Travel Bug Dog Tag Boston Charlie

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Origin:
Massachusetts, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of scottsrule.

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Current Goal

With a ticket in hand and spirits high, Charlie decides to venture beyond Boston city limits. Where his travels may take him, he is not sure - every place is an adventure in itself!

Stop #1:  New Malden, Surrey, England  (Map)

 

 

About This Item

The CharlieCard is a MIFARE-based, contactless, stored value smart card used for electronic ticketing as part of the Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system installed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) at its stations and on its vehicles. The CharlieCard was made available to the general public beginning December 4, 2006. The last metal token was sold on December 6, 2006, at Government Center station.

The CharlieCard is named after a fictional character in a folk music song often called "Charlie on the MTA", which concerns a man trapped forever on the Boston subway system (then known as the Metropolitan Transit Authority, or MTA) because he can not pay the 5-cent surcharge required to leave the train.

Since the card's introduction, the Charlie character has been used on a variety of MBTA signs, including construction signage and for directing passengers to various locations.

Source: Wikipedia

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    Tracking History (4214.9mi) View Map

    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/4/2015 scottsrule retrieved it from Gus Gus Ontario, Canada   Visit Log

    Grabbed during the FCC. Will move along shortly.

    Dropped Off 9/9/2015 MsOfficer placed it in Gus Gus Ontario, Canada - .68 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 9/9/2015 MsOfficer took it to Spoiled Rotten Cache! Ontario, Canada - .18 miles  Visit Log

    Visited Spoiled Rotten Cache! (GC625B9)
    Visited 9/9/2015 MsOfficer took it to Mahalo for the Cache! Ontario, Canada - .35 miles  Visit Log

    Visited Mahalo for the Cache! (GC625AA)
    Visited 9/9/2015 MsOfficer took it to Needing Seeding? Ontario, Canada - .14 miles  Visit Log

    Visited Needing Seeding? (GC6259W)
    Visited 9/9/2015 MsOfficer took it to Fernando Ontario, Canada - 1,248.61 miles  Visit Log

    Visited Fernando (GC6259B)
    Visited 9/9/2015 MsOfficer took it to Ladybugs' Picnic Ontario, Canada - 5.94 miles  Visit Log

    Visited Ladybugs' Picnic (GC625B0)
    Write note 9/8/2015 MsOfficer posted a note for it   Visit Log

    Charlie is helping me build some caches for the FCC2015 event that will be held in Thunder Bay, ON on Oct 5th!
    Retrieve It from a Cache 9/7/2015 MsOfficer retrieved it from 50 - The Golden Anniversary Ontario, Canada   Visit Log

    Picking you up before someone muggles this cache! Ill take you somewhere safer my little TB friend !
    Dropped Off 9/3/2015 Pogie24 placed it in 50 - The Golden Anniversary Ontario, Canada - 809.42 miles  Visit Log
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