San Diego Banter

[+TrailGators]

Cheap GPS

 

I used to play that game all the time as a kid! Who ever knew it would lead to this...

[+FlagMan]

This is good!

And that's where Evan is going to school in the fall. Maybe he doesn't need to go to college after all...

[+TrailGators]

This is good!

And that's where Evan is going to school in the fall. Maybe he doesn't need to go to college after all...

At least he'll stay entertained during study breaks.

[+TucsonThompsen]

This is good!

And that's where Evan is going to school in the fall. Maybe he doesn't need to go to college after all...

 

Hey man....I went to Berkeley...where do you think I learned all those crazy puzzle ideas, man.....

 

BTW...funny report. Don't knock Crepes-a-Go-Go, though. That place is awesome good!!! I recommend it to Evan! That and Fat Slice Pizza.

 

But seriously, fret not Tom. It's the townie residents of the city of Berkeley that are all the hippie types doing this stuff. The majority of the students are just about as pathetically apathetic politically-speaking as the rest of us. They just have too much classwork to worry about these things. Evan won't have time to pick his nose much less figure out how to get in on Protesting 1A given his engineering curriculum.

 

--TT--

Cal '96

 

P.S. $tanfurd Sucks. Go Bears!

[+TrailGators]

Tired of spam?

[+SD Rowdies]

We have many Geocachers in San Diego County that enjoy mountainous trail hiking.

For the most part the high-trail hikers are a great bunch of people, you know, except

for that mean-streak that shows up in the form of sleeper-caches that seem to activate

every darned time I clear hides from some difficult area.

 

Anyway, I just received a link to a spectacular video that will set high-trail hikers free.

I certainly expect that accomplished alpine hikers such as Gecko Dad and others will

be posting photos from their adventure along the featured trail in the near future.

 

Let's go hiking.

 

Thanks for the link Fisnjack, I loved it and I'm sure that others will respond

in kind.

Edited April 23, 2008 by SD Rowdies

[+"lostguy"]

We have many Geocachers in San Diego County that enjoy mountainous trail hiking.

For the most part the high-trail hikers are a great bunch of people, you know, except

for that mean-streak that shows up in the form of sleeper-caches that seem to activate

every darned time I clear hides from some difficult area.

 

Anyway, I just received a link to a spectacular video that will set high-trail hikers free.

I certainly expect that accomplished alpine hikers such as Gecko Dad and others will

be posting photos from their adventure along the featured trail in the near future.

 

Let's go hiking.

 

Thanks for the link Fisnjack, I loved it and I'm sure that others will respond

in kind.

The guy never found a single cache in 6 plus minutes. Must not have been a power trail. Being a bit of a wimp myself, you would never find me anywhere near this trail but it was fun watching the brave guy. Thanks for sharing.

[+TrailGators]

We have many Geocachers in San Diego County that enjoy mountainous trail hiking.

For the most part the high-trail hikers are a great bunch of people, you know, except

for that mean-streak that shows up in the form of sleeper-caches that seem to activate

every darned time I clear hides from some difficult area.

 

Anyway, I just received a link to a spectacular video that will set high-trail hikers free.

I certainly expect that accomplished alpine hikers such as Gecko Dad and others will

be posting photos from their adventure along the featured trail in the near future.

 

Let's go hiking.

 

Thanks for the link Fisnjack, I loved it and I'm sure that others will respond

in kind.

The guy never found a single cache in 6 plus minutes. Must not have been a power trail. Being a bit of a wimp myself, you would never find me anywhere near this trail but it was fun watching the brave guy. Thanks for sharing.

I would do it. I would have to empty my britches when I was done but I would do it.

[+TrailGators]

We have many Geocachers in San Diego County that enjoy mountainous trail hiking.

For the most part the high-trail hikers are a great bunch of people, you know, except

for that mean-streak that shows up in the form of sleeper-caches that seem to activate

every darned time I clear hides from some difficult area.

 

Anyway, I just received a link to a spectacular video that will set high-trail hikers free.

I certainly expect that accomplished alpine hikers such as Gecko Dad and others will

be posting photos from their adventure along the featured trail in the near future.

 

Let's go hiking.

 

Thanks for the link Fisnjack, I loved it and I'm sure that others will respond

in kind.

The guy never found a single cache in 6 plus minutes. Must not have been a power trail. Being a bit of a wimp myself, you would never find me anywhere near this trail but it was fun watching the brave guy. Thanks for sharing.

I would do it. I would have to empty my britches when I was done but I would do it.

[+Let's Look Over Thayer]

We have many Geocachers in San Diego County that enjoy mountainous trail hiking.

For the most part the high-trail hikers are a great bunch of people, you know, except

for that mean-streak that shows up in the form of sleeper-caches that seem to activate

every darned time I clear hides from some difficult area.

 

Anyway, I just received a link to a spectacular video that will set high-trail hikers free.

I certainly expect that accomplished alpine hikers such as Gecko Dad and others will

be posting photos from their adventure along the featured trail in the near future.

 

Let's go hiking.

 

Thanks for the link Fisnjack, I loved it and I'm sure that others will respond

in kind.

The guy never found a single cache in 6 plus minutes. Must not have been a power trail. Being a bit of a wimp myself, you would never find me anywhere near this trail but it was fun watching the brave guy. Thanks for sharing.

Wow! At first, I was going to berate the guy for using a wimpy trail with hand rails. But of course, the film kept rolling and it was clear that in places, there were no hand rails -- or even a bleepin' trail! Mama Mia!

 

I noticed that over most of the trail, there is at least a safety line that you could clip into. I have to wonder, given in the high level of trail maintenance that has been done, just how good the anchors are for the safety line.

 

It's not the trail to Makinodromo, but here's the trail we hiked to get to Taktshang (the Tiger's Nest Monastery) in Bhutan.

 

And in case you are wondering where this monastery is, this is our destination...

Edited April 23, 2008 by Let's Look Over Thayer

[+Team Gecko]

We have many Geocachers in San Diego County that enjoy mountainous trail hiking.

For the most part the high-trail hikers are a great bunch of people, you know, except

for that mean-streak that shows up in the form of sleeper-caches that seem to activate

every darned time I clear hides from some difficult area.

 

Anyway, I just received a link to a spectacular video that will set high-trail hikers free.

I certainly expect that accomplished alpine hikers such as Gecko Dad and others will

be posting photos from their adventure along the featured trail in the near future.

 

Let's go hiking.

 

Thanks for the link Fisnjack, I loved it and I'm sure that others will respond

in kind.

Alpine, did I hear Alpine? Here's an easier one closer to home ...

-GD

P.S. I guess since virtual postings are no longer allowed, the Spanish cache will likely be magnetic. Stealth required.

 

 

[+Snake & Rooster]

I couldn't help but notice that everyone he passed on the trail, and presumeably he, was young. The mantra playing in my head for t he video was, "There are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no old, bold climbers."

[+TrailGators]

We have many Geocachers in San Diego County that enjoy mountainous trail hiking.

For the most part the high-trail hikers are a great bunch of people, you know, except

for that mean-streak that shows up in the form of sleeper-caches that seem to activate

every darned time I clear hides from some difficult area.

 

Anyway, I just received a link to a spectacular video that will set high-trail hikers free.

I certainly expect that accomplished alpine hikers such as Gecko Dad and others will

be posting photos from their adventure along the featured trail in the near future.

 

Let's go hiking.

 

Thanks for the link Fisnjack, I loved it and I'm sure that others will respond

in kind.

Alpine, did I hear Alpine? Here's an easier one closer to home ...

-GD

P.S. I guess since virtual postings are no longer allowed, the Spanish cache will likely be magnetic. Stealth required.

 

 

Easier? Beautiful area! It's great to see these awe-inspiring photos. They make me want to get off the couch! Edited April 23, 2008 by TrailGators

[+SD Rowdies]

Now that we have a discussion group there's a couple of odd things about that video that teased some thoughts from my broadcast-engineering mind.

 

A. The footage is so stable that it seems to be a dolly shot or maybe a tracking shot being pulled along on a cable. Pretty darned hard to use a helmet or chest-harness mount without some up-and-down oscillation resulting from the hikers gate.

 

B. The occasional head-shadow of the hiker doesn't offer any sign of a camera shadow so it's not a helmet mount. Must be a chest-harness mount and that squares with the camera view when he passes the guy on the bridge. No way could it be a hand-held camera with such tracking stability.

 

C. When the hiker passes the guy with the backpack that's standing on the bridge the hiker doesn't have to side-step or even crowd around the backpack.

 

Is it just me? Of course it doesn't matter much, the pleasure is in seeing the location.

Edited April 23, 2008 by SD Rowdies

[+SD Rowdies]

We have many Geocachers in San Diego County that enjoy mountainous trail hiking.

For the most part the high-trail hikers are a great bunch of people, you know, except

for that mean-streak that shows up in the form of sleeper-caches that seem to activate

every darned time I clear hides from some difficult area.

 

Anyway, I just received a link to a spectacular video that will set high-trail hikers free.

I certainly expect that accomplished alpine hikers such as Gecko Dad and others will

be posting photos from their adventure along the featured trail in the near future.

 

Let's go hiking.

 

Thanks for the link Fisnjack, I loved it and I'm sure that others will respond

in kind.

Alpine, did I hear Alpine? Here's an easier one closer to home ...

-GD

P.S. I guess since virtual postings are no longer allowed, the Spanish cache will likely be magnetic. Stealth required.

 

 

Easier? Beautiful area! It's great to see these awe-inspiring photos. They make me want to get off the couch!

Don, youdaman!

[+SKILLET]

Now that we have a discussion group there's a couple of odd things about that video that teased some thoughts from my broadcast-engineering mind.

 

A. The footage is so stable that it seems to be a dolly shot or maybe a tracking shot being pulled along on a cable. Pretty darned hard to use a helmet or chest-harness mount without some up-and-down oscillation resulting from the hikers gate.

 

B. The occasional head-shadow of the hiker doesn't offer any sign of a camera shadow so it's not a helmet mount. Must be a chest-harness mount and that squares with the camera view when he passes the guy on the bridge. No way could it be a hand-held camera with such tracking stability.

 

C. When the hiker passes the guy with the backpack that's standing on the bridge the hiker doesn't have to side-step or even crowd around the backpack.

 

Is it just me? Of course it doesn't matter much, the pleasure is in seeing the location.

 

I was wondering how he was moving so fast. those parts where the trail was missing and only a pipe on the out side edge, he glided right over them not even slowing down. Maybe a new super secret hover camera. Great video though.

[+Let's Look Over Thayer]

Now that we have a discussion group there's a couple of odd things about that video that teased some thoughts from my broadcast-engineering mind.

 

A. The footage is so stable that it seems to be a dolly shot or maybe a tracking shot being pulled along on a cable. Pretty darned hard to use a helmet or chest-harness mount without some up-and-down oscillation resulting from the hikers gate.

 

B. The occasional head-shadow of the hiker doesn't offer any sign of a camera shadow so it's not a helmet mount. Must be a chest-harness mount and that squares with the camera view when he passes the guy on the bridge. No way could it be a hand-held camera with such tracking stability.

 

C. When the hiker passes the guy with the backpack that's standing on the bridge the hiker doesn't have to side-step or even crowd around the backpack.

 

Is it just me? Of course it doesn't matter much, the pleasure is in seeing the location.

 

I was wondering how he was moving so fast. those parts where the trail was missing and only a pipe on the out side edge, he glided right over them not even slowing down. Maybe a new super secret hover camera. Great video though.

There is a lot of video out there of this trail (seems to be a very popular thing to do). Just go to YouTube and search for El Chorro.

[+Team Gecko]

Now that we have a discussion group there's a couple of odd things about that video that teased some thoughts from my broadcast-engineering mind.

 

A. The footage is so stable that it seems to be a dolly shot or maybe a tracking shot being pulled along on a cable. Pretty darned hard to use a helmet or chest-harness mount without some up-and-down oscillation resulting from the hikers gate.

 

B. The occasional head-shadow of the hiker doesn't offer any sign of a camera shadow so it's not a helmet mount. Must be a chest-harness mount and that squares with the camera view when he passes the guy on the bridge. No way could it be a hand-held camera with such tracking stability.

 

C. When the hiker passes the guy with the backpack that's standing on the bridge the hiker doesn't have to side-step or even crowd around the backpack.

 

Is it just me? Of course it doesn't matter much, the pleasure is in seeing the location.

 

I was wondering how he was moving so fast. those parts where the trail was missing and only a pipe on the out side edge, he glided right over them not even slowing down. Maybe a new super secret hover camera. Great video though.

There is a lot of video out there of this trail (seems to be a very popular thing to do). Just go to YouTube and search for El Chorro.

 

Here's a bit more on the reason for El Caminito del Rey and its status.

-GD

[+SKILLET]

Now this is what I call a Man's BBQ

 

 

 

 

 

[+sfidc]

Now this is what I call a Man's BBQ

 

 

 

 

 

Master Chief can I have one please for the Chief's mess?

[+TrailGators]

Now this is what I call a Man's BBQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's what I'm talking about!

[+fisnjack]

I really like this one and have it on my watchlist. http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.as...d2-32c4681ebb5b

[+TrailGators]

I really like this one and have it on my watchlist. http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.as...d2-32c4681ebb5b

[+FlagMan]

I really like this one and have it on my watchlist. http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.as...d2-32c4681ebb5b

Awesome!

[+Let's Look Over Thayer]

I really like this one and have it on my watchlist. http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.as...d2-32c4681ebb5b

For those that are too lazy to click the link:

 

 

[+SKILLET]

For high speed cooking, when you have to feed alot of Cachers quickly.

 

[+Snake & Rooster]

I think they have something similar at Phil's.

[+Let's Look Over Thayer]

No discussion of BBQ's would be complete without this dissertation on lighting charcoal...

 

Nuclear Picnic

by Dave Barry

 

The Boston Globe Magazine

June 25, 1995

 

Today's culinary topic is: how to light a charcoal fire. Everybody loves a backyard barbecue. For some reason, food just seems to taste better when it has been cooked outdoors, where flies can lay eggs on it. But there's nothing worse than trying to set fire to a pile of balky charcoal.

 

The average back-yard chef, wishing to cook hamburgers, tries to ignite the charcoal via the squirt, light, and wait method, wherein you squirt lighter fluid on a pile of briquettes, light the pile, then wait until they have turned a uniform gray color. When I say "they have turned a uniform gray color," I am referring to the hamburgers. The briquettes will remain as cold and lifeless as Leonard Nimoy. The backyard chef will keep this up - squirting, lighting, waiting; squirting, lighting, waiting - until the bacterial level in the side dishes has reached the point where the potato salad rises up from its bowl, Bloblike, and attempts to mate with the corn. This is the signal that it's time to order Chinese food.

 

The problem is that modern charcoal, manufactured under strict consumer-safety guidelines, is one of the least-flammable substances on Earth. On more than one occasion, quick-thinking individuals have extinguished a raging house fire by throwing charcoal on it. Your backyard chef would be just as successful trying to ignite a pile of rocks.

 

Is there a solution? Yes. There happens to be a technique that is guaranteed to get your charcoal burning very, very quickly, although you should not attempt this technique unless you meet the following criterion: You are a complete idiot.

 

I found out about this technique from alert reader George Rasko, who sent me a letter describing something he came across on the World Wide Web, a computer network that you should definitely learn more about, because as you read these words, your 11-year-old is downloading pornography from it.

 

By hooking into the World Wide Web, you can look at a variety of electronic "pages," consisting of documents, pictures, and videos created by people all over the world. One of these is a guy named (really) George Goble, a computer person in the Purdue University engineering department. Each year, Goble and a bunch of other engineers hold a picnic in West Lafayette, Indiana, at which they cook hamburgers on a big grill. Being engineers, they began looking for practical ways to speed up the charcoal-lighting process.

 

"We started by blowing the charcoal with a hair dryer," Goble told me in a telephone interview. "Then we figured out that it would light faster if we used a vacuum cleaner."

 

If you know anything about (1) engineers and (2) guys in general, you know what happened: The purpose of the charcoal-lighting shifted from cooking hamburgers to seeing how fast they could light the charcoal.

 

From the vacuum cleaner, they escalated to using a propane torch, then an acetylene torch. Then Goble started using compressed pure oxygen, which caused the charcoal to burn much faster, because as you recall from chemistry class, fire is essentially the rapid combination of oxygen with the cosine to form the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (or something along those lines).

 

By this point, Goble was getting pretty good times. But in the world of competitive charcoal-lighting, "pretty good" does not cut the mustard. Thus, Goble hit upon the idea of using - get ready - liquid oxygen. This is the form of oxygen used in rocket engines; it's 295 degrees below zero and 600 times as dense as regular oxygen. In terms of releasing energy, pouring liquid oxygen on charcoal is the equivalent of throwing a live squirrel into a room containing 50 million Labrador retrievers. On Gobel's World Wide Web page (the address is http://ghg.ecn.purdue.edu/), you can see actual photographs and a video of Goble using a bucket attached to a 10-foot-long wooden handle to dump 3 gallons of liquid oxygen (not sold in stores) onto a grill

containing 60 pounds of charcoal and a lit cigarette for ignition.

 

What follows is the most impressive charcoal-lighting I have ever seen, featuring a large fireball that, according to Goble, reached 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The charcoal was ready for cooking in - this has to be a world record - 3 seconds.

 

There's also a photo of what happened when Goble used the same technique on a flimsy $2.88 discount-store grill. All that's left is a circle of charcoal with a few shreds of metal in it. "Basically, the grill vaporized," said Goble. "We were thinking of returning it to the store for a refund."

 

Looking at Goble's video and photos, I became, as an American, all choked up with gratitude at the fact that I do not live anywhere near the engineers' picnic site. But also, I was proud of my country for producing guys who can be ready to barbecue in less time than it takes for guys in less-advanced nations, such as France, to spit.

 

Will the 3-second barrier ever be broken? Will engineers come up with a new, more powerful charcoal-lighting technology? It's something for all of us to ponder this summer as we sit outside, chewing our hamburgers, every now and then glancing in the direction of West Lafayette, Indiana, looking for a mushroom cloud.

[+TrailGators]

No discussion of BBQ's would be complete without this dissertation on lighting charcoal...

 

Nuclear Picnic

by Dave Barry

 

The Boston Globe Magazine

June 25, 1995

 

Today's culinary topic is: how to light a charcoal fire. Everybody loves a backyard barbecue. For some reason, food just seems to taste better when it has been cooked outdoors, where flies can lay eggs on it. But there's nothing worse than trying to set fire to a pile of balky charcoal.

 

The average back-yard chef, wishing to cook hamburgers, tries to ignite the charcoal via the squirt, light, and wait method, wherein you squirt lighter fluid on a pile of briquettes, light the pile, then wait until they have turned a uniform gray color. When I say "they have turned a uniform gray color," I am referring to the hamburgers. The briquettes will remain as cold and lifeless as Leonard Nimoy. The backyard chef will keep this up - squirting, lighting, waiting; squirting, lighting, waiting - until the bacterial level in the side dishes has reached the point where the potato salad rises up from its bowl, Bloblike, and attempts to mate with the corn. This is the signal that it's time to order Chinese food.

 

The problem is that modern charcoal, manufactured under strict consumer-safety guidelines, is one of the least-flammable substances on Earth. On more than one occasion, quick-thinking individuals have extinguished a raging house fire by throwing charcoal on it. Your backyard chef would be just as successful trying to ignite a pile of rocks.

 

Is there a solution? Yes. There happens to be a technique that is guaranteed to get your charcoal burning very, very quickly, although you should not attempt this technique unless you meet the following criterion: You are a complete idiot.

 

I found out about this technique from alert reader George Rasko, who sent me a letter describing something he came across on the World Wide Web, a computer network that you should definitely learn more about, because as you read these words, your 11-year-old is downloading pornography from it.

 

By hooking into the World Wide Web, you can look at a variety of electronic "pages," consisting of documents, pictures, and videos created by people all over the world. One of these is a guy named (really) George Goble, a computer person in the Purdue University engineering department. Each year, Goble and a bunch of other engineers hold a picnic in West Lafayette, Indiana, at which they cook hamburgers on a big grill. Being engineers, they began looking for practical ways to speed up the charcoal-lighting process.

 

"We started by blowing the charcoal with a hair dryer," Goble told me in a telephone interview. "Then we figured out that it would light faster if we used a vacuum cleaner."

 

If you know anything about (1) engineers and (2) guys in general, you know what happened: The purpose of the charcoal-lighting shifted from cooking hamburgers to seeing how fast they could light the charcoal.

 

From the vacuum cleaner, they escalated to using a propane torch, then an acetylene torch. Then Goble started using compressed pure oxygen, which caused the charcoal to burn much faster, because as you recall from chemistry class, fire is essentially the rapid combination of oxygen with the cosine to form the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (or something along those lines).

 

By this point, Goble was getting pretty good times. But in the world of competitive charcoal-lighting, "pretty good" does not cut the mustard. Thus, Goble hit upon the idea of using - get ready - liquid oxygen. This is the form of oxygen used in rocket engines; it's 295 degrees below zero and 600 times as dense as regular oxygen. In terms of releasing energy, pouring liquid oxygen on charcoal is the equivalent of throwing a live squirrel into a room containing 50 million Labrador retrievers. On Gobel's World Wide Web page (the address is http://ghg.ecn.purdue.edu/), you can see actual photographs and a video of Goble using a bucket attached to a 10-foot-long wooden handle to dump 3 gallons of liquid oxygen (not sold in stores) onto a grill

containing 60 pounds of charcoal and a lit cigarette for ignition.

 

What follows is the most impressive charcoal-lighting I have ever seen, featuring a large fireball that, according to Goble, reached 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The charcoal was ready for cooking in - this has to be a world record - 3 seconds.

 

There's also a photo of what happened when Goble used the same technique on a flimsy $2.88 discount-store grill. All that's left is a circle of charcoal with a few shreds of metal in it. "Basically, the grill vaporized," said Goble. "We were thinking of returning it to the store for a refund."

 

Looking at Goble's video and photos, I became, as an American, all choked up with gratitude at the fact that I do not live anywhere near the engineers' picnic site. But also, I was proud of my country for producing guys who can be ready to barbecue in less time than it takes for guys in less-advanced nations, such as France, to spit.

 

Will the 3-second barrier ever be broken? Will engineers come up with a new, more powerful charcoal-lighting technology? It's something for all of us to ponder this summer as we sit outside, chewing our hamburgers, every now and then glancing in the direction of West Lafayette, Indiana, looking for a mushroom cloud.

[+warmouse4000]

No discussion of BBQ's would be complete without this dissertation on lighting charcoal...

 

Nuclear Picnic

by Dave Barry

 

The Boston Globe Magazine

June 25, 1995

 

I am so proud of my alma mater. By the way I always thought that story was more of an urban legend. If I remember correctly after he vaporized that grill the quasi competition was no longer allowed. Still very cool though.

[+Let's Look Over Thayer]

No discussion of BBQ's would be complete without this dissertation on lighting charcoal...

 

Nuclear Picnic

by Dave Barry

 

The Boston Globe Magazine

June 25, 1995

 

I am so proud of my alma mater. By the way I always thought that story was more of an urban legend. If I remember correctly after he vaporized that grill the quasi competition was no longer allowed. Still very cool though.

Video, still shots and other related trivia can be found at: http://www.bkinzel.de/misc/ghg/index.html

[+SKILLET]

How to use Your IRS Rebate check...

 

As you may have heard, each of us will be getting a tax rebate check to stimulate the economy.

 

If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China .

 

If we spend it on gasoline, it will go to the Arabs.

 

If we purchase a computer, it will go to India .

 

If we purchase fruits and vegetabl es, it will go to Mexico , Honduras , Brazil and Guatemala.

 

If we purchase a good car, it will go to Japan .

 

If we purchase useless stuff, it will go to Taiwan. And, none of it will help the American economy.

 

We need to keep that money here in America . The only way to keep that money here at home is to spend it at yard sales since those are the only businesses still in the US !

 

Swap meets will work too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[+TrailGators]

[/size]

How to use Your IRS Rebate check...

 

As you may have heard, each of us will be getting a tax rebate check to stimulate the economy.

 

If[/color] we spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China .

 

If we spend it on gasoline, it will go to the Arabs.

 

If we purchase a computer, it will go to India .

 

If we purchase fruits and vegetabl es, it will go to Mexico , Honduras , Brazil and Guatemala.

 

If we purchase a good car, it will go to Japan .

 

If we purchase useless stuff, it will go to Taiwan. And, none of it will help the American economy.

 

We need to keep that money here in America . The only way to keep that money here at home is to spend it at yard sales since those are the only businesses still in the US !

 

Swap meets will work too.

 

 

Give your checks to me! That way you'll get the satisfaction that your check went to a good guy in the good ol' US of A! Edited May 5, 2008 by TrailGators

[+boysnbarrie]

Does anyone know how to download waypoints if you're using an iMac computer and a Magellan 500 GPS? GSAK only works with Windows. I would really appreciate any guidance on this matter. The 'send to GPS' key only works if you have a Garmin.

Edited May 17, 2008 by boysnbarrie

[+SD Rowdies]

Does anyone know how to download waypoints if you're using an iMac computer and a Magellan 500 GPS? GSAK only works with Windows. I would really appreciate any guidance on this matter. The 'send to GPS' key only works if you have a Garmin.

Shows y' what I know. I haven't plugged in my old Magellan Platinum since before that "Send to GPS" button showed up. Sure enough, Garmin only, ain't that weird? Must be Magellan didn't cough up some cash for Geocaching.com.

 

It's time for some Mac weenies to check in with their approach. Flagman, aren't you a Mac kinda guy?

 

Me, I once had an Apple IIE ... and should have kept it for historical purposes. Once used an Apple II mother board and Z80 expansion card to implement a video-tape vending machine way back in the mid-eighties. Yep, programming language C, no lie.

 

O, 'scuse me, my mind wanders now and then.

 

Anyway, if some Mac guy doesn't check in on this then I'll figure it out for you. What model of Mac? ... must be a teacher.

 

Harmon

Edited May 17, 2008 by SD Rowdies

[+Let's Look Over Thayer]

Me, I once had an Apple IIE ... and should have kept it for historical purposes. Once used an Apple II mother board and Z80 expansion card to implement a video-tape vending machine way back in the mid-eighties.

Now that takes me back...I have, in my closet, a Franklin Ace 1000 -- which was an exact Apple II clone. Except for one thing, it only did black and white on it's screen whereas the Apple II did color. Then one day, I discovered that all the color circuitry was on the motherboard. It had just been disabled. All it took was one little jumper soldered to the board and it became an exact Apple II clone. And yep, I had one of those Z80 boards too. Still do. It's also in the closet...

 

Geezer 1: Ayyep! In my day, we didn't have no fancy programming languages. We had to program using ones and zeros...

 

Geezer 2: Ones and zeros? All we had were ones. Didn't have no zeros. No sir. We had to use the letter 'O'...

[+boysnbarrie]

It's a fairly new iMac (got it for Christmas) ... I really like it. I still have my Dell, but it isn't hooked up to the internet ... if I have to pull that thing out and get online with the Dell (heavy sigh), I'll do it. Seems like that would be the easiest thing. Argh.

 

The Mac was a gift. I think it's a 20inch iMac, and the operating system is OS X (aka:Leopard). I thought I'd found a way to work downloading the waypoints with something called GSPBabel, but everything I try isn't working. Ohhh, did I mention I'm not the most computer savy? Coz, uh ... I'm not. (I can drive a 40 foot school bus just about anywhere, tho) It just seems to me there's gotta be an easy way to do this ... and at this point, ANYTHING would be better than hand entering every waypoint. Hey, it only took me 2 years to figure THAT out! LOL

 

Harmon, I am mighty grateful that you tried to steer me in the right direction. I wondered if when I mentioned Mac ... if you mistook that for mac n' cheese. I probably should have been more clear. Dang, I'd love some mac n' cheese right now, it's been a long time since I had any home-made. Mmmmm. Whoops, there I go whining, and this isn't the whining thread, is it?

Edited May 17, 2008 by boysnbarrie

[+SD Rowdies]

It's a fairly new iMac (got it for Christmas) ... I really like it. I still have my Dell, but it isn't hooked up to the internet ... if I have to pull that thing out and get online with the Dell (heavy sigh), I'll do it. Seems like that would be the easiest thing. Argh.

 

The Mac was a gift. I think it's a 20inch iMac, and the operating system is OS X (aka:Leopard). I thought I'd found a way to work downloading the waypoints with something called GSPBabel, but everything I try isn't working. Ohhh, did I mention I'm not the most computer savy? Coz, uh ... I'm not. (I can drive a 40 foot school bus just about anywhere, tho) It just seems to me there's gotta be an easy way to do this ... and at this point, ANYTHING would be better than hand entering every waypoint. Hey, it only took me 2 years to figure THAT out! LOL

 

Harmon, I am mighty grateful that you tried to steer me in the right direction. I wondered if when I mentioned Mac ... if you mistook that for mac n' cheese. I probably should have been more clear. Dang, I'd love some mac n' cheese right now, it's been a long time since I had any home-made. Mmmmm. Whoops, there I go whining, and this isn't the whining thread, is it?

Try combo No. 16 at Carl's Jr, the chicken/bacon/swiss thingy with criss-cut fries and a couple of ranch-dressing dippers. That's my power meal after a day of following Splashette up yet-another huge mountain.

 

So fine, your whining is emotionally breaking me down so I'll spend some time today looking into the iMac/GPS download. Seems to me I have some links in my favorites list that might help.

 

See how it is, give the Mac people a chance to help somebody and look what hasn't happened.

Edited May 17, 2008 by SD Rowdies

[+SD Rowdies]

Me, I once had an Apple IIE ... and should have kept it for historical purposes. Once used an Apple II mother board and Z80 expansion card to implement a video-tape vending machine way back in the mid-eighties.

Now that takes me back...I have, in my closet, a Franklin Ace 1000 -- which was an exact Apple II clone. Except for one thing, it only did black and white on it's screen whereas the Apple II did color. Then one day, I discovered that all the color circuitry was on the motherboard. It had just been disabled. All it took was one little jumper soldered to the board and it became an exact Apple II clone. And yep, I had one of those Z80 boards too. Still do. It's also in the closet...

 

Geezer 1: Ayyep! In my day, we didn't have no fancy programming languages. We had to program using ones and zeros...

 

Geezer 2: Ones and zeros? All we had were ones. Didn't have no zeros. No sir. We had to use the letter 'O'...

Geezer 3: Shoot far, you young whipper-snappers don't know much. Back in my day ones and zeros wuzn't even invented. We had t' use dots and dashes. 'Fore that we jus' scratched in th' sand with a stick. Now them was th' good ol' days, shore 'nuff.

Edited May 17, 2008 by SD Rowdies

[+Let's Look Over Thayer]

I can drive a 40 foot school bus just about anywhere, tho

Welcome to the group! There are regular outings planned!

 

 

[+SD Rowdies]

I can drive a 40 foot school bus just about anywhere, tho

Welcome to the group! There are regular outings planned!

 

 

Love it!

[+boysnbarrie]

Just got back home from school bus training in-service hours up in Encinitas. Aww shucks, thank you all for welcoming me into yer group ... I feel mighty welcome. Love the pic of the school bus, too! To be honest, I haven't joined up with the school bus rodeo team (yes, there really is school bus rodeo), but I probably should.

 

Thank you, Harmon, for anything you're able to find out about my ongoing iMac/downloading waypoint "needs" being met. My son, halftrack guy, is ready to move the Dell if needed. I just find it hard to believe there isn't an easy way to download if yer using a Mac. Hmmm, maybe I just need to go out and buy a Garmin. I'm going to go take a look at my bank balance and see if I have a spare $300 ... brb.

[+FlagMan]

Just got back home from school bus training in-service hours up in Encinitas. Aww shucks, thank you all for welcoming me into yer group ... I feel mighty welcome. Love the pic of the school bus, too! To be honest, I haven't joined up with the school bus rodeo team (yes, there really is school bus rodeo), but I probably should.

 

Thank you, Harmon, for anything you're able to find out about my ongoing iMac/downloading waypoint "needs" being met. My son, halftrack guy, is ready to move the Dell if needed. I just find it hard to believe there isn't an easy way to download if yer using a Mac. Hmmm, maybe I just need to go out and buy a Garmin. I'm going to go take a look at my bank balance and see if I have a spare $300 ... brb.

From a Mac guy, I'm sorry but I can't help you with anything Magellan. I use GSAK on my Mac with a program called VMware Fusion that allows me to run WindowXP in a separate window. I recommend the program -- I have found there are times when you just need Windows since not all software is written for the Mac...

[+SD Rowdies]

Just got back home from school bus training in-service hours up in Encinitas. Aww shucks, thank you all for welcoming me into yer group ... I feel mighty welcome. Love the pic of the school bus, too! To be honest, I haven't joined up with the school bus rodeo team (yes, there really is school bus rodeo), but I probably should.

 

Thank you, Harmon, for anything you're able to find out about my ongoing iMac/downloading waypoint "needs" being met. My son, halftrack guy, is ready to move the Dell if needed. I just find it hard to believe there isn't an easy way to download if yer using a Mac. Hmmm, maybe I just need to go out and buy a Garmin. I'm going to go take a look at my bank balance and see if I have a spare $300 ... brb.

From a Mac guy, I'm sorry but I can't help you with anything Magellan. I use GSAK on my Mac with a program called VMware Fusion that allows me to run WindowXP in a separate window. I recommend the program -- I have found there are times when you just need Windows since not all software is written for the Mac...

Hey, what about this?

 

MacCaching Software for MAC OSX

 

Definitely claims to be for OSX. Its a shareware product much like GSAK

and the claim is that it has the GSAK features. If so then you'll also be

set for paperless Geocaching once you own a PDA of some sort. There's

a download tab at top of the MacCaching web page.

 

Depending on your Mac and GPS you might need a USB/RS-232 or vice

versa converter but that's easy and cheap at any electronics store.

 

This may turn out to be a useful discussion for future reference. Give it a

try and post your findings on this thread.

 

So what I've learned from all of this is that school-bus drivers as well as

school teachers are Macophiles. Ain't that weird?

 

Harmon

Edited May 18, 2008 by SD Rowdies

[+boysnbarrie]

Just got back home from school bus training in-service hours up in Encinitas. Aww shucks, thank you all for welcoming me into yer group ... I feel mighty welcome. Love the pic of the school bus, too! To be honest, I haven't joined up with the school bus rodeo team (yes, there really is school bus rodeo), but I probably should.

 

Thank you, Harmon, for anything you're able to find out about my ongoing iMac/downloading waypoint "needs" being met. My son, halftrack guy, is ready to move the Dell if needed. I just find it hard to believe there isn't an easy way to download if yer using a Mac. Hmmm, maybe I just need to go out and buy a Garmin. I'm going to go take a look at my bank balance and see if I have a spare $300 ... brb.

From a Mac guy, I'm sorry but I can't help you with anything Magellan. I use GSAK on my Mac with a program called VMware Fusion that allows me to run WindowXP in a separate window. I recommend the program -- I have found there are times when you just need Windows since not all software is written for the Mac...

Hey, what about this?

 

MacCaching Software for MAC OSX

 

Definitely claims to be for OSX. Its a shareware product much like GSAK

and the claim is that it has the GSAK features. If so then you'll also be

set for paperless Geocaching once you own a PDA of some sort. There's

a download tab at top of the MacCaching web page.

 

Depending on your Mac and GPS you might need a USB/RS-232 or vice

versa converter but that's easy and cheap at any electronics store.

 

This may turn out to be a useful discussion for future reference. Give it a

try and post your findings on this thread.

 

So what I've learned from all of this is that school-bus drivers as well as

school teachers are Macophiles. Ain't that weird?

 

Harmon

 

Oh wow! This looks very promising ... I've loaded MacCaching on my Mac (oh, if only I had some mac n' cheese)! I'll go try a PQ and see if I can download it. BRB

[+SD Rowdies]

Just got back home from school bus training in-service hours up in Encinitas. Aww shucks, thank you all for welcoming me into yer group ... I feel mighty welcome. Love the pic of the school bus, too! To be honest, I haven't joined up with the school bus rodeo team (yes, there really is school bus rodeo), but I probably should.

 

Thank you, Harmon, for anything you're able to find out about my ongoing iMac/downloading waypoint "needs" being met. My son, halftrack guy, is ready to move the Dell if needed. I just find it hard to believe there isn't an easy way to download if yer using a Mac. Hmmm, maybe I just need to go out and buy a Garmin. I'm going to go take a look at my bank balance and see if I have a spare $300 ... brb.

From a Mac guy, I'm sorry but I can't help you with anything Magellan. I use GSAK on my Mac with a program called VMware Fusion that allows me to run WindowXP in a separate window. I recommend the program -- I have found there are times when you just need Windows since not all software is written for the Mac...

Hey, what about this?

 

MacCaching Software for MAC OSX

 

Definitely claims to be for OSX. Its a shareware product much like GSAK

and the claim is that it has the GSAK features. If so then you'll also be

set for paperless Geocaching once you own a PDA of some sort. There's

a download tab at top of the MacCaching web page.

 

Depending on your Mac and GPS you might need a USB/RS-232 or vice

versa converter but that's easy and cheap at any electronics store.

 

This may turn out to be a useful discussion for future reference. Give it a

try and post your findings on this thread.

 

So what I've learned from all of this is that school-bus drivers as well as

school teachers are Macophiles. Ain't that weird?

 

Harmon

 

Oh wow! This looks very promising ... I've loaded MacCaching on my Mac

(oh, if only I had some mac n' cheese)! I'll go try a PQ and see if I can down-

load it. BRB

Go for it! Think of the tedious keypunching that'll be a fading memory.

 

Fingers crossed for you,

Harmon

Edited May 18, 2008 by SD Rowdies

[+boysnbarrie]

Just got back home from school bus training in-service hours up in Encinitas. Aww shucks, thank you all for welcoming me into yer group ... I feel mighty welcome. Love the pic of the school bus, too! To be honest, I haven't joined up with the school bus rodeo team (yes, there really is school bus rodeo), but I probably should.

 

Thank you, Harmon, for anything you're able to find out about my ongoing iMac/downloading waypoint "needs" being met. My son, halftrack guy, is ready to move the Dell if needed. I just find it hard to believe there isn't an easy way to download if yer using a Mac. Hmmm, maybe I just need to go out and buy a Garmin. I'm going to go take a look at my bank balance and see if I have a spare $300 ... brb.

From a Mac guy, I'm sorry but I can't help you with anything Magellan. I use GSAK on my Mac with a program called VMware Fusion that allows me to run WindowXP in a separate window. I recommend the program -- I have found there are times when you just need Windows since not all software is written for the Mac...

Hey, what about this?

 

MacCaching Software for MAC OSX

 

Definitely claims to be for OSX. Its a shareware product much like GSAK

and the claim is that it has the GSAK features. If so then you'll also be

set for paperless Geocaching once you own a PDA of some sort. There's

a download tab at top of the MacCaching web page.

 

Depending on your Mac and GPS you might need a USB/RS-232 or vice

versa converter but that's easy and cheap at any electronics store.

 

This may turn out to be a useful discussion for future reference. Give it a

try and post your findings on this thread.

 

So what I've learned from all of this is that school-bus drivers as well as

school teachers are Macophiles. Ain't that weird?

 

Harmon

 

Oh wow! This looks very promising ... I've loaded MacCaching on my Mac

(oh, if only I had some mac n' cheese)! I'll go try a PQ and see if I can down-

load it. BRB

Go for it! Think of the tedious keypunching that'll be a fadinig memory.

 

Fingers crossed for you,

Harmon

 

(heavy sigh) Well ... I think I made some headway, but I'm not real sure. The program is communicating with my GPS, but whenever I begin the download it gives me a "fatal error" msg. I had no problem with the pocket query, and no problem getting the query into the MacCaching program. It's a gpx file, and seems ready to download and bring a smile to my face. (argh) Why do they have to use the word "fatal?" It's so ... morbid, ya know? Dang.

 

I've been up since 4am, and I think I'm turning into a pumpkin ... so I'm gonna hit the sack. Shoot, I hate that fatal error thing ... why couldn't it be just a "not a good error" kinda thing? Or ... "you could do better than THAT! error." For a minute I wondered if my GPS died, or something!

 

I think I'm gonna get some ice cream ... cya tomorrow

[+boysnbarrie]

Well, Harmon ...

 

I'm not sure what I did different this morning, but I got a download to work. Right now I'm stunned, I really am. Wow. I made a PQ of 10 caches near the Sacramento airport, and now I'm looking at them in my GPS. Wow, I didn't have to hand enter these . Maybe I better see if I can do this again before i get too excited. Wow. I can hardly believe it worked. BRB, I'm going to try downloading some caches in and around Roseville, Wheatland, and (I love the name of this town where my Aunt lives -->) Rough and Ready, CA.

 

I might have to track you down and give you a big hug if this did the trick, WOW!!!

[+boysnbarrie]

I am utterly thrilled and amazed. For only $15 bucks, too! Not bad at all. There are a few things I still need to figure out (well, maybe more that I don't even know I need to figure out, huh?), but yeah ... this is working GREAT! Thank you, Harmon, for the info ... yer awesome! I owe you a hug, fer sure ... uh, if that's ok.

 

MacCaching works great! It downloads all the info on the cache, including when it was last found, the hint, difficulty, view on a map ... and all that I think I'd need. I like that I can select "found" and it stores all my found caches too. Maybe I can quit carrying a spiral notepad around now?

Edited May 18, 2008 by boysnbarrie

[+SD Rowdies]

I am utterly thrilled and amazed. For only $15 bucks, too! Not bad at all. There are a few things I still need to figure out (well, maybe more that I don't even know I need to figure out, huh?), but yeah ... this is working GREAT! Thank you, Harmon, for the info ... yer awesome! I owe you a hug, fer sure ... uh, if that's ok.

 

MacCaching works great! It downloads all the info on the cache, including when it was last found, the hint, difficulty, view on a map ... and all that I think I'd need. I like that I can select "found" and it stores all my found caches too. Maybe I can quit carrying a spiral notepad around now?

Fantastic! hard to beat a good-night's sleep, huh? Up at 4:00 am you say? So now we know how bad your case of OCG (Obsessive-Compulsive Geocaching) is. Sorry to say that there's no cure for OCG as you can see from the Forum posts by other afflicted souls, not to mention any names.

 

Now you can be the iMac-Geocaching Forum expert. Sounds like MacCaching is very like GSAK.

 

Thank you for this chance to exercise my aging mind. As it turned out I got lucky by discovering MacCaching right away so then I didn't have to spend time investigating iMac functionality.

 

Way back when RocketMan and a few others got together for the first San Diego paperless-caching event many local Geocachers made the leap from manual waypoint entry to direct downloading. The event was a defining moment for many of us. I've always appreciated the effort that went into that event. Makes me feel like I'm passing on a favor from RocketMan, Steve Dillon, Devhead (Of stapler fame), and others.

 

For your Geocaching-Woodstock trip make sure to figure out how to do a Pocket Query for "Caches along a Route." That way you can improve the experience of driving through central-valley along the I-5.

 

Also look into the features of your Magellan eXplorist and see if it can store and recall waypoint downloads as a file on the expansion-memory card. For sure my old Magellan Platinum has that feature and so for trips I loaded multiple PQs, one at a time, and then transferred them one at a time onto the expansion-memory card. That way you can recall stored PQs as you progress along to far-away places. Sort of reduces the need for a laptop and the need to find WIFI along the way. Oddly enough that's a Magellan feature that Garmin should have incorporated into their units, but didn't.

 

Happy for you and looking forward to my hug,

Harmon

Edited May 18, 2008 by SD Rowdies