+Renyoldman Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Over the months I have become increasingly curious as to the composition of the Geocaching population. So if you wouldn't mind answering which age range you fit in and leave a note of whether you are M or F that would help to see how diverse this great game is. I searched the threads but haven't found anything on this. CAche on "Democracy is the belief that 20,000 lemmings can't all be wrong." Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Wow! All geocachers are between 18-30YOA! Ok ok...so there's only one vote cast. Pfffft. Brian Team A.I. Link to comment
+Renyoldman Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 23 M here "Democracy is the belief that 20,000 lemmings can't all be wrong." Link to comment
+Renyoldman Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 Do you people do anything at work? I just posted this 3o seconds ago and there are already 7 views. Sheesh I want your jobs then again I am at work too "Democracy is the belief that 20,000 lemmings can't all be wrong." Link to comment
+woodsters Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 What about those of us with multiple people on our teams? For instance, my son(12) and I (34)normally do the caches, but then my wife (34) and daughter (almost 2) go sometimes as well. Brian As long as you're going to think anyway, think big. -Donald Trump Link to comment
+Renyoldman Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 I figure if you have the time just vote for each of them? Seems like that would work. "Democracy is the belief that 20,000 lemmings can't all be wrong." Link to comment
+woodsters Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 You only get one vote....so you are missing an under 18 and 2 (31-40's). Brian As long as you're going to think anyway, think big. -Donald Trump Link to comment
+SylvrStorm Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Male - at least the last time I checked. Hang on a sec. Yep, male. 36. 31-40 is leading; what's the prize if we win? *** Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and they laugh at you. *** Link to comment
+BASSETSLAVE Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Must be a young whipper snapper that set up this poll. Ever heard of age discrimination. I don't need someone to carry me to the cache site I need two someone's. No respect from the youth of today. BASSETSLAVE ----------- If you have the nose of a basset there is no cache that you can not find and you are never lost. Link to comment
pdumas Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 I didn't vote because I'm 56 and I don't need someone to carry me because I am too old. (I run marathons) how about you. Link to comment
+Gaddiel Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 1 Male and 2 Female, ages 36, 30, and 2 Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Yes to both questions on Age and Sex. Link to comment
+Cap'n Cache Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 17 M here. Although I'm young, I do need someone to carry me around from cache to cache. Just ain't got it in me to walk. Link to comment
+Renyoldman Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 Wow people get offended easily it is all in good fun. Plus how many times has it been alluded to that I don't know what I am talking about because I am somewhat of a youngin If I only got a dime for everytime that happened then maybe I wouldn't have to work and just cache all day. Props to those with a sense of humor though "Democracy is the belief that 20,000 lemmings can't all be wrong." Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 The average geocacher is a married male, 37.3 years old with 1.2 children and is employeed in the IT field. This comes from a exhaustive study I did about a year ago where I wrote down a bunch of numbers and stats on a piece of paper and circled the ones that I thought looked about right. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Link to comment
+The Gowen Family Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Our family is 1 M 30 and 3 F 25, 3 1/2 and 10 months. I liked this poll, was wondering the same thing myself as to who was out GeoCaching. Link to comment
+junglehair Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Female in the 30s category here. I suspect that the results will not show a true ration of male to female cachers though. Just a guess, but there doesn't seem to be very many women that visit the forums. What do others think? -Junglehair I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken. Link to comment
+pnew Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 just turned 20 last week, male. I have a feeling I'm one of the youngest active geocachers in the Houston area (who caches alone) The Department of Redundancy Department A geocache a day keeps the debtors away (cause your never home to take the call...) Link to comment
+SylvrStorm Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:The average geocacher is a married male, 37.3 years old with 1.2 children and is employeed in the IT field. Okay, I'm a married male, less than a year to go to hit 37.3 years old, and am employed in IT. I guess to really achieve average though I'm gonna have to sell off 1.8 kids. Any takers? *** Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and they laugh at you. *** Link to comment
+Gonna Find It Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 23, female here. But my dog is a boy, and he's two - does that count? And then there's my mom, who probably won't go by herself but can't wait to go on a hunt with me, so what about her? ------------------------------------------------ "Is it peas?" - Ellen Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 57/M/5-10/170lbs/ride a bicycle to most caches. Link to comment
+Perrin Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 I'm 25 and male. Faile (who usually doesn't post in the forums) is 21 and female. Signature? I don't need no stinkin signature!!!! Link to comment
dsandbro Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 what if you're too old to have sex? =========================================================== "The time has come" the Walrus said "to speak of many things; of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and Kings". Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 OK, how did I get into this chatroom and why are you all comming on to each other? ---Real men cache in shorts. Link to comment
+Bill D (wwh) Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 51+ male. But this poll doesn't give the composition of the geocaching population, it gives the composition of those amongst the geocaching population who read the forums and choose to vote in forum polls. Which may or may not be the same thing. Bill ------------------------------- "Ah, take the Cache and let the Credit go..." The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, trans. Edward Fitzgerald [This message was edited by Bill D (wwh) on July 10, 2003 at 01:36 PM.] Link to comment
Nascat Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Male, 53 years old, (51+ or I need someone to carry me because I am too old) I resemble that remark! "Deep in the Heart of Jersey" Link to comment
Jeremy Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Not sure why 18 year olds are in the same category as 30 year olds. Usually it is 18-24 in a poll. There was a more formal poll in the past. The median age for a geocacher was 38. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Link to comment
+Rooster- Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 M-55 I just entered the golden age. You know why they call it the golden age????? Because you pee all over yourself..... Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 quote: There was a more formal poll in the past. The median age for a geocacher was 38. Wow, I was really close! "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Link to comment
+Cat'N'Geo Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Male 40, Female 31. But if you ever mention this poll, tell her I said 25. PS I'm IT, sorta, and she's accounting. They say this universe is bound to blow, I say we crank up the Calypso Control! ~Jimmy Buffett ~Someday I Will~ Link to comment
+geopug Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 I'm 43/M and my kids 13/F and 16/M. Of course there is my daughter's pug (the geopug himself) that's usually with us 9 months/M. Link to comment
Team VaxCave Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 25/m other team members... 25/f and 33/m ::+::=::+::=::+::=::+::=::+::=::+::=::+::=::+::=::+::=::+::=::+::=::+:: Searching through the cave. Team VaxCave. Link to comment
+Pokey Puppies Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Im over 50, 55 to be correct, and I dont need anyone to carry me! I have my 4 wheeler for that LOL Pokey Puppy Link to comment
+rusty_da_dog Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 M-34 and F-31 here, when my stepson goes with us, he is 6. RW Da Man!!! CHS#1 Link to comment
+RainDog Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Ages 45 and 50. Sex is whenever one of us can get the wrinkles out of it. Don't you know there ain't no Devil, that's just God when he's drunk. Link to comment
+Spzzmoose Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 39 male and 18...err...36 female. Link to comment
+Mickey225 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Female and 30 Mickey225...converting people to geocaching one GPS at a time! Link to comment
CacheMonkeez Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 I usually cache with my family (Team Hammack) so I averaged: age 19.2 gender 80% male, 20% female (yea, we got her outnumbered 4-1!) Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:The average geocacher is a married male, 37.3 years old with 1.2 children and is employeed in the IT field. He is also 190-240 lbs, likes beer, and has a beard. If he's married, his wife likes to scrapbook. I'm 8 years, 0.2 children, and a beard short of average. Well the mountain was so beautiful that this guy built a mall and a pizza shack Yeah he built an ugly city because he wanted the mountain to love him back -- Dar Williams Link to comment
+SylvrStorm Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Dinoprophet:He is also 190-240 lbs, likes beer, and has a beard. If he's married, his wife likes to scrapbook. Sure, now you're upping the requirements for average. Now I'm gonna have to gain back the weight I lost from geocaching, develop a taste for beer, and grow a beard! Nah. Guess I'll just settle for being "almost average". But my wife does scrapbook. A lot. *** Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and they laugh at you. *** Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by SylvrStorm:But my wife does scrapbook. A lot. That's one more. I haven't figured out the correlation, but I've found it to be suprisingly common. Well the mountain was so beautiful that this guy built a mall and a pizza shack Yeah he built an ugly city because he wanted the mountain to love him back -- Dar Williams Link to comment
+carleenp Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by SylvrStorm:But my wife does scrapbook. A lot. That's one more. I haven't figured out the correlation, but I've found it to be suprisingly common. Hmmm... do women cachers tend to scrapbook? I don't. Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 67 M and doing quite wellAssociates vary from 6 to 70 ~~~ Mzee ~~~ "And now where" Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by carleenp:Hmmm... do women cachers tend to scrapbook? I don't. I've met a few, but more often it's the non-caching wives of cachers. Ending my threadjack now. Creating my own thread. Well the mountain was so beautiful that this guy built a mall and a pizza shack Yeah he built an ugly city because he wanted the mountain to love him back -- Dar Williams [This message was edited by Dinoprophet on July 11, 2003 at 12:06 PM.] Link to comment
+Gaddiel Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:The average geocacher is a married male, 37.3 years old with 1.2 children and is employeed in the IT field. Hey, that sums us up almost perfectly! Link to comment
+Wienerdog Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 I am 12. My husband is 10 years older. That must make him 22? We have 2 grandchildren now. Link to comment
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