+fairhair Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Geocaching is addictive. If people tell you, yoy can try it and then stop, don't believe'em. Try it once and your hooked. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Great. Now you tell me. Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment
+PNWWizard Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 No kidding! I've only found 3, and I'm hooked for life!! Quote Link to comment
+Isotelus Maximus Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Who told you that . Not only do GeoCaching for fun but I use GPSrs for work , and have from their industrial conception. Quote Link to comment
+Bevis3 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 You ain't lying about that........ Quote Link to comment
+WeightMan Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Hey now, I can quit anytime I want to. I just don't want to. Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 .oO0(...way too late for that warning...) Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Not really Addictive I've Quit 3 times already (cold-turkey) Quote Link to comment
+Vanish98 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 (edited) Great now the truth comes out. I am stuck on geocaching. I have found three and can't wait until I get to go hunting again (tomorrow!)! This has allowed me to pull out my old GPS and play with it again. Now if I can only talk my fiance into why I have a NEED to upgrade! I am so excited about this, I am trying to get my middle school students involved so that I can justify more time spent on "researching" caches! Edited August 26, 2004 by vanish98 Quote Link to comment
+strikeforce1 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Geocaching is addictive. If people tell you, you can try it and then stop, don't believe'em. Try it once and your hooked. I've already formed a local GA ( GeoCachers Anonymous ) club! We meet 6 -7 x's a week. Our goal is to only cache each time we meet! It seems to be helping. Yeah right ! We now include early am and late at night for FTF's, and various other times night caches as well, if we feel the urge. I now walk around with a highspeed internet hookup plugged into my side, to alert me of New Caches. Anyone is welcome to join! BTW: I have go, there's a new cache just posted. SF1 Quote Link to comment
+Anonymous' Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Geocaching is addictive. If people tell you, you can try it and then stop, don't believe'em. Try it once and your hooked. I've already formed a local GA ( GeoCachers Anonymous ) club! We meet 6 -7 x's a week. Our goal is to only cache each time we meet! It seems to be helping. Yeah right ! We now include early am and late at night for FTF's, and various other times night caches as well, if we feel the urge. I now walk around with a highspeed internet hookup plugged into my side, to alert me of New Caches. Anyone is welcome to join! BTW: I have go, there's a new cache just posted. SF1 Did someone mention my name? Quote Link to comment
+dzdiver Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I wish that someone would have given us this warning earlier. This week we just purchased a new Garmin 76C and the city select software to make finding the parking areas for geocaches easier. Now we are seriously discussing the purchase of a Jeep to make getting to the remote geocaches easier. This might turn out to be a very expensive hobby! Good thing that we can quit anytime we want to! Quote Link to comment
+strikeforce1 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Did someone mention my name? Most certainly , you are the VP , of the club. Congrads .... ps: don't tell .... it suppose to be a secret. Votes aren't "Official" yet! SF1 Quote Link to comment
+strikeforce1 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I wish that someone would have given us this warning earlier. This week we just purchased a new Garmin 76C and the city select software to make finding the parking areas for geocaches easier. Now we are seriously discussing the purchase of a Jeep to make getting to the remote geocaches easier. This might turn out to be a very expensive hobby! Good thing that we can quit anytime we want to! Yeah right! Nobody, said it was cheap. I just went parerless, upgraded two new home towers, two laptops, and another "Garmin" Etrex. I guess the "new transporter" waits till nex year. Da piggy bank needs to fatten up again. Our transporter, doesn't need parking spaces, "we just drop in" . SF1 Quote Link to comment
+Puttz Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Just like me to start something then read the warning label!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Why would someone want to quit? Quote Link to comment
+uno Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 What is driving me to find the next cache site? I go through woods alone, put up with natures best and worst made creatures, get sore feet and muscles, sweat till I dehydrate, and yet I move on to "just one more"....... This is the sport, hobby, or obsession I have always been looking for!! Quote Link to comment
MTCache Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 This is as addictive (to me) as chainmailling. The metal type that knights wore, and that you see and can buy at ren faires, not the annoying stuff you get in your mail box, or e-mail. Quote Link to comment
+papade Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 My gf, a therapist/social worker, has threatened an intervention several times. I figure when she gets serious about it, I'll just send her my coords and she can come find me. Quote Link to comment
Spike440 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I quit for about a year. But it was because of the nasty email of another cacher. Not all the people that do this are of high quality. Quote Link to comment
+geojeeper74 Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I quit for about a year. But it was because of the nasty email of another cacher. Not all the people that do this are of high quality. Sounds like a good story, care to share it? Quote Link to comment
+smullis Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I've already 'converted' 5 people and I've only been caching since March. Three of the five claimed they would hate it...exercise, outdoors, fresh air...all that. I didn't mention the additive characteristics of the sport, should I feel guilty now? BTW...don't let the ignorance of one person keep you from doing something so fun...and good for you too! Quote Link to comment
+Team Snoopy Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I'm already addicted and I haven't even gotten my gps yet! Quote Link to comment
+CapnJackSparrow Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 (edited) Angy, I am pretty green to GeoCaching myself and just bought my first GPSr. If you need advice on what to buy, I found this thread from geocaching.com experienced users to be very informative. Click here: What GPS do you use Edited September 13, 2004 by CapnJackSparrow Quote Link to comment
+woody_k Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Yep it is addicting. I didn't cache for over a year and the blood was still inside me all the time. !!! Quote Link to comment
Spike440 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Not much to tell. I found a new cache. Not hard to find at all. Found it in the dark. A local tried for it and couldn't find it. Then ran down the cache, the place it was located, and the person who placed it in his log. Another few tried for it without success, so I edited my log trying to keep people from being discouraged as it is a nice cache. So I get an email from this other cacher saying how it was just dumb luck when I found it, and I must enjoy running over animals crossing the road. He has since removed his disparaging log from the cache, but I kept the email. Between that and how folks get bashed in the forums, I needed a break. Quote Link to comment
rebapac Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 New cacher, but I already know the addictive qualities of the game. Haven't had any bad experiences, except leaving my GPS at one cache and having to relocate it by dead reconing. I've gone after difficult caches and easy caches with equal enthusiasm. Now, that is the type of addiction I can live with. Just don't stand in front of me when I'm going out searching. Quote Link to comment
+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Addicting? Yep. When I cant cache, I think about caching. I check cache pages almost every day. Every thing I see is evaluated as a potential cache hide. My life has not been the same since my first cache over 2 years ago. Quote Link to comment
+BlackBrownDog Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 (edited) It can't be all bad...through geocaching and eating healthy, I've (Mrs. BBD of the BBD team) lost 30# since I started in late April! Can I be to GC.com what Jared is to Subway? Ha ha! Edited September 13, 2004 by BlackBrownDog Quote Link to comment
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