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Sandy · Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 1009 Location: San Diego, CA

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TheManInStripes · Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 193 Location: Alaska

FTP!!! GOLD!!!
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Griff Grof · Joined: 31 Jan 2012 Posts: 48 Location: The Cotswolds, UK

STP.... and first European - Nooo I was so close to being FTP Laughing

Thanks for the show Very Happy

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saltercreaserangers · Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 168 Location: UK

3TP - from the pub ! (it also does coffee & pastries + has wifi)
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Electric Water Boy · Joined: 22 Oct 2008 Posts: 405 Location: Selma, Tx

Ashes...

I found a TB that had a bit of someone's ashes. Not the same one mentioned on the show. If I remember correctly this was a blue bison tube.

I've told many people that I want to be cremated. Put part of me in Boerne Lake. Take some more of me and form it in to the shape of a Hershey Bar with EWB on it and send me out as a TB.

I also found a cache that claimed to be the ashes of someone. Later found out from the CO that it was ashes from their fireplace or BBQ pit. Don't know how you'd tell the difference looking. Anyway, that cache had some pretty interesting logs.

Team GeoRangers · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:18 am Post subject: Your Next Challenge

Lots of great topics on this show to discuss!

Lookimg for your next challenge after filling in the Grid?

GC2YEVV

Check out Challenge Alley in Southern California for other challenges that are not too far from San Diego County - Cache On! Razz

More later ...

saltercreaserangers · Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 168 Location: UK

In the UK we are seeing TV advertising for GPS enabled car insurance - the 'better' driver you are according to the black box, the better price you get for your car insurance

Here's one example
http://www.confused.com/car-insurance/telematics-explained
(other insurance providers are available, no connection with this agent)

Car insurance is mandatory in the UK and electronic records from insurance companies are linked to car tax enforcement - untaxed or uninsured cars which are found in use can be taken off the road immediately and crushed
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saltercreaserangers · Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 168 Location: UK

As a frequent user of StreetView to check out cache locations before business trips, I was really excited to learn about Google's StreetView Trike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-4Aln1Il8

The Trike is being used to capture images of the UK canal network
http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/google-street-view-comes-to-the-canal
as reported on BBC Radio 4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19065163

Canal towpaths are popular sites for caching trails and provide level, wheelchair/bike/buggy friendly paths

The Trike has also been to Bletchley Park, the WW2 codebreaking base for Polish / British cryptographers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8680241/Google-sends-Street-View-trikes-to-Bletchley-Park.html
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ChildOfAtom · Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 368 Location: NY, NY

Sonny, Sonny, Sonny.

It's pronounced Winthr-"up" not Winthr-"op." Wink

Half my family graduated from Winthrop, my sister teaches there, and I was born just a few miles away.
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Sonny · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:08 am Post subject: