User talk:Meghan

People who are shamed into signing

I've found you can't count on getting a hash on a quick trip, but that if you're patient, it doesn't matter how rugged your graticule or how restricted your movements: eventually something attainable arises.

If you get a chance on the wedding trip, don't forget that there's an award for geohashing in formal attire! -Robyn 02:50, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

• I have found, travelling all over as I do, and being stuck in some pretty nasty graticules with pretty limited transportation, that the geohash will always come to you if you have enough patience. In your case, either the geohash or spring will come soon. Take inspiration from the ru when your geohash is in a dark, snow-covered forest! Good luck. I'm very sorry you weren't active the day I had a lovely August Edmonton geohash in a field. I would have been so thrilled to have you come strolling up. -Robyn 04:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

New banter

Hey Meghan, you need to show up all those Edmontonians who apparently gave it one shot and quit! The Germans are going to start thinking we're lazy up here. Juventas 02:43, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't know if we're lazy, they just have the advantage of living east of 30W and knowing the coordinates the night before :D Meghan 20:32, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

It's true, it's a big advantage. I don't know why Randall thought it was reasonable to not find out the coordinates until almost ten in the morning. -Robyn 20:42, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

When I go to Germany for 8 months, who's side am I on? Am I some sort of undercover geohashing secret agent[1]? Or just a run-of-the-mill geohashing traitor? Thepiguy 18:54, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

I say if your passport is Canadian, then you're still a Canadian geohasher. You'll be one-upping them by hashing on a different continent :D --Meghan 20:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

[1]Isn't that what you call an Ambassador? -- relet 20:39, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Only if Germany has No Trespassing - Keep Out signs posted at the borders. - Robyn

What happens if (like me) you have two different passports (both valid) from two different continents? If you then go hashing in a third country, which side are you collecting for?  :-) -- Benjw 22:52, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Hooray! I shall do Canada proud! Thepiguy 20:25, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Gulf of St. Lawrence

I just realized you named it Gulf of St Lawrence, Québec but I think that it should probably have the same neutral no-country name as Atlantic Ocean, and just be Gulf of St. Lawrence. Because there are parts of it around PEI and Maine, too, for example. -Robyn 03:07, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

I was curious about that. I named it the way I did because looking at the provincial borders all of that water is in Québec. I can change it later. -- Meghan 12:34, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Thaw?

I wondered if you were seeing any signs of a thaw out there? -Robyn 19:45, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Slowly. It's been kind of a cool spring, with temperatures being about 8 degrees cooler than they should be. The fields are still covered in snow, and most rural roads are slush/mud. In urban areas things are clearing up nicely. Too bad most hashes are in some field somewhere. --Meghan 15:16, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Now I know you're old enough to remember PC. Are you old enough to remember when postal codes first came out? :P -Robyn 22:28, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Heck no. I'll refer you to my userpage, with the handy A/S/G template. I only remember the PQ thing because I went to a French Immersion school and it was forced into my head :D --Meghan 22:36, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Heh. It was changed when you were about eight. I guess your head was easily forced back then. -Robyn

Gratuitous Ribbon

Meghan earned the Attendance in Effigy Ribbon by having other geohashers build snowmeghans representing her presence at the (49, -123) geohash on 2009-03-09.

Thanks Robyn!

Notification Program

Meghan, if you want to make sure you don't miss an easy geohash when you're so busy, use the User:Aperfectring/Notification program. You can tell it to watch your graticule for geohashes in your centicule (within about 7 km of your house) and e-mail you as soon as one comes up. You have to check yourself to make sure it isn't in a lake or a firing range, but at least you won't miss one. Good luck with the house: it sounds exciting. -Robyn 16:06, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

I was considering it, but then I wouldn't have an excuse to check the wiki while at work every morning :D --Meghan 17:35, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh you still get to check. I'm sure you can think of an excuse. -Robyn 23:24, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Graticule names in Southern Alberta

Howdy there! I see you've helped name a lot of the graticules in Southern Alberta. I'm proposing to rename a bunch of them, namely the Calgary suburbs, Bassano (to Vauxhall), and Fort Macleod (currently misspelt as MacLeod, and is smaller than both Pincher Creek and Cardston.) Thoughts? - Elbie 05:25, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm not partial to any graticule names really. I helped name some grats, but any graticules that were named before I discovered geohashing I left alone. There are some others that I think should changed, like Sparwood, but I'm leaving that to the locals.

I've added in my two cents on the individual graticule pages.--Meghan 17:32, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm also rather iffy on Sparwood, so I started that talk up: Talk:Sparwood, British Columbia. - Elbie 18:43, 25 June 2009 (UTC)