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*ALERT* : Forums are moving
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These forums are being closed and replaced with forums at http://www.mbgeocaching.ca/forum/ As best possible the content will be copied over to the new forums. Some content such as polls and attachments (there might be others) do not get copied over. If are interested in preserving the content, p...
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ertyu
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Manitoba Must Finds
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Having been out 'till the wee hours hunting "Heart Halting Horror in BHP" last night, and having had one of my most enjoyable cache experiences to date, I felt the need to share.
I've created a bookmark list on GC.com -- "Manitoba Must Finds". I'd like this list to reflect the best and most entertai...
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Duck Mountain Caching Event Weekend
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Several of us have been talking about a spring/summer event in the Duck Mountains (north of RMNP, south of Swan River, East of Kamsack, SK). It's going to be a joint event between the Saskcachers and MB Cachers. The location has been decided: Madge Lake (there are group camp areas and cabins/...
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Guide to finding land to hide on?
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Anyone have a guide to finding land to hide on?
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CONGRATULATIONS ! ! !
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Contratulations to polarbeardiggers on thier 250th find yesterday.
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Untouchable.
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Untouchable , well who is in?
I am looking at wed the 6th early departure to make the most of the day light.
snomobilers welcome
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Question? Ammo Can Wanted
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Looking once again for the biggest ammo can I can find in Winnipeg. Has anybody seen them for sale at Princess Auto lately or anywhere else for a reasonable price? I need to know by this Tuesday since I'm making a run to the city. Last time I paid 8-9 bucks. Help!?
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Fun logs
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I recall one of the categories for a prize for the blitz caches was the best log entry. Some cachers are very talented loggers either with clever writing or interesting stories. Here's a few we've stumbled across, please feel free to add to the list:
Log by gumpy for Quarry Heights (MBGA Blitz)
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French promo on CKSB Jan 13, 2007
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For those of you interested, I did a geocaching segment with Jean-Marc Ousset, from CBC, on Thursday January 11 and it will air on Saturday January 13 at 9:35 am. This is the French CBC, CKSB and the frequency is 1050am. It will be approximately 15 to 20 minutes long as we did the Canadian Mu...
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Minus 40 temps keeping you from caching?
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I experienced another first yesterday in my almost 5 years of geocaching. I received the email from Groundspeak listing all the new caches for the past week, and the list was empty.
I am guessing that is not uncommon here, especially during the cold winter months, but it was honestly th...
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Your Caching Name
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Started a private conversation with Turdleggs asking why they chose that caching name. Now we're curious - why did you choose what you did? Impulse? A private joker?
We came up with ours on our drive home after doing our first cache. The contrast of me, Lorilee, being the only female in the home is obv...
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Cool Tools
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I just found a very cool website that others may find useful.
You can paste a bunch of addresses and the utility will return the coordinates. I had a directory of 37 vet clinics in Winnipeg and within 10 seconds had all the coordinates.
http://www.batchgeocode.com/
cheers Miles
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Manitoba Geocaching Placement Statistics
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Hi all,
Reaching 1000 caches (a few times) raised a number of questions that no one seemed to want to tackle, like how many were placed since caching started here, what percentage have been archived, what's the ratio of cache types over time, are we being overrun with micros, etc, etc?
So I P...
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COOL MICROCACHE IDEA - Or what is a Canadian Dollar store really - a CIA cover?
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U.S. issues warning about Canadian spy coins
Updated Thu. Jan. 11 2007 8:19 AM ET
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Money talks, but can it also follow your movements?
In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the Defense Department cautioned its American contractors over w...
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Master Instigator removing caches???
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It looks like he is archiving his caches.http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=94a8656a-ea22-4f87-92a8-8114e0ca64f8
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Dollar Stores
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Dollar stores can be a cachers paradise for trade swag, but we all know that all dollar stores are not created equal, what store has the best swag, bang for your Buck,,,? I personaly am not impressed with the one on grant buy moray.
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Let It Snow
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Well fellow cachers welcome to winter! Should give our lungs a good workout lifting our feet in and out of snow for a bit. Nothing like winter weather camoed caches eh? Tobey where is your cache hiding? Best of intentions I suppose.
Happy New Year to all of you! We're doing a quick dash to Saskatchewan...
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Karaoke at Pub Nite?
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Would this be of interest to anyone as a possible Pub Nite option? No, you don't have to get up and sing but I find it quite entertaining and hey there's the option
Erm, I should let it be known, I'm not a karaoke regular and no, I do not sing either. Not enough alcohol in the world I don't think......
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GPSr Deal
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Magellen Meridian Platinum's have been spotted at Walmart on clearance for $180.
Pretty good deal on an older top of the line model.
Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV)
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To all of our Service Persons and their Families
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I would like to take a moment out to extend my sincere appreciation and thanks to all of our Service Personel who may find themselves away from home or their loved ones this holiday season.
Know this, your sacrifice will not go unnoticed by this cacher.
I pray you find yourselves safe and happy duri...
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*sigh* Well, my first cache is delayed quite a bit :{
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So for the past day or so, I've been spraypainting my cache container (scuffed up so it's not uber-slippery) with a textured spraypaint to fit in with where it'll be hiding. To my dismay, upon it drying and me picking it up to check it out, I've discovered that the spraypaint has absolutely ZERO h...
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Armchair Caches
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If you love to solve puzzle caches, or you need a caching fix this winter, but don't want to brave the cold, then this might be something you are interested in. There are several caches that can be logged without ever leaving the warmth and comfort of your home.
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Geo Post Offices
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"Hi everyone, There is a new type of cache called the "geo-post office" We started it in Atlantic Canada, and it has spread to the USA, and now to parts of Europe. At present, there are 49 of them worldwide. While they are springing up in Eastern and Western Canada and the USA, there aren't a lot in central...
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Parks Canada Draft Policy
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http://canadageocaching.com/pc/index.html
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Thin ice advisory issued for Southern Manitoba
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Non-logging cachers
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We were doing a bit of cache maintenance this weekend and while checking throught the paper logs noticed once again that many cachers either forget to log their finds online or never log their finds online. Perhaps they just like the treasure hunting and aren't fond of...
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Needing to teach people how to use cache attributes
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Just a random venting more than anything else. Not even sure how I'd get this message out to new geocachers wanting to hide geocaches... or even established people who simply don't use the feature.
Attributes for caches.
I can't even count the number of caches I've done where there's simp...
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What happened to PBD's caches?
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So what is the scoop? Why did PBD achive all his caches?
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Benchmarks, anyone?
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http://www.geod.nrcan.gc.ca/network_p/cbn/index_e.php
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The Dragons are Coming!!
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...to Winnipeg that is! This weekend. So naturally I have decided to have a semi-event in their honor. Well, I'm not really *having* one just sort of organizing one.
Friday night 6:30 pm at the Boston Pizza on Portage Ave. (sorry, I don't have the co-ords and no, I'm not going to Google Earth to get t...
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Bison tubes in Winnipeg - any easy place to buy?
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Technically, this has to do with my travelbug, but it applies more universally to everyone as a general caching question.
With the bison tubes (not the nano ones... the regular, 2" long ones), is there any easy place to get them in Winnipeg? I ordered several online from gpscentral.ca this m...
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Milestone! Manitoba's 1000th active cache.
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Congratulations to MHz, whose "18 Carrots" cache is Manitoba's 1,000th active cache!
And congratulations to everyone else for helping to reach this milestone!
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Best choice for drug cache
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Well, I suppose it was bound to happen, and perhaps we've been just lucky so far but we discovered our first drug cache very close to an existing geocache. It was in a tupperware container and looked very much like a geocache, until I noticed the swag wasn't the usual items. Aside from the inherrent dang...
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The best GPS batteries
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http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/BATTS/BATTS.HTM
Does everyone use rechargables in their GPSr's?
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Closest Cache
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Just our of curiosity:
When you use GCing tool to "Search for nearest caches from your home coordinates (filter out finds)" right now, what comes up as your nearest cache?
In particular, how far away is it?
I've always wondered if cachers ignore close ones, or knock them off first...
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Who actually does this?
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Who here use paperless geocaching?
I was wondering if it was worth it or not? -- Edited by candy123 at 19:38, 2006-04-29
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Brand New Lowrance iFinder H20 for sale - $125
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I received the GPS as a door prize from a geocaching event in New York last month. I have no need for another GPS (I have 4 already), so I would like to sell this one. It is brand new and still in the original packaging. The price tag is still on the packaging - $169.99 US.
Details about...
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Caching Riding Mountain
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Caching Riding Mountain Geocaching - Caching Riding Mountain - Friends of Riding Mountain
The web pages don't mention the MBGA.
Report from our Brandon field operative:
“They had a display at the rural forum that is on at the keystone centre this weekend. The young fellow that was ther...
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New TB Hotel to launch racing TBs
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http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c001a296-c162-4255-bc16-7a64a8315d1...
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SWF Seeks Arctic Tarzan
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Ha! Made you look!
OK, seriously ... drove by the Unos, Dos, Tres, Catorce cache with junglehair on Monday. eGADS! How is someone s'posed to retrieve that without falling 2 stories!
Therefore, I am on the search for a Tarzan-like monkey boy (or girl) who is willing to endure bitter A...
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