newbie: state of mind or statistical reality?

[noikmeister]

Hello. My name is caughtatwork and I'm an Accumulator

Hi caughtatwork!

[PesceVerde]

I'll probably never graduate, but it's fun trying.

[Laighside Legends]

Hello. My name is caughtatwork and I'm an Accumulator

I probably also fit into that group.

Just between you and me, what is with that FTF group - There NUTS!

[ian-and-penny]

Hi, I'm Ian & I'm a seriously addicted A.H.L.E cacher with a bit of F. & P. when the mood strikes.

I also enjoy S(finds).

So does this make me a well rounded cacher?

[webwitch]

Geee....tough one!

My self included, I kinda categorized Newbies as under 500 finds.
I mean, really.... by about 500 ish finds you really start either being defined as obsessed and insane by friends or you drop it before that.
You also should have, by 500ish, seen most styles and ideas and got the "eye" for it.
But hey... that's just my opinion and largely based on myself and my own recruits.

Hey, MtnLioness dear, I have just past 100 and I already have my friends and family glazing over when I even LOOK as if I might be going to talk about my caching activities. My sister (6 finds in 6 months) won't answer my emails suggesting a caching date and my workmates no longer ask what I did last weekend. Obsession bites early and bites hard for some.

Anyone want to go caching with me this weekend? Anyone?

[budgietas]

I have just past 100 and I already have my friends and family glazing over when I even LOOK as if I might be going to talk about my caching activities. My sister (6 finds in 6 months) won't answer my emails suggesting a caching date and my workmates no longer ask what I did last weekend. Obsession bites early and bites hard for some.

Anyone want to go caching with me this weekend? Anyone?

I know this feeling. Maybe we need a self help group. Hi I'm budgietas and I am addicted to caching

[Papa Bear_Left]

Who's got GAS?


(Geocaching Addiction Syndrome)

[noikmeister]

Who's got GAS?


(Geocaching Addiction Syndrome)

I thought that was Guitar Acquisition Syndrome

[webwitch]

Who's got GAS?


(Geocaching Addiction Syndrome)

Sign me up as s traditional member.

[Cheesy pigs]

• The Accumulators - who chase the numbers
  The FTF'ers - race to be first
  The Puzzlers - who only do puzzles
  The Hiders - who get more joy from hiding than finder
  The Sneaky hiders
  The Location seekers
  The Event groupies

Well I think I tick every box on that list I'm surprised my obsession meter isnt higher

[webwitch]

I am ashamed to say that I did the quiz on GC2ATAA, Poison Cache, and scored 75 ... And then still went and found the cache. OBSESSED? Not me ...

[chillibutts]

• The Accumulators - who chase the numbers
  The FTF'ers - race to be first
  The Puzzlers - who only do puzzles
  The Hiders - who get more joy from hiding than finder
  The Sneaky hiders
  The Location seekers
  The Event groupies

Well I think I tick every box on that list I'm surprised my obsession meter isnt higher

I should have made it an acronym, so we could get t-shirts and bumper stickers made up: SHIFLEP's ... no, not cacthy enough ...

[caughtatwork]

• The Accumulators - who chase the numbers
  The FTF'ers - race to be first
  The Puzzlers - who only do puzzles
  The Hiders - who get more joy from hiding than finder
  The Sneaky hiders
  The Location seekers
  The Event groupies

Well I think I tick every box on that list I'm surprised my obsession meter isnt higher

I should have made it an acronym, so we could get t-shirts and bumper stickers made up: SHIFLEP's ... no, not cacthy enough ...

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Flesh Pi
Shelf Pi
Elf Phis
Elf Ship
Elf Hips
Pelf His
Pelfs Hi
Self Phi
Self Hip
He Flips
Eh Flips
Help Ifs
Shlep If
Helps If
Hes Flip
She Flip

[Cheesy pigs]

I almost see "selfish" in those initials too

[ruzzelz]

As C@W said it is a state of mind. I feel like a newbie every time I cannot find a 1.5/1.5 or take 30 min to find a standard cache type I've already seen many times before.