Kermode Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Do you know of anyone who is totally addicted to geocaching where all they do is think talk and act it out. I know of people from near where I live and it seems that geocaching rules theri life. It seems like a sickness.\ Id be interested in hearing YOUR stories. Quote Link to comment
+tabulator32 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 We all KNOW someone who is an addict but NONE of us will admit it! Quote Link to comment
Dr123d Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 If I admit I am addicted then I would say I have a problem Just because I think, sleep and talk about geocaching 24/7 doesn't mean I have a problem So I must not be addicted I think or am I Quote Link to comment
+1NatureMom Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Hello, my name is Leslie, and I'm a geocacher. Quote Link to comment
+sawdust Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I am one of the people you are refering to. RISE OCD GEEKS AND BE COUNTED!!!!! Wahaaaaaaahaaaaaa!! Quote Link to comment
+Team Perks Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I can quit anytime I want to. Really. Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 If geocaching is a sickness, then I am happy to be ill all the time. Quote Link to comment
+tabulator32 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 (edited) Hello, my name is Leslie, and I'm a geocacher. (All in Unison): "Hi, Leslie!" Ok if there are no more new attendees for tonight's meeting of Geocacher's Anonymous...let's get started. Edited May 11, 2005 by tabulator32 Quote Link to comment
+5¢ Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Sorry I am late................... Quote Link to comment
+VENTUREMAN7/ "A" TEAM" Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 VENTUREMAN7/ I wouldn't say Geocaching is the BEST thing in the World,...but it sure beats the thing in SECOND place. Quote Link to comment
+Skip_ Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Does setting your alarm at 6AM to get a FTF count as a sickness? If so, someone call the doctor! Quote Link to comment
nobby.nobbs Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 just a quick test to see if you are addicted.....look in a mirror, the person you see is addicted to geocaching! a slightly more serious test.....if you can't go for a drive without spotting several places that would be great spots for a cache. sorry you're addicted. hi my names nobby and i've a problem (well several really) Quote Link to comment
+QDman Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Does setting your alarm at 6AM to get a FTF count as a sickness? If so, someone call the doctor! How 'bout 4AM on a rainy day? I did get my first FTF, though. I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse. Quote Link to comment
+res2100 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I believe I have admitted on national TV that I am addicted to geocaching. However I do believe that many other geocachers that I know are just as addicted or possibly even more than I am. Goecaching is a hobby that we enjoy. It is no different than someone who is a coin collector, a golfer, a hockey player or any other hobby that others enjoy. Geocaching is not a bad thing to be addicted to. I think I would rather say that I enjoy geocaching immensely for a variety of reasons, than to put a label of addiction on me. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 If addicted means having 2 or more caches in your car ready to plant at a moments notice........... I have 5. Quote Link to comment
+Coach Steve Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I'm really adicted to solitude--caching alone just makes that possible. My therapist says I can get my GPS back next week if I promise not to use it to cache . . . He doesn't know that I have two others hidden around the house. My wife just took my truck keys. . .I have extra sets of those, too. I've also gotten pretty good at syphoning the neighbor's gas late at night so I can go find that new silly urban micro at 2:00 AM. But I'm really not adicted. . . . . . Quote Link to comment
+cudlecub Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 So I purchase grocery items based on the container's potential cache use. Does that really mean I'm addicted??? Quote Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 If geocaching is a sickness, then I am happy to be ill all the time. I don't know about geocaching going to your head, but I've noticed your hand stuck to your head for quite a while now. I heard nail polish remover might work to dissolve the glue, be careful and don't get any in your eyes! Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 If geocaching is a sickness, then I am happy to be ill all the time. I don't know about geocaching going to your head, but I've noticed your hand stuck to your head for quite a while now. I heard nail polish remover might work to dissolve the glue, be careful and don't get any in your eyes! All fixed. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 All fixed. Great, now your *knees* are superglued together. That's troublesome on a number of levels, including making it more challenging to pursue your geocaching addiction. I think Carleen would be happier if she could just come unglued. Quote Link to comment
+Yamahammer Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I can quit anytime I want!!! I'm not addicted!!! I'm not!!! Honest!!! Isn't denial the first symptom? Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Hello, my name is "idiosyncratic" and I dream about geocaching every night. Seriously . . . Gotta go . . . there are new caches to find . . . Quote Link to comment
+M&DofKJE Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Does setting your alarm at 6AM to get a FTF count as a sickness? If so, someone call the doctor! Around here you end up losing out. I come home from work sometimes late at night, and there's my wife, at the door, GPS and cache page in hand... and out I go. That's what hooked me to this competition... errr..... hobby. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Does setting your alarm at 6AM to get a FTF count as a sickness? If so, someone call the doctor! How about going out at 12:54 a.m. There is a cacher here who has is nearing/has equaled 100 FTFs!! He found my last two new caches walking out in the backcountry on a moonless night! Quote Link to comment
+JohnnyVegas Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I know a few cachers that have found several thousand caches. Any time Julies says I am hooked on geocaching I just list the cachers we know that have found several thousand caches and point out that I have not even got to number 1,000 so I canot be a geocaching junkie. Quote Link to comment
+ohgrl Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Hi my name is ohgrl...I am a geoholic....and I am sure my enabler will show up soon asking to go caching oh come on you know who you are Quote Link to comment
+Team Benhamtroll Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I've only found 17 caches at this point (in a year. . . ouch), but I would say I'm addicted. I freakin' talk aboutit all the time, and cruise the site and forums everyday. I think my level of obsession has something to do with living in Wyoming, where we still get snow deep into summer, and knowing that there are hundreds of caches nearby that I can't touch until the snow goes away. The frystration builds and all i can think about is getting out there and finding them! Geez. It's like being a teenager again . . . Quote Link to comment
+vree Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I freakin' talk aboutit all the time, and cruise the site and forums everyday. I think my level of obsession has something to do with living in Wyoming, where we still get snow deep into summer, and knowing that there are hundreds of caches nearby that I can't touch until the snow goes away. it's not unique to wyoming. i have the same symptoms over here in michigan. snow doesn't stop me though. my poor, poor coworkers hear stories about caching all the time... ready to go caching, ohgrl? Quote Link to comment
+ohgrl Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 ahhh the enabler! it is all vree's fault! she got me hooked...she is a cache pusher! Pushing caching on poor innocent souls Quote Link to comment
+C&C+COMPANY Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 So I purchase grocery items based on the container's potential cache use. Does that really mean I'm addicted??? I do that also......oh no, Iam a addict Quote Link to comment
+2qwerqE Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I know that this cache was featured in the forums before (last July) but I figure many haven't seen it, and it fits the topic. I didn't find it in July 04. Do Not Find This Cache Quote Link to comment
+1NatureMom Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 I know that this cache was featured in the forums before (last July) but I figure many haven't seen it, and it fits the topic. I didn't find it in July 04. Do Not Find This Cache Pusher! Now that's just taunting us junkies! Thou shall not post hyperlinks to caches during this meeting. The meeting of "Friends of Jeremy I." Quote Link to comment
+ohgrl Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Now that's just taunting us junkies! Thou shall not post hyperlinks to caches during this meeting. The meeting of "Friends of Jeremy I." I know! How cruel can you get...here we are trying to get clean and along comes another enabler... And of course I clicked on it! Quote Link to comment
+Phobos+Demos Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Yes we are both addicted. We plan entier vacations around geocaching. We have both missed obligations because "it is such a nice day and look hun there is a new cach just 25miles north that we could tottaly get!" We both have nearly died on steap sea cliffs, but in all seriousness, this sport has help both of us stay in shape and get outside, not to mention we can keep doing this for the rest of our lives. Quote Link to comment
+1NatureMom Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 , not to mention we can keep doing this for the rest of our lives. "NURSE!" I wanna bet a nickel! Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 So, Kermode, I guess (this) makes you the pusher-man? I am a cache guru and help other enjoy this game. I do cache lessons as well Lessons are $40. Quote Link to comment
+Greymane Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 You know you are addicted to Geocaching when... ... you have the coordinates for you toilet in your GPSr. ... your child has to recite his address in kindergarten and gives the coordinates. ... your dog knows the scent of an ammo can. ... every time you go to Wally World, you buy fifty things that fit in your hand and cost less than $2. ... you watch Fear Factor to get ideas on how to make your caches more challenging. ... you buy Happy Meals with no intention of eating the food. ... you truly believe hunters should stay out of the woods during 'caching season. ... you wonder if Donald Trump is hiding something green and waterproof under that hair. ... you pass container trucks on the highway and envision ammo cans. ... you explode at the PTA meeting because they refuse to recognize geocaching as a vital school function. ... you carry your GPSr more than your cell phone. ... you address your mail 123 Jones Lane, My Town, New York 45º30'N, 76º30'W. ... you get poison ivy rashes more often than you catch a cold. Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 You know you're addicted when you reply to a forum topic started by someone who talks like this. I admit, I'm an addict Quote Link to comment
MagicMeeko Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 You might Geocache too much if You get hooked on the sport, and your car dies on you a month later. Geocaching is kinda hard to do with out wheels. Quote Link to comment
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