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Sandy · Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 1004 Location: San Diego, CA

Yes - it's finally here! Merry Christmas everyone!

Comment, Converse and Chime in here...
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daisybones · Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 189 Location: austin, tx

FTP!!!!!!

pacholik · Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 1330 Location: Ontario, CA

Awesome congratulations on 400 downloading now.
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Team GeoRangers · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:06 pm Post subject: Congratulations

Congratulations on show #400 and have a Merry Christmas!

bearhugger1972 · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:30 am Post subject:

Congratulations on show #400. Downloading now to listen at somepoint later when it's quiet! And a very happy Christmas to all!
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Dorsetgal & GeoDog · Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 165 Location: Dorset, England

Congratulations on show 400!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Just waiting for significant other to be released from hospital following emergency surgery, then Christmas can begin!
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pictom · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:03 am Post subject: Lynette's Lost Husband

WOW Sandy, you did a perfect job on reading Lynette's Lost Husband on show number 400.

That is my best Christmas Present! Thank you!

Congratulations Sandy and Sonny on creating 400 great shows. Best wishes on continued success and Merry Christmas.

daisybones · Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 189 Location: austin, tx

thanks for the 12 days- it always makes me laugh!!! congrats on 400 shows! we all know it is a lot more than 400 because of all the extras and mid weeks. none the less, it keeps me entertained every week and always looking forward to the next show. i wish you guys a very merry christmas and happy new year!

batsgonemad · Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 491 Location: Northern Ireland

Yeah........ Merry Christmas guys, hope you have a fab day, congrats on 400 shows and hope to be back on the contributing member side again soon. Thanks for the 400 plus shows... Love you guys, and everybody else i interact with here on the forums
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Electric Water Boy · Joined: 22 Oct 2008 Posts: 400 Location: Selma, Tx

Merry Christmas!

Downloaded yesterday. Will listen later today while driving to friends and relatives.

gundark2000 · Joined: 28 Apr 2011 Posts: 155 Location: Ladson, SC

Congrats on show 400!!! May the next 400 be as awsome as the last. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!
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Electric Water Boy · Joined: 22 Oct 2008 Posts: 400 Location: Selma, Tx

Replacement Caches

I'll replace some missing containers for a few local cachers only if one of the following requirements is met:

1. I've found the cache and knew what it was.

2. It's part of a trail and all the containers are the same and something like a tie wrap on a branch shows me where it was.

3. I can get the CO on the phone.

I replaced one once for a local cacher I had not met because it was obvious from the container shaped hole in the ground where the cache had been. It didn't meet the above qualifications so I wouldn't do it today if the opportunity came again.

I won't replace caches out of my area, and especially for cachers I don't know.

I was burned once - had a log deleted by a CO - who said I had found a replacement container. Well gee, you waited until months after I had found it, you had Needs Maintenance logs for a while. If you're going to be that particular about what is found then maintain your cache.

I learned something else from that last cache that I apply to my county runs. Because I may run into trouble with a CO or their hides, when we do our runs we try to find a minimum now of two caches by two different COs (four caches minimum) in each county. That should take care of the problem above as well as give a back up if we can't figure out one of the CO's hides.

Congrats on 400(plus) shows. Looking forward to #500!

TAZ427 · Joined: 21 Nov 2011 Posts: 42

My rules for replacing caches.

1.) I've found the cache container and it's broken/damaged in some fashion and needs replaced.

2.) I have communicated with the cache owner (usually by sending pic's indicating where I thought the cache was.) This includes when I see string/tie straps/etc. And the owner confirmed that it had been muggled.

Not too long ago, I found the original container on a cache GCMERC that was replaced in 2005 time frame by the original cache owner that couldn't even find his own container. The log sheet had two sigs in 2007 and one in 2008 (all the other 10 were signed in 2005) This is a cache that has 127 finds on it right now.

I checked the log page because I thought it was weird that the log sigs were so old, and I had looked at the photo of a previous finder and saw a different container than what I was holding. So I kept up my search and I found the replacement container 2' away from the original.

Admittedly the new container is much easier to spot in it's location. I replace both containers (there's been 4 DNF's since then, but I DNF'd it the first time I looked for it - definitely a tough one to find, even with two containers hidden.) Now that I looked at it and seen the recent DNF's I think I might just stop by and confirm they're still there.

So just because you can't find it, it definitely doesn't mean it's not there. Sometimes even owners can't find it and end up putting out replacement caches that are right there only 2' away. Because we all know what it makes us when we assume Laughing

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Electric Water Boy · Joined: 22 Oct 2008 Posts: 400 Location: Selma, Tx

Might be a good idea for cache owners to take pictures of where they hide their caches so they can go back and find them easier. I'm glad all of mine are pretty simple.

step2626 · Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Posts: 155 Location: Corvallis, OR

The 12 Days of Christmas go from Christmas to Epiphany (Jan 6th). Today is the 11th day of Christmas!