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  Topic: Challenges
agentmancuso

Replies: 8
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PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:51 am   Subject: Challenges
Ha, yes, but then government is both de jure & de facto a monopoly, so we can't do much about DC.

But Groundspeak has no right to behave like Dave; it's just arrogance. So the only logical solu ...
  Topic: Challenges
agentmancuso

Replies: 8
Views: 3565

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:43 am   Subject: Challenges
The main issue here is not whether some people are stupid enough to want to post pictures of themselves picking their nose; human behaviour is inherently mysterious. The fact remains: it has absolutel ...
  Topic: Challenges
agentmancuso

Replies: 8
Views: 3565

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:49 pm   Subject: Challenges
Groundspeak are attempting to ruin the whole basis of geocaching (finding stuff with a GPSr) with a lot of dross about taking photos of yourself picking your nose or hugging a dog. Please use your vot ...
  Topic: New Urban Geocching Guideline for the UK
agentmancuso

Replies: 3
Views: 2087

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 1:23 pm   Subject: Re: New Urban Geocching Guideline for the UK
"Urban caches should be placed to minimise the chance of security alerts.

Is there any clarification as to what this actually means?

Don't write 'BOMB' on the side. Idea
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
agentmancuso

Replies: 47
Views: 13771

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:22 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
With regard to automatically allowing caches to be placed: I am 100% certain that this will never be added and is a complete waste of time even trying.

Agreed on both counts.
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
agentmancuso

Replies: 47
Views: 13771

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:20 pm   Subject: Re: Reply to Deceangi
This topic first appeared in the GAGB forum in 2009 see:
http://gagb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2561.
As I've already pointed out, that statement from SNH was in relation to one specific SSSI. ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
agentmancuso

Replies: 47
Views: 13771

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:33 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
I don't want to stir the pot further but branch out a little...

We gave up trying to get an earthcache published some time ago (in which, as you all know, nothing is placed on the land) because one ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
agentmancuso

Replies: 47
Views: 13771

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:01 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
Do you believe anything a politician says??

Presumably the politicians who created the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 which brought the SOAC into existence are exempt from this dreary populism
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
agentmancuso

Replies: 47
Views: 13771

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:59 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
They used to prohibit canoeing to the islands in Loch Maree because of Black Throated Divers but since they produced the access code they now allow canoeing. They now have even to allow camping on ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
agentmancuso

Replies: 47
Views: 13771

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:31 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
The SNH were very heavily involved in making up the Scottish Access Code. I would be very hard for them to refuse access.

It would actually be quite easy - any spurious pseudo-science about prote ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
agentmancuso

Replies: 47
Views: 13771

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:31 pm   Subject: Re: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotlan
It seems to me that permission for placing a cache in Scotland is covered in the Scottish Access Code which allows responsible access to most areas of Scotland. There are obvious exceptions but I wou ...
  Topic: Adoption of Billy Twiggers caches
agentmancuso

Replies: 44
Views: 9138

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:57 pm   Subject: Adoption of Billy Twiggers caches
So to move things forward, can we please complete the list.

As previously suggested, I'm happy to take on

Virtual Cache The Warriors by Billy Twigger (GCGT7T)

Traditional Cache MOCKBA by Cr ...
  Topic: Scottish hilltop bookmarks
agentmancuso

Replies: 42
Views: 36560

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:29 pm   Subject: Scottish hilltop bookmarks
Will do, might have another one soon.
  Topic: Scottish hilltop bookmarks
agentmancuso

Replies: 42
Views: 36560

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:17 pm   Subject: Scottish hilltop bookmarks
(Dusting off thread's cobwebs)

I don't know if this list is still active, but if so I've set a hilltop cache on [url=http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=23645941-5fd1-4b19-895c-2 ...
  Topic: Adoption of Billy Twiggers caches
agentmancuso

Replies: 44
Views: 9138

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:40 pm   Subject: Adoption of Billy Twiggers caches
it's a well established psychological phenomenon that individuals are more likely to take responsibility for caches that they 'own' whereas within a group people think that someone else will do it. ...
 
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