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What TV? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/6/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Film canister-sized container in FULL CAMO NOT at the above cache page coordinates. No need to unwrap any wire when you make the find, and no bushes involved!

Disclaimer: I love my kids! If my legacy is that I was a good father to them, and a loving husband to my wife then my life was a success.

As a kid my parents would often invite other families to go camping, and with 3 or 4 families we'd have a great time. However, almost always, at some point during the singing of songs around the campfire, the adults would break out into their favorite: "Once I was Happy, but Now I Have Children." That was all the words to the song, and as that special verse was repeated over and over, they would hold "Now" longer and longer.

Now that I have four kids of my own I have begun to appreciate the inebriated adults' need to blow-off some steam like that, and in a few more sessions I should be just about fine .

In my house now, if the TV is on, with 4 children between 18 months and 8 years, my wishes for program choice have been relegated to 6th place - OK, sometimes 5th! So, you get to walk in my shoes (and endure what I have to endure) if you want to solve this puzzle and find the actual coords for this cache ! If I had my druthers, the clues would be more like "A = the number on Joe Pavelski's jersey," but there's not much time for hockey in my house anymore. And no, A does not equal 8, but nice try.

The cache is located at:
38°4A.BCD
121°1E.FGH

A = the number of choices Toodles offers in every episode, including the ever-present Mystery Mouse-ka-tool

B = E - A - J

C = the number of times the porous main character's full name is sung or shouted throughout the opening ditty (keep in mind this show airs MANY times throughout every day of the week, and with two episodes every 1/2 hour you should count your lucky stars if you've never heard this song before!)

D = K + F

E = the number of kids in Mike and Carol's family (my kids don't watch this one, but we're trying... hey, it's wholesome!)

F = the number of times the little girl and the monkey repeat the special phrase that almost always prevents the fox from stealing something - unless they're too late

G = K + A - I

H = the number of tools in Manny's toolbox (before the flashlight character was added to the show)

I = the number of regular characters besides DJ Lance (are you getting some appreciation yet?!)

J = the number of regular (Mac's not in every episode, so don't count him) dog friends big Clifford has

K = the number on the main engine from Sodor

If you can answer all these without asking a kid or doing any research, then we're kindred spirits indeed !

Fame and Glory goes to Ipoddude96,
shari63, ItisTrue, and Totallygomer for co-FTFs!



Heard them singing "We did it, we did it, we did it, lo hicimos, YEAH!" as I drove up !

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

jver & jbbq

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)