+Planet Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 It's ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two years missing, and it's back. I had stopped sending the nice emails long ago, and started posting notes to the page instead. I had really given up on it, but couldn't find the copy tag to release, now I'm glad I didn't. I'm so happy. I wasn't so sad, just a bit disappointed, but I'm soooo happy! So, never give up hope. Quote Link to comment
+w2b Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 It's ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two years missing, and it's back. I had stopped sending the nice emails long ago, and started posting notes to the page instead. I had really given up on it, but couldn't find the copy tag to release, now I'm glad I didn't. I'm so happy. I wasn't so sad, just a bit disappointed, but I'm soooo happy! So, never give up hope. I am totally thrilled for you. How awesome that the lost has returned to the light!!! Kind of restores your faith in humankind. Quote Link to comment
+HaLiJuSaPa Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Had the same experience recently on TWO of our 4 owned trackables. Both were in caches that were muggled, which made us think they were really gone, only to learn that some cacher not too familiar with the online logging part of bugs and coins suddenly "remembered" and logged it in months later. One was a Diabetes TB we launched, the other was a geocoin that is now in Scotland! Quote Link to comment
J'nK Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Life got in the way for ol' Jeff Foster. Good thing he got the TB's in the divorce! Quote Link to comment
+PhxChem Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 If I hear the "life got in the way" one more time.......... Step 1. Walk around corner Step 2. Drop in cache Step 3. Get on with life Step 4. Spend spare time doing something you love instead of justifying why you can't drop a piece of metal in a plastic box. Quote Link to comment
+fairyhoney Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 It's ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two years missing, and it's back. I had stopped sending the nice emails long ago, and started posting notes to the page instead. I had really given up on it, but couldn't find the copy tag to release, now I'm glad I didn't. I'm so happy. I wasn't so sad, just a bit disappointed, but I'm soooo happy! So, never give up hope. Way to go ! ! ! Quote Link to comment
+joranda Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I wish some of mine would come back from the other side. Quote Link to comment
+mousekakat Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 That is just too cool to hear! I'm so glad it showed up.... kind of sad for the holder, though. Divorce sucks! Major cool on the bug return, though, congrats! Naomi Quote Link to comment
+PhxChem Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 kind of sad for the holder, though. Divorce sucks! Yeah...I'm still not sure why Groundspeak makes people stop caching during a divorce....... Ok...you get the point.... I wish some of mine would come back from the other side. Here's a question: Would you rather that your lost travel bug is actually: a) Lost in the bottom of a lake or other natural locale? Lost in the bottom of some one's sock drawer? c) On the keyring (or dashboard) of a former (or maybe even current!) geo cacher? d) Part of the inventory of some kid's toybox....as that kid's favorite toy? Quote Link to comment
+UncleJimbo Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 kind of sad for the holder, though. Divorce sucks! Yeah...I'm still not sure why Groundspeak makes people stop caching during a divorce....... Ok...you get the point.... Maybe there was a fierce custody battle over their only GPSr? Quote Link to comment
+WRITE SHOP ROBERT Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 kind of sad for the holder, though. Divorce sucks! Yeah...I'm still not sure why Groundspeak makes people stop caching during a divorce....... Ok...you get the point.... I wish some of mine would come back from the other side. Here's a question: Would you rather that your lost travel bug is actually: a) Lost in the bottom of a lake or other natural locale? Lost in the bottom of some one's sock drawer? c) On the keyring (or dashboard) of a former (or maybe even current!) geo cacher? d) Part of the inventory of some kid's toybox....as that kid's favorite toy? I'd have to go with C or D, I'd rather it was hijacked than lost. I have one that is a pewter Humvee, and in the hands of a Soldier who took it with him to Afghanistan. I'd like to think of it as a good luck charm at this point. Quote Link to comment
+Kurlie Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Now I really HATE to admit this, but I recently found a TB I picked up and forgot about. I just put it in a nearby cache and when I went to log it in, I realized that the owner replaced it and it had still been traveling. What do I do now? It doesn't give me the option of showing that I put it in a cache again. I emailed the owner to let her know and hoped maybe there was a way of having the two bugs compete. Quote Link to comment
+UncleJimbo Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) Now I really HATE to admit this, but I recently found a TB I picked up and forgot about. I just put it in a nearby cache and when I went to log it in, I realized that the owner replaced it and it had still been traveling. What do I do now? It doesn't give me the option of showing that I put it in a cache again. I emailed the owner to let her know and hoped maybe there was a way of having the two bugs compete. Two travelers going around with the same tracking number will just cause problems. One of those TBs should be removed from circulation, perhaps by being mailed back to the owner. Edited January 14, 2008 by UncleJimbo Quote Link to comment
+Segerguy Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 There is Hope after all!!!! Yippie!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
CacheNCarryMA Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Interesting that their screen name went from "stacie-n-jeff-foster" to "hopeandjefffoster". It's kind of like having your wife's name in a tattoo and then having it removed when she becomes your ex. Quote Link to comment
+maw, paw + the piglets Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Well, having disappeared in October 2006, our travel bug Bear Behind has reappeared. It would appear that a cache owner was doing a bit of maintenance (not sure as the log is in German and I'm very rusty in that language), found our lost TB (it wasn't logged as being there; we'd put it down as missing in action), grabbed it and is trying to make sure it follows its quest of visiting islands by taking it to Tenerife soon! Brilliant! The TB did have a laminated note of its quest attached to it by chain but in future I intend to do as I do with our geocoins and drill it, attach a keyring, solder the ring closed so that it is useless as a keyring, and then put the quest into the plastic tag of the keyring then superglue it closed. Might not stop them being filtched, but it won't be for lack of trying. Thank you stachelzauberer for finding our TB Quote Link to comment
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