Travel Bug Dog Tag Down the Drain

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Owner:
roolku Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Origin:
Chatham Islands, New Zealand
Recently Spotted:
In BPE #4 – Les Dawson

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Current Goal

Collect empirical evidence on which direction the drains flush.

About This Item

new plug

One of the many unresolved mysteries of (my) life is which direction the little maelstrom rotates that is created when you flush the toilet or pull the plug in the sink. Now there has already been a lot of research on this topic, suggesting that the coriolis force might force the direction to be clockwise on the southern and anticlockwise on the northern hemisphere. Others claim that this is complete rubbish.
This TB is my small contribution to the debate. Please conduct the experiment carefully and post the results on this page with your log.

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Tracking History (25353.6mi) View Map

Grab It (Not from a Cache) 5/7/2005 roolku grabbed it   Visit Log

I am re-starting the research mission with the copy tag. This time on the northern hemisphere. Let's hope the TB lasts longer here.
Write note 3/19/2005 Rick-a-mortis posted a note for it   Visit Log

looks as if the local council have dicovered the cache as they did a huge cleanup around the area, will cheack with them incase they have the container waiting for collection
very sorry
cheers rick-a-mortis
Dropped Off 2/15/2005 Rick-a-mortis placed it in Argyll Alley (Bay of Plenty) North Island, New Zealand - 1.81 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/10/2005 Rick-a-mortis retrieved it from The Tauranga Travel Bug Hotel (Bay of Plenty) North Island, New Zealand   Visit Log

what a mission
Dropped Off 1/22/2005 TgaWookie placed it in The Tauranga Travel Bug Hotel (Bay of Plenty) North Island, New Zealand - 128.89 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/2/2005 TgaWookie retrieved it from Aquavista (Hawkes Bay) North Island, New Zealand   Visit Log

Found this bug while on a mad 3 day geocaching tour. Will find somewhere for it to go.
Dropped Off 1/1/2005 Rugby_HB placed it in Aquavista (Hawkes Bay) North Island, New Zealand - .44 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 12/28/2004 Rugby_HB retrieved it from Napier Waterfall (Hawkes Bay) North Island, New Zealand   Visit Log

Now at cache Aquavista at my home. It has been tested.
The Coriolis Force is real. See:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/crls.rxml

Loved it when Bart Simpson ended up at the American embassy in Australia. The ambassador had a special toilet plumbed to make sure that the water went down the drain the American way.
Dropped Off 11/8/2004 Imgame placed it in Napier Waterfall (Hawkes Bay) North Island, New Zealand - 99.95 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/7/2004 Imgame retrieved it from Thermal Hot Pot (Bay of Plenty) North Island, New Zealand   Visit Log

Retrieved Down the Drain TB on a sunny spring day. We had heard of discussions about drains going different directions in different parts of the world, so tested it out while in N.Z. They all go the same. Imgame, Colorado, USA
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