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@-cheeto- wrote:

thanks much for the demo link… WOW, lot’s more features talked about. Many gems in this Browser… The download functionality, incognito window, and the creating an application shortcut with a no-frill interface are all sweet.

It’s 52 minutes long and I just finished watching it (watched little by little all afternoon/evening). The browser looks really groundbreaking…in other words it looks like something Google would make.

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Here is the official Announcement and demo from Google:

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@tyedyeskyguy wrote:

The benchmark thing is obviously not an exact science. We’ve found about a dozen that can’t be logged/found on the site.

yep…same here I found one in Tildea marked “WATERPOWER” and cannot find a benchmark record that matches its location or description correctly….and none where I found the marker.

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OM0270

1/1/1934 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 AT OCONOMOWOC. SET IN THE CENTER OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BASE OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL IN THE CITY PARK BORDERING LAKE LA BELLE, 54 FEET NORTH OF STREET RUNNING EAST AND WEST, 2 FEET BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE STREET.

Found this one at a memorial.

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Yep, I agree. People who want to complain will. Part of the issue is that noobs coming on the scene don’t get that super tight coords were not easy to get even as much as a few years ago and they expect to find stuff AT GROUND ZERO.

I have made an issue about a few cache location’s accuracy in the past but if I make an issue of it I also post “better coords” at the same time….my frustration with loose coords makes me want to help those who follow me…the cache owner then has the option of being a responsible owner and update the coords or ignore them and leave the coords loose and frustrating….so long story short if the best one has is an inaccurate unit they can update the coords if better ones are posted later on or choose to ignore the frustration of future searchers.

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oooooo I would so love to have a Signal frog…..

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@zuma wrote:

…though I am looking to upgrade to a Colorado soon.

zuma

Same here…but then I have been saying that for about 6 months now…

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Welcome!

Well I have found over 1,000 with my Garmin GPSMap60Cx and I don’t know if I ever lost signal….my old Garmin Vista lost signal all the time. If you are going to spend the money get a unit that will “autoroute” and buy the detailed maps…..

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I came in 15th in the men’s division (out of 40)….disappointing but I guess not too bad considering I don’t know my way around Madison and it was an unmarked course.

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@marc_54140 wrote:

@Dibek wrote:

I know who Lyco|perdon really is. Very sad but not surprising knowing his history of being a “Legend in his own mind”!

Well, I had not given a thought to who, but this posting has brought up one name……

Interesting.

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@Marble Guy wrote:

Way to go. who was your phone a friend?

Turned out to be my nephew who lives next to Camp Randell….oh well I know someone who is getting shorted at Christmas this year.

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Well I did end up finishing the race in time…the cut off was 3 hours…I finished in (about) 2hours 10minutes. I believe the best time was 1hour 37 minutes…..which is screaming fast. I’m not sure if I made the top ten or not as the standings have not been posted yet….I hope so, but I expect that I finished outside my top 10 goal.

To be honest I was thrilled to just find all the mystery points and make it back in safe….which is more than I can say for my riding partner…10 minutes into the ride he and another rider tangled and they both went over the handlebars. Yeiks! I was able to avoid the crash but both of them were pretty banged up….

As for the physical challenges, there was lots of three wheel action with a micro tricycle slalom, a bigwheel race track (good for powerslides), a tricycle newspaper toss in which my partner needed to catch three of my rolled up papers in a box, large inflatable floating ducks to ride into the lake and around a buoy (in full gear: shorts jerseys shoes socks…), wooden nickels to pick up with oven mitts while being assaulted with super-soakers, a bicycle limbo, inflatable obstacle course and who could forget the single wheel with posts on each side which I needed to hang on to while my partner held my feet and ran me around cones…(ouch that was really hard)….oh and 30 miles of riding through the city on my trusty steed.

And through it all my Garmin GPS60Cx did not let me down!

In all it was a tough event and I loved every minute of it…Oh and the best part: There is an Earthcache 100 feet away from the finish line!

p.s. My phone a friend didn’t answer his phone.

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@Team Outdoorsman wrote:

For the record I was only kidding with my response. I do not condone cheating. It is not the right thing to do. But I do believe that the only dumb question is the one that is not asked.

I totally got that….

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I’d contact the owner and see what they want you to do with it….it cannot be placed in a cache.

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