[Az-Geocaching] Speaking of TB's....
RAND HARDIN
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Mon, 17 May 2004 17:54:02 -0700
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Scott (RTW),
Regarding the TB that has been in a cachers hands since August, '03: If =
you decide not to e-mail the cacher and have them finish their transfer, =
I would go ahead and grab the TB from them. Then I would do a search of =
the caches that the individual found and compare it with the caches that =
you found on the day you came into posession of the TB. Then start compa=
ring dates; read previous logs on the cache pages to see if anyone mentio=
ns the TB; eliminate the micro caches as possibilities, and eliminate the=
caches that you remember and know that you didn't find the TB in. With =
a little detective work, you can probably figure which cache the individu=
al placed it in. Then go ahead and log the TB into the cache that you be=
lieve you found it in and then reclaim it!
Then there's always the possibility that the TB has changed hands a few t=
imes before being placed in one of the caches where you found it. Just d=
o the best you can with the detective work and place the cache where you =
feel was the most likely spot where you could have found it.
I know tracking TBs down is a pain and time consuming, but it's all part =
of the responsibility we take on when we grab them out of caches!
Happy tracking! :-D
Rand (RandMan) =20
----- Original Message -----
From: RopingThe Wind
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:01 PM
To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Speaking of TB's....
The other travel bug.. well, it has been in the hands of that one team si=
nce =20
August 2003. Obviously, they dont have it. I have it! :) So, they put it =20
into a cache and didnt log it in. So, I dont know that sending them an em=
ail =20
will matter. I will just do as LazyK suggested and snag it from them and =
put =20
it into the cache myself and then take it out and into my hands. Normally=
, I =20
would say that seems kind of a rude thing to do (if not emailing them =20
first).. but, considering so much time has gone by... I dont think it =20
matters much. Still, I have to remember which cache I took it from. I =20
normally make a note of it in my PDA... but, somehow I failed to do so =20
during my visit to that particular cache. I made the note of time and dat=
e, =20
etc..... but didnt note the TB pickup.
Scott
Team Ropingthewind
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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Scott (RTW),</=
DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regarding the TB that has been in a <EM>cache=
rs</EM> hands since August, '03: If you decide not to e-mail the ca=
cher and have them finish their transfer, I would go ahead and grab the T=
B from them. Then I would do a search of the caches that the <EM>in=
dividual</EM> found and compare it with the caches that you found on=
the day you came into posession of the TB. Then start compari=
ng dates; read previous logs on the cache pages to see if anyone men=
tions the TB; eliminate the micro caches as possibilities, and eliminate =
the caches that you remember and know that you didn't find the TB in=
With a little detective work, you can probably figure which cache=
the individual placed it in. Then go ahead and log the TB into the=
cache that you believe you found it in and then reclaim it!</DIV> <DIV>&=
nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Then there's always the possibility that the TB has chan=
ged hands a few times before being placed in one of the caches where you =
found it. Just do the best you can with the detective work and plac=
e the cache where you feel was the most likely spot where you could have =
found it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I know tracking TBs down is&n=
bsp;a pain and time consuming, but it's all part of the responsibility we=
take on when we grab them out of caches!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <D=
IV>Happy tracking! <STRONG>:-D</STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DI=
V>Rand (RandMan) </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADD=
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ginal Message -----</DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt A=
rial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> RopingThe Wind</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT:=
10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 17, 2004 4:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D=
"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> listserv@azgeocaching.com</DIV> <DIV style=3D=
"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Az-Geocaching] Speaking of TB's..=
.</DIV> <DIV><BR>The other travel bug.. well, it has been in the hands o=
f that one team since <BR>August 2003. Obviously, they dont have it. I ha=
ve it! :) So, they put it <BR>into a cache and didnt log it in. So, I don=
t know that sending them an email <BR>will matter. I will just do as Lazy=
K suggested and <U>snag it from them and put </U><BR><U>it into the cache=
myself and then take it out and into my hands</U>. Normally, I <BR>would=
say that seems kind of a rude thing to do (if not emailing them <BR>firs=
t).. but, considering so much time has gone by... I dont think it <BR>mat=
ters much. Still, I have to remember which cache I took it from. I <BR>no=
rmally make a note of it in my PDA... but, somehow I failed to do so <BR>=
during my visit to that particular cache. I made the note of time and dat=
e, <BR>etc..... but didnt note the TB pickup.<BR>Scott<BR>Team Ropingthew=
ind<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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