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Wildlifewriter Founder member
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Norn Iron
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:57 pm Post subject: Test of some skills |
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How good an armchair geocacher are you?
Using your knowledge, judgement and Googling ability, find out what's wrong with this new one: Tenors, Brigadiers, and Saints which was approved today.
It's a holiday cache , but that isn't the problem.
First to post the correct answer wins an autographed photo of Bill Hemphill. The competition runs until the cache placer realises his mistake, after a few DNFs...
-Wlw. |
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Firth of Forth Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 1493 Location: East Lothian, Scotland
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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The tenor can't have two birthdays?
There's no punctuation?
The cache owner only has one find?
Or, the coords are nowhere near the River Shannon? _________________ Utterly smitten by a Captain
And now Mrs Aubrey |
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HighlandNick Founder member
Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 635 Location: Highlands, Scotland
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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"add this to the last digit in minutes of N53 25.409 due the same except subtract this number from W007 56.257"
What!!! |
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Firth of Forth Founder member
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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HighlandNick wrote: | "add this to the last digit in minutes of N53 25.409 due the same except subtract this number from W007 56.257"
What!!! |
I think he means 'do'. But deciphering the thing is just annoying. _________________ Utterly smitten by a Captain
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HighlandNick Founder member
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Ahhh.... Yes, sort of... |
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Wildlifewriter Founder member
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Firth of Forth wrote: | The tenor can't have two birthdays? |
The second date is his date of death, afaik.
Quote: | There's no punctuation? |
It's a geocaching web page - illiteracy is taken as read.
Quote: | The cache owner only has one find? |
It's OK - he was on holiday.
Quote: | Or, the coords are nowhere near the River Shannon? |
Is correct. Nor are they anywhere near the birthplace of the famous tenor. So... we can only do this cache if we can figure out who the oul' Westmeath warbler was...
...and where he was born. Fortunately this isn't too difficult, and I dare say the Bridge Bandits will be out there at the weekend. (It's only 70 miles.)
-Wlw. |
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