Geocaching user names

Nosugrefs · Post by **Nosugrefs** » 26 May 06 6:45 am

Pretty simple for ours really - just reverse the letters without the 's' at the end

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 26 May 06 10:54 am

...always wondered about that one. Makes sense now.

shonkylogic · Post by **shonkylogic** » 28 May 06 9:46 pm

Ok, so it's time to fess up. I first went caching with my mate who's nickname was Shonkylogic, based on the fact that he's a bit of a geek and his surname sounds like Shonky. But I owned the GPS, so I continued using the name, so when he eventually bought his GPS he had to register a new name... i, dax. He's never really forgiven me for stealing his name!

Detourism · Post by **Detourism** » 29 May 06 8:04 am

Detourism is a combination of 2 words:

Detour because long before I started caching I had this obsession with taking the "back way home". The most direct route was always too boring.

Tourism because caching gets us out and about and travelling.

I liked the combined word because it has a medical condition sound to it -

"I'm sorry to inform you that you are suffering from Detourism...no cure has been found yet but it can be managed through a strict program of geocaching"

It also has an anti-tourism meaning, as caching (usually) takes us to amazing places no tourist would ever find on their own.

Cheesy pigs · Post by **Cheesy pigs** » 29 May 06 10:31 am

shonkylogic wrote:Ok, so it's time to fess up. I first went caching with my mate who's nickname was Shonkylogic, based on the fact that he's a bit of a geek and his surname sounds like Shonky. But I owned the GPS, so I continued using the name, so when he eventually bought his GPS he had to register a new name... i, dax. He's never really forgiven me for stealing his name!

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So is that identity fraud?

Udderchaos · Post by **Udderchaos** » 29 May 06 5:10 pm

more like identity theft

i see dax got to the msn login first though

NeoGeo · Post by **NeoGeo** » 29 May 06 5:39 pm

I wanted to include Geo in my name. And the gaming console neoGeo came in to mind

Facitman · Post by **Facitman** » 29 May 06 10:00 pm

Facitman is a promotional figure for the adding machine company Facit (pronounced far-sit) used from the 1950s to 1970s. I picked up a 4" tall plastic one at a computer show back in the early 80's and he travelled around on my car dashboard for a number of years. He happened to be sitting next to the computer when I was trying to think of a username for geocaching!

He likes to count so is perfect for this game, which of course is not about the numbers

suedenharr · Post by **suedenharr** » 29 May 06 11:20 pm

We are a family of three Susan (Sue), Dennis (Den) and Harrison (Harr); hence our caching name. The picture looks nothing like Den; he does not have green skin

Shifter Brains · Post by **Shifter Brains** » 31 May 06 3:14 pm

Our name started from a family trivia comp team. When we did our first cache we didn't have a name so used the trivia team name.
<p>Swap the f and t in shifter, and you will hopefully understand.

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