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Originally posted by arcangl7:
My comments, whether on my thread or someone elses, are important enough to me that I’ve taken the time to respond. No one should be able to prevent those comments from being read by the community by deleting a thread.
Exactly!
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Originally posted by Cathunter:
To many times discussions disappear from the forums because the initial poster doesn’t care for the direction the thread is going. Forum posts are made so that we can determine how other people feel about the topic at hand. If we all agree on everything, there would be no need for open conversation. Each time a post is unnecessarily deleted, we all lose the ability to think about or sometimes even gain from what has been said. Everyone has the ability to proofread and spell-check their documents before posting. There is no reason for entire threads to disappear from the forums.I ask that the board would please consider removing the delete/edit post function from the WGA forums.
This is my take on it:
As someone who is quick with the fingers (and sometimes quick with the comments), I like the idea of being able to edit my post. Typing in the little box and then proof reading it before sending it I still miss. It is the format I think Once it is posted in the thread I look at it and sometimes hit my forehead and say, “WHAT?” or “wrong homonym” or “duh!”The forum doesn’t have a spellcheck so sometimes mispelled words are not caught until after the posting. I like to be able to go back in and make a correction. After all, I would hate to have to see a mispelled word, punctuation error, excetera when re-reading my posts if it wasn’t intentional. I know, who cares? Well being in school I can see Professor grabbing a pen and saying, “WHAT?” or “SO” or correcting my punctuation (which is horrible in this post).
As I was advised by a current board member, it is always a good thing to quote someone when posting in the thread. In doing so, it wouldn’t matter if someone deleted their log, the information would still be visible.
When we talk to people we can’t take back what we say, but we also have non-verbal communication to help us understand the meaning of what was said. Typing on the forums we lose our non-verbal communication. Things come across different than the way we expected it to. It’s nice to be able to elaborate or fix what was posted.
~B.Q.
I have seen a thread or two announcing new caches, but I didn’t think they were in high numbers. I can understand the excitement of the hider. Yes, I personally think that the Recommended Cache section is a better place for it, however, there typically isn’t a lot of activity (visits) in that area is there?
So here are some more questions:
Are there more than one caching team doing this?
Is/are these teams newer to hiding and/or caching?
Did an experienced cacher contact them off-line and recommend that it may not be a good idea and why?
Is/are the caching team newer to the WGA forums?
If the team(s) is, do you think this could possibly sour them to the forums?Yep, I noticed that too. The current activity is picked up on the bottom of the page but individual numbers are not changing (at least I know mine is not up to date).
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Originally posted by Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu:
Howdy… just wanted some input on a couple things:1. Are you More likely or Less likey to attend an event (set for Late March/ Early April) On a Sunday starting about 10 and thru the day?
2. Does starting an event, on a Saturday, at say 11ish AM, make you more likely or less likey to attend?
1. A Sunday event would work good for me as there are less conflicts regarding my son’s sports on a Sunday. Furthermore, a problem with starting an event later on a Sunday is that depending on distance travel people may not be able to stay as long if the next day is a work day.
2. Depending on where the event is held on a Saturday, distance, etc. I would still attend an 11 am event on a Saturday. Starting an event later ona Saturday would give a possible opportunity for night caching (so you should plan some).
~B.Q.
It’d be a great “moving” cache.
Now please don’t take offense to this anyone that is reading this as it is truly a compliment:
You can tell this is a geek sport with all this information flying around.
Geocachers are the nicest, friendliest, smartest, techi people on earth.
Oh, and sneaky, creative…..!
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Originally posted by marc_54140:
BQ – I think it’s time your try CacheMate. It’s free, to load 10 caches and test it. Try it, you will like it!Now, how to get Tami into the computer age …..
Oh – so tempting…..
Now that I have dsl and downloading is so quick, perhaps one of these days I’ll try it.
As for Tami….she’s got me Don’t take away that from me!
Let’s give her a lot of credit, she’s come a long way in the past year and a half I’ve been caching with her!
Oops, by the way, I use Plucker and I have not become too user savy with Cachemate.
If you decide the Plucker route I can help; cachemate help I cannot.
~DianeI think everyone has just about covered it.
Knowing you live near West Bend, let me know if I can help you further.
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Originally posted by Cathunter:
Needless to say, everyone needs to have some consideration for the event holder in choosing to run the event at their own discretion.
I don’t believe the question of whether or not a person is required to pay/eat reflects lack of consideration for the event holder. The question was asked to clear up whether or not it was a requirement.
It happened to me last night too. I was logging Geocoins and I tried to go back to drop them back into the event and couldn’t get to the website. I gave up thinking this morning would be better — only the coin owner grabbed it back and left a nasty comment.
Last year I did not partake of the buffet. I attended with an Illinois cacher (BigEtheSPE) and we decided that we wouldn’t eat because we didn’t want to eat heavily before hitting the trails.
This event last year (if it is the same restaurant) you paid before entering the room. I just told the person that I wasn’t eating and she was okay with that.
I know what happened at the last breakfast event I attended in Kenosha and I can understand wanting to make sure that all the costs are covered.
Anyway, the cache page states that breakfast needs to be paid for prior to signing the log. Perhaps that is misleading. It would be great if someone could please clarify.
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Originally posted by CB&MB:
While I don’t think there are any actual “rules” of participation at the table…
Actually on the cache page it now states that breakfast must be paid for before signing of the log.
Oh and furthermore: some people eat breakfast very early, some may not at all, or some may get sick when eating out at restaurants due to the process in which the food is cooked.
I believe Russell_53040 would like to attend the event to meet, greet, and swap stories with others but he doesn’t want to eat. He will not be partaking in the food and would like to save his money and use toward other things as cache containers, gas, etc.
He’s just trying to get a clear answer and is posting it for all those people that are apprehensive in going because they too do not want to eat.
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Originally posted by CB&MB:
It’s a breakfast…isn’t the point of going to a breakfast, uhmmmm…eating breakfast? While I don’t think there are any actual “rules” of participation at the table, it seems kind of silly to me to go to a breakfast and not eat. But that’s me…
I thought the point of an event is to bring cachers together and visit with one another. In this case, breakfast is an attribute of the event. Participation of actually eating breakfast should be optional and not a requirement to attend the event. But that’s me…
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