Wood-Number 9 TB

This trackable has the goal to circulate more than five years and to be moved by at least 25 cachers. That is a rate of five drops per year for five years, or a drop every 73 days.  As of 27-Oct-20 it had survived for 6.4 years but it had been moved by only 8 cachers, for an average release every 294 days.

No permission is needed to leave the U.S.  While in the U.S., please drop it in a Premium Member only OR a rural cache near a busy trail or road. Do not place it in an urban cache or abandon it at a caching event where there is no security.  Transport the bug in the original plastic bag for as long as the bag lasts; the bag keeps the trackable clean, protects the number and prevents tangling with other items.  Otherwise, take the trackable anywhere you wish.

Trackable photos are appreciated, but do not show the tracking code. The photos will re-posted here.

9 (nine /ˈnaɪn/) is the natural number following 8 and preceding 10.   The origin of the 9 integers can be attributed to the ancient Indian civilization, and was adopted by subsequent civilizations in conjunction with the 0.  In the beginning, various Indians wrote 9 similar to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot.  They later started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a 3-look-alike.  The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the @ character encircles a lowercase a.  As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic.

This numeral resembles an inverted 6.  To disambiguate the two on objects and documents that can be inverted, the 9 is often underlined, as is done for the 6. Another distinction from the 6 is that it is often handwritten with a straight stem.

"A stitch in time saves Nine."  The word "K-9" pronounces the same as canine and is used in many U.S. police departments to denote the police dog unit.  Despite not sounding like the translation of the word canine in other languages, many police and military units around the world use the same designation.  Someone dressed "to the nines" is dressed up as much as they can be.  In baseball, nine represents the right fielder's position.  The number of innings in a regulation, non-tied game of baseball.  The number of players on the field including the pitcher.  The number worn by Roy Hobbs in the movie The Natural.  The score of a forfeit in a league where the game would ordinarily last nine innings is 9-0.