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Re: WG Update

#76 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:57 pm

Not a sleeper, but may win the award as the farthest traveling WG on the Bored.

http://www.wheresgeorge.com/report.php? ... 210c8b2716
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#77 Post by MarleysGh0st » Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:26 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:Not a sleeper, but may win the award as the farthest traveling WG on the Bored.

http://www.wheresgeorge.com/report.php? ... 210c8b2716
Nice one, Cal!

Beast had one of his logged in Moscow. I'm not sure if his distance beat yours or not.

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#78 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:18 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:Not a sleeper, but may win the award as the farthest traveling WG on the Bored.

http://www.wheresgeorge.com/report.php? ... 210c8b2716
Nice one, Cal!

Beast had one of his logged in Moscow. I'm not sure if his distance beat yours or not.

I haven't updated my distance list in a while, but I believe this one is my record....

http://www.wheresgeorge.com/report.php? ... 636edfee56

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#79 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:04 am

If the database were available this morning, I could post my hit last February from Melbourne, Australia that tops my NZ hit.... but until it lets me search for it, I can't post the link.....

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#80 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:47 am

littlebeast13 wrote:If the database were available this morning, I could post my hit last February from Melbourne, Australia that tops my NZ hit.... but until it lets me search for it, I can't post the link.....

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#81 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:49 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:If the database were available this morning, I could post my hit last February from Melbourne, Australia that tops my NZ hit.... but until it lets me search for it, I can't post the link.....

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Does anyone ever find their George's in Antarctica? What about cruise ships?
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#82 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:50 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:If the database were available this morning, I could post my hit last February from Melbourne, Australia that tops my NZ hit.... but until it lets me search for it, I can't post the link.....

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http://www.wheresgeorge.com/report.php? ... 037f5c9566

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Does anyone ever find their George's in Antarctica?

Yes, but I have not been so fortunate yet. It is the only one left for me to collect in my Continental Bingo.....

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Re: WG Update

#83 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:53 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
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Does anyone ever find their George's in Antarctica?

Yes, but I have not been so fortunate yet. It is the only one left for me to collect in my Continental Bingo.....

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Do a lot of people get hits at McMurdo or wherever? And how does one report one found on a cruise ship?
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#84 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:55 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
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Does anyone ever find their George's in Antarctica?

Yes, but I have not been so fortunate yet. It is the only one left for me to collect in my Continental Bingo.....

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Do a lot of people get hits at McMurdo or wherever? And how does one report one found on a cruise ship?

I don't know, but I imagine the only places they could log them in for down there are US bases.....

And I do not know the answer to your cruise ship question.... my guess is you would have to wait for it to dock to log it in.....

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#85 Post by littlebeast13 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:57 am

There are only three places you can log a bill in for in Antartica....

McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, and Amundsen-Scott South.....

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#86 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:00 am

littlebeast13 wrote:There are only three places you can log a bill in for in Antartica....

McMurdo Station, Palmer Station, and Amundsen-Scott South.....

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#87 Post by christie1111 » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:55 am

Another hit over the weekend, but I doubt I leapfrogged over Marley.

'Your Bills' Summary Statistics - Hide
You have entered 374 Bills worth $374
Bills with hits: 38 Total hits: 40
Hit rate: 10.16% Slugging Percentage: 10.70% (total hits/total bills)
George Score: 614.76
Your rank (based on George Score) is #8,332
(out of 52,241 current users with a George Score. [84.1 Percentile])
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#88 Post by MarleysGh0st » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:59 am

christie1111 wrote:Another hit over the weekend, but I doubt I leapfrogged oer Marley.
No, but you closed the gap some.

Your hit rate puts mine to shame. You'd think more people would participate in WG in this college town!

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#89 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:39 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
christie1111 wrote:Another hit over the weekend, but I doubt I leapfrogged oer Marley.
No, but you closed the gap some.

Your hit rate puts mine to shame. You'd think more people would participate in WG in this college town!

Maybe they're a bunch of misers.
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Re: WG Update

#90 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:35 am

I got another hit last night. 85 days for George to get to Geneva.

No, not Geneva, Switzerland; Geneva, NY--all of 38 miles away. :wink:



You have entered 645 Bills worth $4,128
Bills with hits: 36 Total hits: 38
Hit rate: 5.58% Slugging Percentage: 5.89% (total hits/total bills)
George Score: 620.70
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Your State Rank in New York is: 399 out of 7,622 [94.8]

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Re: WG Update

#91 Post by christie1111 » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:07 am

No hits but I added a bunch of bills yesterday.

'Your Bills' Summary Statistics - Hide
You have entered 411 Bills worth $411
Bills with hits: 38 Total hits: 40
Hit rate: 9.25% Slugging Percentage: 9.73% (total hits/total bills)
George Score: 616.69
Your rank (based on George Score) is #8,257
(out of 52,303 current users with a George Score. [84.2 Percentile])


So you are still ahead of me.
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#92 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:10 am

christie1111 wrote:So you are still ahead of me.
You better go to the bank and ask for a big pile of ones! :mrgreen:

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#93 Post by earendel » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:16 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
christie1111 wrote:So you are still ahead of me.
You better go to the bank and ask for a big pile of ones! :mrgreen:
When I got my $32K check from BAM I wanted to cash it and get 32,000 one-dollar bills, just so I could be "rolling in the dough". Imagine doing that and entering them all into WG!
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#94 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:21 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
christie1111 wrote:Another hit over the weekend, but I doubt I leapfrogged oer Marley.
No, but you closed the gap some.

Your hit rate puts mine to shame. You'd think more people would participate in WG in this college town!
I think the hit rate on 1s is higher than that on larger denominations. Given your total value entered, it looks like you have entered quite a few larger bills. This will make your hit rate lower.

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Re: WG Update

#95 Post by christie1111 » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:32 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
christie1111 wrote:Another hit over the weekend, but I doubt I leapfrogged oer Marley.
No, but you closed the gap some.

Your hit rate puts mine to shame. You'd think more people would participate in WG in this college town!
I think the hit rate on 1s is higher than that on larger denominations. Given your total value entered, it looks like you have entered quite a few larger bills. This will make your hit rate lower.

Of course, my hit rate is even lower than yours, so what do I know?
LB once told me the CT has a lot of participants in the game. So that probably helps me.
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#96 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:33 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
christie1111 wrote:Another hit over the weekend, but I doubt I leapfrogged oer Marley.
No, but you closed the gap some.

Your hit rate puts mine to shame. You'd think more people would participate in WG in this college town!
I think the hit rate on 1s is higher than that on larger denominations. Given your total value entered, it looks like you have entered quite a few larger bills. This will make your hit rate lower.

Of course, my hit rate is even lower than yours, so what do I know?
Yeah, I'm entering all the bills that pass through my wallet, not just the ones, like christie is doing. My hit rate varies from 6.6% on ones to 3.2% on tens, so even my ones are doing much more poorly than hers. (Actually, I've got a 100% hit rate one the only $2 bill I've entered. :wink: )

Another factor is probably how we brand our bills. I only stamp the front, using the round WG stamp around the FRB seal. I don't know what christie does with hers.

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#97 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:37 am

christie1111 wrote:LB once told me the CT has a lot of participants in the game. So that probably helps me.
Could be. Do you get a state ranking in your report?

My state ranking of 94.8% vs. my overall ranking of 84.4% seems to indicate that New Yorkers just aren't into this game. :|

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#98 Post by christie1111 » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:45 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:
MarleysGh0st wrote:
No, but you closed the gap some.

Your hit rate puts mine to shame. You'd think more people would participate in WG in this college town!
I think the hit rate on 1s is higher than that on larger denominations. Given your total value entered, it looks like you have entered quite a few larger bills. This will make your hit rate lower.

Of course, my hit rate is even lower than yours, so what do I know?
Yeah, I'm entering all the bills that pass through my wallet, not just the ones, like christie is doing. My hit rate varies from 6.6% on ones to 3.2% on tens, so even my ones are doing much more poorly than hers. (Actually, I've got a 100% hit rate one the only $2 bill I've entered. :wink: )

Another factor is probably how we brand our bills. I only stamp the front, using the round WG stamp around the FRB seal. I don't know what christie does with hers.
I stamp the front with the one that circles the numbers that are important and says 'Log on it's fun & free' and then a small straight one on the back that just says track this bill at WheresGeorge.com.

And a small 11:11 somewhere on the bill. All in red.

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#99 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:56 am

christie1111 wrote: And a small 11:11 somewhere on the bill. All in red.
That's what makes the difference, then! :)

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#100 Post by christie1111 » Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:17 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
christie1111 wrote:LB once told me the CT has a lot of participants in the game. So that probably helps me.
Could be. Do you get a state ranking in your report?

My state ranking of 94.8% vs. my overall ranking of 84.4% seems to indicate that New Yorkers just aren't into this game. :|
I don't see to be able to see the state ranking. LB didn't know why.
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