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'Tis the Season... (again!) Mystery Cache

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globalgirl: Congratulations to Joe and lamoracke - the final 2 finders on this one. And special thanks for kindly picking up the gamepiece for me, as I'm slowly shrinking my local cache hide inventory in prep for a major move to the other side of the Planet next summer. Yup, the globalgirl is going truly "global" - blowing this dear U.S. of A. pop stand, and moving to Vietnam.

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Hidden : 12/3/2005
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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And all you have to do to find the joy is - simply count the "la"s as you sing this old time, secular holiday song:

  Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Tis the season to be jolly,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Don we now our gay apparel,
Fa la la, la la la, la la la.
Troll the ancient Yule tide carol,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

See the blazing Yule before us,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Strike the harp and join the chorus.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Follow me in merry measure,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
While I tell of Yule tide
treasure,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Fast away the old year passes,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Sing we joyous, all together,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Heedless of the wind and weather,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

 

Now... subtract 28 from the total "la"s and use the answer to replace the last 2 digits of the posted N coordinate to derive the true latitude of this cache.

Ditto, subtract 78 from the same total "la"s and tuck them in as replacements for the last 2 zeros of the posted W coordinate to derive the true longitude.

Surely the most merrily simple of globalgirl puzzles.
Now skip on out and GRAB THE JOY!

Have fun and - wishing All my fellow geozanies (tiresome included!)
purely peace on earth and the most blessed 2006.




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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Checksum (total of all N and W digits) = 49] [Hide Hint:] Eulzrf jvgu gur svefg flyynoyr va "pbpxyrf"

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)