I have known about the existence of WG for many years,
but never paid much attention to it. I can recall years ago
coming across several wilds, but like most of the general
population, I didn't think anything about them. Below is my
continuing timeline into all of this nonsense! I try to take
note when entering a bill as to when and where I spend it. This
makes it much more interesting when it gets a hit.
July 18th, 2007 - Found my first wild. The black 3 line
stamp caught my eye! Entered it into this webpage and promptly
forgot about Wheres George.
February 24th, 2008 - Found my second wild. Still not
enough to drag me into this hobby.
June 25th, 2009 - For some reason I became interested in this. I
started out by marking 4 bills in blue and red ink pens. A month
later I marked 16 bills with blue and red ink again. None of
those bills have been re-entered to date!
August 3rd, 2009 - Bought a few stamps and some red ink and
bought my first bank strap of ones. It's all downhill from here!
August 6th 2009 - My First Hit, that didn't
take long! Too bad they didn't leave a user note!
Sept. 9th, 2009 - My first international hit, in Staines, United Kingdom!
Oct. 21st, 2009 - My 1000th bill entered!
Nov. 26th 2009 (Thanksgiving day) - Entered 20 brand new/crisp
bills to commemorate the holiday. Hits so far: 12/2/09, 2/17/10, 3/23/10, 5/14/10...
Dec. 3rd, 2009 - Found my first wild Tom, it was a STEALTH
and a sleeper to boot!
Dec. 9th, 2009 - Six hits today! Still not quite getting a hit a
day, but they are increasing.
Dec 25th, 2009 (Christmas day) - Entered 50 brand new/crisp
bills to commemorate the holiday. Hits so far: 12/28/09, 12/28/09, 12/30/09, 1/29/10, 1/31/10, 2/20/10, 5/2/10, 5/10/10, 7/21/11......
Dec 25th, 2009 - My 2000th bill entered, and on
Christmas day!!!
Dec. 27th, 2009 - My 100th hit!
Dec 31st, 2009 (New Years
Eve) - Entered 25 brand new/crisp bills to commemorate the
holiday. Hits so
far: 3/13/10, 3/17/10, 3/23/10...
Click Here to see my
statistics for the end of 2009.
Jan 7th, 2010 - Got my
first FRB Bingo! A 2003 Tom hit gave me this.
It was one of my first Toms ever entered!
Feb 3rd, 2010 - To celebrate my 24th birthday, I ended 24 band
new/crisp bills today. Hits so far....
March 7th, 2010 - Entered my 3000th bill today!
May 10th, 2010 - Entered my
4000th bill today! Hits are finally starting to pick up, after the months of
March and April being pretty dead.
10
months into this crazy hobby, here are just a few of my
stats:
- 23 states out of 50.
- 1 International hit
- FRB Bingo X2
- Waiting on anything hit on a block letter
higher than "S".
- 285 Bills hit with 309 total hits.
- Hit rate: 7.17%, Slugging 7.71%.
- George score of 861.68 and ranked # 74 of
3655 users in Indiana!
- 29
wilds found.
-Hits
in 119 Counties in 163 cities.
June 23rd, 2010 -
Been a REAL slow month of June so far. Just when the hits
started rolling in this spring, they came to an abrupt stop by
mid June. Hopefully they will pick up soon!
August 10th, 2010 - I just celebrated my first anniversary on
WG?! June was a record slow month for me, even though I
quietly passed the 5000th bill entered mark! However, July -
August has really picked up and proven to be a record time for
hits. It has been a little over a year since I really began
EMSing bills in the beginning of August 2009, so I finally
have the potential to get some nice sleepers! I also got my
first Canadian
hit today, in
Saskatoon,
SK, Canada! Only 20 states away from my 50-sate
BINGO!
August 12th, 2010 - Got my first 1+ year sleeper
!
December 30th 2010 - The end of my first full year of Georging
is here! Late summer and most of the fall were very good to me
for hits, but December has been pretty bad. I didn't even get
a hit on Christmas day! Oh well, thus is the nature of
WheresGeorge?. I'm still EMS'ing my way to the top of the
ranking in Indiana, finally entering the top fifty user in the
state this month.
Click Here to see my stats
for the end of 2010
August 11th, 2011 - Been a
long time in between updates! While life has been somewhat
insane during the last year, I have been EMSing away at an
increasing pace.
A few of my Georging milestone reached this
year include:
- Entered my 2000th $2 (Tom) in mid June,
and officially becoming a "Top Tom".
- My 1000th unique bill was hit in mid
June.
- My 10,000th bill was entered early in the
year.
- I reached a George score of 1,000 in May,
entering the "Comma Club".
- Got my second, third, and fourth purple hits. They are Vilseck, Germany, The Valley, Anguilla, and
San Salvador, El Salvador.
- Got my second blue hit, in Kelvington, SK.
- I am 8 states away from my 50 state BINGO.
- FRB BINGO X 21
- Hovering in the 40s for the top Georgers
in the state of Indiana. One time I broke the 30s mark!
Two years ago this August I became a full time Georger. Life
was very hectic back then, and I picked up the hobby after
being laid off from my long time job. Little did I know that
the next two years would be some of most trying times of my
life, but Wheres George has always been a therapeutic way for
me to get a little bit of enjoyment out of life.
Here is my Hits by
County Map: Current as 12/30/10
*I know...A little out of date, but the Bank of Frank is
officially gone, so I'll have to become a fog member to get a
new map.