Guest arffer Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 Signs you are addicted to geocaching: When you see a friend's cache logged twice that it might be missing, you hop in the car at 10PM, drive 40 miles, and hike deep into the state forest by just flashlight to make sure its okay. PS: Cache was safe and sound! Quote Link to comment
Guest Ranz Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 Now I can relate to that! I did a similar thing to a stranger's cache just because I was the last one to find it. But I think we all agree that there are far worse addictions. Quote Link to comment
Guest Iron Chef Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 quote:Originally posted by arffer:Signs you are addicted to geocaching: They just opened up a clinic near you for geocaching fanatics... and they named it after you. :~) ------------------ -Iron Chef _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ agefive.com/geocache/ ~ Fe-26 Lets Drive Fast and Eat Cheese! Quote Link to comment
Guest leskowitz Posted October 20, 2001 Share Posted October 20, 2001 You are posting stuff at 1 am in the morning. Quote Link to comment
Guest Olar Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 you boot-up your PC and Windows wallpaper is the Geocaching Logo you start Internet Explorer and Geocaching.com opens as home page cannot see the top of your computer desk for all the topos, street maps, cache printouts, scratch pad pages with nothing but coords on them Why would you think I'm hooked on this? ------------------ Happy Caching, Olar "if you come to a fork in the trail, then take it!" Quote Link to comment
Guest brokenwing Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 quote:Originally posted by arffer:Signs you are addicted to geocaching: You can no longer spell cache, um, cache, shoot, you know, that money stuff without spelling it wrong... brokenwing ------------------ http://www.cordianet.com/geocaching Quote Link to comment
Guest alexm Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 You know the exact coordinates of EVERY landmark in and around your home. Not to mention how far it is if you were to walk from the bathroom to the back porch, to the bird bath, then over to the tree, then to the slide, to the driveway, to the mailbox.... And every combination of the above... Quote Link to comment
Guest ClayJar Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 For no good reason, you find the coordinates of all 100+ schools in the district you work for, and in the process, you find five addresses which are incorrect and forward them to the webmaster. (Yes, I did this.) Quote Link to comment
Guest Fotogg Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 Originally posted by arffer:Signs you are addicted to geocaching: You try to explain to the kids why daddy needs those happy meal toys... and why they CAN'T have your toys. Or... explaining where all the 3qt tupperware containers have gone... Quote Link to comment
Guest vinced Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 quote:Originally posted by arffer:Signs you are addicted to geocaching: When one of your speeches at instructor training is on the GPS system 1/2 a year before Geochaching is even invented ------------------ Vince 0H/2F Quote Link to comment
Guest Snowtrail Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 You ask your new car dealer if it was possible to get a color to match your E-Trex... Quote Link to comment
Guest Choberiba Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 When you go away for the weekend on a "retreat" but end up missing both meals and activities because you're so close to finding another cache. peeve: I sprained the hell out of my thumb while surfing the slopes of a **** cache the other day. It's still throbbing as I type this. Oh, and I guess registering www.cachestash.com is another sign of being a tad addicted to this hobby. Quote Link to comment
Guest TresOkies Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 When your spouse no longer refer to themselves as a baseball/football widow but as a geocaching widow. -E ------------------ -- 35°32.981 98°34.631 Quote Link to comment
Guest ClayJar Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 You drive 1400-miles round trip in a weekend to get a birthday present for your girlfriend, and as a cover story you tell her that you were geocaching and hiking (which you also were). She suspects nothing until over three weeks later when you give her the present. Quote Link to comment
Guest brokenwing Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 quote:Originally posted by ClayJar:You drive 1400-miles round trip in a weekend to get a birthday present for your girlfriend, and as a cover story you tell her that you were geocaching and hiking (which you also were). She suspects nothing until over three weeks later when you give her the present. You have a girlfriend? I thought you were married to Marigold... ------------------ http://www.cordianet.com/geocaching [This message has been edited by brokenwing (edited 22 October 2001).] Quote Link to comment
Guest ClayJar Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 quote:Originally posted by brokenwing:You have a girlfriend? I thought you were married to Marigold... To be as precise as possible, I suppose I have an OoayuiaocalS (Other of as yet undefined, in any official capacity at least, Significance). MeriGold is more like a younger sister (but don't tell my cat). Quote Link to comment
Guest Prime Suspect Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 You request in your will that your headstone should read: Congratulations, you've found my grave! Intentionally or not! What is this hidden container sitting here for? What the heck is this thing doing here with my remains in it? It is part of a worldwide game dedicated to ... Quote Link to comment
Guest ClayJar Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 Okay, close the thread. No more posts. We have a winner. (Just kidding about closing the thread.) Quote Link to comment
Guest navdog Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 O.K. since this thread just took a grave turn... You know your addicted when: After your funeral you have travel bugs attached to containers of your ashes so you can continue to play the game...even in your afterlife. Quote Link to comment
Guest TresOkies Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 e="Verdana, Arial">quote: Originally posted by Prime Suspect:You request in your will that your headstone should read: Congratulations, you've found my grave! Intentionally or not! Bwahahaha. Throw in the towel. My father purchased 8 cemetery plots before he passed away a few years ago. One of them is presumably mine. Hopefully I have a long time before I need it, so maybe I should plant a cache there. ("Plant me here N35 34.802 W98 34.641"). A post a few months ago got me thinking about having a special container made from granite and burrowed out to hold a cache for a long, long time. Hmmm. (sound of wheels turning) -E ------------------ -- 35°32.981 98°34.631 Quote Link to comment
Guest celts Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 This seems so lame after all the great grave references--but when I turn on my cell phone, the welcoming message says: This is the phone of Celts, the geocacher. Quote Link to comment
Guest Snowtrail Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 Making a cacher dig 6 feet in a graveyard before getting the goods. Talk about the looks they're gonna get from passers by... Quote Link to comment
Guest ClayJar Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 You take a hex editor to the map file before you copy it to your Meridian's SD card... now the copyright notice says quote:ClayJarGPS@clayjar.com xxx-xxxx (with a real phone number). Quote Link to comment
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