Posting New Topics

6.4k · February 10, 2005

... just out of boredom? Like a topic that comes up every few weeks, but you're too lazy to use the Search button?

Just wondering.

9.4k · February 10, 2005

Who me? Never! :unsure:

3.9k · February 10, 2005

There have been times when I get bored with what's going on in the forums and I try to start a thread that causes a spark.

Sometimes not intending to start anything I've caused forest fires! :unsure:

El Diablo

2.2k · February 10, 2005

me neither, but i have a very short attention spa..............ooooo! shiny!

22k · February 10, 2005

Nope, very rarely open topics.

It might be an interesting stat to track. :unsure:

February 10, 2005

me neither, but i have a very short attention spa..............ooooo! shiny!

:unsure:

7.2k · February 10, 2005

me neither, but i have a very short attention spa..............ooooo! shiny!

OK, you have been reading my private messages somehow. :unsure:

February 10, 2005

I opened Cheers out of panic, not boredom, does that count? :unsure:

February 10, 2005

3.9k · February 10, 2005

In before close! :unsure:

El Diablo

6.4k · February 10, 2005

Nope, never.

Hey wait, hasn't this been discussed somewhere already?

No biggie, just start a new topic.

:unsure:

2.2k · February 10, 2005

ooooo! shiny!

9.2k · February 10, 2005

I was *just* thinking about asking this. Wow, great minds think alike...

February 10, 2005

I'm replying because I'm bored and I just finished the last of the rum. :unsure:

Edited February 10, 2005 by TerraTrekkers

February 10, 2005

Yawnnnnnnnn

February 10, 2005

No, but I've POSTED to several just because I was bored...

What's that sound? Sounds like giant thread locks slamming shut.

7.2k · February 10, 2005

:unsure:

Well, I am glad I can merge topics at least.

(Everything below this quoted post was in another topic which was an exact duplicate of this topic and has been merged into the original topic.)

2k · February 10, 2005

I don't handle the responsibility of opening threads well. All he whining and fussing. I prefer to borrow other people's threads and then give them back all wound up and filled with sugar and caffeine .. No, wait. That's my nieces and nephews.

What was the question?

oooo...shiny!

3.9k · February 10, 2005

Well, I am glad I can merge topics at least.

(Everything below this quoted post was in another topic which was an exact duplicate of this topic and has been merged into the original topic.)

Had me confused...I was wondering where the other thread wen to.

El Diablo

February 10, 2005

Is this the right place to get MOPAR'ED?!

:lol: :lol: :unsure:

What was the question? :unsure:

9.2k · February 10, 2005

I've thought some more about this subject and, in particular, merging the two topics together aided in focusing my thoughts. Thanks, mtn-man!

Anyways, I've developed a comprehensive theory of topic starting behavior. Some people never start a topic, preferring to lurk or just post in response. Others post the occasional topic when they have a question or observation they haven't seen discussed. And a third category... now, this is the REALLY interesting part...

oooh! shiny!

February 10, 2005

I generaly try to avoid it as too many forums FLAME your a** if you post something that you could have searched for. However, this forum is very kind to newbies.

Edited February 10, 2005 by mrking

1.6k · February 10, 2005

In the brilliant words of Steven Wright "I plead - Maybe."

I probably have, but a fresh start can help change things. I always search the 'last 30 days' first in all forums, read those and then if mine's different enough I post with the knowledge that if I missed something then someone will surely point out my mistake.

As we say at work "You're young, you'll get over it!"

LOVE the 'Ooooo .... shiny'. My managers and dispatcher will hate it, but they will get over it!

Thanks for a new way to be mouthy!

The Blue Quasar

February 10, 2005

Your search button that you evidently swear by, doesnt work that well, I have tried to do searches for specific topics and it brings up the same list every time I search for something different.

6.4k · February 10, 2005

Your search button that you evidently swear by, doesnt work that well, I have tried to do searches for specific topics and it brings up the same list every time I search for something different.

I dunno, seems to work fine for me (and hundreds, if not thousands) and other users. Maybe someone should start a new thread about it?

Lets try an example. I dunno, how about something like Underwater caches, how to make one?

The search button you claim does't work turns up 2 pages of threads with the word underwater in the title. Almost all of them are about underwater caches.

Since many underwater caches would require SCUBA gear, I also searched for topics with the word "SCUBA" in the title, and got another full page of threads about underwater caches and how to make them.

The people here for the most part are very helpful, but you really need to help yourself too.

Edited February 10, 2005 by Mopar

38.2k · February 10, 2005

I never start new topics when I'm bored, particularly indignant rants about imaginary issues. Nor do I like to dig up 3 year old threads and respond to them. That would be very silly.

2.6k · February 10, 2005

Your search button that you evidently swear by, doesnt work that well, I have tried to do searches for specific topics and it brings up the same list every time I search for something different.

I dunno, seems to work fine for me (and hundreds, if not thousands) and other users.

While the search feature works pretty fine IMO too, I have to admit that it's a wee bit easier for a forum regular (as in having read forums for a long time) to come up with better search keywords than for a newbie tadpole. Many times a regular is thinking of a certain thread (s)he remembers when using the search feature, and thus it's easier to find. For a tadpole it might be somewhar harder to use the correct search arguments. Also using the search feature for the first few times might be a bit tougher than having used it for years. It's not long ago since I noticed that you can display the search results as posts too (and not only topics).

Edit: To be on-topic (sorry Mopar for not getting the hint ): No, I try not to start topics out of boredom.

Edited February 10, 2005 by Divine

9.2k · February 10, 2005

Your search button that you evidently swear by, doesnt work that well, I have tried to do searches for specific topics and it brings up the same list every time I search for something different.

I dunno, seems to work fine for me (and hundreds, if not thousands) and other users. Maybe someone should start a new thread about it?

Why start a new thread? Search on the term "Forum Search," remember to change the period covered to something longer than the past 30 days, and you dig up a bunch of old threads discussing forum searching, like this one.

Waiting for Brian to bump thread in 5... 4... 3... 2...

1.6k · February 10, 2005

Sometimes , I feel like living life on the edge and I may just may start one !

Star

6.4k · February 10, 2005

Sometimes , I feel like living life on the edge and I may just may start one !

Star

Go for it! Start 20!

I think we need a new one asking what's the best GPS to buy.

February 10, 2005

You know, one thing I see quite often is how newbies get hammered when they ask questions that have been answered somewhere else in the forums.

But, in fairness, the search features of this forum are rather limited (being nice), and somewhat capricious.

For example, I haven't figured out how to search for the term "DPM" which was a thread at one time regarding lame caches. I've tried "Lame and DPM", I've tried "lame dpm" I've tried many things, but all fail. Yet, I know for a fact that such a thread exists.

Consulting the help on searching isn't all that enlightening either. Apparently, your search terms must all comprise at least four characters, and you can't reliably search for a phrase in a thread title.

I've provide an example that's easily demonstrable. On the Geocaching.com Web Site forum, there's a thread at the top about the off-topic forum being for premium users only.

Let's say that it has been several weeks, and the topic has gone by the wayside. A newbie enters the forum, and wants to search for that topic.

I've tried the following searches, all of which result in error, or it returning completely useless information:

ot and for and premium - failed

"ot for premium" - failed

'ot for premium' - returns completely unrelated information

Bottom line,

a- People around here (no specific dispersions being cast) should cut newbies (and heck, even longtimers) a bit of slack when it comes to searching these forums. It seems that even when you know a topic, and even the topic title, you can be totally unable to find it.

b- The search routines really need to be better documented (if there's a way to perform that search, I can't find it), or be fixed so that relevant information can be returned from a reasonable search.

edited to fix the inappropriate smilie as a bullet point.

Thanks to

TheNomad I couldnt have said it better.

Edited February 10, 2005 by treasure_hunter

6.4k · February 10, 2005

Off topic

February 10, 2005

Sometimes , I feel like living life on the edge and I may just may start one !

Star

Go for it! Start 20!

I think we need a new one asking what's the best GPS to buy.

ooo.....ooo.....I think we need another on the secret Geocache handshake/signal

6.4k · February 10, 2005

DPM

6.4k · February 10, 2005

Sometimes , I feel like living life on the edge and I may just may start one !

Star

Ohhh, good one, Star!

1.6k · February 10, 2005

Ok well I did start one ... sings ... " Living on the Edge "

Star

February 10, 2005

Some people just don't get the idea.

No matter how many times you show or tell them how to do it.

ooh! a shiney!

Edited February 10, 2005 by GeoKender

February 10, 2005

Someone failed to see my bad humor I think....

2.2k · February 10, 2005

i've started a few like this one that had never been done before. since when is someone who joined a year before i did a "newbie"?

February 10, 2005

Im sorry but whats this have to do with geocaching? Maybe a web page related question.??????????

February 10, 2005

Is this the right place to get MOPAR'ED?!

I guess my phrase is catching on.

Maybe, I should start a New Thread.

Have you been Mopar’ed ?.

Not restricted to the female population, ROTFLMAO.

SF1

9.2k · February 10, 2005

Have you been Mopar’ed ?.

Not restricted to the female population, ROTFLMAO.

You too?

Man, Mopar sure gets around.

7.2k · February 10, 2005

Someone failed to see my bad humor I think....

No, I understood. You didn't get a warning, did you?

Allowing it to continue would have been as bad as the original actions that prompted the duplicate post though. I though merging was the best solution.

Next time I'll just close it an warn you... JUST KIDDING (well, maybe).

February 10, 2005

I started a new thread once, I was suggesting that when you send someone an email from GC.com that the "Subject" could be modified. This was so that people who had Gmail accounts didn't have them all glommed together. I was flamed pretty bad <_<

I just started a thread to congratulate Flask on 800 finds...

6.5k · February 10, 2005

Nope never started one. I don't know how. I just glibly reply to the ones we already have. <_<

February 10, 2005

Someone failed to see my bad humor I think....

No, I understood. You didn't get a warning, did you?

Allowing it to continue would have been as bad as the original actions that prompted the duplicate post though. I though merging was the best solution.

Next time I'll just close it an warn you... JUST KIDDING (well, maybe).

Either way would have been cool . I knew I was pushing the limits when I posted it, hence the 'bad' humor comment. I was truly bored however so before I could stop I had already hit the submit button.

3.8k · February 10, 2005

bored

20.7k · February 10, 2005

yawn

Surprisingly, there are some pretty spirited conversations in alot of these.

4.5k · February 10, 2005

Searching for a past thread or topic is for the birds. I cant get it to work right as it allways brings up a reference to some guy named Markwell! <_<

But i do have some ideas for starting an original thread. How about?

Ammo cans or tupperware, which is better?

Mitsuko, where is she?

Which GPSr is the best?

WAAS up! Do you use it?

Dogs and caching!

Do you carry a firearm when caching?

Why dont people rehide a cache properly?

Permission to hide cache, do you get it?

or

Why wasnt my virtual cache be approved?

I take that back, these all sound somewhat familiar afterall. Guess there isnt anything new to talk about, everyone go home... :lol:

February 10, 2005

Hmmmm....I know! Let's talk about GUNS!!! <_< :lol:

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