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Travel Bug Dog Tag "Sixteen Cents"

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Owner:
msozarkman Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Origin:
Missouri, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Not Another Turnout! #11

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It just needs to drift around the country. If possible, Please take pictures of where "Sixteen Cents"is.

About This Item

Sixteen Cents

Why is there sixteen cents in the waterproof match container?

Back about fifteen years or so, I was a volunteer captain of a charity rest stop. There were several hundred walkers to pass through. We had several eight foot tables loaded with apples, oranges, bananas, cookies, snack cakes, water, ect. As you can see, we had plenty.

A woman volunteer walked toward me with a man who's appearence was tattered. One could see he was a man who was down on his luck. He offered me a dime, a nickle, and a penny to help our cause. I offered him any thing we had on the tables, but he told me, "There are other people that can use it more than me".

I dedicate this cache to a man who's pride, and compassion was more important to him than, food, or recognition. When I asked for a name, he remained silent, turned, and walked away. I will always remember him as, "Sixteen Cents."

In friendship a fellow cacher,

Glenn Smith
AKA:msozarkman

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Tracking History (1730.3mi) View Map

Dropped Off 4/12/2009 corncachers placed it in Not Another Turnout! #11 California - 1,006.05 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/7/2009 corncachers retrieved it from El Quartelejo Kansas   Visit Log

What a neat story. Will move the 16cents along.

Dropped Off 3/19/2009 LazyDayHunter placed it in El Quartelejo Kansas - 427.94 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/7/2009 LazyDayHunter retrieved it from Among the Riprap Kansas   Visit Log

This was beautiful day for geocaching, but wasn't expecting a TB. Curious about the 16 cents. What a great story. Will get this bug on it's way in the next few days. Ran out of good places to relocate it on this day.

Discovered It 2/22/2009 Pharmers discovered it   Visit Log

Found this tb in the cache but left for another cacher to pick up and move along! What a great story behind this tb:)

Dropped Off 2/17/2009 Jim McDonald placed it in Among the Riprap Kansas - 126.23 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/7/2009 Jim McDonald retrieved it from Where The Wind Always Blows Oklahoma   Visit Log

Thought this one might like to move on..will try to place him soon...Your telling the meaning of "16 cents" really touched me as I have had the privilege of assisting others like him. Thanks!
Jim

Dropped Off 5/18/2008 kbaldeagle placed it in Where The Wind Always Blows Oklahoma - 84.01 miles  Visit Log
Dropped Off 3/24/2008 GeoCommandos placed it in "Honest Tom" Oklahoma - 112.48 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/22/2008 kbaldeagle retrieved it from "Honest Tom" Oklahoma   Visit Log

will move on soon...........

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