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Smile 2: I'm My Own Grandpa (Auckland) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/9/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A couple of puzzle caches that were published to mark August’s geocaching streak got us thinking of some other songs that have made us smile. And so an idea for a small series of puzzles was born.

I'm My Own Grandpa

If this were a science fiction story we would need to consider the logic loop of whether it is possible to travel back in time and meet someone from before you are born, if that meeting is crucial to your ever being born. But instead the song concerns the illogical logic of our language when discussing relationships between the generations. It was written by Dwight Latham in 1947 after he read, in a book by Mark Twain, that it would be possible for a man to become his own grandfather. At least you do not have to work out the family tree in order to solve the puzzle.

The cache is at   South 36° 40.ABC   East 174° 40.DEF

A = The number of people that sit on the porch seat?

B = The number of people dancing around the bonfire?

C = The number of passers-by on the street?

D = The number of cots?

E = The number of slats on the back of the porch seat plus the number of chairs around the dining table?

F = The number of curtains in the dining room?

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)