So this new cacher was on line and found a great deal on a GPSr. It was only LXXXVIII dollars U.S. ''Not bad'' he thought. ''I'll bet the shipping will be under XXII bucks so I'd be a Geocacher for under a C.''
So the guy bids on this new GPSr and wins. Sure enough, the total with shipping, taxes and handling [handling: I didn't charge you enough so I'm going to up the fees at random - but you won't care] is XCIX U.S. He gladly paid the bill and soon received his new hobby (which came from Rome).
Well, as you guessed it, the sweat deal had one catch... the GPSr only has one datum. Roman Numeral Datum! Yikes!!
Being new to caching and not really caring if other cachers will be as excited about this little inconvenience, he decided to keep the Roman GPSr and ran out to hide this cache. After averaging the location for several minutes, the GPSr read as follows...
NXXXVII*XLVIII.OLXIX
WCXXI*XIV.CXXXIV
[One rule I must insert here deals with roman decimals. Since there are no decimals in roman numbers, I've taken the liberty of adding a new number! For all the rest of eternity, let O equal and zero in the decimal placement. (ie, it shifts the numbers by a tenth). Hey, I told you the guy got ripped off. Right!?!]
When stashed, the cache contained:
FTF Prize
Geo-Note
Log Book
Pencil
Trade items
Since the cache is larger than a micro, yet still on the smallish size, bring small trade items.