tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.comments2009-06-10T09:52:20.715-07:00Hikenuttyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573265697676934059noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-85510641012157863042009-06-10T09:52:20.715-07:002009-06-10T09:52:20.715-07:00What are Toynbee Tiles?<br /><br />Claire xCeramic wall tileshttp://www.lets-do-diy.com/Projects-and-advice/Tiling/Ceramic-wall-tiles.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-28950755352938420832009-05-31T15:20:02.945-07:002009-05-31T15:20:02.945-07:00A cluster of benchmarks is great!<br />These were here before the bridge and will be there if the bridge is replaced. Hikers used to depend on a mark, usually at the highest point.sbcampernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-78845366574754264942008-11-10T10:32:00.000-08:002008-11-10T10:32:00.000-08:00This is great info to know.Mayhttp://neworleansinsurance.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-74640221541887595372008-10-26T20:46:00.000-07:002008-10-26T20:46:00.000-07:00HoJo's, Doug? You didn't! I mean, their old neon is great, but...<BR/><BR/>:)Hikenuttyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573265697676934059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-91840225920021537562008-10-26T20:07:00.000-07:002008-10-26T20:07:00.000-07:00McGutbomb? I love it. I usually refer to them all as Dunkin' McVoids, but now I'm thinking maybe we should lump them in as Walmarks. Oh, now I must hang my head for I just put Howard Johnson's up for peer review...Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10913694131300178197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-66076389012255198822008-10-10T13:48:00.000-07:002008-10-10T13:48:00.000-07:00Thank goodness! I thought that if those could make it past a vote that the end was near as far as my participation was concerned. <BR/><BR/>Those kind of categories just water down the great ones that can be found there.<BR/><BR/>JanellHikenuttyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573265697676934059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-29793519523603755572008-10-10T13:39:00.000-07:002008-10-10T13:39:00.000-07:00The two recent small chains were removed. There was a technical glitch where they were declined but for some reason were showing. The glitch is being looked into.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007443452591661568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-5895078261703911572008-10-01T09:55:00.000-07:002008-10-01T09:55:00.000-07:00As of today those misplaced categories are still there. <BR/><BR/>I have a personal aversion to gambling but I posted a casino. <BR/><BR/>I cringed when I saw that I had a visit to it but noticed that the visitor made sure to mention that he was only in the area on business and the visit was only to the waymark and not the casino itself. I guess the addiction can go both ways. There are a few categories that I have simply avoided placing a waymark in and in one case I had one completed and ready to submit and then just archived it because I decided I didn't want to support that cause in any way. My wife says I am a stick in the mud sometimes. <BR/><BR/>I remember that forum thread and the KFC incident. Bruce handled it well and gave some excellent examples of what waymarking is really about. I think the outcome was that it showed the OP was uninformed and put a positive spin on the negativity of the post.<BR/> <BR/>I am not ashamed of my other commercial submissions but will not go out of my way to list a bunch of them. I think in one fast food category I have two listed and that is because I listed one out of town first and then decided to list the one that I do frequent often. I think that some of these cats do have a place for beginning waymarkers because they are locations that can be waymarked easily to help them learn the site and give them a few icons to start. Trying to look on the good side of that type of cat. here.<BR/><BR/>TheBeanTeamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-23978539564344358802008-09-28T14:57:00.000-07:002008-09-28T14:57:00.000-07:00I have to wonder if this was the case of a franchise owner wanting to get their chain's name out there more.<BR/><BR/>Did this disappear?Hikenuttyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573265697676934059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-91889271508943988492008-09-26T17:31:00.000-07:002008-09-26T17:31:00.000-07:00I have emailed Nate on them. I think a mistake was made. I did point out that there were only 7 locations all in Chicago. I see that both categories are on probation which indicates they don't have enough officers. I wonder if they got the notice they were denied and there was a software glitch that made them visible. (lets hope so and that it is corrected)Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007443452591661568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-81968258764554900252008-09-24T19:55:00.000-07:002008-09-24T19:55:00.000-07:00What?! I didn't see that the chain place in Chicago passed. Ugh. I imagine people just didn't take the time the learn anything about the chain, and didn't realize there are only 7 locations available.<BR/><BR/>I've already forgotten what the other one was that was similarly limited and came through at the same time. I'm really surprised either one of them made it.Mr. 0http://www.blogger.com/profile/00237013268710844682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-26405189859875320552008-09-24T08:52:00.000-07:002008-09-24T08:52:00.000-07:00OMG! How embarrassing. Thank god I was only outed to one person. :)<BR/><BR/>Did you see that those two tiny little chain restaurants passed? That one that only has locations in Chicago? <BR/><BR/>That just pissed me off. It shows them as being "in probation" which I think means they don't have enough officers, but why would Groundspeak let those pass. It's one thing to have a regional category that has some educational/cultural/historical value, but a regional fast food waymark? That's just ridiculous.Hikenuttyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573265697676934059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-4670025560917407022008-09-24T03:45:00.000-07:002008-09-24T03:45:00.000-07:00I remember someone grabbing my one KFC waymark and &quot;highlighting&quot; it in the gc forums about it being the equivalent of a lpc and that it was somehow representative of waymarking. I just had to reply to that thread... why did they have select my sole KFC waymark out of at the time over 4,000. http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=180082&amp;hl=<BR/><BR/>There are just too many waymarkers who will not vote No.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007443452591661568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-33356284303970023712008-09-23T15:00:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:00:00.000-07:00Huh, interesting that they didn't find it "worthy" enough to write anything more than "Why?" but they took the time to visit, and post said visit. I guess it's the equivalent of "TNLN?" Maybe it was more of a statement toward the category as a whole, rather than your specific Waymark. Visiting is easier than posting in order to get icons, so it is possible they were just filling out a spot on the grid...and doing it without the hassle of taking pictures, and writing up the info.<BR/><BR/>That aside, I too am not proud of a few Waymarks, namely the food chains, Wal-Mart, etc. But like you, I wanted to fill out those spots on the grid. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, I guess. :)Mr. 0http://www.blogger.com/profile/00237013268710844682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-38890228196319959162008-09-23T08:53:00.000-07:002008-09-23T08:53:00.000-07:00You know, Chris777 comment made me think, it might be fun to have departmental grids as well as the huge all encompassing one. You know, a History and Culture grid, a Sports and Rec grid, a Nature grid... That would be very cool.Hikenuttyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573265697676934059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-11285529802088823892008-09-16T17:59:00.000-07:002008-09-16T17:59:00.000-07:00Get the transcript of chat so you can see my response to a new class of waymarkers if allow waymarks to be entered with a minimal amount of information. :-)Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16007443452591661568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-82531494934279517852008-09-13T07:50:00.000-07:002008-09-13T07:50:00.000-07:00Waymarking is now a worldwide game and the appearance of regional categories is not shocking for me.<BR/>People in each country are happy (proud ?) to show their particularities. Why should european waymarkers only use a generic category (European Benchmarks) on the one hand and seeing specific categories on the other hand? <BR/><BR/>I'm french and I'm an officer in the french benchmark category. In this category, what we are looking for are benchmarks connected with interesting places (not the mundane in the woods or in cities). <BR/>This behaviour is not written in french benchmarks cat description, but it was quite obvious at the beginning for french waymarkers (who are very few). I was very happy to see that state of mind in a french forum (about geocaching).<BR/>Moreover we want to see a picture of the benchmark itself and one of its surroundings (landscape, building...). So the visual aspect is allright.<BR/><BR/>IMO the problem is not categories themselves but... the grid.<BR/>If you don't like a category, just ignore it.<BR/>But I agree with waymarkers thinking that unreachable (because abroad, overseas) categories and associated waymarks could be frustrating. Hard to find them (and having an new icon) and to make bingos in these conditions :( <BR/>Please consider that it is the same problem for us in Europe with north american business chains, state historical markers, ...<BR/>So I think that the grid should be reconsidered, why not with the creation of reserved lines for general subjects (families): universal categories not connected to a part of the world (art, architecture, nature), benchmarks and measurements, commercial waymarks, games...<BR/><BR/>ChrisChris777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-32851100580506414732008-09-10T18:43:00.000-07:002008-09-10T18:43:00.000-07:00Also, if you haven't done so already you can email Nate and he'll get you a copy of the chat transcript from the last townhall.Mr. 0http://www.blogger.com/profile/00237013268710844682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-7784369951905496902008-09-10T18:41:00.000-07:002008-09-10T18:41:00.000-07:00I read this last night, and have been thinking about it, but I really can't say that you've missed much in the forums. Most of the discussion has been about category proposals, and the fact that the forums weren't working. Oh and Nate did promise to give everyone who responded to one of his posts a $1,000 check. It's a shame that you missed that one. ;)Mr. 0http://www.blogger.com/profile/00237013268710844682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-40140357979500138872008-09-06T11:35:00.000-07:002008-09-06T11:35:00.000-07:00Oh, she's treated like a little princess and is even registered as a geocaching travel bug - <A HREF="http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=1658976" REL="nofollow">"Sukibug"</A> with almost 2000 miles travelled so far.Hikenuttyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573265697676934059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-87168870858161229312008-09-06T11:18:00.000-07:002008-09-06T11:18:00.000-07:00THAT IS SO FREAKING COOL!!!<BR/>To see her be fosterd by one waymarker and then adopted by another, what are the odds?<BR/>Good luck Suki, hopefully Min Dawg gets used to you quick.team farkle 7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-70855813905100588172008-09-06T11:02:00.000-07:002008-09-06T11:02:00.000-07:00I tend to post visits to places that I have something to add to with my visit - either some favorite photos I took or comments to let someone else know how great it is. I agree about the "Curse you..." part. For me it tends to be U.S.Globetrotters that I curse. Her son is based out of Fort Lewis so she comes out here on occasion and steals good ones. ;) I can't really whine though because I have pretty much "waywashed" the city of Tacoma, not leaving much to waymark unless it's a commercial waymark. (Grrr... Hate. Chain. Waymarking.)Hikenuttyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573265697676934059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-75355633597695505492008-09-06T10:56:00.000-07:002008-09-06T10:56:00.000-07:00Not a problem. My problem is with the way they add things to the grid not with the category itself.<BR/><BR/>I was more irked about having to move everything around on the grid spreadsheet that I have on my computer than with losing the bingo, actually. I'll find a Kilroy one of these days and win back my bingo. :)Hikenuttyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573265697676934059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-2130975225623505532008-09-06T10:53:00.000-07:002008-09-06T10:53:00.000-07:00Visiting one's own waymark is something I'll do once in a while when I have caught up on posting our waymarks.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand posting visits to others' waymarks for the most part to me is like being the second man on the moon. <BR/><BR/>Too Late Haha<BR/><BR/>They have to be something really incredible to garner a visit. Around these parts, it's usually prefaced with a "Curse you s5820ft!" <BR/><BR/>Boy he gets around...team farkle 7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733578215977634335.post-27887408742577031932008-09-06T10:44:00.000-07:002008-09-06T10:44:00.000-07:00Yeah...<BR/>I got one I hold on to. I had two but another waymarker posted in the forums about it so now that one is out of the bag. Someone else in the area even made the comment of how it explains some of the places we found. <BR/><BR/>So I hold dearly to this one remainder. If I were a native to the area, I'd put it out there, but since I'm not, I use it for reference for places the natives should already know about. I look at it this way, I could use the edge since I don't have home court advantage. <BR/><BR/>It also lessens the sting when I see really great waymarks from my ol' stomping grounds.<BR/><BR/>There, that's my story and I'm schticking to it.team farkle 7noreply@blogger.com