[Cheesehead Dave]

@Jeremy wrote:

Bob, what it is saying is that if you wanted someone to create a Pocket Query identical to one of yours, you could just give them the link to one of yours. The link to the query would be of the form:

http://www.geocaching.com/pocket/gcquery.aspx?guid=xxxxx

Where xxxxx is the identifier of your Pocket Query. You can figure out the links for your Pocket Queries by clicking on the name of the query in the My Pocket Query page and then looking at the contents of the address bar in your browser.

When another person goes to this link/address, they will get the Pocket Query setup page with all the same criteria (number of caches, center location, types of caches) that you originally selected. When they hit “Submit information”, they will create a new duplicate Pocket Query of their own.

Kind of a nifty “feature” that I didn’t know about. Of course you could also send them the GPX (Pocket Query results) file, but that is definitely in violation of the terms of use of the site…

Fixed.

[Cheesehead Dave]

Some caches are just more memorable than others. When i pull into a local park and find a film container hanging from a pine tree 50′ away, there’s just not as much to say as a hike to a nicely themed cache after a mile hike up the Ice Age Trail.

[Cheesehead Dave]

Congrats! Here’s the official announcement!

[Cheesehead Dave]

@Lostby7 wrote:

@Coastiegirl04 wrote:

I got mine yesterday.. they look very cool! i wonder what the contest is this year.. never really particated in the jeep thing before… actually i think this will be my second jeep i have ever seen.. i think.. not quite sure on that..

I think they’d have to release 10 times as many for people to actually run across them occasionally…..Nice to see that the Diabetes TB’s are having a better run.

IIRC, there were so many (or maybe they weren’t as popular) you could still request one of the Diabetes TBs months after they were announced.

[Cheesehead Dave]

@EnergySaver wrote:

My experience is that any key holder with a GLUED in magnet is prone to problems on occassion. The reliable ones are the good ol’ fashioned magnets with a metal bracket that’s rivited to the keyholder.

Once a found a pack of 5 keyholders … I stuck them on metal, the first time I pulled them off 3 of the 5 left their magnets on the metal surface. I glued them back in with silicon caulk (the bathtub stuff works well).

Also, just consider buying a strong magnet and glue it on the small container of your choice, using silicon caulk. I’ve had good luck glueing magnets onto the side of film canisters … just be very generous with the caulk … make sure it’s 100% silicon caulk, NOT latex.

For my homemade magnetic containers, I’ve had good luck using rare earth magnets and Gorilla Glue, except that I glue the magnet to the inside of the container. The RE magnet is strong enough to stick through the container, and since it’s glued to the inside, there’s no stress on the bond from finders removing the container and there’s no weather damage to the magnet as well.

[Cheesehead Dave]

[Cheesehead Dave]

@greyhounder wrote:

Here’s my question, who would NOT attend at WGA event if it had NO temporary caches? Imagine that the area had plenty of regular caches to be sought (okay — not 60, but you get my point)

Bec

I’d like to ask a follow-up question: Who would NOT attend a WGA event if there were still temp caches to be found, but you were discouraged from logging them all separately. Instead, there would be some sort of a contest involving the temps you found (e.g. A raffle where you got one ticket for each temp found.)

[Cheesehead Dave]

@Trudy & the beast wrote:

Folks,

It’s our game. All are welcome to play by the same rules. Don’t let others p… on our campfire, add more fuel and watch them really start to burn.

This argument has been going on for six years now, and I see no resolution. So, let them rant. Keep on doing what your are comfortable with and enjoy the game. ~tb

It’s almost amusing to watch how crabby some people get over things that are going on a thousand miles away that have absolutely zero impact on their lives.

[Cheesehead Dave]

I’m not comparing the two… What I’m saying is that GC.com lets you “find” benchmarks (even though they aren’t caches) and will even show you the total on your stats page. I’d like to be able to have something similar for temps. Have some way to officially list them on the site (since you currently can’t list caches that are not permanent) so you can actually log each temp cache as what they are, and not just as multiple attended logs on the event cache page. I could see how many I’ve found on my stats page, but like benchmarks, they just wouldn’t count towards my total finds.

As for your other point, let me put my flame-proof suit on first…

I know you guys are great cachers and I commend you on finding all the temps. I hope you had a great day caching with your family and enjoyed yourselves. But why must every box found in the woods absolutely equate to a smiley on GC.com? I found a letterbox in a park near my home. There’s no site to log those finds, so should I post a Found It on some other cache to get credit for my effort in finding it?

[Cheesehead Dave]

My solution is that the infrastructure is already in place for Additional Waypoints for caches (i.e. parking coordinates). Why not add in a “Temp Cache” type of waypoint that can be used for events? The biggest change is that they’d have to provide a way to log them.

They wouldn’t even need to be added into your grand total. If you’ve found any benchmarks, that total is listed on your stats page, it’s just not added into your find total. I’d be very happy with that.

[Cheesehead Dave]

I’m the “I wish GC.com had a way to separately log temp caches” group. While I find it amusing to see how bent out of shape people get about it (it’s like I ran over their kitten or something) the points that people make are certainly valid.

Yes, most of the temp caches at events would fit the guidelines for being a permanent cache. Yes, some of them take a lot of effort to find and people would like some sort of credit for finding them.

There are caches listed on Navicache and Terracaching which also would fit GC.com’s guidelines and take effort to find. If you found one of them, would you log on GC.com as well? What’s the difference, other than one is part of an event cache?

I love doing temp caches at events, but personally, I no longer feel the need to get a smiley for each one I find. (Yes, I used to log temps.) I like getting into a group to spend the day hunting and enjoy the social aspect of having a good time with people I normally only communicate with over the internet. I would hardly consider that a day wasted. If I want smilies, I can find the permanent caches in the area.

I’m not going to judge anyone by how they play the game. As I’ve said before, nobody’s going to win at geocaching if you have the most finds. On the other hand, I don’t think the world is going to come crashing down if we no longer log multiple “Attended” logs for temp finds.

[Cheesehead Dave]

@Lostby7 wrote:

what else is new….. 🙄

What’s new is even Jeremy, who in the past has chosen to have no stance on logging temp, has now hinted his disapproval.

[Cheesehead Dave]

Hmm…

[Cheesehead Dave]

@brkster wrote:

Another thing I noticed is that on newer caches there is no map inset.

Edit: I see maps! 😉

[Cheesehead Dave]

@bnb wrote:

Which “event” are you referring to? The final event never happened. Are you referring to the CITO event held by WI_Robin or just all the CVB caches as a series?

The whole thing as a “series”.

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