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by Horus
25 September 07 7:43 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Geocaching IDs
Replies: 17
Views: 6015

Back on topic, with regards to legitimacy: At a local event a while back, one of our illustrious cachers who is a Police officer (Mr Cheesy Pigs) mentioned that if questions, just tell them what you are doing.....You aren't breaking any laws (hopefully!). I remember uttering something along those l...
by Horus
24 July 07 11:29 am
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: PVC Caches...how to make?
Replies: 25
Views: 9000

........ what's wrong with SPC/Ardmona screw top containers. They are neat, compact, water tight and have easily removed lids. They seem to be all the go in Tassie. :D You need to wash them out real well so there is no hint of the previous contents remaining. Over here I've come across a few that h...
by Horus
06 July 07 9:15 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Friday Night Yak
Replies: 291
Views: 82789

It's me, I'm the lurker - ta da da da 8)
by Horus
03 July 07 11:16 am
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: Protective band on outside of Etrex Vista
Replies: 16
Views: 5387

You can buy new rubber surrounds for the Garmins, and surprisingly they aren't that expensive - they even come with a nicely cut piece of double sided tape. Alex was kind enough to get some in for a few of us a couple of years ago - as mentioned in this thread - not a bad little repair kit for just ...
by Horus
30 June 07 7:21 pm
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: Google maps reach a new level of awesomness
Replies: 6
Views: 2831

Re: Google maps reach a new level of awesomness

CraigRat wrote: You can now dynamically change routes by dragging the blue line on to any other road!
That is cooler than a cool thing - but I still don't trust them :P
by Horus
25 June 07 5:39 pm
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: (closed) Why are Garmin battery terminals the wrong way?
Replies: 55
Views: 15074

Bronze wrote:Do you know how hard it is find a teapot that requires batteries. :?
Probably a hell of a lot easier than it would be trying to find a photo of the battery compartment of said teapot :shock:
by Horus
19 June 07 12:01 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: OT: Do you care?
Replies: 17
Views: 5325

Team Falling Numerals wrote:
Well I have now.... WOW! What a great story - what happens next? :shock:
He wins the Semi-Final and hopefully he'll go on and win the whole thing and perform in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance - what a voice!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDB9zwlXrB8

Bravo Bravo!
by Horus
06 June 07 10:25 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Senate
Topic: GCA Archiving - A proposal and debate.
Replies: 37
Views: 59726

Postman Pat wrote:Could it also be set to trigger when it get a number of DNF's a realistic number say 2 which would also give the owner a chance to get the Cache looked at if he or she is unavailable. :?:
The owner of this "cache" might not like that approach 8)
by Horus
02 June 07 2:42 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Mozilla Firefox
Replies: 37
Views: 9807

Damo. wrote:Middle click on the tab again to close it.
I've been using Firefox for ages now, but I didn't know that - it's always great to find a shortcut in your favorite programs, even if it is a bit embarrassing when you think you are a "power user" :oops:
by Horus
30 May 07 4:27 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Self-service Stars
Replies: 80
Views: 30671

Re: Self-service Stars

riblit wrote: Like this ? Or would you prefer no text?
Oh nice - outdoor adventurer doesn't fit very well, if you could change it to my Whirlpool tag - Totally Clueless(tm) - that would be good ta :)
by Horus
30 May 07 2:11 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Self-service Stars
Replies: 80
Views: 30671

Re: Self-service Stars

riblit wrote:With the latest minor update the stars have become self-service.

Is there a way to get rid of my stars altogether?
by Horus
13 May 07 5:48 pm
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: shonkymaps online
Replies: 167
Views: 199004

aloysius wrote:
What sort of speeds are you getting of my server just out of interest?
I've just started downloading from your mirror aloysius and it seems to be going strongly at 41 K/sec, i.e it's not stopping and starting!
by Horus
02 May 07 4:23 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: About as OT as you can get . . .
Replies: 41
Views: 10675

belken wrote:
I mean when I started an Off Topic thread I didn't realise this would be taken as an open invitation to write about absolutely anything.
Sorry for steering it in that direction, but it has been fun and educational for us FUIC and Bush Biscuit fanatics 8)
by Horus
01 May 07 8:39 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: About as OT as you can get . . .
Replies: 41
Views: 10675

swampgecko wrote:I have never heard of bush buscuits... can someone describe them in greater detail please?
They are basically a Large Milk Coffee biscuit, I can't tell you exactly how big because I don't have any at hand :( But needless to say you need a bloody big mug if you want to dunk :-P
by Horus
01 May 07 5:49 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: About as OT as you can get . . .
Replies: 41
Views: 10675

On the off topic of farmers union iced coffee. If you get a carton of it, and look on the bottom, you will find a number. This number indicates the strength of the mixture inside, ranging from 1 being the weakest, to 4 the strongest. On the off topic of Farmer's Union Iced Coffee Urban myths - I he...