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Cache and a Slurpee Traditional Cache

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Dcyfir: Seems to have gone missing. And as it was a unique cache I dont have one to replace it with at this time.

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Hidden : 9/4/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Quick cache near my place of work. You are looking for a small screw top metal container.

Cache contains just Log and Zip Log bag. Please bring your own writing stick.

Because nothing goes better with a Geo-cache then a nice cold Slurpee.

CONGRATS TO GEOPAHKERS ON A QUICK (and close!) FTF.

Help Manitoba keep it's Slurpee Capital of the World Title!!
Facts:

The store you are standing at for the calendar year of 2008 was the "Center of the Slurpee world". It is the the store that sells the most Slurpees in the market, in the Market that sells the most Slurpees in the entire universe. In 2008 it moved almost a quarter of a MILLION cups of Slurpee!!

* Slurpee drinks are all served at -2 degrees.
* Early prototypes for the Slurpee machine made use of an automobile air conditioning unit.
* Slurpee was "invented" when some sodas were put in a freezer to cool them down — and they became all slushy.
Bob Stanford, a 7-Eleven agency director, coined the term "Slurpee" in 1967.
* Winnipeg, Canada is the Slurpee capital of the world, due to their amazing Slurpee fanaticism.
* When Slurpee first hit the market, it wasn’t self-serve. The machine was behind the counter and the clerk served the product to you.
* At Slurpee, we call it a BrainFreeze. The scientific name for it is Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia. Really.
* Slurpee drinks are carbonated.
* Slurpee Day is July 11th.
Sugar is the anti-freezing agent in most Slurpee drinks.
* American Slurpee is injected with air. Canadian Slurpee is not.
* Half of all Slurpee drinks are purchased between the hours of 4 and 11 p.m.
* Every day more than 11.6 million Slurpee drinks are consumed around the world.
* Pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth is a known cure for brainfreeze.
* Every year enough Slurpee drinks are sold to fill up 12 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Only one private individual owns a bona fide Slurpee machine. (And he is dead now) The rest are in 7-Eleven.
* The average Slurpee drinker's age is 29.

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