Yesterday

[jmo21]

I don't want to rain on your parade etc

Seems to me it'll be pretty obvious to realise what is in the box, so not much of a surprise

[chef]

Err, congratulations. No offence but it sounds a bit sad, I like gadgets as much as the next man but wouldn’t say the same for my missus. She would look at me with a disappointed look on her face (not just cause I asked her !) then say get it open. Good luck !

Thanks for the congrats, it's your opinion about it being sad, each to their own I suppose. No offence taken.

I expect her to be very curious about what's in it, frustrated about not being able to open it right away (meaning I'll have to have another xmas present to fix that prob) and then start working out where it could be to open it.

We'll be at her mum's for xmas so she'll have that distance as an intial reading, a new reading from home the following day and then I'm almost certain she'll involve her teacher friends/colleagues as we see them on boxing day who I can guarantee a specific one of them will suggest a map and trigonometry to solve the problem which then won't take too long for her to work out where the "opening" location is.

After that I expect her to plan the weekend away (as she is already talking about in early spring going to the very same island) and so the opening to be shortly after new year. Which would also be a good opportunity to use her new Digital Camera that I've bought as the "other" xmas present.

[Sysman]

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press it again you get "Attempt 2 of 50" etc.

What happens when it gets to 50 failures?

I used to know a gal who would try just that to see if it worked.

[chef]

I think I'm more impressed by your engineering abilities than the romantic part (which is nice in itself). Hugely nerdy but certainly very cool, and unique.

I don't suppose we can see a picture of it?

thanks, but the idea wasn't mine, it came from one of Nicks "Monday links", the circuitry I have done (my first ever micro-electronics attempt), the software is a bit of a mash up from other scripts tailored to my specific circuit

Original Concept is here (not my box): The Reverse Geocache™ Puzzle Box | Arduiniana

Detailed Build Plans that helped me a lot are here (also not my box): The Frustromantic Box, Part 1: Intro « New Bright Idea

when it's complete I'll post pics

[lukemg]

Err, congratulations. No offence but it sounds a bit sad, I like gadgets as much as the next man but wouldn’t say the same for my missus. She would look at me with a disappointed look on her face (not just cause I asked her !) then say get it open. Good luck !

[filthy1980]

Happly married then filthy, we all should be so lucky

can't live with em . . . can't kill em

[kandr]

Originality, well done, I'm sure your gf will love it.

[alreadypacked]

very cool idea . . . but far too much of a faff for me

hope she appreciates it, but in my experience she'll still be moaning at you for the rest of your life,

"have you done x y or z?"

"no you can't go on holiday with your mates"

"we're spending xmas at my parents" etc etc

"when's the last time you did anything nice for me"

you'll bring up the proposal, she'll respond wth . . .


"that was years ago, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY!"

But

best of luck eh

Happly married then filthy, we all should be so lucky

[filthy1980]

very cool idea . . . but far too much of a faff for me

hope she appreciates it, but in my experience she'll still be moaning at you for the rest of your life,

"have you done x y or z?"

"no you can't go on holiday with your mates"

"we're spending xmas at my parents" etc etc

"when's the last time you did anything nice for me"

you'll bring up the proposal, she'll respond wth . . .


"that was years ago, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY!"


But

best of luck eh

[MarillionFan]

Christmas is the planned date to give her the ring, the actual proposal might happen a few weeks later given that the ring is inside a Reverse Geocache box i.e it can only be opened at a certain GPS location, that location is a small island off the north coast of Germany which is approx 400km away from home and so we would need to plan a weekend away. The location is special to her and not just some random faraway island in the North Sea.

In short, christmas day she gets a walnut box that is locked and has a button and lcd screen on the top. Press the button and it tells you the distance to where the box can be opened and the number of attempts (increasing by 1 each time the button is pressed) to 50.

"This is attempt 1 of 50"
Distance 451km
*Access Denied*
Powering Off"

press it again you get "Attempt 2 of 50" etc.

I like this idea. I might actually keep moving the box though to ensure my other half runs out of attempts.