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Post by blaird83 on Jul 6, 2010 11:54:21 GMT -6
The Race has begun, all the bugs have been dipped into the event and have been picked back up, on the 11th, i will be driving up to Big Orange Travel Bug Convention Center GCK8ZV i have 51 caches on my list for that day and can add my previous 10 finds for anyone else that wants to ride up with us. Attachments:
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Jul 6, 2010 20:36:54 GMT -6
Applying Announcement Status here for the Stats on the 2010 TB Race. For the next 12 Months, this is a place to keep an eye on these Travel Bugs and they're progress through the First Annual Kankakee County Cachers TB Race.
May the Best Bug Win! ;D
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Jul 8, 2010 5:22:44 GMT -6
BTW, What is a .ods file? What Program do I need to Open that file with?
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Post by blaird83 on Jul 8, 2010 13:21:12 GMT -6
the file was a open office spread sheet, kind of like excel.
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Post by blaird83 on Jul 8, 2010 16:03:46 GMT -6
with it getting closer to time to launch the bugs i've placed all the bugs/coins into ziplock baggies and have printed off info sheets.
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Jul 8, 2010 18:44:20 GMT -6
with it getting closer to time to launch the bugs i've placed all the bugs/coins into ziplock baggies and have printed off info sheets. Yeah, good idea. I guess I owe ya 3 Ziplocks then. I realized that I totally forgot about that when I got to the the Event and saw some in baggies and others not. Mine, were not. Heck, I even forgot to printout the info sheets! Oops! A silly oversight, if you ask me, as I'm always placing TB's in baggies and providing new info sheets when I find bugs missing those things. Thanks for the clarification on the program and the spreadsheet. I used scalc (open office's version of excel) to open it, and it looks good. Personally, I liked the site you set up for the TB Race that I have linked to on the home page. Are you gonna still keep that up to date, or should I take down the link?
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Post by blaird83 on Jul 8, 2010 19:35:33 GMT -6
scalc is actually the program that i created the sheet in same will go for the trip up... when i ever get a chance to make it.
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Post by blaird83 on Jul 12, 2010 8:58:05 GMT -6
And their off, the bugs went up to Big Orange and directly into the hands of MaxieB on the River.
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Jul 17, 2010 14:27:47 GMT -6
Looking at the ones in my Watch List, and I see some are already on the move beyond the start off. Cool! So far, my daughter's Mustang Sally is in the lead! ;D My Hot Rod Lincoln is still at the Starting Line...
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Post by blaird83 on Jul 17, 2010 15:17:15 GMT -6
don't worry the Fearless Leader is still with it... while leanne's wrench has gone to Sailor30, a big time mover
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Jul 22, 2010 20:36:50 GMT -6
All of our Racing TB's are doing better than my Henry TB. Shoot. You have another Topic here someplace that I'm gonna have to look more into. Something about TB Rescue. As I recall though, I couldn't get signed up to it. I know not what the heck was up with that....
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Post by blaird83 on Jul 31, 2010 22:49:36 GMT -6
We are one month down with eleven more to go in the race. We only had one bug move for more than 1000 miles this month, that being: IowaBeaver's S'getti Scatter Memorial TB which moved 1,422.3 miles. All of our 20 bugs moved this month for a total of 11,954.6 miles. Our Three biggest movers were: - IowaBeaver's S'getti Scatter Memorial TB moving 1422.3 miles
- AThrillofTheHunt's Some Gave All...Coast Guard moving 994 miles
- lazzerpuppynerdsammich's '64 Custom Galaxy Car TB moving 983 miles.
Our Three Smallest movers were: - Prince_Charming's Racing Bus moving 150 miles
- AThrillofTheHunt's Some Gave All...Air Force 153 Miles
- AThrillofTheHunt's Some Gave All...Navy 166 Miles
There is still alot of racing to go, but with our first bug reaching 1000 miles i can only wonder when one will leave the country. Attachments:
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Aug 3, 2010 19:14:47 GMT -6
Epic Failure! At least on the newer PC I have right now, the Stats Spreadsheet will not open with Office's Excel. Drat! Gonna have to get another copy of Open Office on this machine. By chance, are you also updating that Site you created? I'm gonna check on that right now.... [red]EDIT:[/red] Got IT! ;D (took about a half hour to Complete the install) I am impressed with that Spreadsheet work, I've gotta say. Sometime, we need to get together and I have to get you to teach me how to Create a spreadsheet like that from scratch. I can Edit one that somebody else already started, but I have no idea how to lay the Foundation for one to create a new one.
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Aug 3, 2010 19:19:36 GMT -6
YES!!! Thank You sir! Stats are also hosted at the site that is accessible from the Home page here at the forums, but for the record I see that My TB (Hot Rod Lincoln) is in 6th place right here at this LINK. Thank You SO much for also keeping that up to date.
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Aug 28, 2010 13:13:37 GMT -6
Well, it's Official folks! Our TB Race has achieved... Congrats to TB3EV3Y, Peanutann's Handy Peanut for being the first to do so. She's now sitting in the St. Clair TB Hotel up there in Ontario Canada. Here's a link to her TB International Travel Bug!Today is 8-28, but the Log came in on the 26th. Anyhow, Congrats Again! ;D
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Post by blaird83 on Sept 1, 2010 0:26:52 GMT -6
We are two months down with ten more to go in the race. We only had no bugs hit the 1k mark for the month, with our highest mileage going to IowaBeaver's S'getti Scatter Memorial TB moving 728.57 miles. We also now have our first bug to cross the Nation's Borders with PeanutAnn's The Handy Peanut 12 out of 20 bugs moved this month for a total of 3,085.06 miles. 19 out of 20 bugs are still active, as Some Gave All... Navy was marked missing this month, as well as a second bug was not seen in a visited cache. Our Three biggest movers were: - IowaBeaver's S'getti Scatter Memorial TB moving 728.57 miles
- CowgirlCamper's Mustang Sally 467.17 miles
- purple_peach's Wrench in the Works 418.45 miles.
Our Three Smallest moverswere: - blaird83's Fearless Leader 17.55 miles
- relikborg's Candy Apple Red Corvette Racer 112.00 Miles
- YarnoDe's Pentium Pendulum 116.18 Miles
The Bugs moving 0 miles this month were: - Some Gave All...Coast Guard
- Some Gave All...Army
- Hot Rod Lincoln!
- 40's Woodie Wagon
- Rubber Duckie
- Musichunter's Traveling CD
- Hey Young Punk
- Some Gave All...Air Force
Going into our second month and having answered the first 2 questions, - Who Will Be the First 1000 Mile a month Bug?
- S'getti Scatter Memorial TB
- Who Will Be the First International Bug?
- The Handy Peanut
It makes me ask the question who will be the first to travel across the pond? only time itself will tell. Attachments:
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Sept 3, 2010 18:23:26 GMT -6
I just have to say this.... You're doing an Outstanding Job of keeping track of all these bugs. Thanks Much for the effort.
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Post by blaird83 on Sept 30, 2010 22:48:40 GMT -6
We are three months into the race with nine more to go in the race. We had no bugs hit the 1k mark for the month, with our highest mileage going to AthrullofTheHunt's Some Gave All... Coast Guard moving 538.50 miles. Our question for the month was to which bug will be the first to travel across the pond, and we are still waiting on the answer to the question. It was yet another slow month with only 9 out of 20 bugs moving this month for a total of 7,751.45 miles. 18 out of 20 bugs are still active, as Mustang Sally was marked missing this month, as well as a two bugs not seen in caches and presumed missing. Our Three biggest movers were:Our Three Smallest movers were: The Bugs moving 0 miles this month were:Bugs Presumed Missing- The Juggernaut
- Rubber Duckie
Bugs Marked Missing- Mustang Sally
- Some Gave All... Navy
Going into our second month and having answered the first 2 questions, * Who Will Be the First 1000 Mile a month Bug? * S'getti Scatter Memorial TB * Who Will Be the First International Bug? * The Handy Peanut It makes me ask the question who will be the first to travel across the pond? only time itself will tell. If anyone has a question of the month for future months please feel free to PM them to me. Attachments:
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Post by Cowboy Camper on Oct 4, 2010 19:06:44 GMT -6
Oct. 3rd, Log Date 10-02-10, I got an email stating that someone has Discovered the Rubber Duckie TB. Problem is, they didn't mention in which Cache they found it in. Only mentioned that it wasn't where it was listed.
Not a big help really, but at least it's still in action. Sort of....
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Post by blaird83 on Nov 3, 2010 20:49:58 GMT -6
my monitor port went out (least thats what i think i is) next time i'm here at the parents house i'll get the october stat posted.
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