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Doug, thanks for the link. I used something very similar when I sent out my TBs last time. I think I printed out something like the large sized cards and laminated them with some self-sealing sheets. I also attached the Sissy-n-Cr dog tags. Despite that, the bugs met their end. But that's a topic for a different thread

One still can't post a link for a commercial site without permission from Groundspeak. Oops, sorry. I should have known links to commercial sites weren't allowed. The site I linked to doesn't advertise these as being for geocaching, so I didn't know it would be stepping on Groundspeak's toes. And yeah, I just thought they might be useful for mission tags. Sissy-n-Cr sold a great preprinted dog tag years ago that I used for a couple of TBs I released. Unfortunately, the TBs went AWOL a long time ago, and I wanted to release their copy tags. I liked the instructions that were on the Sissy-n-Cr tags, and they made it very clear how to log the TBs (plus they told people not to post the tracking number in the forums, and other useful tips). Obviously they didn't keep someone from losing (or stealing) my first two bugs, but I figured I'd try again. Just thought it might be nice to have dog tag sized instructions for the next batch.

I searched to try to see if anyone else had posted this and found nothing, but I apologize anyway if this is a repeat. A website called Artscow has pretty cheap dog tags that you can upload pictures for, or use text. They can be one-sided or two-sided. They seem to glue your design onto the tag and laminate it. If you use the coupon code DOG199TAGS, they are only $1.99 for two, with free shipping. I've never ordered from them, so I can't speak for the quality, but the reviews on the site seem glowing. If anyone has a template for dog tag sized travel bug instructions, maybe they could share it. The website link is: <unauthorized link removed by moderator> In fairness to the ethics of the interwebs, I found this on slickdeals. Oh, and I think the deal expires March 21, 2010

Thanks for that advice. I had been looking through the forums to find this very answer. Two of my TBs went MIA, and I have finally decided to start the process of relaunching them. I wanted the new mileage to be a reflection of the new bug, not the old one, and putting that in the description is a way to do that. So, is there is no way to completely reset the mileage, or the map for that matter?

Not to try to plug the site or anything, but so far some of my favorite items found have been a Signal antenna topper and a geocaching.com iron-on patch. My absolute favorite thing to find is signature items, and I collected two (without even planning to) from a local cacher who made the coolest magnets. As far as leaving swag, my swag bag got stolen (along with the car it was sitting in), and I haven't been active enough recently to replace it. I used to leave carabiners or glow-in-the dark lizards. I actually felt bad about the lizards (even though they weren't quite as bad as McToys), but it looks like Thrak's wife might be te one person out there who would like them.

I love homemade swag the best. I was fortunate enough to collect two of Baxter-MD's homemade mask magnets, and both of them were things I just stumbled upon in two seperate caches.

If you have the original DVD with an unlock code then the update is just that, an update. You don't need to buy an additional unlock code for the update, your original will work with your unit. But if you send you unit in for service you need to make Garmin aware of the problem and they will provide another unlock code, I believe for free. As for time consuming and frustrating, I load my maps over night while I sleep. No time consuming frustration. Jim What I neglected to mention, mostly due to shame, was that the Garmin unit was a Streetpilot 2620 with 2005 (or maybe 2006) maps installed. So the CN 2008 was an upgrade I ordered from Garmin's website. Most of the frustration was probably due both to the unit being a replacement, and to the fact that it was such an old unit to begin with. I am about to plop down the money for a Nuvi 765t to replace my godawful Dash (the Streetpilot 2620 is still running strong, with old maps). Does anyone know if the map update process is smoother (relatively) for the newer Garmin GPSrs?

I won't call you an idiot, but from my experience, Garmin's standard operating procedure is to mail a CD/DVD to anyone who requests one, but then charge for the code. I found this out when ordering the update for City Navigator 2008. Also, even with the code paid for, the update for my Garmin car GPSr was incredibly time consuming and frustrating, necessitating a couple of calls to customer service (part of the problem was that my GPSr had been replaced by the factory, so the unlock code was intended to work only with my old GPSr serial number).

USAF: 1996-2000, enlisted, medically discharged. USA: 2001-present, officer, doctor. So far the only "far away" place I've seen is Walter Reed, but that will change soon.

I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this. I have a plea for help going out to all my fellow geocachers. My car was stolen in Washington, DC (Northwest part) on Tuesday or Wednesday (18th or 19th of December). How is this geocaching related, you might ask? For two reasons: Firstly, my swag bag was in that car, and sure it might have had a McToy or two, but I had put it together after long searches for what I would want to see in caches, and what I hoped other people would enjoy too. Secondly, I have read a few posts here in the forums of people who have found abandoned cars while geocaching. If any of you guys happen to see my car, please call the police (I have reported it stolen, so they should have it in their national database). I expect it would still be in the greater DC, Northern VA, Southern MD area, but in reality it could be anywhere by now. So now, the description of the car. It is a tan, 1992 Mercury Grand Marquis, with North Carolina license plate RZH-6434. It has peeling paint, tan leather interior, a broken antenna, military stickers in the top center of the front windshield, a Zone Three parking permit in the lower driver's side of the front windshield, and a front license plate from Forest Hill United Methodist Church. Reading back that description to myself, I have to wonder why anyone would want to steal it, but it still has great sentimental value to me (my grandmother gave me the car before she died two years ago). Thank you all for any help you can provide, and I know this is a wonderful community from reading the posts about how many people have called the police after seeing a car in the woods, even though it meant having to explain why they were in the middle of the woods to begin with. Anyone who sees the car can also claim FTF, even though I know mobile caches are against the rules.