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STOP Signs of Huntington County #274 Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/9/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is #274 in our series. Less than a thousand left to go!!

EDITED 5-8-09


There is a really nice place to park here and there is a NGS BENCHMARK less than 100 yards away, that you can log. There is a slaughterhouse within sight, so bring your carcasses. This is a Four Way Stop, so counts as FOUR POINTS in the INDIANA STOP SIGN GEO-GAME. This is the intersection of two State Highways, so you get a bonus point.

In theory, The rules for a four-way stop are simple. The cars stopped in a certain order, and they go in the same order. In reality:

1. Some people don't exactly stop. So, when did they arrive at the four-way stop?
2. Some people stop one or two car-lengths behind the stop sign. When did they arrive at the four-way stop?
3. Sometimes two cars really do stop simultaneously.
4. Driver A thinks that driver B got there first, and driver B thinks that driver A got there first. This is a simplification of the next situation.
5. Driver A thinks that driver B got there first. Driver B thinks that driver C got there first. And driver C thinks that driver A got there first. From experience, I would say that this, along with various 4-car permutations, is a very common situation.
6. At least one driver has no clue. This has probably happened before he reached the four-way stop.

So, when there's doubt about who got there first, who should go first? Here's a handy rule: "I go first, you go second, everyone else hesitates." My car is the one with the dents in each door.

And lastly, remember (This always works): THE VEHICLE WITH THE BIGGEST TIRES HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)