+sept1c_tank Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 My name is Richard and I'm a Geocacher. Sometimes I say I'm going to do something else and then I look for, or hide caches. I have even contrived an alias (sept1c_tank) to use so geomuggles won't know who I am. I often times plan my daily activities around geocaching. I dream about geocaching. Geocaching is all there is. "Tanks." Quote Link to comment
+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 Hi my name is Desert Viking and I am a geocacher. We don't wish to be cured of our addiction. We like our fixes of geocaching. Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so: "Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges -- "Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!" Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898 Quote Link to comment
+Search1128 Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 My name is Kirk and I am a Geocacher. I found the "stuff" in March of 2003 and have been "using" ever since. I don't deny I have a problem. I am not angry about it. I could care less about any negotiation or deal making, unless it is a trade up. I accept that I geocache. Having gone through those classic steps, I see now that it is not a serious problem; and that I have no need for clinical help nor support groups to get me away from it. I think that I will continue to cache and hang out with my "friends". I'm fine. Kirk out. Quote Link to comment
OuttaHand Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 Hi -- I'm OuttaHand and I'm a geocacher. Whenever my wife wants to go somewhere, I check to see if there's a cache nearby. I read the discussion boards (you bunch of enablers!) just about every day. I have 3 GPSr's when I only need one. I have no intention of changing .. um.. I mean.. I recognize I have a serious problem and I intend to rehabilitate myself. yeah, right! Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 My name is BP and I'm a geocacher. I intend to remain a geocacher; geocaching isn't the problem ... it's these forums; they're a sickness, a disease ... a CANCER upon an otherwise respectable sport. I'm outta here; gotta go cachin'! Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 Server Too Busy Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Server Too Busy Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [HttpException (0x80004005): Server Too Busy] System.Web.HttpRuntime.RejectRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +148 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.573; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.573 First time I ever saw that in here! My momma named me TEAM 360, and I am a Geocacher. All of the specialists say that it is an abnormality in the DNA structure. I just can't stop it. Sometimes when I geocache and get angry because I can't find a Level 4 microcache, I turn green and get so big that all my clothes tear off, except for my pants, for some family-based moral reasons. No cure has been found. Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 Hi, We are Chris&Cindy and we are Geocachers. We don't have a problem though. We can quit whenever, we just don't want to. I think the world is to harsh about geocaching. They could see how great it is if they just tried it. Here you want to try it? Just try it once is all...I will take you on your first hunt for free. Quote Link to comment
crazy leg's Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 I'm Mark and also a geocacher.---- HI Mark. i don't think i have a problem. i'm just here to get my wife off my back. in fact i think i will cut this short and maybe hit a cache on the way home. denial? what's that.? remember folk's you only have a problem if YOU think you do. cache on. Quote Link to comment
+RichardMoore Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 My name is Richard and I am a geocacher. I am also a geocache 'dealer' because I've hidden caches, and a 'pusher' because I've gotten others into the addiction. And I'm dadgum proud of it! RichardMoore www.geocities.com/richardsrunaway Quote Link to comment
+Perrin Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 Hi my name is Nick and I'm a geo-cacher. My mom came home one day and said "Hey I found something that you might like!" I've been caching ever since. I've even gone so far as to get my girlfriend addicted so she won't bother me about my addiction. I've managed to push the stuff on my little brother's girlfriend who is trying to get my brother hooked too. I recently went to a family gathering and preached about the virtues of geo-caching so my aunt and uncle will become addicts too. Geo-caching is not a problem that I have. It's an obsession my family has and we like it that way! Gotta go cache now. Signature? I don't need no stinkin signature!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Og's outfit Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 Hello, My name is .....err...OG, and I was born with the cache gene. I'm not sure if it was my dear mother, or my blasted father who passed it on. My family denies it's existance. There is whispered talk at family gatherings suggesting cures. I hear mumbled references to various support groups, family intervention and ge-gnome therapy. I do NOT have a problem! I can handle it!! Please do not lable me! OG Prophetically Challenged (or is that Pathetically?) Quote Link to comment
twoball Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 I am what is classified as a newbie but I have some serious symptoms that maybe you could help me to find out what is wrong with me. I go to cook I use tupperware,I go to use my mobile phone I grab my gpsr,I try to put the gpsr down I break out into a cold sweat and start to shake,I try to drive to work and find myself inexplicably heading for the nearest cache.worst of all I,ve bought all these little trinkets I have no use for that I stick in my backpack which by the way I am unable to remove from my back.Is something wrong with me maybe you can help me please? don,t touch my dog there he doesn,t like it Quote Link to comment
+15Tango Posted July 8, 2003 Share Posted July 8, 2003 My name is Matt and I'm a geocacher. I found out I was adicted when I kept getting quote:Server Too Busy Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Server Too Busy Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [HttpException (0x80004005): Server Too Busy] System.Web.HttpRuntime.RejectRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +148 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.573; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.573 and still kept trying to get my "stuff" from my "supplier". "Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?"--George Eliot Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted July 9, 2003 Author Share Posted July 9, 2003 "Tanks" for the support. Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 My name is Web-ling, and I don't have a geocaching addiction. I can quit any time I want. Really. I mean it. I can...Oh, who am I kidding? I'm hopelessly addicted! Help me mr. Wizard! Help me! Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaase... Quote Link to comment
+fishingfools Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 My name is Phil, and I'am a geocacher. I tka emy GPS to work, just incase there is a new cache to be found at lucnh or on the way home, or both. Don't sweat the petty things, don't pet the sweaty things. Quote Link to comment
+pnew Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Hi my name is pnew and I'm a geocacher I made the mistake of finding my first cache a week before college finals now I'm broke, homeless, and missing my arm at the elbow all I have is a gps and a can of cheese wiz *runs out of the class crying* *bangs elbow on the door frame on the way out* The Department of Redundancy Department A geocache a day keeps the debtors away (cause your never home to take the call...) Quote Link to comment
+EliJoMikMiNi Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Hi my name is... my name is... my name is...Liz. I have many aliases due to geocaching. On the trail I am Eli. My home page is Geocaching.com. I go to sleep thinking of caching, I wake up and it's the first thought of the day. My kids just roll their eyes and pretend to listen when I start talking about my cache hunts. I've tried to get them addicted but the one time they went with me, it didn't hook them like it did me. I give my 6 year old grand-daughter a healthy dose every chance I get, trying to get her totaly addicted like me. The dog is hooked, he is usually the first to find the cache. I got my friend in CA. addicted when I went to visit her for two weeks, we did 16 caches . I don't believe I have a problem, therefore...I DON'T. At least I don't think I do!?! Please tell me it's not a problem!!! How can fresh air and a healthy hike be a problem......I could go on and on.......Let's talk geocaching..... The harder you work,the harder it is to give up. Vince Lombarde Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 (edited) Hi, my name is Bubbles and I am co-dependent. I enable other people's geocaching addiction by approving their new caches. And when they mess up and break a rule, I help them. It is a whole different disease, what I have, and I really really wish that there was a companion group for us. Maybe called "GeoAnon." There, we could be issued copious amounts of gamma aminobutyric acid which is proven to help overcome the physical cravings. Oh wait, we already have a group.... off to the admin forum... -------------------- Saving the day and approving all the caches... before bedtime! Edited June 27, 2004 by Keystone Approver Quote Link to comment
+Woodbutcher68 Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 My name is Fred. I'm a geocacher. I take my GPSr with me everytime I leave the house. I watch it instead of my speedometer, thanks to a mounting bracket and power cord. As soon as I get a bicycle mount, I'll have a complete set of GPS 315 mounts. Do they make a mounting bracket for a waterbed yet? Don't really need it since the coordinates for the bed, kitchen and bathroom are saved in the waypoints. I check the forums here at least 3 times a day at work and twice in the evening. I need to go out and look for more caches and plant the one I have planned, but I have to find the Magellan cache first. The only 12-steps I'm interested in are the last 12 to a cache! Maps?!? I don't need no stinking maps! I got coordinates! Quote Link to comment
+Team Sand Dollar Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 HI. I am Team Sand Dollar. I have a caching problem. I can't get my wife to let me cache as much as I want. I just can't convince her that 40 caches a month is not enough. HELP! Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Hello, my name is Renegade Knight. I am a geocacher. Can I log this event cache now? Quote Link to comment
+Logscaler and Red Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Hello. My handle is logscaler. I have been cache free for 26 days. I am trying to break my addiction. 100 plus caches a week. Out of bed at 3:00 am to get a couple FTF and staying out till 10:00 pm. Several thousand of unaccounted for miles. Three backpacks with "stuff". Boxes of "AA"s. Wading snow melt swollen streams after a 10 mile bike ride. Buying new laptops with bigger hard drives. More mapping programs. Boxes of printouts. Is it time to leave and do something else? Must Find The Answer. logscaler. Quote Link to comment
+cache-potato Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Hi my name is Cache-potato.... My sponsor thought I should attend a meeting. I have started the 12 step program hmmmm only 12 steps? must be one star. Quote Link to comment
Catman76 Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 Hello, Im James and I am a cacheaholic. Its been almost 2 months since my last fix. Im starting to have jitters from withdraw. I refuse to try and resolve my addiction. I am just going to admit I have a problem. Quote Link to comment
+GeoWhiz Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Hi, My name is GeoWhiz...I don't belong here...I don't really know why I was invited...I have four different groups I geocache with...family members, park people, work people, and friend people....I don't have a problem...they do!!! OH, wait!!! I forgot the fifth group...the geocacher people....they're the best!!! They don't have a problem either "Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift." -Albert Einstein Quote Link to comment
+Bilder Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 My name is Mike. I do not have a geocaching problem. People with probelms go to meetings. I do not. I will run through the brush with my kids all I want. You cannot stop me. I do not have a problem. My batteries are going dead. Ok, I have a problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have never been lost. Been awful confused for a few days, but never lost! Quote Link to comment
+lostinjersey Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 One Magellan 330x: $275 (2001 prices) One ammo canister: $6 bucks at army supply center Miscellaneous items to stick inside canister: $20 Bug spray, cammo tape, camelbak, picnic basketflashlighthikinmgbootsfirstaidsuppliesgastollsmembershipfees: 200.00 stumping the best geocachers out there: priceless william An arundo donax is a reed, often confused with bamboo which is used in the making of musical instruments. In others words it lets hot air create a lot of noise. Who knew? Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 My name is evergreenhiker! I am definitely a cacheaholic to the third degree! Seems like I hit a box every other day or every day at times. Wonderful game...met a lot of really nice people, but I've gotta slow down somehow! Quote Link to comment
+canadazuuk Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Hi, my name is canadazuuk. I'm a geocacher. I've been a geocacher for 10 months. In a way, obsessions have also been driving me. Mad sometimes. I can be mean when I geocache. But normally, I'm pretty fair. Bad company corrupts they say, and I try to get people into geocaching. I usually cache alone, and sometimes go on extended binges. Caching in the morning is not uncommon. Caching into the wee hours of the night is typical. I am frequently foregoing other simple pleasures in order to cache. I sometimes spend my mortgage money geocaching. Geocaching gives me confidence. After a few geocaches, I feel invincible. Until the caches run out. Or I can't find any. I know that I need help. Fellow geocachers sometimes say I need to take my meds. I have become delusional. I see things in a different light. Sometimes my socks start talking to me like puppets. I often confuse perceptions with reality. When I geocache, I'm looking for a new high. That's why I've taken to geocaching on mountains. Or am I just hiding from my problem? I can see for miles around me, but I've forgotten to look inside. Geocaching consumes me. It's not just a game. It's every waking moment. I incorporate it into my daily routine. I even have to hide geocaches in my car, so they are always at hand. I know I can't change on my own. I need help. That's why I'm here. Please. Quote Link to comment
+Huntnlady Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Hi, my name is Huntnlady. I'm really only here for the coffee and cookies. I don't think I have a problem, you guys all sound so extreme. Is it a problem when every time I log online, it is to geocaching.com? So my hunting web site has been a little neglected, does that constitute an addiction? I never check my other hunting email any more, I'm always checking the one that has 38 new watch list notifications every time I open it. I've been hiding tupperware in the woods and devoting time to a my new geocaching web site... *sniffle* Every time my daughter and I go somewhere, I just happen to have to coordinates to a geocache in the area, and she says, "Why am I not surprised?" That doesn't mean I am an addict, does it? *breaks down sobbing* _______________________________ Why is it called tourist season if you can't shoot them? http://www.geocities.com/cacheinon Quote Link to comment
+Shadow's Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 My name is Rick and I thought this was about Geo Caches. Really I do not find the need to chech out every cach I go buy and I hardly ever go out of my way to find one. I can go at least a day or more before checking my email for new caches in my area. You see I dont have a problem, Its my wife, she thinks that this is adictive. She just dont understand. Is that a new GPS? Does it have a color screen? How much memory does it have? What colors does it come in? Hay Wait a minute. Whats this white coat for? I only wanted to touch it! Just a second! Hospital! Hay check and see if a cache is there. I'll be BAcKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. Rick Quote Link to comment
+cachecrazies Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Please define the following: obsessive compulsive addicted compelled manic fixated According to my definition - just because I continually dream of placing/finding a non-existant object and can reassure myself upon awakening that I do NOT need to follow a non -existant thread during waking hours nor explain the relevency thereof.. I am therefore not addicted, obsessed with nor complelled to explain ANYTHING TO ANYBODY without a GPS in their hand! And if they have a GPS in their hand - I don't need to explain! And no - we're not going to commit ourselves to any CRAZY house or going to any darn meetings either! Besides, we can't agree which one of us is addicted and which one would have to be in the support group. "Geocaching expands your horizons - not your butt!" Quote Link to comment
Hearts_of_CG Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Hi I am Heart~point to caspian ~ Its all his fault he will have to pay for the 12 step program........ i have even addicted the kids.....am I going to burn in hell? Well maybe only id there ia a away-point marked MAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA To cache or not to cache...is there a question? Quote Link to comment
+Caspian of CG Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Hey Heart!!! Don't blame me!!!! I am just the one who..... what a minute the lighting has stopped and there is just enough light for one more today. BRB Quote Link to comment
Hearts_of_CG Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 ~look what he did to me ~ I need a shower I feel dirty ....WAIT.......!is my GPS waterproof????????????????????????? how the heck to I get to my shower anyways there are no coords!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP ME HELP.................................... To cache or not to cache...is there a question? Quote Link to comment
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