fetcheveryone

Oooh! That sounds sneaky and fun

sneaky indeed

Sounds fun - I'm in!

Ace! New Game...a change that we don't fear

sound great, I'm in!

I'm in with obvious restriction of not going very far ATM

Nobody is visiting my square for at least twelve weeks 😉

A new game.... I'm in

If I followed correctly, it doesn't seem to have any element of skill, or hard work, being rewarded? Isn't it just chance?

Sounds interesting - I'm probably in if I can make a grid doesn't have too many of the inaccessible places in it

Sounds fun...I'm in!

I’ll be running on the spot under our stairs

Sounds interesting. I assume it’s like WSW in that the game can be played between people who live nowhere near each other.

Interesting !

Interesting!

I do like a good fetch game

sounds fun

Ooohhh yes pls

I'll have a go

Yes please!!

I'm in!

I'm in too please

Will there also be bludgers that you can use to beat people out of hiding?

Having just heard the description on the podcast, and not wanting to put a dampener on this, isn't this 'avoid the plague'?
Instead of the 'seeker', that person is 'patient zero', slowly (or quickly) 'infecting' everyone they find so they spread & find others. Need to test whether the spread is fibonacci or exponential? 3 day doubling?

Or maybe 'hide & seek' is a better name !

Well, just maybe

Yes please 👍

*is not organised*

*nor me*

I've just got 6 months free Spotify Premium as a reward for purchasing a new laptop. I have put a note in my calendar in Sept to cancel it but whether I am disciplined enough to follow through remains to be seen

just tried the link and it didn't take me to a page to get a free trial. Not sure if it's because I've already had a free trial in the last X weeks but I just thought I would let you know in case there is an issue with the link.

The link worked OK for me. But have resisted from going further, so far.

I’ve just done it. It made me laugh because the first suggestion it came up with was Classical Music for a Relaxing Bath. Maybe when I’ve actually managed to get of bed and do something which will then require relaxation

Oh dear... I appear to have called one of my zones ... ahem... 'Titty Bum Corner' and now someone else owns it. Oops. Well, they can change the name if they like.

It's offering me 90 days for free! This might be because I already have Prime. I shall do it, and put a reminder in my calendar to cancel.

If you click through the 90 days for free it drops back to 30 days. I've signed up, do you know how long i have to keep the sub active for before cancelling to trigger payment to fetch-towers?

✅

I’ve no idea when it’s suitable to cancel, but do it whenever feels comfortable to you. If that means today, that’s fair enough

I'll leave it for a couple of days at least, with the number of freebie Prime memberships I've had over the years I'm happy that they cancel without issue.

I've signed up. Do you get more if we don't cancel?

No, I don't think so HF?

Done 😀

6 signups = £27 for the Fetch Coffers (not Coughers, thankfully). Cheers folks

Done ✅

You can cancel immediately and still use the 30 day trial.

Done ✅

Another five signups yesterday, thanks everyone:-)

6*37.5*5p=£11.25. Or are your shillings 12.5p?

12p

I'm too young for this old money nonsense! Enjoy your dubloons!

The table seems to be a mixture of biking and running times, with no indicator to say which is which - would it make sense to maybe add an indicator, or have a run/bike filter at the top of the table ?

I've amended the link colours (green for biking). It's all a bit cobbled-together at the moment.

Thanks fetch, but all links still showing as red for me, see image
I'm using Chrome on Windows 10 in case it's software dependant. Also checked on Chrome on an Android phone and the same there.

How 'bout now Gus?

Yaaay, perfecto !
Loving all the new tables by the way, meant to say that earlier but forgot

Hi Fetch. Not sure the ten fastest attempts is working as it should. Just created this one, which I'd done definitely more than once (by bike): fetcheveryone.com/mile-view.php?id=1038

The attempts are not historic, they are ones you’ve done since creating the mile.

Ahh okay, thanks.

Doh! Forgot about the "click here to check against Fetch Miles"

👍

Erm...I've just created another one, and it gave four badges. When I hand them back will I get another honesty badge? Plus, I have no idea how many I've actually created but I'd guess 5?

Doh! Bug fixed

Yup, I've been given all the badges too

Good blog and very rapid sorting of the over generous badging. 👍
Don't worry about leaderboards and other fripperies just yet. What is an absolute essential to maintain the mile building momentum is to see your own list of miles. Sometimes I forget. 🤔

Lovely idea
- especially "And if you're stuck indoors, then please remember that you are the Emperor of Coronaland, where you get to choose how many Coronamiles there are to an imperial mile."
stay well x

Love it

Love this!

aww Fetch, you are *fab* xxx

Don't forget to add the race to your portfolios

Gutted, have been advised to stay indoors as far as possible for next couple of weeks so no running 😭

Oh I’m so doing this.

Just what I need to replace the 5 mile race I was supposed to be doing this weekend - and I broke my Fetch mug ages ago (sob) so I definitely need a replacement 😃

great idea

*applauds*

Awesome!

*love*

Lovely! 😊

Coronamiles definitely needs to become a standard unit of measure

Proper job!

I think I'll try to do 5 miles on my elliptical trainer (it won't be all in one hit) and keep my outside exercise to something I do with my son.

What a brilliant thing - thank you

When you say "a picture showing you being all defiant", do you mean something like this?

Great idea to keep up morale of fetchfam.

Aw I forgot to take a proper selfie - I only have this one as I was treasure hunting too

top work

Good skills! Hoping that Beachy won’t be my first race of the year but suspecting it will be...

@Fetch
Am trying to move the date of Bromley 10k from 19/04/2020 to 28/03/2021.
It won't let me change the year.

Brill. I'm hoping the events I haven't entered yet are still on in August .... fingers crossed!

@Bob! that's sorted now. That restriction is in there to stop noobs repurposing last years' events.

Thank you sir!

take care fetch
I've just moved my WSW home point as I'm WFH and hope to do a daily walk in break/lunch so should get a few squares!

Just

Fetch, have a cappuchoochoo on me, and you are, as always, a male herring. Ciao

WFH would be much worse without fetcheveryone x

Looking forward to a basic android app and if you need a guinea pig let me know.

"Phil Collins, the little cockney bongo miracle!"

of course Y is height. agreed about train guy, Cappachoochoo.

@WS - when runners can fly, I'll agree.

Get yourself a pig to ride and meet him in The Nether!

Actually I just checked, and it should be Z for height! Runners can go up hills though.

Good to be planning more virtual fun.

My kids got me into Minecraft. It’s more fun than it sounds

I enjoy it PH

And of course the Fetch Treasure Hunt - I know it's not an official game and non competitive (in the same way that parkrun isn't a race) but it's a jolly good excuse to get out for a run or a bike ride.

Pikelet - this whole *Thing* would be worse without fetch and everyone who sails on it

All i know about Minecraft is that it isn't a u-boat.

Fetcheveryone has always been the place where my virtual coworkers hang out, and the place I get sensible discussions, so this will be needed more than ever as everything gets shut down. Thank you x

For now. Ask Trin and other overseas Fetchies who can't run as in total lock down. I've found Free Doom withnits own levels. I'm such a cheap skate! Look after you and yours. G

None of this X, Y, Z nonsense. It should be x1, x2, x3. That way you can easily generalise to n dimensions.

Hey fetch... I'll up my subscription. I'm not going out as much and Fetch will be my saviour as I'm not expecting to see anyone other than the cat very soon.

I’ll up mine as well. We still have an income and places of sanity like Fetch are in short supply.

Namaste, Fetch

*elbow bump * back ... shared

Does that account for Vaporflys etc. needing to be replaced more frequently?

Am I being but it the 2019 column 2018? Probably me being dim.

I'm assuming that too, Mr d.

Doh! Yes, that column should be 2018, sorry.

FR, interesting observation and I went off Asics a while ago, both for price and their less cushioned shoes were becoming much more bulky for my liking.

Even though I was right my post is missing lots of words that would allow it to make sense. 🙄

Is this based on number of users or distance run? I'm guessing the former, although if it was the latter Hoka will be doing well because ultra runners love them.

Ouch

How can this person claim to love fetcheveryone and then do that without talking to you first?

^^ what Miniardie said

People are weird. If it's someone who was a fetch website user you'd think they know the first thing to do is contact you before writing a public criticism. I think there's something about the anonymous internet that people are happy to say things publicly, but anonymously, that they would never say to your face. The test I do, is would I be prepared to say this to someone face to face? If not, then time to shut the moo! Anyway, there will always be one dodgy review. Can you comment on their comment, by the way, like some other websites/services? If so, a very polite "I know it's basic, that's the intention" type simple comment might neutralise the effect a bit. Don't let the b*ggars get you down! Happy Friday. G

I have a few friends who throw their training to Fetch for the overall yearly numbers (better that they who won't be named), but they don't appreciate or see the personal and interpersonal aspects of Fetch, and that you are in fact a person, not a team of developers etc.

no need for the sarcasm and passive aggressive attitude tho!

Perhaps they are confusing the App with the mobile version of the website? The App is deliberately basic, I know, but I wonder if it is worth having if it's not a good advert/reflection of the site?

Fetch - you've arrived You have your first hater Crack on fella !

Oh dear.

The post code suggests that they live in my area. I hope it is not someone I know!

It does raise the question though of if it is so basic, and you are spread so thin, why have the app? Take it down, and enjoy working on the features and stability that we appreciate

This is sad because Fetcheveryone is perhaps unique in being a website where you know that your feedback, critical or otherwise, will be read by Fetch, and at least responded to if not fixed.

I like the fact that the app is so simple to use. Press the button and go. Admittedly it sometimes crashes and I don’t really trust the pause button but then I just leave it running. It auto sucks everything to the site and you can do all the post run analysis you want from there. If you really want stats on the run that’s what Garmins are for!

Jeez, that is brutal!

the app works great as long as you don't hit the pause button. It has the added advantage, for me, of not sending the data anywhere other than Fetch. Please don't take it down.

Android users wouldn't be quite so rude

you gotta wonder whether this is just someone trolling...

This doesn't read like trolling to me. It reads like someone who does care (even weirdly).

And it is true that while its feature set is limited to start, pause, resume, stop, the middle two don't actually work

That's a pointless, shallow, shameful "review".

Give them their money back ...

Is there the facility to respond ? And ask for constructive feedback?
Or just develop a one or two finger icon

That's a shame

A bit harsh to say the least.

I love the app but have no idea how to leave a review for it - I'd happily leave a review if I knew how - I will look into that later and do it if I can figure it out. Everything in the world has a bad review but usually can be ignored if there are a lot of good reviews.

I don't have an iphone now so I can't add a review. But the app did the job, it wasn't fancy, but it tracked the activity and saved it directly to the site.

The only issue I ever had was on a tiny number of occasions not being able to access the site at the end of the activity and losing the training.

Acidic to say the least. I did try it out but found that even though I had started run it would load as cycle. Or the other way round though. It’s been over a year probably. I use Runkeeper on my phone. Can even have detailed interval sessions. 🙂

Oh Fetch! That must have felt like a kick! I don't have the app and have never even seen it let alone used it. I love bigleggy's comment ^^^ though

Keep up the good work

I do wonder what else must be going on in this person's life for them to feel so unhappy / frustrated. I can't believe that it was merely the app that made them feel like that. Hopefully, they managed to make themselves feel a little bit better with that piece of over the top venting.

That's nasty.

There is sadly always one moaning Minnie who will know they can speak to you but prefers to be a d!ck.

I rarely use the app but appreciate it being there for when I do need it. Ideal if you are able to respond otherwise I’d presume someone has a hump and they’ll get over it or try to find something better than Fetch and for that I wish them luck!

Haters gotta hate. If I knew who it was, I'd give them an evil look.

Hi Fetch I didn’t write this review and it must’ve stung but i do think the app is really basic and not representative of the site. This isn’t a bad thing - apps will get replaced by more integrated web content and blending and feeding off strava and the big boys will always be more successful than competing with them, as long as you’re clear on the blurb that goes with it that it’s a friendly add on for when other sites aren’t available or ... or when you don’t want to be subject to the ruthless swaggering of the smart set ... or whichever else niche you can find and promote. But try not to think too harshly of the person wanting to make it clear that the site is superior to the app because it is. It’s absolutely super. And have a hug ()

What they all said with an extra hug from me and him

Wow what a winger (the reviewer, not Fetch) 'joy sucked out of training' jeez, not like you're going to the olympics is it?

looking forward to your progress reports

That's a huge amount of effort, thanks for all the fantastic development you do of this site. A real labour of love, and by far the nicest corner of the internet.

Go for it! It'll be so much more useful than that Apple iOS rubbish....

Sounds like good progress so far. We try if we can to concentrate on one thing at a time in our scrum team - it doesn't often work like that but is much more efficient if we can - we have 4 developers and one tester. If they can all develop part of the same feature then the testing time is shorter as multiple changes can be tested by one test journey, and the development is more efficient because they are all concentrating on one part of the code and not swapping between different things. Stick with it

Sorry if I put the pressure on but it would be great for all android users to be able to use an app that's available on iPhone for a terrific website. (Am I sucking up now?)
Thanks though

The iPhone app is fine and I like its simplicity, hopefully you can make the Android one work without too much pain!

Awesome job. Porridge at lunch time?! Didnt you do web page for mobile that did start stop reset function once? I feel like I tried it and I have never had an Apple device in my life? I get that building apps may have some other presence benefit but the overhead as you say is high. Just do a web version? G

Thank you

Every time I get my Raspberry Pi out I spend most of the time updating the software

thank you for all your time & effort x

Cool!

Like that A LOT!!!! (Though just tried it with four versions of my local parkrun, and after about 4 minutes of the slider it moves all the dots back to the beginning).

But this looks fab-u-lous!!!

Agreed, this is amazing!

looks great

I am one of the few that used the old version, so was initially thrown yesterday with the new one! It's great though.

Like that. thanks

Cool. Thanks!

Liking the look of this - it's one of the features that currently makes me pay for a.n.other service! Can it be linked into the training entry's "x of y similar" events info, to make selecting and comparing those a doddle?

Not quite working for me. Trying to compare two attempts at the same race. When the second (faster attempt) gets to 2 miles, the first jumps to finished!

Looks like this will be brilliant, but for me the map doesn't load and the slider does nothing.

That's cool.

My splits aren't lighting up though (5), and weirdly, they are 1.6-ish km long, so I think some mile/kilometre oddness has happened.

Those of you with dodgy dots... can you leave your comparisons in place today, I can use them for testing. Ta.

Mine is still in place.

I have just created one, and it has a dodgy dot

I've left my three in place - a 10, 11 and 12 miler. The dots leap back to the start after approx 15-16% of the total time of the overall run (could be distance too, as a proportion) so the 10m disappears first, then the 11m then the 12m.

And similar percentages for my wife's account too - perhaps a bit larger.

westmoors, Sigh and larkim - I've found a bug that was transporting your dots home, and have squished it.

StuH - yours should be happier now too.

Oranj - your kilometres should be lighting up now.

Top work, and I can confirm it is brilliant! Great for comparing performances on the same course.

flanker - I've added the scales option to the 'Your Xth fastest of Yth attempts' page now.

Yay! Now to try another one

Working nicely now. Would be great if this could be extended to comparing against others' runs too in some way - races especially, assuming the log of their training is a public one of course.

Thanks Fetcheveryone, yes, kilometre splits now working OK.

I do like the "compare" function now appearing on activities which are brought up by the "Your 3rd fastest in 6th attempts" type links. That's a really easy way to compare race performances, watching yourself chase yourself around a virtual course!!

I love that. Really great to compare races from different years. Also the slider makes it easy to see your time at particular points, so you can set yourself a checkpoint time to target on a future attempt.

Fabulous! Thanks Fetch!

I've read all of these except the Ben Elton one. Really like Magnus Mills, but his humour is not everyone's cup of tea.

Interesting. I found I could hear Ben Elton when I read his early books, and actually didn't really like them, Filth was a deliberate attempt to make a few more quid f the back of trainspotting which is a much better book than film, I will find The Body one day, his book, a few years back about stuff you forgot you knew was excellent.

I used to love reading Ben Elton but I think I'd find them too 'obvious' now. Freddie Spoons, oh dear.

Ahh Bill Bryson...as someone who didn't grow upon Britain, I found Notes from a Small Island absolutely hysterical. I shall have to read The Body sometime. I suspect it's their perfect teeth (or no teeth because of lack of healthcare) that makes Americans more likely to choke...

I tried Ben Elton once but thought he flaunted his historical research too much. Enjoyed the Old Man and the Sea but was probably too young to appreciate it. Maybe I liked the fact that it’s such a slim novel.

That's a good haul. I also like Magnus Mills.

The Old Man and the Sea Is a wonderful story

WS - one of my university friends was a book buyer for one of the big US chains and was responsible for the US version of Trainspotting. He arranged for a 30-page glossary at the back to help US readers with the book e.g. "Jambo. A supporter of Heart of Midlothian Football Club, an Edinburgh team traditionally supported by Protestants, fierce rivals of Hibernian FC."

I read and enjoyed Stark when I was a teenager also, but re-read it about 10 years ago.

Or rather re-read the first half. I couldn’t bear to finish it. So you know what my recommendation is!