inform users when using cached data, maybe include last mod date of the file?

[sckott]

to avoid situations like in #330 this is needed

For all fxns that use caching:

• throw a message when a cached file is being used, include in it:
  • the complete file path
  • created date so the user can think about whether to delete the file
• don't throw a message when a HTTP request is made to get new data
• with a lot of requests messages could get annoying. have a flag to turn cached file messages off? probably do not want this on by default since then we're back to where we are now with users possibly confused about why they're not getting up to date data

[sckott]

woops, missed issue 32d5f53