53: THUSA – Where are You?

March 1st, 2012

This week on the Chicago Geocacher Podcast: We razz THUSA and wonder where he’s been! Scott “teaches” us about the festive Jewish holiday of Purim. Walt has a LEO encounter with Scrappy Scout. We talk about Leap Day and the various cachers vying for a 10-Icon Day! We coin a new geocaching term! There’s a recap of Cabin Fever II and we remember Davy Jones! All this plus milestones, emails, the question of the show, and Geritol!

Podcast 53

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Scott’s Recent Caches

Leave No Stone Unturned tea4tilrmn | GC2WQWC | Mount Prospect
From the writings of Hesiod 4xkrat | GGC3AM5H | Vernon Hills
The Kinks #1: You Really Got Me Walt Grogan | GC29Q6Z | Des Plaines
Mongoose66’s Steady Run to 1000 Tzinny & n9tog | GC36VNY | Prospect Heights

Walt’s Recent Caches

Necropolis by Doctor-Who | GC311E3 | Des Plaines, IL
Gibberish…aura zit? by CacheForager | GC27Z6X | Indianapolis, IN
The severed story of Alastair Paine by CinemaBoxers | GC144WG | Union Grove, WI
C’mon in, Have some Cheese! by CinemaBoxers | GCYAEE | Pleasant Prairie, WI
Panda II by DaFia TreTy | GC2Z070 | Palatine, IL
the M Special by heathereb | GC2PE6Z | Long Grove, IL

TopperCaches™

A TopperCache is a notable hide Scott and Walt have found in the past which, like the beauty of Davy Jones’ voice, never goes out of style!

Scott: Hiding Styles – Wooden Fence VerrueckteFrau | GC1CDMW | Schaumburg
Walt: ShazamMan & ScottBerks FTF an Unpublished Cache by EnPleinAire | GC29785 | Busse Woods, Elk Grove Village, IL

Caches of the Show

Scott: LOST Darth Leviosa | GC3850B | Vernon Hills
Walt: Barrel of Puzzle Monkeys (Chicago Geocacher 50th) by toppercat | GC3A1F9 | Mt. Prospect, IL

Various Things Discussed

The festive Jewish holiday of Purim

Davy Jones Official web site

Scripts for using Google Maps in Geocaching.com

Chrome Script – http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/126244
Firefox Script – http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/125949
Greasemonkey – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/
Podcacher – http://www.podcacher.com/2012/02/show-360-0-geotourism-case-study/

Contest Winner

Listen this week for the winner of the Canby Area geocoin donated by FootSoSaurus and there’s a new contest for the North Clackamas geocoin also donated by FootSoSaurus!