+the hermit crabs Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 My first thought when I walked past this in a schoolyard on my way to a cache yesterday wasn't "Oh, it's a four-square court", but rather, "Hey, they painted a giant Geocaching logo on the ground!" Quote Link to comment
+Joypa Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Take a deep breath. Relax. Quote Link to comment
+planetrobert Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 that rocks Quote Link to comment
+CompuCash Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 well I'd like to add - when everything you see looks like a good cache container! Quote Link to comment
+team walkingsticks Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Or when you are walking into work but in your mind you are walking through the woods. Quote Link to comment
+SixTen Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Or when you know the coordinates to your desk at work...and to the bathrooms....and the cafeteria/lunch room... Quote Link to comment
koz Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 well I'd like to add - when everything you see looks like a good cache container! did this today...guy in the elevator had his lunch in a tuperware container and i turned to my friend and said "that would make a good cache container!" Quote Link to comment
+Robespierre Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 How can you ever geocache too much? Oh, yea, if you miss church...and you're the preacher! (no, I haven't done that ....yet.) Quote Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 When you take some chicken out of the freezer to thaw and think to yourself, "what a terrible misuse of a really good Ziploc baggie." Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I was looking at the Microsoft Windows logo the other day thinking, "Hmmm, if you rotated it along its Northeast to Southwest diagonal axis, that would look just like . . . " Quote Link to comment
+AK-hide-n-seeker Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 When you purchase candy you don't eat, just for the container. When you don't own a single pair of socks that aren't permanently stained from your hiking boots. When you head out for a long hike and you be sure to grab your GPS, flashlight, gun, TP, cache papers, Pen, trade item, spare batteries, travelbug....but you forget water and insect repellant. When you know the exact minute, no matter what time of year, that it is too dark to be caching in the forest. When you take the family out for a hike and you have to pretend to act surprised when a nearby cache shows up on your GPS. When your spend more in fuel for your car than you do on food. When you've ever thought of caching during sex. Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 How can you ever geocache too much? Oh, yea, if you miss church...and you're the preacher! (no, I haven't done that ....yet.) I made it...I just had a hard time explaining why I was sweaty and my clothes were all dirty. Bret Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 well I'd like to add - when everything you see looks like a good cache container! did this today...guy in the elevator had his lunch in a tuperware container and i turned to my friend and said "that would make a good cache container!" I now have someone at work who brings me all of his empty altoids type containers. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 When you've ever thought of caching during sex. I'd shoot myself if that ever happened. Quote Link to comment
+The Puzzler Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 When you know the exact minute, no matter what time of year, that it is too dark to be caching in the forest. When you take the family out for a hike and you have to pretend to act surprised when a nearby cache shows up on your GPS. What are you talking about? Night time is what headlamps are for. As for family, they all know that if the GPS is along, I'm hunting caches. Why else would you have have a GPS? Therefore, the secret is to bring it along and keep the GPS where it can get a signal and I can look at it without them seeing. Does anyone know of a Geocacher's annonymous organization? They say when you start hiding it from the family, that is the first sign of a serious problem. Quote Link to comment
kayaker22589 Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 It gets bad when you have your gps out during class, while the teacher is talking, putting in coord to see how far away you are form the guessed waypoint. Quote Link to comment
+Fireman78 Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 When you take the entire engine crew out for "excersice" , to get the newest cache when your on duty! Quote Link to comment
+Two & the Zoo Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Also when you sneak an empty altoids container out of the trash when no one is looking because it would be a good cache container.... Or keep the little plastic container of silica gel that came in a bottle of Motrin because just maybe it would keep a micro from getting damp inside...Or when you hold up a line of angry shoppers at Wal-mart because you noticed that the cashier is wearing a Geocaching.com lanyard around her neck and you just have to find out who she is....Or while traveling you stop at a gas station and are taking the dog for a potty break and you are standing beside a street light and casually reach over to search it...and then realize that you aren't actually geocaching but JUST taking the dog for a potty break. Guilty on all counts. Two & the Zoo Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I'll give you five bucks to go paint the rest of the GC logo in them squares you found. Quote Link to comment
+Awsome Ev Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I've only been at this alittle over a year and I think that all tupperware or any container would make a good container. I've resulted to keychains too. Even the little kids toys of the alphabe and numbers. I think out loud there is a cache waiting to happen. or driving down the road. "yellow jeep". or I look up there is a cell ohone tower but it looks like one. or I see a civial defence siren out in the middle of nowhere. or i'm walkin throught the woods. hmmmm. there would be a great place for a cache. Quote Link to comment
mortonfox Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 When you know the exact minute, no matter what time of year, that it is too dark to be caching in the forest. It's never too dark to be caching. The problem is the park hours and enforcement of said hours by rangers and police. Quote Link to comment
+The Geocache Hunter Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 I sometimes annoy myself when I am out looking for caches and no longer see wonderful sights but potential hiding places for future caches. Quote Link to comment
+Anonymous' Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 I've been hit with the, "Hey, I would hide a cache there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there snd there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and maybe even there" syndrome. Quote Link to comment
+The Puzzler Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 I think that all tupperware or any container would make a good container. I make a point to go out of my way to check out the plastic storage container isles in any and every store I go into in case I find a niffty cache container. Living on a coastal rainforest region, frankly, tupperware sucks, it just isn't water tight enough (with grit dirt and careless cachers) to be a reliable cache container. Here, I hunt for lock-n-lock containers on sale, or big wide-mouth screw top bottles, or ammo boxes, or other more robustly water tight containers. Quote Link to comment
+Beta Test Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Wish I could take credit for this one! Quote Link to comment
Agent N. Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 COOL! ware was that? Quote Link to comment
+Geologygirl Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 when you have more dead batteries than good one on the floor of your back seat..... when you have several toys on your dashboard, just waiting for the TB tags to come in the mail..... when you are thinking about buying a storage container so that you can have multiple cans of spray paint available for customizing cache containers...... when you ask noncaching family members to save all sorts of containers that could be cache containers....... when you can give the requirements for more than 5 locationless caches....... Quote Link to comment
+Lone Duck Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 When you give the coordinates to someone who's asking for directions. Quote Link to comment
+smullis Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 When your brother tells his friends that your hobby is "hunting old tupperware in the woods"! I tried to explain that it's not always tupperware, but they just don't get it. When you get caught calling in for that important conference call from the trail...then get an email from the CIO asking you to explain what Geocaching is...still not sure if I'm in trouble for that one or not?? I guess when it starts affecting your professional life, that's when people start calling it an addiction...like you could stop...it's a disease, I tell you! Quote Link to comment
+Charles Street Gang Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 when you are thinking about buying a storage container so that you can have multiple cans of spray paint available for customizing cache containers...... Done that. Quote Link to comment
+Beta Test Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 COOL! ware was that? Someone I think it was TheCheeseheads photoshoped it. Quote Link to comment
teamh3 Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 when you write a post on here and check back every five min to see if anyone has written anything else. when even if you know a persons real name you constantly refer to then by there geocaching handle Quote Link to comment
+Beta Test Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 when you write a post on here and check back every five min to see if anyone has written anything else. when even if you know a persons real name you constantly refer to then by there geocaching handle Was that directed at me? Quote Link to comment
+Beta Test Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 When you spell "cash" "cache"! Quote Link to comment
+necron Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 when you have http://rtr.ca/geo bookmarked on your phone so you can check "just because you are curious" Quote Link to comment
+Firehouse16 Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 When you stop at every guardrail or light post just because "There has to be a cache hidden there!" Quote Link to comment
+RainbowCache Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 I'll give you five bucks to go paint the rest of the GC logo in them squares you found. And I will buy ya the Black Paint! (I remember playing 4-SQUARE) Quote Link to comment
+Night Stalker Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 When you have more CACHE than CASH???? Quote Link to comment
+the hermit crabs Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 I'll give you five bucks to go paint the rest of the GC logo in them squares you found. And I will buy ya the Black Paint! (I remember playing 4-SQUARE) The thought did cross my mind as soon as I saw it, but I'm too much of a wimp. Maybe if it hadn't been school property... Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 I've been hit with the, "Hey, I would hide a cache there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there snd there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and maybe even there" syndrome. Oh, no... Even worse is when you're driving around with someone telling them "see that pole, there's a cache there" or "Check out that sign, there's a cache there" or "Down that road is *enter cache name here*" We were driving through a part of the county my mother's never been to and I suddenly realized that not only did I know where we were, I was one street over from another cacher's house (and one of the caches on my favorite's list)... "Hey, Dog Gone it is down that street!" "I take it you've been down here before?" "OOh.. There's a cache over there, too... see that tree?" Quote Link to comment
+Team Tigger International Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 I've been hit with the, "Hey, I would hide a cache there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there snd there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and maybe even there" syndrome. Oh, no... Even worse is when you're driving around with someone telling them "see that pole, there's a cache there" or "Check out that sign, there's a cache there" or "Down that road is *enter cache name here*" We were driving through a part of the county my mother's never been to and I suddenly realized that not only did I know where we were, I was one street over from another cacher's house (and one of the caches on my favorite's list)... "Hey, Dog Gone it is down that street!" "I take it you've been down here before?" "OOh.. There's a cache over there, too... see that tree?" Been There Done that ... like all the time and futher more .. oh look theres a Yellow Jeep , how bout that unusual mailbox, ... I think I find more yellow jeeps driving down the road these days then I ever would have noticed before . Same with the mailboxes etc... for those that have done the Locationless cache's Quote Link to comment
+planetrobert Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 I'll give you five bucks to go paint the rest of the GC logo in them squares you found. as cool an idea as that sounds it might be bad publicity for the sport. Quote Link to comment
+superpowerdave Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 We are all bad. My wife and I can't drive down the street without seeing all the spots we'd hide one or all the spots we'd found one. Our family and friends think we're crazy because we don't go anywhere without the cache-bag. Most people prepare to leave the house checking for certain things; car keys, wallet, etc. We prepare to leave the house a little different; GPSr, compass, topo map, cell phone, etc. We actually went down to the local USGS and bought a map of our area and mounted it on a backerboard and hung it in the hall outside the study; now whenever we find a cache we place a red pin in its location ... benchmarks are done in blue. Quote Link to comment
Agent N. Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 We actually went down to the local USGS and bought a map of our area and mounted it on a backerboard and hung it in the hall outside the study; now whenever we find a cache we place a red pin in its location ... benchmarks are done in blue cool idea! I might have to try that Quote Link to comment
+MickEMT Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 When you have a Sam's club membership so you ca buy batteries by the case! Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 I'll give you five bucks to go paint the rest of the GC logo in them squares you found. I was already going to offer $5 so we're up to $10 now. Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 When you stop at every guardrail or light post just because "There has to be a cache hidden there!" Sunday I called JoGPS on his cell phone to ask him if there were any micros in Bicentennial park because I was there just because and was trying to resist the urge to go and lift every light pole cover. I think my mother laughed at me for a good five minutes when I did that. And then he said there weren't any like that and I still had to resist the urge to check. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 I've been hit with the, "Hey, I would hide a cache there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there snd there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and there and maybe even there" syndrome. Yeah,and the problem is that I do. Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 When you have to ask yourself if you're caching too much. Quote Link to comment
+Ed Rad Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 When every vacation you have taken over the last year and a half has been a "caching trip". Yep.... going away again this weekend ! Quote Link to comment
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