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SD Rowdies

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Great, we all posted a note.

If it's not claimed in 5 minutes can all of use who left a note claim it virtually and desgin on committee ? :D:D

Show of hands ... I'm in. No, wait a minute, I'll probably have to do some of the graphic design for a committee. Yikes!

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pqcachers

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Hmmm  looks like I could have had a chance....but then there's that little thing called WORK!!!

Guess I should have saddled up ol' Happy and trotted down for a score.

Sounds like you still have time!

 

Well naptime is over, time to go play Mommy. Enjoy your afternoon, all!

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SD Rowdies

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Hmmm  looks like I could have had a chance....but then there's that little thing called WORK!!!

Guess I should have saddled up ol' Happy and trotted down for a score.

Sounds like you still have time!

 

Well naptime is over, time to go play Mommy. Enjoy your afternoon, all!

Buh-bye. (Larned that on th' airplane t' Sacramento this week)

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TrailGators

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Hmmm  looks like I could have had a chance....but then there's that little thing called WORK!!!

Guess I should have saddled up ol' Happy and trotted down for a score.

That sounds like one of those double entendres! :laughing:

Too old t' cut that mustard any more.

I say "cut the mustard" all the time, I guess it rubbed off on me somewhere down the line, but I have no idea where the expression came from. the strange part is that it seems like mustard would be pretty easy to cut....

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PassingWind

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Too old t' cut that mustard any more.

I say "cut the mustard" all the time, I guess it rubbed off on me somewhere down the line, but I have no idea where the expression came from. the strange part is that it seems like mustard would be pretty easy to cut....

I've got "cut the cheese" TM'ed B):anibad::laughing:

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TrailGators

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Too old t' cut that mustard any more.

I say "cut the mustard" all the time, I guess it rubbed off on me somewhere down the line, but I have no idea where the expression came from. the strange part is that it seems like mustard would be pretty easy to cut....

I've got "cut the cheese" TM'ed B)B):laughing:

You're never too old to cut that! :anibad:

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FlagMan

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Man, I thought I was having all the fun with my tuna sandwich and lemonade with Jess on the beach in OB! Look like you guys took the whole lunch hour talkin' while Jess was out fishin'!

 

Hey, I'm all ears when it comes to designing a fun way to do the UDesignit card drops. Maybe a true scavenger hunt with just a series of clues as to where to look next, or something like that...... Or I could just drop it like any other bug without prior notice of any kind. Whatdja all think?

 

Sorry, Carol, didn't mean to hang up on you! :laughing: Ask Jess, the cell coverage was really bad. I think she hung on John three times!! :anibad:

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TrailGators

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Man, I thought I was having all the fun with my tuna sandwich and lemonade with Jess on the beach in OB! Look like you guys took the whole lunch hour talkin' while Jess was out fishin'!

 

Hey, I'm all ears when it comes to designing a fun way to do the UDesignit card drops. Maybe a true scavenger hunt with just a series of clues as to where to look next, or something like that...... Or I could just drop it like any other bug without prior notice of any kind. Whatdja all think?

 

Sorry, Carol, didn't mean to hang up on you! :laughing: Ask Jess, the cell coverage was really bad. I think she hung on John three times!! :anibad:

The Amusing Race is entertaining but would be better when most of us aren't working. I'd actually enjoy sitting at the finish line waiting for the winners sometime. But here's my two cents: let the person that finds the card suggest the next challenge!

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SD Rowdies

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Looks like John&Jess are the winners!

Well that answers my earlier question, now we know who will fill TT's niche once he's gone. By any chance, John&Jess, do you drive a Saturn? If not then send a repo' man out to take possession of TT's Saturn. :laughing:

 

Saturns don't work in New Jersey anyway.

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pqcachers

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Man, I thought I was having all the fun with my tuna sandwich and lemonade with Jess on the beach in OB! Look like you guys took the whole lunch hour talkin' while Jess was out fishin'!

 

Hey, I'm all ears when it comes to designing a fun way to do the UDesignit card drops. Maybe a true scavenger hunt with just a series of clues as to where to look next, or something like that...... Or I could just drop it like any other bug without prior notice of any kind. Whatdja all think?

 

Sorry, Carol, didn't mean to hang up on you! :anibad: Ask Jess, the cell coverage was really bad. I think she hung on John three times!! B)

No need to apologize, Tom. I just wasn't sure if it was bad coverage or I had trangressed some unwritten law :laughing:

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SD Rowdies

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Man, I thought I was having all the fun with my tuna sandwich and lemonade with Jess on the beach in OB!  Look like you guys took the whole lunch hour talkin' while Jess was out fishin'! 

 

Hey, I'm all ears when it comes to designing a fun way to do the UDesignit card drops.  Maybe a true scavenger hunt with just a series of clues as to where to look next, or something like that......  Or I could just drop it like any other bug without prior notice of any kind.  Whatdja all think?

 

Sorry, Carol, didn't mean to hang up on you!  :anibad:  Ask Jess, the cell coverage was really bad.  I think she hung on John three times!!  B)

No need to apologize, Tom. I just wasn't sure if it was bad coverage or I had trangressed some unwritten law :laughing:

Next round I vote for a webcam deal of some sort.

 

Flag Man and friends can set up umbrella, beer cooler, George Forman cooker, and lounges under the camera so's us ol' cowboys and others can watch. Not only does the winner score the uDesignit card but the runner-uppers and watchers get to score a webcam find.

 

If I understand it correctly, Flag Man, you have one of the mojo 3G cell phones so set it up as the webcam site. Yeah, go ahead, you can do it.

 

What an idea, a uDesignit drop, webcam cache, and Geocaching event all rolled into one.

 

You're welcome.

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TrailGators

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Man, I thought I was having all the fun with my tuna sandwich and lemonade with Jess on the beach in OB!  Look like you guys took the whole lunch hour talkin' while Jess was out fishin'! 

 

Hey, I'm all ears when it comes to designing a fun way to do the UDesignit card drops.  Maybe a true scavenger hunt with just a series of clues as to where to look next, or something like that......  Or I could just drop it like any other bug without prior notice of any kind.  Whatdja all think?

 

Sorry, Carol, didn't mean to hang up on you!  :anibad:  Ask Jess, the cell coverage was really bad.  I think she hung on John three times!!  B)

No need to apologize, Tom. I just wasn't sure if it was bad coverage or I had trangressed some unwritten law :laughing:

Next round I vote for a webcam deal of some sort.

 

Flag Man and friends can set up umbrella, beer cooler, and lounges under the camera so's us ol' cowboys and others can watch. Not only does the winner score the uDesignit card but the runner-uppers and watchers get to score a webcam find.

 

If I understand it correctly, Flag Man, you have one of the mojo 3G cell phones so set it up as the webcam site.

 

You're welcome.

I second the motion!

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TrailGators

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Man, I thought I was having all the fun with my tuna sandwich and lemonade with Jess on the beach in OB!  Look like you guys took the whole lunch hour talkin' while Jess was out fishin'! 

 

Hey, I'm all ears when it comes to designing a fun way to do the UDesignit card drops.  Maybe a true scavenger hunt with just a series of clues as to where to look next, or something like that......  Or I could just drop it like any other bug without prior notice of any kind.  Whatdja all think?

 

Sorry, Carol, didn't mean to hang up on you!  :anibad:  Ask Jess, the cell coverage was really bad.  I think she hung on John three times!!  B)

No need to apologize, Tom. I just wasn't sure if it was bad coverage or I had trangressed some unwritten law :laughing:

Next round I vote for a webcam deal of some sort.

 

Flag Man and friends can set up umbrella, beer cooler, and lounges under the camera so's us ol' cowboys and others can watch. Not only does the winner score the uDesignit card but the runner-uppers and watchers get to score a webcam find.

 

If I understand it correctly, Flag Man, you have one of the mojo 3G cell phones so set it up as the webcam site. Yeah, go ahead, you can do it.

 

You're welcome.

I second the motion!

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pqcachers

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Man, I thought I was having all the fun with my tuna sandwich and lemonade with Jess on the beach in OB!  Look like you guys took the whole lunch hour talkin' while Jess was out fishin'! 

 

Hey, I'm all ears when it comes to designing a fun way to do the UDesignit card drops.  Maybe a true scavenger hunt with just a series of clues as to where to look next, or something like that......  Or I could just drop it like any other bug without prior notice of any kind.  Whatdja all think?

 

Sorry, Carol, didn't mean to hang up on you!  B)  Ask Jess, the cell coverage was really bad.  I think she hung on John three times!!  :anibad:

No need to apologize, Tom. I just wasn't sure if it was bad coverage or I had trangressed some unwritten law :laughing:

Next round I vote for a webcam deal of some sort.

 

Flag Man and friends can set up umbrella, beer cooler, and lounges under the camera so's us ol' cowboys and others can watch. Not only does the winner score the uDesignit card but the runner-uppers and watchers get to score a webcam find.

 

If I understand it correctly, Flag Man, you have one of the mojo 3G cell phones so set it up as the webcam site. Yeah, go ahead, you can do it.

 

You're welcome.

I second the motion!

Can you second a motion twice? B)

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SD Rowdies

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Man, I thought I was having all the fun with my tuna sandwich and lemonade with Jess on the beach in OB!  Look like you guys took the whole lunch hour talkin' while Jess was out fishin'! 

 

Hey, I'm all ears when it comes to designing a fun way to do the UDesignit card drops.  Maybe a true scavenger hunt with just a series of clues as to where to look next, or something like that......  Or I could just drop it like any other bug without prior notice of any kind.  Whatdja all think?

 

Sorry, Carol, didn't mean to hang up on you!  :anibad:  Ask Jess, the cell coverage was really bad.  I think she hung on John three times!!  B)

No need to apologize, Tom. I just wasn't sure if it was bad coverage or I had trangressed some unwritten law :laughing:

Next round I vote for a webcam deal of some sort.

 

Flag Man and friends can set up umbrella, beer cooler, and lounges under the camera so's us ol' cowboys and others can watch. Not only does the winner score the uDesignit card but the runner-uppers and watchers get to score a webcam find.

 

If I understand it correctly, Flag Man, you have one of the mojo 3G cell phones so set it up as the webcam site. Yeah, go ahead, you can do it.

 

You're welcome.

I second the motion!

Great idea, count me in too. Them ol' cowboys are sure smart.

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pqcachers

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Man, I thought I was having all the fun with my tuna sandwich and lemonade with Jess on the beach in OB!  Look like you guys took the whole lunch hour talkin' while Jess was out fishin'! 

 

Hey, I'm all ears when it comes to designing a fun way to do the UDesignit card drops.  Maybe a true scavenger hunt with just a series of clues as to where to look next, or something like that......  Or I could just drop it like any other bug without prior notice of any kind.  Whatdja all think?

 

Sorry, Carol, didn't mean to hang up on you!  :anibad:  Ask Jess, the cell coverage was really bad.  I think she hung on John three times!!  B)

No need to apologize, Tom. I just wasn't sure if it was bad coverage or I had trangressed some unwritten law :laughing:

Next round I vote for a webcam deal of some sort.

 

Flag Man and friends can set up umbrella, beer cooler, and lounges under the camera so's us ol' cowboys and others can watch. Not only does the winner score the uDesignit card but the runner-uppers and watchers get to score a webcam find.

 

If I understand it correctly, Flag Man, you have one of the mojo 3G cell phones so set it up as the webcam site. Yeah, go ahead, you can do it.

 

You're welcome.

I second the motion!

Shoot, I know people that find caches twice.

I'm from Chicago...I know people who VOTE twice..........and that's before they even eat breakfast!

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SD Rowdies

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Man, I thought I was having all the fun with my tuna sandwich and lemonade with Jess on the beach in OB!  Look like you guys took the whole lunch hour talkin' while Jess was out fishin'! 

 

Hey, I'm all ears when it comes to designing a fun way to do the UDesignit card drops.  Maybe a true scavenger hunt with just a series of clues as to where to look next, or something like that......  Or I could just drop it like any other bug without prior notice of any kind.  Whatdja all think?

 

Sorry, Carol, didn't mean to hang up on you!  :anibad:  Ask Jess, the cell coverage was really bad.  I think she hung on John three times!!  B)

No need to apologize, Tom. I just wasn't sure if it was bad coverage or I had trangressed some unwritten law :laughing:

Next round I vote for a webcam deal of some sort.

 

Flag Man and friends can set up umbrella, beer cooler, and lounges under the camera so's us ol' cowboys and others can watch. Not only does the winner score the uDesignit card but the runner-uppers and watchers get to score a webcam find.

 

If I understand it correctly, Flag Man, you have one of the mojo 3G cell phones so set it up as the webcam site. Yeah, go ahead, you can do it.

 

You're welcome.

I second the motion!

Shoot, I know people that find caches twice.

I'm from Chicago...I know people who VOTE twice..........and that's before they even eat breakfast!

There y' go, my point exactly.

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PassingWind

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The Amusing Race is entertaining but would be better when most of us aren't working. I'd actually enjoy sitting at the finish line waiting for the winners sometime. But here's my two cents: let the person that finds the card suggest the next challenge!

Maybe the same person can't retrieve the bug more than once in a year (or once only ever!), or place it in a cache where you can only log it found once (can't go to the cache if you've logged the cache already?) This could help mix it up a bit and get some of those "unknown" cachers out of the woodwork.

 

Since it's Yrium's first anniversary since his passing maybe it would be a good idea to start YMS #2 to mark and celebrate this annual event of remembering Yrium? (even though he is remembered all the time)

 

Just some thoughts and my 2 cents.... Cheers and congrats J&J.

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John&Jess

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Yikes! Guess I was out racing imaginary people and missed all the real fun... :anibad:

My real intention was to beat TT one last time :laughing: . I now understand his Saturn is gone as of this morning so it wasn't a really fair challenge but an early morning email led me to believe that he had access to someone else's. Guess not!

I was sitting revving my engine near the I-5 North/South entrance ramps in Mission Bay (figured that was around half way). John took his lunch a bit early sos he could be home at one to guide me in via cell phone. It went pretty smoothly except I didn't take the Sea World Drive exit and ended up having to go round the Sports Arena. I thought for sure we'd lost to TT at that point B) . I got to the area and sprinted out the truck. Found Flagman and asked "am I the first one here??!!"

"yep"

So seeing that I hadn't found this cache yet I got on it and zeroed in. Poor John, he lost me as I pulled in the parking lot so it was like "I'm turning in... I don't see a siver Saturn!!! I see a bunch of other cars and trucks though!!! I'm gonna run for it... John?, John?"

Got enough cell reception to tell him I got it! Found around 1:20pm.

Tom and I enjoyed sammiches and he had lemonaid but I celebrated with a beer! Really is a cool little area to check out.

Lot of interesting ideas bouncing around about the Amusing Race! We'll have to think about it B)

Thanks for the fun!

~Jess

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Looks like John&Jess are the winners!

Well that answers my earlier question, now we know who will fill TT's niche once he's gone. By any chance, John&Jess, do you drive a Saturn? If not then send a repo' man out to take possession of TT's Saturn. :laughing:

 

Saturns don't work in New Jersey anyway.

Yeah, right... nobody's filling those shoes!! It took a team effort to even slow that guy down!! And as for that Silver Saturn, it's already been taken care of B):anibad:

~Jess

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TrailGators

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Sorry to digress, but I did some research on an expression that Harmon used earlier today:

Cut the Mustard - This expression meaning "to achieve the required standard" may come from a cowboy expression, "the proper mustard", meaning "the genuine thing", and a resulting use of "mustard" to denote the best of anything.

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PassingWind

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Sorry to digress, but I did some research on an expression that Harmon used earlier today:

Cut the Mustard - This expression meaning "to achieve the required standard" may come from a cowboy expression, "the proper mustard", meaning "the genuine thing", and a resulting use of "mustard" to denote the best of anything.

"Cutting the mustard" from Urban dictionary.com

 

Term: cut the mustard

Definition: "Get it up." By extension, perform any challenging act.

Example: Those evangelists would be more convincing if they could cut the mustard.

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SD Rowdies

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Sorry to digress, but I did some research on an expression that Harmon used earlier today:

Cut the Mustard - This expression meaning "to achieve the required standard" may come from a cowboy expression, "the proper mustard", meaning "the genuine thing", and a resulting use of "mustard" to denote the best of anything.

Cowboy f'r shore, lots of versions of that ol' song "Too Old t' Cut th' Mustard Any More."

 

Seems t' me that Rosemary Clooney even sang it back in th' fifties. Yeah, yeah, I know ... who's Rosemary Clooney?

 

According to my favorite source John Ciardi, rest his soul, Mustard, a synonym, c. 1900, for "hot stuff," as in he thinks he's hot stuff. Cut, of course, as in to perform, to behave as though one is hot stuff.

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TrailGators

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Sorry to digress, but I did some research on an expression that Harmon used earlier today:

Cut the Mustard - This expression meaning "to achieve the required standard" may come from a cowboy expression, "the proper mustard", meaning "the genuine thing", and a resulting use of "mustard" to denote the best of anything.

Cowboy f'r shore, lots of versions of that ol' song "Too Old t' Cut th' Mustard Any More."

 

Seems t' me that Rosemary Clooney even sang it back in th' fifties. Yeah, yeah, I know ... who's Rosemary Clooney?

 

According to my favorite sourse John Ciardi, rest his soul, Mustard, a synonym, c. 1900, for "hot stuff," as in he thinks he's hot stuff. Cut, of course, as in to perform.

She's George Clooney's aunt.......I think

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SD Rowdies

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Sorry to digress, but I did some research on an expression that Harmon used earlier today:

Cut the Mustard - This expression meaning "to achieve the required standard" may come from a cowboy expression, "the proper mustard", meaning "the genuine thing", and a resulting use of "mustard" to denote the best of anything.

Cowboy f'r shore, lots of versions of that ol' song "Too Old t' Cut th' Mustard Any More."

 

Seems t' me that Rosemary Clooney even sang it back in th' fifties. Yeah, yeah, I know ... who's Rosemary Clooney?

 

According to my favorite source John Ciardi, rest his soul, Mustard, a synonym, c. 1900, for "hot stuff," as in he thinks he's hot stuff. Cut, of course, as in to perform.

She's George Clooney's aunt.......I think

Looked like this in the fifties.

 

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FlagMan

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Perhaps it is time for a short history lesson on the PALS Cards and the UDesignit Bug, for no other reason than to identify all the cards out there and to put all the UDesignit grabs and selections in one spot for easy reference. The dates for the PALS cards are based on my set of PALS cards, and I may have some of Yrium's reprints in my set, so some of the dates may not reflect the original printing of these cards. My set was printed by Yrium, but some of them may be Yrium reprints (as distinguished from the reprints I have made of these cards).

 

PALS Cards:

Circa June 2002 - Tuna card released (YP1 #1)

Jun 2002 - Stork card released (YP1 #2)

June 2002 - Vagabond card released (YP1 #3)

July 2002 - Bikedog card released (YP1 #4)

July 2002 - BEEQUE card released (YP1 #5)

July 2002 - Gumby & Pokey card released (YP1 #6)

July 2002 - Monteverde card released (YP1 #7)

October 2002 - Zcat card released (YP1 #8)

October 2002 - Iron Chef card released (YP1 #9)

October 2002 - Gromit card released (YP1 #10)

October 2002 - Whistlestick card released (YP1 #11)

October 2002 - Superfly card released (YP1 #12)

December 2002 - Yrium card released (YP1 #13)

January 2003 - Mark71mark card released (YP1 #14)

January 2003 - Jane8276 card released (YP1 #15)

January 2003 - Splashman & Splashette card released (YP1 #16)

January 2003 - Team Gecko card released (YP1 #17)

February 2003 - Nscaler card released (YP1 #18)

March 2003 - K-nic card released (YP1 #19)

March 2003 - Jeremy card released (YP1 #20)

December 2003 - FlagSon Andrew card released (YP2 #1)

 

UDesignit Cards:

01/28/2003 - UDesignit Travel Bug Released

03/03/2003 - UDesignit Travel Bug dropped by Yrium in day in the park....

02/04/2003 - K-NIC retrieves it and names RUSCAL (UDesignit #1)

03/01/2003 - Grizzlee retrieves it and names B-NIC & K-NIC (UDesignit #2)

10/06/2003 - Radical Geezer retrieves it and names Halstaff (UDesignit #3)

11/17/2003 - FlagMan retrieves it and names SlabyFam - card never produced

07/04/2004 - Yrium passes away

01/20/2005 - FlagMan adopts UDesignit TB and starts YMS Series - names TucsonThompsen (YMS #1)

01/26/2005 - Chuy retrieves it and names Night Hunter (YMS #2)

01/30/2005 - TucsonThompsen retrieves it and names Sandy Creek Cowboys (YMS #3)

02/04/2005 - Duscwe retrieves it and names $kimmer (YMS #4)

02/14/2005 - pqcachers retrieves it and names The Senior Sleuths (YMS #5)

02/19/2005 - TrailGators retrieves it and names Rocket Man (YMS #6)

02/24/2005 - Wild Chicken retrieves it and names Dr. Boggis (YMS #007)

03/09/2005 - GoBolt retrieves it and names FlagMan (YMS #8)

03/19/2005 - Rocket Man retrieves it and names FATTBOY (YMS #9)

03/25/2005 - The Senior Sleuths retrieve it and name pqcachers (YMS #10)

04/02/2005 - Team Gecko retrieves it and names T. R. Violin (YMS #11)

05/01/2005 - cache-kid retrieves it and names devhead (YMS #12)

05/07/2005 - Dillon Gang retrieves it and names Parsa (YMS #13)

05/21/2005 - John&Jess retrieve it and name Dan-oh (YMS #14)

06/03/2005 - QDman retrieves it and names The DAK Girls (YMS #15)

06/11/2005 - devhead retrieves it and names Dillon Gang (YMS #16)

06/17/2005 - samiaminca retrieves it and names John&Jess (YMS #17)

06/25/2005 - TrailGators retrieves it and names kawikaturn (YMS #18)

07/08/2005 - John&Jess retrieve it and name ????

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Next round I vote for a webcam deal of some sort.

 

Flag Man and friends can set up umbrella, beer cooler, George Forman cooker, and lounges under the camera so's us ol' cowboys and others can watch. Not only does the winner score the uDesignit card but the runner-uppers and watchers get to score a webcam find.

 

If I understand it correctly, Flag Man, you have one of the mojo 3G cell phones so set it up as the webcam site. Yeah, go ahead, you can do it.

 

What an idea, a uDesignit drop, webcam cache, and Geocaching event all rolled into one.

 

You're welcome.

How 'bout if we just arrange to have it covered live on CNN or something??

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TrailGators

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Next round I vote for a webcam deal of some sort.

 

Flag Man and friends can set up umbrella, beer cooler, George Forman cooker, and lounges under the camera so's us ol' cowboys and others can watch. Not only does the winner score the uDesignit card but the runner-uppers and watchers get to score a webcam find.

 

If I understand it correctly, Flag Man, you have one of the mojo 3G cell phones so set it up as the webcam site. Yeah, go ahead, you can do it.

 

What an idea, a uDesignit drop, webcam cache, and Geocaching event all rolled into one.

 

You're welcome.

How 'bout if we just arrange to have it covered live on CNN or something??

Caching News Network? ;)

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Perhaps it is time for a short history lesson on the PALS Cards and the UDesignit Bug, for no other reason than to identify all the cards out there and to put all the UDesignit grabs and selections in one spot for easy reference.  The dates for the PALS cards are based on my set of PALS cards, and I may have some of Yrium's reprints in my set, so some of the dates may not reflect the original printing of these cards.  My set was printed by Yrium, but some of them may be Yrium reprints (as distinguished from the reprints I have made of these cards).

Flagman's history update reminds me of the early days of searching for Yrium's Pals. Back in 2002 and 2003, unaware of this forum, I used to monitor his cache logs to discover where new cards might be placed. He only left five at a time and there were never very many of any particular card made. I recall him mentioning a limiting factor being the laminator - he would go over to his mom's place to do that tedious part of their manufacture.

 

Getting a set of original Pals one by one became a bit of an obsession, a terifically enjoyable one of course. I finally reached that goal with #20 Jeremy at Rebus Monkey (Link) back in early 2003.

 

One thing led to another and we were soon corresponding quite regularly about cards, caching, and of course his illness and how it limited his options for getting out for hunts with trusty friend Gromit. He loved those opportunities, as his remarkable logs continue to attest.

 

Below is an earlier email from Yrium indicating his plans for future Pals identities, including a concept for a "Collectors Series" that he later renamed "Yrium's Fans" but never got around to pursuing. Here is the photo he requested of me to start that series.

 

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Thanks again, Flagman, for keeping the tradition going.

-Gecko Dad

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Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:49:47 -0700 (PDT)

From: "charles F simons" <yrium@yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Yrium's Pals checklist

To: "Don Endicott" <dlejr@yahoo.com>

 

Gecko Dad,

 

Your welcome for the list. I'm very gratified to

everyone thats ever picked up one of my trading cards.

If you pick up #s 3, 4, 6, and 7 you will have all

the cards that I've made so far. I still have some of

these cards that I haven't put in a cache left so you

still have an opportunity to pick them up.

 

I'll be working on #10 this weekend featuring Gromit,

then my beautiful wife Whistlestick will be #11 with

my nephew superfly being #12. I'll be unlucky #13, I

figured nobody else would want that number so I'll

take it myself.

 

I have people penciled in to flesh out the rest of the

cards to make a full 20 in the YRIUM'S PALs sequence.

I wish now that I had set my ending number a bit

higher so that I wouldn't be slighting PALs I've made

since I started. So after the PALs run is done then

I'm thinking I'll start a new grouping called YRIUM'S

COLLECTORs series featuring all the geocachers that

have been picking up the cards so far. So don't be

surprised in four or five months when I send you an

email asking for your permission to use you on a

trading card.

 

I'll try to get out MYSTERY RANCH way this weekend.

Your 1/4 mile estimate of the walk is doable. I

thought from the description that it might be quite a

bit longer.

 

ttyl,

 

--- yrium ---

Edited by Team Gecko
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