckington]

Nice one Alex, and that was the only cache to get it on, 1000 before 2005 please!

[+Team Ullium]

A Big Big Slap on the back McDehack for achieving the TON

 

How long it takes one is of no consequence in my opinion

And considering your unfortunate disadvantages with personal and geographical handicaps I think you should get a special congratulations for persistence

 

Well done mate

 

Ullium.

[+Wadders]

At last DAVY BOY hits the 300

he's on his way back as we type, from Hampshire having done his 300th, well done mate. I have enjoyed our caching days

 

Terry

[+John Stead]

That, Alex and Kim, was a great gesture - to use your 900th cache to further commemorate Mark - well done on both counts!

John

[+Skate and Jane]

Well done Davy Boy I reckon you are clocking up quite a few FTF's as well

[+Simply Paul]

Well done to anyone and everyone who hit a significant caching milestone/birthday this week. Kudos to you. Excellent effort and best of British luck with your future caching efforts.

 

SP

 

P.S. A copy of this post will be reposted about this time every Saturday from now...

[+Bill D (wwh)]

Congratulations to:

 

McDehack on reaching 100 finds

 

crr003 on reaching 200

 

Davy Boy on reaching 300 (with a few of mine in the final countdown)

 

and to

 

Team Slytherin on reaching 900 finds (and what a marvellous choice of cache and target for it)!

[+MarcB]

Congratulations to everyone!

[+The Hokesters]

Well done Alex!

 

God knows I might make 100 one day

[Ben Pid]

 

Ummmmmmmmmmm

 

Congratulations Everybody....

[+John & Hazel]

CONGRATULATIONS

 

Slytherin on reaching 900

 

Mc Dehack on reaching 100

 

Davy Boy on reaching 300

 

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

Hey this pinned topic is saving my poor fingers so here goes,

 

Slytherin, congrats and a big thank you for making your 900th a memorial to "Mark"!

 

McDehack it's nice to see your back, sorry to hear about your wife, as some one who cares for his other half, to someone else in the same situation. Use caching to give you both quality time away from each other! Each time you reach a goal, however long it takes, will mean much, much more to you. Welcome to the slow ton club .

 

Davy Boy a big congrats on reaching 300.

 

There 3people congratulated in one go

 

Dave

[+S&G.Davison]

Congrats to Alex on 900, Dave Boy on 300 and any one else I missed

 

I have to say ... I am not a fan of the pinned thread - if I had not seen Wadders post re no one responding to Davy Boy - I would not have seen Alex had done 900

[+Pengy&Tigger]

 

Congratulations <Insert Name> on your <Insert Amount> caches found, on <Insert Date> Hope you continue on to your <Insert Amount> goal.

 

Pengy&Tigger

[Deego]

;) Well done To Pyoung1s on Logging his 300th Travel Bug

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

Congratulations Paul on loging all those bugs

Dave

[+Stuey]

:P Well done To Pyoung1s on Logging his 300th Travel Bug

The man's a nutter

 

Congrats!

[+Team Ullium]

What must you feel like Lactodorum ??

 

Three days this thread has been in existence and from day one it was never given a fair trial

 

You have my sympathy mate...really...I think it is embarrassing that grown adults can act in so juvenile a fashion

 

It might not have worked anyway...but these people are making certain that it doesn't get a fair trial...I am really really gobsmacked at this behaviour

 

Why you can silently put up with it....beats the hell out of me....I just wish I had your forbearance....I take my hat off to you

 

Team Ullium.

[+The Spokes]

Thank goodness at last we wont' have to see loads of congrats threads anymore.

Thanks.

[+S&G.Davison]

Congrats to the Ollies on400

[+Team Ullium]

Yes well done Ollies

 

I can only imagine how far you must have travelled to accomplish your 400th if you are anything like Angela and myself and living in a relatively sparse cache area

 

Team Ullium.

[+wildlifewriter]

Congratulations to McDehack on getting 100...

 

... which is in the other thread, but well done him, anyway...

[+Stuey]

Congratulations to Cornish Cacher Treker82 who found his 300th cache yesterday afternoon..... just after the Christmas Congregation Event. Shame he'd not done an extra cache before the event, I'd have bought him a pint!

[Deego]

Big Congrats from me

 

Brian (Deego)

 

UK Hall Of Fame

[+John & Hazel]

Well Done Treker82

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

A big congrats from me to Treker 82.

Dave

[+davy boy]

Well done Treker 82 on your 300th,it was good to meet up again on sunday.

[+John NW]

Congratulations to IREC666 on getting the 100th Cache - Alternative Silverstone

 

Well Done and thanks for choosing one of ours!!!!

[+Team Maddie UK]

Congrats to Slytherin for 900 caches

Congrats to McDehack for his 100 caches and for taking care of his wife.

Congrats to DavyBoy for his 300 caches

Congrats to the Ollies for their 400 caches

Congrats to Trecker82 for his 300 caches

Congrats to Irec666 for 100 caches

Congrats to anyone else who hit a milestone since this thread started, that might have been missed.

Lynn

[+S&G.Davison]

Congrats from us to Trecker82 for his 300 caches

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

A big congrats to IREC666 on reaching the ton

Dave

[markandlynn]

To all and sundry on all milestones now and forever more.

900 for Slytherin WOW