Gravitational Pull Of The Forums

6.5k · February 4, 2004

Ok, so we all know forum regulars represent a small but vocal and sometimes active percentage of the caching community. What I want to know is how many times/hours per day do you find yourself uncontrollably drawn back into the forums. You know you should be out working, or working on it, or something other than reading this. Yet just like an eclipse or a train wreck you can't look away and are reading and replying over and over and over. :blink:

For me it's been about 3-4x/day for maybe 2 hours lately. Work is boring and slow right now.

Edited February 4, 2004 by wimseyguy

February 4, 2004

I haven't posted much in the forums because I'm New Here.

February 4, 2004

i can't say the wife is looking :blink:

9.4k · February 4, 2004

I found 8 caches in the last 3 days, so I must not spend too much time here. :blink:

3.9k · February 4, 2004

Basically when ever i turn on the computer.

1.4k · February 4, 2004

Everytime I have to wait for a program to run.

For x=1 to 100000000

Next X

That should be good for a few posts.....

3k · February 4, 2004

You know I'm at work when I'm posting to the forums. Like right now.

February 4, 2004

I find I'm on here when I need to take a little break.

1.1k · February 4, 2004

Everytime I have to wait for a program to run.

For x=1 to 100000000

Next X

That should be good for a few posts.....

For x=1 to 100000000

If x > 99999900 then Beep

Next X

Just to get your attention. :blink:

Edited February 4, 2004 by Johnnie Stalkers

1.4k · February 4, 2004

For x=1 to 100000000
If x < 1000 then Beep

Next X

Just to get your attention.

Hmmmmm shouldn't be:

For x=100000000 to 1 Step -1

If x = 1000 then Beep

Next X

Otherwise it beeps when it starts, not a warning when it's about to end.

Dang, indenting doesn't work with beans......

Edited February 4, 2004 by GeckoGeek

1.1k · February 4, 2004

Yes, I realized my error after I posted. Slightly edited to be both more timely and annoying. Thanks for the debug. :blink:

24.7k · February 4, 2004

Break 1,

Lunch, (I've already found most of the local caches and there is too much snow for hiking)

Break 2.

Plus in the evening when I should be doing other things like my taxes.

Lately though I find I'm just not interested in responding to all that much.

February 4, 2004

Just can't seem to get away from here lately.. Hitting here 5 - 6 times a day due to lite work load. Of course this Shang Gri La will not last. Gotta love being paid to surf the web.

1.6k · February 4, 2004

Too much snow to get much, if any caching done, and so basically, every time I get on the computer, I check my email, and then this is the first thing I check on my list of forums that I visit. After that, I come back, not always replying, (because I don't always have a correct or witty answer) but I read the forums a LOT...

9.4k · February 4, 2004

Too much snow to get much, if any caching done, and so basically, every time I get on the computer, I check my email, and then this is the first thing I check on my list of forums that I visit. After that, I come back, not always replying, (because I don't always have a correct or witty answer) but I read the forums a LOT...

Too much snow???? No such thing! :blink:

February 4, 2004

Everytime I have to wait for a program to run.

For x=1 to 100000000

Next X

That should be good for a few posts.....

For x=1 to 100000000

If x > 99999900 then Beep

Next X

Just to get your attention.

not good for 2 many posts, should run in about a millisecond on most newer computers.

February 4, 2004

Once a day max, and never at work. Too much other stuff to do.

1.6k · February 4, 2004

Too much snow to get much, if any caching done, and so basically, every time I get on the computer, I check my email, and then this is the first thing I check on my list of forums that I visit. After that, I come back, not always replying, (because I don't always have a correct or witty answer) but I read the forums a LOT...

Too much snow???? No such thing!

*image removed from quote*

Sax, if you call the snow in that picture alot, you've obviously never been to Western Pennsylvania. We are just now melting out of about 2 feet of snow we had from a snow storm a week ago, that keeps melting, but then being snowed on again, and we're supposed to get another 6 inches or even a foot thursday night.

And so all the caches I want to hit are either covered in a foot of snow, or the area is icy.

Out of the closest fourty caches in my area, only 3 have been logged in the last 3 days.

There is such a thing as too much snow...

24.7k · February 5, 2004

Too much snow???? No such thing!

Sax, that's a 'skiff' of snow. Just enough so you know it snowed, but not enough to actually do anything with.

Edited February 5, 2004 by Renegade Knight

February 5, 2004

way more than I should be!

February 5, 2004

every time the computer is on and i'm not making orienteering maps or planning bike/swim workouts or running statistics between me and my competators 4-5+ hours on a weekday and 8+on a weekend that I don't have a race/meet

3.8k · February 5, 2004

About 40 hours a week, I think...is that too much? :blink:

9.4k · February 5, 2004

Too much snow to get much, if any caching done, and so basically, every time I get on the computer, I check my email, and then this is the first thing I check on my list of forums that I visit. After that, I come back, not always replying, (because I don't always have a correct or witty answer) but I read the forums a LOT...

Too much snow???? No such thing!

*image removed from quote*

Sax, if you call the snow in that picture alot, you've obviously never been to Western Pennsylvania. We are just now melting out of about 2 feet of snow we had from a snow storm a week ago, that keeps melting, but then being snowed on again, and we're supposed to get another 6 inches or even a foot thursday night.

And so all the caches I want to hit are either covered in a foot of snow, or the area is icy.

Out of the closest fourty caches in my area, only 3 have been logged in the last 3 days.

There is such a thing as too much snow...

That's as much as it snows out here. I used to live in Colorado, it really snows there. None of this "dusting" stuff. I'd rather go caching in 2 feet of snow than deal with this, but it's all we have.

February 5, 2004

When I'm at home in front of the computer, I usually have at least two windows open to geocaching...stuff. One on the forums, and one on a Yahoo! group for cachers in my area. I check for new posts a lot more often than I'm willing to admit. I used to surf far and wide across the Internet... now I find I stay very close to caching pages and sites.

2.2k · February 5, 2004

When I'm at home in front of the computer, I usually have at least two windows open to geocaching...stuff. One on the forums, and one on a Yahoo! group for cachers in my area. I check for new posts a lot more often than I'm willing to admit. I used to surf far and wide across the Internet... now I find I stay very close to caching pages and sites.

what they said. i have no access at work. i only work weekends, so i spend a lot of time here. snow and cold can do that. :blink:

1.4k · February 5, 2004

not good for 2 many posts, should run in about a millisecond on most newer computers.

Depends on how you run it. QBasic under Win2K on a 1GHz takes about an hour or so.

8.4k · February 5, 2004

I must be past the event horizon. I feel the pull less and less. I spend more time emailing with Mystery Woman than I spend here now. An OT forum would get me here more often, but only if post numbers didn't count in it.

Sn gans

9.4k · February 5, 2004

I must be past the event horizon. I feel the pull less and less. I spend more time emailing with Mystery Woman than I spend here now. An OT forum would get me here more often, but only if post numbers didn't count in it.

Sn gans

Yeah...it's not about the numbers

February 5, 2004

I find that I spend about 1/2 an hour to an hour in the forums per day. I may not post much but there is always plenty to read.

February 11, 2004

I'm at work and should be working but I'm posting to this thread.

Maybe Mopar's right and I should change my name to Forum Ho.

:lol:

February 11, 2004

I'm still at work and should still be working but here I am still posting to this thread.

20.7k · February 11, 2004

Pretty much anytime my computer is on there is a window open to the forums. I'm actually really bad about having many different programs and windows open at a time. Right now for instance, I have three word documents up, two excel spreadsheets, an access database, outlook, and IE windows to the forums, gc.com, Westlaw, and google.

Often, I'll respond to forum issues as I do other things, such as listen to vmail.

4k · February 11, 2004

I only log into the forums once a day....from about 8am to 11pm..... :lol:

February 11, 2004

Still at work, still not working, still posting.

2.3k · February 11, 2004

I only log into the forums once a day....from about 8am to 11pm.....

More like 8AM to 8AM Sparky! :lol:

February 11, 2004

Thinking about setting the Forums as my explorer home page, So everytime I log on the forums will be the 1st thing I see. :lol:

Still at work, still not working, still posting.

Know the feeling! I want to go home so I will feel less guilty...NOT really!

1.8k · February 11, 2004

Thinking about setting the Forums as my explorer home page, So everytime I log on the forums will be the 1st thing I see.

Still at work, still not working, still posting.

Know the feeling! I want to go home so I will feel less guilty...NOT really!

Nah... Because if I go home, the fiirst thing I will do is to see what was new in the time while I was driving.

9.4k · February 11, 2004

Thinking about setting the Forums as my explorer home page, So everytime I log on the forums will be the 1st thing I see.

Still at work, still not working, still posting.

Know the feeling! I want to go home so I will feel less guilty...NOT really!

Nah... Because if I go home, the fiirst thing I will do is to see what was new in the time while I was driving.

Bring your laptop with you. Wireless Internet is on $90 a month

1.8k · February 11, 2004

Thinking about setting the Forums as my explorer home page, So everytime I log on the forums will be the 1st thing I see.

Still at work, still not working, still posting.

Know the feeling! I want to go home so I will feel less guilty...NOT really!

Nah... Because if I go home, the fiirst thing I will do is to see what was new in the time while I was driving.

Bring your laptop with you. Wireless Internet is on $90 a month

Hmm... Posting to the forums at 75mph...

February 11, 2004

Thinking about setting the Forums as my explorer home page, So everytime I log on the forums will be the 1st thing I see.

Still at work, still not working, still posting.

Know the feeling! I want to go home so I will feel less guilty...NOT really!

I don't feel guilty in the slightest.

Getting paid to post in the forum? How cool is that??

1.8k · February 11, 2004

Getting paid to post in the forum? How cool is that??

You still here?

February 11, 2004

Getting paid to post in the forum? How cool is that??

Hey GeoHo,

Just noticed!!! It is your two year Anniversary on GC.com.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! NOW, that is cool!

February 11, 2004

Getting paid to post in the forum? How cool is that??

Hey GeoHo,

Just noticed!!! It is your two year Anniversary on GC.com.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! NOW, that is cool!

Wow! I didn't even realize it was my Geocaching anniversary!

That is so VERY, VERY cool!!!

Thank you for noticing.

Cheesy Cabesa . . . yes, I'm still here and getting paid the big bucks!

Edited February 11, 2004 by Geo Ho

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