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    nobbynobbs Guest

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    according to "mind" walking in the country is good for the mental health.... not when you associate it with caching by the looks of most cachers i've met!

    though i suppose that i haven't met many depressed cachers, unless they've just logged a dnf.

    so what good has caching done for you?

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    cacherelle Guest

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    Gets me away from the pc
    I get to explore areas I'd probably never have gone to h34r:
    I have tons of FUN! :socool:


    Down side which we should keep quiet from MIND =

    Obsessive nature with tupperware and ammo boxes
    Compulsion to loiter and root around in strange places h34r:
    Depression when I have to go to work and can't go out caching :angry:

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    nobbynobbs Guest

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    gets you away from the computer when? you're always online!!!! :lol:

    does sometimes take you to less than desirable spots though.. portsmouth. i like my 15 year gaps between visits. it reminds me not to go for another 15 years! :angry:

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    Family time:-
    - a teenager that walks and talks, even though he has his MP3 playing.
    - a husband who is not in the garage working on his racer.
    - a son who is not in front of the PS2 or reading a book
    - a mum with a good excuse to ignore the housework

    It is one pastime that we can all enjoy as a family. :wacko:

    What more could you want?
    Who's had the accident!!
    Who called the doctor?

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    cacherelle Guest

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    Originally posted by nobbynobbs@May 14 2007, 07:33 PM
    gets you away from the computer when? you're always online!!!! :lol:

    :P Well I guess between me and you, we could cover a whole 24 hours online!

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    nobbynobbs Guest

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    early shift reporting for duty :lol:

    i suppose i'm not such a good example really am i? :wacko:

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    keehotee Guest

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    hahaha......

    To be honest, one of my reasons for caching is that it gets me away from the family....... :wacko:
    Sometimes I just need some Daddytime.

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    KathyXB Guest

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    Well I have gained some new good mates through caching, mostly thought the fact I bumped into "like minded nutters" (hey, their words not mine!&#33... and of course there has been significant enhancement of the social life in many respects!

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    cacherelle Guest

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    Originally posted by nobbynobbs@May 15 2007, 04:46 AM
    early shift reporting for duty :lol:
    And a whole 12 hours latr, here I am for the hard early evening slog! :P :P

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    nobbynobbs Guest

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    good technique, surround yourself with people madder than you are then you appear to be just that little bit more sane... now who is it that i go around with.... :lol: opcorn:

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    Rebble Guest

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    Originally posted by nobbynobbs@May 14 2007, 06:40 AM
    according to "mind" walking in the country is good for the mental health.... not when you associate it with caching by the looks of most cachers i've met!

    though i suppose that i haven't met many depressed cachers, unless they've just logged a dnf.

    so what good has caching done for you?
    Quick Quick Quick I gotta to post before I get blocked again

    Hey Nobby I don't know about the country walks destressing but I get really p***ed off by the amount of litter, wrecked gates, fences the state of paths etc.

    I swear to god I take a bin liner the next time I go in to the countryside and clean up after these so called wilderness lovers.

    Why only last week I picked two very neatly tied Morrisons shopping bags full of

    1. Margarine tub :wacko:
    2. Bacon packet :unsure:
    3. A full bottle of cooking oil :
    4. A gas bottle
    5. Assorted pop bottles :cheers:
    6. Breadrolls
    7. Assorted rubbish opcorn:

    So I threw them in the back of the car and dropped them off at the nearest bin.

    Bear in mind I found these on a forest fire road in the middle of no where!!

    WHERES THE SENSE???!! :angry:


    P.S. Do you think I should buy an inflatable canoe??

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    Alice Band Guest

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    I cache to escape the madness that is climbing the walls at home.

    If I cache in the countryside it clears the head and de-stresses me in one fell swoop. Also finding a few caches before the school run sets me up for the rest of the day I have met and made great friendships along the way with fellow mad people who also like following a digitally generated arrow on a handheld piece of plastic.

    I'm mostly a lone female cacher because the bloke I live with hates caching and anything associated with it, but when I discovered that I wasn't the only one that experienced this I felt a lot better. And my Oncology doctor thinks its the best idea since sliced bread and now encourages his other patients to take it up.

    I'll drink to that!

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    nobbynobbs Guest

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    inflatable canoes are always very handy!!! :lol:

    i'm too nervous to tell my GP or my oncology doc about caching. they both think i'm barking already, too likely that i'd be taken to a nice soft room in a special jacket that does up at the back :wacko:

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