View Full Version : Top 10 Signs of a Serious Geocaching Addiction By Torry Stiles



attroll
04-16-2005, 09:11 PM
Top 10 Signs of a
Serious Geocaching Addiction



By Torry Stiles, aka Torry (http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=5a548571-dffa-48c0-b7b5-2364a8986f48)10. You name your youngest child, "Micro."

9. Your boss takes you aside and asks about the smell of DEET when you come back from a long lunch. You lie and claim it's cheap gin.

8. Your significant other calls you to dinner through the forums.

7. The clerk at the Army/Navy surplus store meets you out back with your ammo cans in a plain, brown wrapper.

6. You've ever used a caching buddy as a job reference.

5. There's a picture of the new Magellan on your bedroom ceiling.

4. The clerks at McDonald's are getting suspicious.

3. You tried to claim beef jerky expenses on your taxes.

2. The DEA agents follow you home after another of your massive ZipLoc shopping runs.

1. You call out, "Found it!" in moments of passion.

drbugman
04-18-2005, 06:25 PM
11. You know that "gur" translates into the word "the" on encrypted clues.

pete490
04-19-2005, 11:13 AM
12. The gps never leaves the car! Neither does the box of caching items.

we3beans
04-21-2005, 08:25 AM
13. You start carrying items like foldable shovels and metal detectors in your car when it snows.

Haffy
04-21-2005, 01:32 PM
# 14 You waypoint the car and forget to enter the waypoint to the cache.

brdad
04-21-2005, 07:30 PM
14. All your replies to the "off topic" word assosiation thread are related to geocaching.

Beach Comber
04-21-2005, 08:05 PM
15. You don't care if your effort results in a DNF - you are just excited to be outside and take on the hunt! :eek:

loonylady
05-23-2005, 09:57 AM
thanks for the laughs

Team2hunt
05-23-2005, 06:59 PM
#16 You waypoint EVERYTHING, work, the gas station, the grocery store, your best buddies special meeting place, all just to practice.

WhereRWe?
05-23-2005, 07:04 PM
12. The gps never leaves the car! Neither does the box of caching items.

I don't understand. What's wrong with this??? :confused:

WhereRWe?
05-23-2005, 07:06 PM
# 14 You waypoint the car and forget to enter the waypoint to the cache.

Oh, man!!! I've done this, too! :eek:

Mainiac1957
05-23-2005, 07:20 PM
I don't understand. What's wrong with this??? :confused:
He's always at the ready.

lefty
05-23-2005, 08:09 PM
#6 works for me:) Guess whom I just recomended for a job:cool:

Tink
05-24-2005, 12:18 AM
omg....you mean I'm NOT supposed to travel with geocaching goodies everywhere I go?.....hmmmmm..lol

lefty
05-24-2005, 05:15 AM
#17 your kids yells to you from another table at a yard sale "hey dad they've got some good swag here"

WhereRWe?
05-24-2005, 06:32 AM
#17 your kids yells to you from another table at a yard sale "hey dad they've got some good swag here"

Sheesh! You guys must be following me around! LOL!

(Except it's RULOST2? that yells at me...) :D

robt
08-27-2005, 02:41 PM
12. The gps never leaves the car! Neither does the box of caching items.
hmm, I remove my GPS from the Car......... just long enough to load new caches... :)

and you mean it is not normal to have a box of swag and the stuff to make 3 or 4 caches including ammo cans. log books and all the rest of the stuff in your car ready????? :)
:cool:

WhereRWe?
08-27-2005, 05:44 PM
12. The gps never leaves the car! Neither does the box of caching items.

:o :o :o :o

Yeehawma
08-28-2005, 02:59 PM
18. Your Travel Bugs have the same names as your kids.

Team2hunt
08-28-2005, 05:35 PM
18. Your Travel Bugs have the same names as your kids.
My Navigator has 2 with his name on it. And one of them is NOT from me.

agingelm
08-29-2005, 08:32 AM
:cool: #19 Your spouse suggests a weekend away and you check how many caches are in the area before you agree to go.

drbugman
08-31-2005, 06:03 PM
20. You feel like you're MUCH closer to your destination just after the GPS flips from decimal miles to feet.

WhereRWe?
08-31-2005, 06:16 PM
:cool: #19 Your spouse suggests a weekend away and you check how many caches are in the area before you agree to go.

What's wrong with this? :eek: :eek:

Hiram357
09-18-2005, 12:41 PM
18. Your Travel Bugs have the same names as your kids.18.a. Your kids have the same name as your travel bugs. :)