10-2-4 Traditional Cache
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The first in my CM (Childhood Memories) series that will be placed primarily around the East End. This series will focus on a slower and simpler time – from only two TV channels and 78 rpm records to 8 track tapes, sock hops, and muscle cars. Most of the small neighborhood stores and gathering places are gone – replaced by grocery store chains and strip malls - but the old neighborhood still lives on in childhood memories.
The one story brick building across the street was the local Dr Pepper bottler. As a small child walking up the street with my dad I just had to stop in front of the window and watch the bottles move along the conveyor belt being filled , capped, and cased. In retrospect not the most exciting thing to observe but for a young man of three or four it was quite an operation. And just in case you are wondering about the significance of the cache name – the following is a small addition to your wealth of useless information. In the 1920s, Dr. Walter Eddy at Columbia University studied the body’s metabolism. He discovered that a natural drop in energy occurs about 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. But he also discovered that if the people in his research study had something to eat or drink at 10, 2 and 4, the energy slump could be avoided. After Dr. Eddy’s research findings were released, Dr Pepper challenged its advertising agency to come up with a theme which would suggest that Dr Pepper should be that 10, 2 and 4 drink which would keep the energy level up. The result was one of the most enduring of Dr Pepper’s advertising themes: Drink a bite to eat at 10, 2 and 4. The cache is an RX bottle placed in a City of Louisville free public parking lot. The biggest challenge to this cache maybe finding a place to park. Since the location is on the east end of the Frankfort Ave entertainment corridor. Friday and Saturday night parking may be a little tough. 1/2/21 - Replaced full log today with a waterproof log. Permanent marks work best to log your find. Ball point and gel pens work too. Pencils not so much.
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