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by Papa Bear_Left
27 February 13 5:24 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Logging onto Geocaching.com
Replies: 14
Views: 5619

Re: Logging onto Geocaching.com

I logged in OK just now...

1,999,261 is the counter.
by Papa Bear_Left
20 February 13 8:03 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Two million caches
Replies: 47
Views: 18603

Re: Two million caches

Yurt wrote:
Bundyrumandcoke wrote:I would like to read the profiles of the 6 cachers with over 50000 finds.
And Australia here:

http://www.cacherstats.com/Australia1.html
Moneydork should be on this list now, and he'd be a close second.
by Papa Bear_Left
15 December 12 9:59 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Alerts
Replies: 8
Views: 4090

Re: Alerts

Hmm... I think you need to explain what you mean by "alerts"
by Papa Bear_Left
27 November 12 4:16 pm
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: Android Upgrade
Replies: 4
Views: 4138

Re: Android Upgrade

I've looked for a way to upgrade MBL's A50 to something beyond 2.1, to no avail. It never sold well enough to have a user base big enough for anyone to bother porting CyanogenMod or similar to it. If the Groundspeak app now requires 2.2, then I'm afraid you're out of luck. What you can do, though, i...
by Papa Bear_Left
19 November 12 12:21 am
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Claiming a find but log not signed.
Replies: 5
Views: 3240

Re: Claiming a find but log not signed.

They're not really hurting anything other than their own reputations for honesty, assuming that they didn't actually find the caches. I guess there could be valid reasons for not signing the physical logs, but I can't think of any offhand, and they can't complain if the caches' owners delete their f...
by Papa Bear_Left
17 November 12 12:11 am
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Permanent ban on small, high powered magnets in Australia
Replies: 12
Views: 5606

Re: Permanent ban on small, high powered magnets in Australia

The ones small enough to be a swallowing threat to kids are too small to hold up any container much bigger than a (shudder) Eclipse tin.

So, I'm all in favour of this move if it helps stem the tide of boring little micros!
by Papa Bear_Left
30 October 12 6:30 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Effective Stealth Techniques
Replies: 18
Views: 9775

Re: Effective Stealth Techniques

Look around. In a place with lots of muggles? Put cache on ignore list and go and find a better one.
by Papa Bear_Left
13 October 12 1:11 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Geo Art?
Replies: 15
Views: 7294

Re: Geo Art?

There's been a few that are "puzzles" with the GZ coords in plain text. It's just someone too lazy to either find places for Trads that fit their pattern, or to make real puzzles or multis to get inaccessible bogus coords.
by Papa Bear_Left
10 October 12 4:59 pm
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: I need to replace my Asus Eee
Replies: 8
Views: 5683

Re: I need to replace my Asus Eee

When MBL was looking for a very light travel computer, the Macbook Air was the hottest contender. (I eventually talked her into an iPad+keyboard option, similar size but much cheaper!)

Worth a look. The specs are great, and you can run Windows on it if you want continuity of OS.
by Papa Bear_Left
09 October 12 3:29 pm
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: I need to replace my Asus Eee
Replies: 8
Views: 5683

Re: I need to replace my Asus Eee

So, what's the EEE no longer doing well enough for you? That'd help with knowing what it is you're looking to upgrade.

Battery life? (You could get a new battery, if it's just the old one wearing out...)
Speed?
HD space?
by Papa Bear_Left
03 October 12 7:19 pm
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: help with google maps please
Replies: 6
Views: 4520

Re: help with google maps please

Strangely enough, Chrome (from Google) seems to work well with Maps (from Google!)
by Papa Bear_Left
03 October 12 12:28 am
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: help with google maps please
Replies: 6
Views: 4520

Re: help with google maps please

Instead of going back to IE8, why not go forward to another browser entirely?

Firefox, Chrome, Opera... all worth a look!
by Papa Bear_Left
23 September 12 12:42 am
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: R U OK - Depression & Geocaching.
Replies: 17
Views: 8936

Re: R U OK - Depression & Geocaching.

MBL is a registered psychologist and a counsellor, so I know about depression from her analytic point of view as well as my own experience. Like many males in their 40s, I went though a rough patch where I was struggling to find reasons to get out of bed in the morning. There was a vicious cycle wit...
by Papa Bear_Left
14 September 12 12:34 am
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Those Badges and those Darned logs!
Replies: 64
Views: 24801

Re: Those Badges and those Darned logs!

Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!