Jomarac5 Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 There was recent discussion regarding how many people involved in caching read the forums at this website. The numbers quoted seemed unreasonable, and I thought it might be interesting to see how many people actually read the general forums over the course of a week. For those of you who post on a regular basis, please add something funny about the "person below me" -- but only for a period of one week. Doing so will bump the thread up and near the top of the board so that the majority of visitors to this forum will see it. If you have access to multiple computers, please only answer the poll once, we'll try to keep this as honest as possible. At the end of the week, (around 9:00AM on Friday, September 19th), we request that someone from Groundspeak close the thread. Even if you don't ever post to the forums, please, just this once, participate by selecting an answer to the following question: DO YOU READ THE FORUMS? Link to comment
Jomarac5 Posted September 12, 2003 Author Share Posted September 12, 2003 The person below me: Reads the forums... ***** Link to comment
+Divine Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Sometimes I do indeed. The person below me posts his/her first message in these forums to this thread. - I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory. - Link to comment
THE GUESSTEAMMATES Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Jomarac5:At the end of the week, (around 9:00AM on Friday, September 19th), we request that someone from Groundspeak close the thread. (If it even lasts that long... ) I reason that if we get an honest answer from everyone who reads this thread, we will have 100% 'yes' answers. The question presupposes that you HAVE TO HAVE READ THE FORUMS in order to have even **seen** this so-called poll. Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 As my name implies, I an new to this whole thing, so I read the forums to try and get as much information and advice as I can get. Granted, I've only been on less than a week... The poster that follows me owes me money and STILL hasn't paid me off. I'm calling a collection agency. His name is 'Tony', and he carries a Louisville Slugger... JUST KIDDING! Don't arrest me... --------------------- Don't hurt me. I'm new here. [This message was edited by New England n00b on September 12, 2003 at 02:37 AM.] Link to comment
+NattyBooshka Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 the person below me will vote no... and thus be lying Link to comment
+Pat Patterson Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by NattyBooshka:the person below me will vote no... and thus be lying aww sorry I voted before I read the posts. The person below me is scared of the dark, and only caches during the day. Pat Patterson Garmin 12XL Some have graceland, some have mecca. We have the side of a gravel road in Oregon.... How did we get to be the better off? Link to comment
davwil Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I Never EVER read the forums .... ever! OOps... except for this ONE TIME Oh what the heck, I do read the forums in the morning and have given up my subscription to our national morning newspaper in favour of the (more appropriate) opinions expressed here.. Link to comment
Jomarac5 Posted September 12, 2003 Author Share Posted September 12, 2003 The person above me didn't write anything about the person below them. The person below me will be the same person as the person above me and will write something funny about the person below them. ***** Link to comment
davwil Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 The person above me is awake far... far too early (being in B.C.) and the person below me will already have eaten a frog (being the worst thing that can happen this day.. at least thus far). Link to comment
davwil Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Oh Wait... it's me! DANG! Link to comment
lowracer Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 There are many cachers that do not even have an account on any cache listing service. You'll see their scribblings in the paper logbooks out in the field, but you'll never see them log online or post anything in the forums. These folks are not reading the forums and thus will not be posting a response to this poll. Link to comment
+woodsters Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Call me silly, but isn't this question redundant? I mean you have to have read the forums in order to have read this poll. The person below me agrees... Brian As long as you're going to think anyway, think big. -Donald Trump Link to comment
davwil Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Brian, here's me raising my hand in agreement! [This message was edited by davwil on September 12, 2003 at 04:09 AM.] Link to comment
THE GUESSTEAMMATES Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Is there an echo?? Link to comment
Jomarac5 Posted September 12, 2003 Author Share Posted September 12, 2003 quote: Woodsters wrote:Call me silly, but isn't this question redundant? Only if you don't get the point of it. Unlike the two people above me, the person below me won't forget to say something funny about the person below them. ***** Link to comment
THE GUESSTEAMMATES Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 the person above me likes to fly kites 1 in 6 answers thus far are untruthful but I suppose you could just merge the two choices into one statistic to see how many different IP addresses actually tick a response which will likely be about, oh, let's say, 100? Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 The person two posts above this post is true. This post is false. The person below this post won't get the logical loop I have created by writing this sentence. Link to comment
Zaphod Beeblebrox Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I don't get it, but the person below me seeks geocaching advice from Woodsters. Link to comment
Jomarac5 Posted September 12, 2003 Author Share Posted September 12, 2003 Woodsters knows what he speaks of when it comes to caching. His advice is often very good. The person below me understands that it's not important whether someone answers yes or no to the poll, only that they *do* answer yes or no to the poll. Either way, they confirm that they *read* this forum, thereby giving us an indication of how many people read the forums and an indication of how many post to the forums. If the person below me doesn't get it right now, they will by the time the week is up. The person below me also puts tuna fish sandwiches in caches... Link to comment
+woodsters Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 ....but only with albacore tuna! I get it now, so whatever they answered doesn't matter, just a total score that counts...kind of like geocaching stats, huh? The person below me eats every tuna sandwich I leave in the caches... Brian As long as you're going to think anyway, think big. -Donald Trump Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 While I have been known to read the forums, I do not eat Tuna sandwiches. However the person above me likes to sniff his toe cheese! The person below me must do 5 pushups after posting. --------------------------------------------------- Free your mind and the rest will follow Link to comment
+opey one Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Yes, I read the forums. The push ups are done. Anything else? The person below me is my hero. Yup. That's MY goat! Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by opey one:Yes, I read the forums. The push ups are done. Anything else? The person below me is my hero. http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/48511_5100.JPG Yup. That's MY goat! Thank you!! and the person below me agrees with you. El Diablo Everything you do in life...will impact someone,for better or for worse. http://www.geo-hikingstick.com Link to comment
+Breaktrack Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Yes I agree, the person above me is Opey One's hero.... whatever that means....LOL. The person below me is going to post quickly to beat the deadline.... "Afghanistan was a battle. Iraq was a battle. The war goes on." Link to comment
mckee Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I cannot read, therefore I do not actually read the forums, I only post like a madman. The person posting under me killed Johnny Cash last night. I saw them. I have pictures. -------------------- This space for rent! Ask about our easy layaway plan! Link to comment
+woodsters Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Sorry, it was the tuna.... The person below me, had a "Burning Ring of Fire" love for Johnny. Is their real name "Sue"? Brian As long as you're going to think anyway, think big. -Donald Trump Link to comment
+Kealia Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Sue is precious..... The person below me is scared of my avatar. Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 WE IS SOOO NOT SCARED OF THE AVATAR. We actually likes it..EEeeyesss. The person who started this thread misses the fun threads as much as I do. TPAM Cried when they heard John Ritter died the same day as The Man in Black. ON TOPIC NOW: I would say that only a small percentage of all geocachers keep up with the latest news/crap in the forums on a daily/weekly basis. I would estimate that more than half check them out from time to time. All you have to do is read the bottom of the main forum page and figure that maybe 1/3 more than are actually listed are looking at the forums. I have met people at event caches that are quite familiar with my posts and whom have never posted here. I have also met many more people who have never once clicked on the forums. Back OT: TPBM- Still can't get the picture Ron Peralman actually being a shaved Bigfoot outta their head. (The facts are out there people. There have been far fewer sightings of Bigfoot since Ron Pearlman became a star.) Sngans Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain. Link to comment
+woof n lulu Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 The person above me has some pretty funny stuff to say. And the picture of the person above snoogans kinda grows on ya after awhile. Have been caching about six months, but fairly new to forum - at least adding my 2 cents worth. Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I never read the forums. But, unlike Woodsters, I only post when I have something interesting to say. (not necessarily interesting to the rest of you, but interesting to me) Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Link to comment
+Dagg Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Im confused and my head hurts! The person below me WILL give me an asprin! Link to comment
bug and snake Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 What forum? - There's a FORUM? I am such a boring old fart that there will be NO ONE below me... (unless that person is an even MORE boring windy pop) Only nuts eat squirrels, Snake Link to comment
Jomarac5 Posted September 12, 2003 Author Share Posted September 12, 2003 Three out of the last four people who posted forgot to write something funny about the person below them. The person below me thinks that four out of five cachers floss thier teeth with the lanyard on their GPSr. ***** Link to comment
Zaphod Beeblebrox Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Michael Strahan does. Link to comment
+RomadPilot Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 What other geo-item should you use? The person below me should make the trek to see the plaque marking the original stash Location! Link to comment
+Raggs Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 The person below me wishes to turn this into a virtual cache thread. Link to comment
boreal jeff & sons Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Where is the original cache/stash? And yes I will go there. (someday) The person below me geocaches in the nude. I know, I've seen them. Every hour spent Geocaching is added to the end of your life. Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I've stopped caching nude at rest areas. Too many wierdos following me into the bushes. The person below me will have to follow someone else Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Link to comment
+Kouros Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I never follow anyone else, which is why I'm usually lost. The person below me got conned by a 419 scammer ------ "There's Sparticus. That's him, over there." Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I probably was. I'm still waiting for 8 million to get wired to my account by some Nigerian Bank. Maybe I shouldn't have leased that Ferrari Enzo...huh? TPBM Misses Canadazuuk and his wet blanket even more than I do. Sngans Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain. Link to comment
+sodajerk Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 The person below me got conned by a 419 scammer but I have a Sports Trac Pro and I do not follow nude guys at rest stops Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I only read the forums occassionaly...about 10 or 15 times a day. The forums are a complete waste of time and my time is valuable. I have a solution, though, to reading the forums, and wasting my time. I have simply arranged to be immediately notified by email from Groundspeak each time anyone posts (on any subject). That way I don't waste my time reading the forums all day. Of course I only post to threads that are pertinent, and then only if I have something of value to share with other forum readers. The person below me reads my email. ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** . Link to comment
+Sir Cache-A-Lot Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I do read the forums but I only post in the test forums. Oh and the person below me thinks virtuals are cool! Link to comment
+David Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I think all caches are cool. Traditional, virtual, locationless, micro, webcam, etc. The person below agrees with me that this thread is as useless as a screen door on a submarine. I think I'll go throw an ammo can full of McToys into the bushes in a semi-remote area. Link to comment
bug and snake Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 TPBM really hates acronyms.... Only nuts eat squirrels, Snake Link to comment
Scooby Snacks Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 God dadgum acronyms !! I am new at this and so is the person below me. Link to comment
+CWL Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I'm not as new as the ''Newbie'' above me, but still do have trouble with some of the acronyms.... but if you think I have problems check out the person who posts below me... Been there... Done that... Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 TPBTPAM is too busy planning a trip to California to have any problems like that Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 But TPBM isn't going on the trip Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Link to comment
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