Hi caughtatwork!caughtatwork wrote:Hello. My name is caughtatwork and I'm an Accumulator
newbie: state of mind or statistical reality?
- noikmeister
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- PesceVerde
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Re: newbie: state of mind or statistical reality?
I'll probably never graduate, but it's fun trying.
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Re: newbie: state of mind or statistical reality?
I probably also fit into that group.caughtatwork wrote:Hello. My name is caughtatwork and I'm an Accumulator
Just between you and me, what is with that FTF group - There NUTS!
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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?
I also enjoy S(finds).
So does this make me a well rounded cacher?
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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.MtnLioness wrote: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.
Anyone want to go caching with me this weekend? Anyone?
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I know this feeling. Maybe we need a self help group. Hi I'm budgietas and I am addicted to cachingwebwitch wrote: 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?
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Who's got GAS?
(Geocaching Addiction Syndrome)
(Geocaching Addiction Syndrome)
- noikmeister
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I thought that was Guitar Acquisition SyndromePapa Bear_Left wrote:Who's got GAS?
(Geocaching Addiction Syndrome)
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Sign me up as s traditional member.Papa Bear_Left wrote:Who's got GAS?
(Geocaching Addiction Syndrome)
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Well I think I tick every box on that list I'm surprised my obsession meter isnt higherchillibutts wrote:
- 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
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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 ...
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I should have made it an acronym, so we could get t-shirts and bumper stickers made up: SHIFLEP's ... no, not cacthy enough ...Cheesy pigs wrote:Well I think I tick every box on that list I'm surprised my obsession meter isnt higherchillibutts wrote:
- 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
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chillibutts wrote:I should have made it an acronym, so we could get t-shirts and bumper stickers made up: SHIFLEP's ... no, not cacthy enough ...Cheesy pigs wrote:Well I think I tick every box on that list I'm surprised my obsession meter isnt higherchillibutts wrote:
- 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
Code: Select all
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
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I almost see "selfish" in those initials too
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Re: newbie: state of mind or statistical reality?
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.