THE FEZZIWIG 377!!! Event Cache
Fezziwig377: Well, it's been a week and the event is over... Thanks again to all who attended.
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Saturday, August 5, 2006
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This event will be held at an undisclosed location in
Massachusetts. The coordinates above are BOGUS. Do not go to them,
they will not take you anywhere near this event. The event will
take place within 10 miles from the posted coordinates.
Fast Facts for the number 377:
This Fezziwig was born on 3 / 29 / 1977, hence the "377".
Prime Factors of 377=13x29
377 is a Fibonacci Number
Arcadius was born in Spain around AD 377, the son of Theodosius the
Great and Aelia Flavia Flaccilla.
- His father raised him to the rank of co-Augustus of the east in
AD 383, though due to his young age it was a solely ceremonial
title at first.
- But when in AD 395 Theodosius died, Arcadius succeeded him as
emperor of the east at the age of eighteen. Meanwhile his brother
Honorius became emperor of the west. This division of the empire
into eastern and western parts was the decisive one, which sent the
two on separate ways. Had the empire effectively been split by
Valentinian, it had still functioned as a unit. One of the two
emperors had always enjoyed seniority over the other. However, the
accession of Arcadius and Honorius is widely seen as the division
of the Roman empire into two completely separate parts.
- Arcadius is therefore often quoted as the first 'Byzantine'
ruler.
The 377th digit of pi is 6. The string 377 occurs at position 3,056
counting from the first digit after the decimal point.
The Ironworkers Union is Local 377
- Local 377 was chartered in 1921 as a mixed local. They currently
represent almost 3000 men and women engaged in the ironworking
industry in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and North Coast.
Their goals are to organize their industry to raise the standard of
living of all ironworkers, to foster and promote a safe jobsite
work environment through safety training and programs, and to
provide important information regarding political issues to better
allow their members to make an informed choice.
Saint Valerian (Born A.D. 377) was bishop of Abbenza in North
Africa. He was martyred in 457 when he refused to surrender the
sacred vessels of his church to the Vandals led by Arian King
Genseric. Valerian was driven out of the city and left to die of
exposure. Saint Valerian's festival day is December 15.
Gu Kaizhi (c.344-406), is a celebrated painter of ancient China.
According to historical records he was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu
province and first painted at Nanjing in 364. In 366 he became an
officer. Later he was promoted royal officer. He was also a
talented poet and calligrapher. He wrote three books about painting
theory: "On Painting", "Introduction of Famous Paintings of Wei and
Jin Dynasties" and "Painting Yuntai Mountain". He wrote: "In figure
paintings the clothes and the appearances were not very important.
The eyes were the spirit and the decisive factor." In 377, Gu
Kaizhi painted his work, The Goddess of the Lo River.
So here's the deal...
I get one shot to celebrate my 377th cache, thus I am making it
this event (although many of you refer to me as "Fezz", my full
user name IS Fezziwig377, hence the big deal with the 377).
Anyone can and is invited to TRY and attend, provided they EARN the
invitation. To gain the "inivitation" (AKA the coordinates/place
and time of the event) you must earn 125 points doing my caches!
(POINTS?!?!... Scroll Down, you'll see...)
I hope to see many of my friends, as well as some new folks, at
this event.
AMBIGUOUS EVENT INFO:
- The event will be held on SATURDAY, AUGUST 5th, 2006.
- It will be held at a restaurant.
- I am not paying for you. Please bring your cash (<--- notice
the spelling) so you can eat. There is a bar, the food is good, and
the place is fairly nice.
- Please do not post a WILL ATTEND until you have the necessary
point value and know where it is. Feel free to post NOTES at any
time.
- Event time will most likely be held in the evening, dinner time
perhaps?? Specifics will be made available upon the accumulation of
125 points.
- CUT OFF DATE / DEADLINE FOR POINTS will be AUGUST 2nd, 2006 at
MIDNIGHT! All logs must be made by then, with pics posted with
them.
OFFICIAL RULES: (CHANGES MADE 6/6/06)
1. Fezziwig377 (Me) will serve as point totaler and referee if
there needs to be one. His say is final on points and other
decisions needing to be made.
2. All of my caches are listed below (Any cache I own, have
adopted, or helped to hide is listed). Each of them has a point
value next to it. Find the cache, post your log on GC.com with
required pic (See Rule #4), earn your points. It's that simple...
This cache was approved on June 2, 2006. Only caches found on or
after June 1, 2006 will count.
3. If you have already done some of my caches prior to June 1,
2006, they WILL count in your point total. However, caches found
before June 1, 2006 will only award you HALF of the point value for
that cache.
4. You MUST post your PIC, with LOGBOOK IN HAND at the final cache
location, in your log on GC.com to get the points for that cache.
(Clarification - Pics are NOT needed for caches found prior to June
1, 2006) (Try your best not make it a spoiler...)
NO PIC = NO POINTS...
5. You may cache in a group, but there must be a pic in YOUR log to
gain the points. Group pics are welcome.
6. Event DATE is posted on this page. Once you have totaled 125
points, I will e-mail you (thru GC.com and your profile) the
official coordinates and other necessary information.
7. If you are reading this on GC.com and are NOT a Volunteer
Reviewer (I.E. gpsfun or MadMin), then obviously this is an
approved caching event.
8. Yes, there may be more caches added between now and the
event.
9. Have a question?? Maybe someone else has the same one, so post
it as a note on the cache page and I will take care of it.
10. Be Safe and Have Fun!!!!!
The CACHES and POINT VALUES:
This cache was approved on June 2, 2006. Only caches found on or
after June 1, 2006 will be awarded FULL credit. Caches found BEFORE
that date will be awarded HALF credit.
GC3E04 - 05 points - High Flight Cache
GCHY2Q - 05 points - The Writers of Wheeler Hill
GCHY9W - 03 points - Robin Hill Cemetery
GCHYRE - 02 points - East Hopkinton Cemetery
GCRD61 - 09 points - Message in a Bottle - MV
GCK97B - 04 points - Entering Seekonk!
GCRJV7 - 03 points - Waseeka Wildlife Refuge
GCRJTY - 02 points - Medway's Main Drag
GCT3Q4 - 05 points - Compass Points - Seekonk, MA
GCT5DG - 03 points - Just Past Wyoming...
GCT5DD - 03 points - Welcome to R.I.chmond?!
GCT5D7 - 07 points - Crandall Park Craziness
GCT89C - 04 points - Fezziwig's Winter Warmer Geocache
GCT8VD - 04 points - Freedom Green
GCT9GD - 08 points - Back to Front
GCTG1K - 10 points - Heath Hen Pen
GCT8A7 - 08 points - Top Secret Travel Bug Hostile Hostel
GCTJG9 - 04 points - The Emerald Multi Micro
GCRK0C - 05 points - "Perrin's Crossing" Cache
GCRP2P - 08 points - North Seekonk Micro Cache
GCRY20 - 05 points - The Charles River Cha-Cha
GCRZ5A - 04 points - Fezz's Piggy Bank (MEMBERS ONLY CACHE)
GCRZGG - 05 points - Baker's Corner
GCRZE3 - 02 points - The Road Ends Here...
GCRZDZ - 05 points - Compass Points - Franklin, MA
GCRZDQ - 07 points - The Franklin Village Idiot
GCT308 - 05 points - The Natick Mall Haul
GCT3R4 - 07 points - Not the Chess Club...
GCTJG4 - 02 points - A Place to Play in Medway
GCTR8D - 05 points - Block Party
GCTTJ0 - 07 points - Light Will Lead the Way
GCTXRT - 07 points - Stampin' Around
GCV0WE - 05 points - S.N.E.T.T. M.I.C.R.O.
GCV0VY - 05 points - Snail Welcome
GCV5M4 - 05 points - Decoy II
GCV5J2 - 05 points - Needle in a HayStack
GCV0NV - 07 points - Only Love...
GCV8J3 - 03 points - The Peak House
GCVPJF - 05 points - Storrow Drive Detour
GCVTWV - 07 points - Curiosity Killed the Cat
GCVRCM - 10 points - Fezz's Egg Hunt
GCW6ZG - 03 points - NRWA Cache - Nashoba Paddler
GCW6YV - 03 points - NRWA Cache - Squannacook River
GCWB7F - 03 points - NRWA Cache - Nashua River
GCW622 - 03 points - NRWA Cache - River Resource Center
GCWB82 - 08 points - Daucus Carota
GCRXV2 - 06 points - Sunny's Walk
GCRXMK - 03 points - Franklin's Not-So-Common Micro Cache
GCV60B - 03 points - FabStar's Glitz
GCVA56 - 06 points - Just Bourne
GCWWAZ - 08 points - Egyptian Numbers
GCWW9Y - 08 points - The Cosmic Number
GCWZK6 - 08 points - The Profiler
There are a possible 300+ points!!!
CUT OFF DATE / DEADLINE FOR POINTS will be AUGUST 2nd, 2006 at
MIDNIGHT! All logs must be made by then, with pics posted with
them.
OF COURSE THERE ARE BONUS POINTS!!!! (That I will add in for
you...)
+2 points if you found the ORIGINAL Perrins Crossing Cache before
it was archived
+2 points for each Fezz Event attended
+3 points if you can correctly tell me where the name FEZZIWIG
comes from??
+3 points for each FIRST TO FIND (FTF) on a Fezz cache
+3 points for every picture you can exactly "duplicate" from Fezz's
Gallery on the same cache (Must be a gallery pic with Fezz in
it!!). Post the pic of you posing like Fezz in your log for the
same cache that Fezz posted it for.
+5 points if you have gone caching with Fezz (Event Caches do not
count)
+5 points if you have unknowingly met Fezz on the trail or cache
site
+10 points for posting a pic of you with "Fezz's Big Blue Bug" on
the Travel Bug page
+125 points for finding "Fezz's Return to Me Signal Geocoin" and
actually returning it to me. This may be done on the day of the
event, as long as I have undeniable proof that you have the coin in
hand. Also, you cannot have the coin mailed to you.
DISCLAIMER: Again anyone and everyone is invited to take part in
this event. I have tried to make it as even as possible so that
even those who have found a bunch of my caches will have to work a
bit, and everybody should be able to achieve 125 points fairly
easy. Also, FabStar (if she decideds to play) would only be playing
for fun since she is already going to the event! =)
Will there be prizes and giveaways?? Hmmmmmm... I guess you will
have to earn your 125 points to find out!
THIS JUST IN:
- The TOP 3 Point Winners WILL be awarded prizes.
- There will also be another "Fezz Giveway Raffle" for those
attending.
- As always, my geocoins will be available for people to log at the
event (including my 2006 Compass Rose Geocoin).
The Leader Board: (FINAL as of 08/02/06)
Showing 50 points+
FIRST PLACE: THERE IS A TIE!!!!!
283.75 points - BlackstoneVal (attending)
283.75 points - ~Marvalus (attending)
SECOND PLACE:
279.5 points - CRAZYDIAMONDS (attending plus one)
THIRD PLACE:
173.5 points - BigRock95 (attending)
162.0 points - Nomad64 (attending)
157.0 points - gpscouts (attending plus one)
154.0 points - oldgraymare (attending plus one)
151.5 points - LHollo777 (NOT attending)
144.5 points - SCOUT98 (attending plus one)
142.0 points - DaleW2001 (attending)
131.0 points - Berjr1 (NOT attending)
129.5 points - BluEyz and Bugsy (NOT attending)
128.0 points - FabStar (attending)
(She actually did it on her own!)
128.0 points - Trail Buzzards (NOT attending)
125.0 points - Cavygirl (attending)
125.0 points - mystery cacher 377 (attending)
*****125 POINT ZONE*****
112.5 points - koneko (wdp)
96.0 points - Golfin'Fool&MeToo
95.5 points - fishalott
94.0 points - robar
78.5 points - Schnapps
50.0 points - srt4guy
This cache was approved on June 2, 2006. Only caches found on or
after June 1, 2006 will be awarded FULL credit. Caches found BEFORE
that date will be awarded HALF credit.
NOTE:
08/05/06
This event was held at New England Steak and Seafood, Route 16,
Mendon, MA. The food and service was great and everyone seemed to
have a great time!!
Thanks again to all who participated!!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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