+yrium Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Hello all, As some of you know I've been making geocacher trading cards for cachers in the San Diego area and dropping them off in little bundles of five whenever I have the good fortune to find a cache. I've always been afflicted with a collectors mentality and it seems like I have a few companions in that respect in the area. Only problem is getting the word out which caches have which cards and which caches which previously had cards are now cardless. Night Hunter gave me the great Idea of just making a thread on the subject and we could take care of it that way. So here it is! Can I ask a couple of favors? If you take a card from a cache during your initial find please mention that in your online log. That will help me to know how many are left. Also, If you make a return visit to a previously visited cache to pick up a card either note it in your log, send me an email, or make a post on this thread. And Lastly, If you take the last geocacher trading card from the cache that is vital for me to know. thanks, --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 Left five #15 Jane8276 yrium’s pals cards in the Suspenseful cache on 01/25/03. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 Left five - #7 Monteverdes in The Frenchy cache on 01/25/03. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 Left five #16 - Splashman & Splashette cards in A DAY IN THE PARK on 02/03/03. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 It'll probably be a while before I make it down to any of those caches so I was wondering if you had any pictures of the cards? --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+Night Hunter Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 Wow, somebody is soooooo smart . It may not matter cuz they were left sometime ago, but I took the last yrium and Gromit card out of Lua's Cache. Night Hunter Quote Link to comment
+Night Hunter Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Marky:I was wondering if you had any pictures of the cards? " Check out pictures of each card on Yrium's newest Travel Bug page UDesignit Card Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Night Hunter:Check out pictures of each card on Yrium's newest Travel Bug page. Wow, those are very cool. I especially liked the Iron Chef card. Now I have a goal to become Yrium's friend so that Joani and I can be on a card... --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 What type of 'paper' are you printing these cards on? I'd like to give it a shot. I'm not going to be in San Diego anytime soon. george Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted February 4, 2003 Share Posted February 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by georgeandmary:What type of 'paper' are you printing these cards on? I'd like to give it a shot. I'm not going to be in San Diego anytime soon. george Cool, you could do a CVC series. --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by georgeandmary: What type of 'paper' are you printing these cards on? I'd like to give it a shot. I'm using WAUSAU Bright White 65 lb premium card stock Acid-free, Lignin-free with a rated brilliance of 96. It is also identified by this number - 92904. I bought it in a package of 250 sheets. Just looked online and found it at office depot for $13.00 I print the cards on my EPSON photo 820 printer with good results when the photos used in the photoshop are high resolution. When they are a lower resolution its just a bit blurred. When I take a photo image off the geocaching.com site I always click on the photo so it shows up in a window by itself. If the picture shows up expanded there then its okay to use. If it doesn't expand then its only okay if the subject I'm cropping fills the photo. Otherwise they're a bit blurry when printed. After printing the cards four to a sheet, I cut them out and then laminate them eight to a sleeve. Then I cut them out and they're good to go. I have done some trial prints on glossy regular weight paper and the flimsiness of the finished card is not as pleasing as my results when using the heavy weight paper. The hardest part of the whole card design process was getting the stats that print on the back of the card to exactly match the back of the card. To get the first card right took a lot of repositioning - printing iterations. Now that I have a template that part is a breeze. So now its pretty easy to crank out a card if somewhat a drudge with all the sissor work. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted February 4, 2003 Author Share Posted February 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by yrium: quote:Originally posted by georgeandmary: What type of 'paper' are you printing these cards on? I'd like to give it a shot. I'm using WAUSAU Bright White 65 lb premium card stock Acid-free, Lignin-free with a rated brilliance of 96. It is also identified by this number - 92904. I bought it in a package of 250 sheets. Just looked online and found a very similar product at http://www.gearshark.com/cgi-bin/s/s_click_through.pl?m_id=29&to_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.officedepot.com%2Fshop%2Fcatalog%2Fsku.asp%3FID%3D458621%26LEVEL%3DSK for $13.00 The one online is not acid free so might degrade over time. I print the cards on my EPSON photo 820 printer with good results when the photos used in the photoshop are high resolution. When they are a lower resolution its just a bit blurred. When I take a photo image off the geocaching.com site I always click on the photo so it shows up in a window by itself. If the picture shows up expanded there then its okay to use. If it doesn't expand then its only okay if the subject I'm cropping fills the photo. Otherwise they're a bit blurry when printed. After printing the cards four to a sheet, I cut them out and then laminate them eight to a sleeve. Then I cut them out and they're good to go. I have done some trial prints on glossy regular weight paper and the flimsiness of the finished card is not as pleasing as my results when using the heavy weight paper. The hardest part of the whole card design process was getting the stats that print on the back of the card to exactly match the back of the card. To get the first card right took a lot of repositioning - printing iterations. Now that I have a template that part is a breeze. So now its pretty easy to crank out a card if somewhat a drudge with all the sissor work. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted February 10, 2003 Author Share Posted February 10, 2003 I left ten #17 - TEAM GECKO cards in the CENTURY PLANT cache on 02/09. Since TEAM GECKO numbers 4 members I left extra so that each Geckonian can have their own. Gecko Dad please take four cards. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 I left five #6 - Gumby & Pokey yrium's pals trading cards in Balboa Park N.E. Cache on 2003/02/17. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 I left five #8 - Zcat yrium's pals trading cards in RedNLarry's City Cache on 2003/02/17. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted February 23, 2003 Author Share Posted February 23, 2003 I left five #1 UDesignit cards featuring Ruscal in the Rhyme Time #4 cache on 2003/02/23. K-nic was the cacher who picked Ruscal. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted February 23, 2003 Author Share Posted February 23, 2003 I left five Yrium's PALs cards #11 featuring Whistlestick in the Barking Spider Cache on 2003/02/23. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted March 8, 2003 Author Share Posted March 8, 2003 I left five Yrium's PALs cards #18 featuring Nscaler in the Cows in the Meadow on 2003/03/08. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted March 8, 2003 Author Share Posted March 8, 2003 I stopped off at the BREAD FAN cache and left five #19 - K-nic yrium's pals cards. Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted April 3, 2003 Author Share Posted April 3, 2003 I put five #20 - yrium's pals geocacher trading cards featuring the creator of www.geocaching.com Jeremy in my new cache called REBUS MONKEY. This is the last card in the set of 20! I still have many copies in the set to drop in caches so you still have a chance to get a complete set. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted April 5, 2003 Author Share Posted April 5, 2003 I put five #18 Nscalers in the San Marcos Surprise today. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Yrium how do we get a look at these cards your making. If there's a previous post I missed sorry about that, but I reall, really want to see one. The Great NorthWest. Pepper Horizontals where it's at! Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted April 5, 2003 Author Share Posted April 5, 2003 quote:Originally posted by SuperGenius:Yrium how do we get a look at these cards your making. The Great NorthWest. Pepper Horizontals where it's at! SuperGenius, You can see cards #1 thru #15 on the travelbug page I made for my UDesignit card. Page down past the description of the travelbug and you'll see links for those cards. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Yrium, Thanks for the URL I checked um all out. Awesome! Great Job. Pepper Horizontals where it's at! Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted April 14, 2003 Author Share Posted April 14, 2003 I put five #19 - Knic's geocacher trading cards in Laurel's First. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted April 14, 2003 Author Share Posted April 14, 2003 Congratulations to Gecko Dad on being the first geocacher to collect all twenty cards in the first line of YRIUM'S PALs geocaching trading cards. Three trys, one in a sodden rainstorm is true perseverance. See his log at the REBUS MONKEY cache. I expect you to email me a photo of you holding all the cards in your hand 'fanned out' like a poker hand so I can start another exclusive line of cards called 'yrium's fans'. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted May 12, 2003 Author Share Posted May 12, 2003 After some unforeseen problems and mishaps, Gromit and I were again able to get out and do a bit of caching. We left five #12 - Superfly geocacher trading cards in Night Hunter's Green Eggs and Ham cache in La Jolla. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted May 30, 2003 Author Share Posted May 30, 2003 Gromit and I left five #13 - Yrium geocacher trading cards featuring me in Knic's STAR RIDGE cache. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted June 27, 2003 Author Share Posted June 27, 2003 Just left five #14 geocacher trading cards featuring Mark71mark in ROSIE THE RIBBITER by Kite and Hawkeye. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted July 7, 2003 Author Share Posted July 7, 2003 I had my first multiple cache day in quite a while. Actually found five of the little buggers. I've found the secret is to sleep all day the day before and then as soon as I get back from caching I took a shower and had a nice four hour nap. Now if I could just get rid of this mysterious case of 'bed head' that I've developed. Left cards at each of the following caches... Put five #18 - Nscalers in The Native Californian Put five UDesignit #1 Ruscals in Where the Sidewalk Ends Put five #19 - Knics in The Vulture's View Put five #16 - Splashman & Splashette in Alvarado Crossing Put five #15 - Jane8276's in Scripps Cottage --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+Night Hunter Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 Thanks Yrium for the update, I took one Ruscal out of Where the Sidewalk ends. There are still 4 left Tomorrow off to Native Californian to grab an Nscaler, but they are going a little quicker hopefully there is one left for me. Night Hunter I, Madam, I made radio!! So I dared!! Am I mad?? AM I???? Quote Link to comment
+Night Hunter Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 The last Nscaler card has been picked up from the Native Californian. I almost waited too long. But I got it. Thanks Yrium they look great. Night Hunter I, Madam, I made radio!! So I dared!! Am I mad?? AM I???? Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted July 11, 2003 Author Share Posted July 11, 2003 Gromit and I dropped off five #7 - Monteverde cards in Ruscal and Birdlegs' new cache called GROMIT'S RUNAROUND today. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 Me and Gromit made a little visit to Mira Mesa today and left five #11 - Whistlestick trading cards in OFF TRACK. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted August 28, 2003 Author Share Posted August 28, 2003 Gromit and I did the walk around Discovery lake in San Marcos and found GET WELL, SAM. We left five #2 UDesignit cards featuring B-nic & K-nic. Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted November 23, 2003 Author Share Posted November 23, 2003 Left five #1 UDesignit cards featuring Ruscal in NEW UC STADIUM cache. Also left five #14 Yrium's Pals cards featuring Mark71Mark in BEARly off the Trail. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 Today I left five #1 cards in the second series of Yrium's Pals geocaching trading cards featuring Flagman's Flagson Andrew in Dan-oh's WELL ROUNDED cache. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+Night Hunter Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 There are still 5 Mark71Mark cards in the BEARly off the Trail Cache. What happened here? Mark leaves us and people are boycotting his cards? Sheesh that's not very nice. Quote Link to comment
+yrium Posted January 31, 2004 Author Share Posted January 31, 2004 There are still 5 Mark71Mark cards in the BEARly off the Trail Cache. What happened here? Mark leaves us and people are boycotting his cards? Sheesh that's not very nice. To be fair, the three geocachers that have visited the BEARLY A WALK cache since me and Gromit visited haven't ever taken a geocacher trading card before. So I don't think Mark is being slighted. I think what happened is I visited that cache after it had already been found by everybody collecting cards. --- yrium --- Quote Link to comment
+Night Hunter Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Ahhhh hah!!!!!!! That makes sense. It would have been a great find for me if I didn't already have a Mark71Mark card. I wonder if there are any other SLEEPER caches that might contain a card I don't yet have? Any you know of Yrium????? Quote Link to comment
+ArmandoM Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Very nice cards!! So Mark is gone ah? So who is the first finder king now? Quote Link to comment
+Night Hunter Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Well, in Mark's immediate area, Gary Samad has been doing a pretty good job in that department. However overall, I would have to say Halstaff is our new FTF King. Quote Link to comment
+nscaler Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 What about Duscwe! Yeah, what about Duscwe! He has no life. Quote Link to comment
+Team Gecko Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 While Yrium is limited in his caching activities and range, I will be helping out with distribution of his ever popular Pals cards. On Saturday, 3/13, I placed: 4 copies of Series 1, Card #18 of 20 (nscaler) in Widescreen RB (GCHVB2) On Sunday, 3/14, I placed: 5 copies of Series 1, Card #17 or 20 (Team Gecko) in The River Trail's (GCHT01) 5 copies of Series 1, Card #20/20 (Jeremy) in Hoyt Loop (GCHV0J) As in the past, if you take one of these treasures, please indicate you did so in your online log so we can keep tabs on their distribution. Enjoy. -Gecko Dad Quote Link to comment
+Team Gecko Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 While Yrium is limited in his caching activities and range, I will be helping out with distribution of his ever popular Pals cards. On Friday, 3/19, I placed: 5 copies of Series 1, Card #9/20 (Iron Chef) in Two Dams - Blue Sky (GCHYJ3) As in the past, if you take one of these treasures, please indicate you did so in your online log so we can keep tabs on their distribution. -Gecko Dad Quote Link to comment
+Duncan! Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 (edited) What about Duscwe! Yeah, what about Duscwe! He has no life. Hey!!!! I have a life...sort of.... How about TucsonThompson for new FTF King? Duscwe![] Edited March 20, 2004 by Duscwe! Quote Link to comment
+Team Gecko Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 (edited) While Yrium is limited in his caching activities and range, I will be helping out with distribution of his ever popular Pals cards. On Friday, 4/2, I placed: 5 copies of UDesignit, Card #3 (Halstaff) in Firestone Hill (GCJ13M) 5 copies of Series 1, Card #16/20 (Splashman & Splashette) in Salt Creek (GCJ1DE) As in the past, if you take one of these treasures, please indicate you did so in your online log so we can keep tabs on their distribution. -Gecko Dad Edited April 3, 2004 by Team Gecko Quote Link to comment
+Team Gecko Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 While Yrium is limited in his caching activities and range, I will be helping out with distribution of his ever popular Pals cards. On Sunday, 4/4, I placed: 5 copies of Series 2, Card #1/20 (Flagson Andrew) in Ethan's Big Tree Place(GCJ14E) 5 copies of UDesignit, Card #1 (Ruscal) in April Fools Cache (GCJ2M2) As in the past, if you take one of these treasures, please indicate you did so in your online log so we can keep tabs on their distribution. -Gecko Dad Quote Link to comment
+Team Gecko Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 While Yrium is limited in his caching activities and range, I will be helping out with distribution of his ever popular Pals cards. On Friday, 4/9, I placed: 1 copy of Series 1, Card #20/20 (Jeremy) in Two Dams View - Woodson (GCHZV0) As in the past, if you this treasure, please indicate you did so in your online log so we can keep tabs on their distribution. Enjoy. -Gecko Dad Quote Link to comment
+Team Gecko Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 On Saturday, 4/10, I placed: 4 copies of Series 1, Card #20/20 (Jeremy) in Arty,s Hide (GCJ3ET) As in the past, if you this treasure, please indicate you did so in your online log so we can keep tabs on their distribution. Enjoy. -Gecko Dad Quote Link to comment
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