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9-30-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: @GeocacheGeek Do you trailblaze thru thick and thin or look for easy trails to get to ground zero?
63 replies: 27 - Trailblaze, then find the trail on the way out, 24 - Stay on the trails, 12 - A little of both.
9-29-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: @ncaalim wants to know, what is your favorite snack food to take Geocaching?
145 replies: 26 - Water, 22  - Trail mix, 15 - Chips/pretzels, 14 - Candy, 12 - Fruit, 8 - Beef jerky, 7 - Protein bars, 7 - Sunflower seeds, 7 - Peanuts, 7- Cheese, 6 - Granola bars, 5 - Sandwiches, 2 - Coffee, 1 - Cake, 1 - Whatever others bring, 1 - Something simple, 3 - None.
9-28-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: Have you visited the GPS Adventures Maze?  Where? http://www.gpsmaze.com/
80 replies: 23 - Yes, 57 - No
12 - WA, 5 - CT, 6 - IA 2 - NY
9-25-09

#Geocaching Question of the Day: @KingOfTheLair wants to know, what software you use to manage your multiple electronic devices?

63 replies: 41 - GSAK, 8 - iPhone App, 5 - MapSource, 5 - Cachemate, 4 - Cache Register, 2 - Pocket Queries, 2 - GPSBabel, 1 - Linux, 1 - Blackstar, 1 - Geomate Jr., 1 - Viking, 1 - Go To Tool, 1 - nroute, 1 - GPS Sonar, 1 - Windows, 1 - CacheBerry, 1 - Topo8, 1 - PowerNotes, 2 - None
9-24-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: What are the electronic devices you use to #geocache?
85 replies: 108 - GPSr, 14 - Cellphone, 50 - Smartphone, 20 - Computer, 20 - Camera, 11 - iPod, 13 - PDA, 5 - Light, 4 - Radio, 6 - Misc. Items
9-23-09  #Geocaching Question of the Day: How many electronic devices you use to #geocache?
165 replies: Average = 2.67, Mode = 2
Sorry, I lost the actual numbers, but these results are accurate.
9-22-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: Have you discovered an “unconventional” travel bug? (i.e. car sticker, t-shirt, patch, etc)
55 replies: 46 - Yes, 9 - No
9-21-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: @WitzEnd wants to know, have you ever taken a day off work just to go geocaching?
64 replies: 29 - Yes, 21 - No, 4 - I'm retired or don't have a job.
9-18-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: @xpunkx wants to know, do you get the travelbugs or geocoins moving within 14 days after grabbing it?
44 replies: 29 - Yes, I try, 11 - Not often enough, 4 - I don't do travelers.
9-17-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: @tnmad1 wants to know, how far is the nearest cache to your home coords? And did you place it?
75 replies: 40 - Did Not place, 35 - Did place.
Average = 250 ft, Mode=105 ft
303', 275', 1.5mi, 70',0.8mi, 175', 0.1mi, 0.25mi, 0.2mi, 282', 0.14mi, 1.8mi, 100', 0.2mi, 0.5mi, 263', 357', 0.15mi, 0.2mi, 0.4mi, 528', 50', 300', 0.6mi, 0.4mi, 0.2mi, 0.4mi, 100', 528', 1.4mi, 0.2mi, 0.2mi, 0.6mi, 0.3 mi, 0.5mi, 528', 250',  0.5mi, 0.3mi, 150', 0.5mi, 425', 0.4mi, 100', 300', 0.5mi, 0.5mi, 0.5mi, 1mi, 0.3mi, 0.4mi, 0.2mi, 200', 475', 20', 275', 0.25mi, 200', 0.25mi, 0.5mi, 1.2mi, 0.3mi,  0.3mi, 50', 0.2mi, 400', 0.5mi, 0.7mi, 1.2mi, 0.2mi, 0.7mi, 0', 0.2mi, 0.2mi, 0.4mi, 0.3mi, 300', 100' 650'
9-16-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: Have you read a book about geocaching?
56 replies: 18 - Yes, 38 - No.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching
Geocaching for Dummies
Open Your Heart with Geocaching
Joy Of Geocaching
Abomination
A Walk in the Woods
Local Treasures: Geocaching across America
9-15-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: @trgrant Have you ever used another form of proof that you visited a cache beside signing a log?
53 replies: 28 - Photo, 10 - No, 3 - Owners permission, 2- Retrieving a travel bug, 1 - Where's George dollar, 2 - Punches, 3 - Grass/Mud/Blood smudge, 1 - Track log, 1 - Notches in the logsheet, 1 - Signed piece of driftwood, 1 - Signed what was left of the cache.
9-14-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: Have you bought an item just to use the container for a geocache?
47 replies: 30 - Yes, 17 - No.
9-11-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: Do you currently have more than one geocaching.com account?
68 replies: 15 - Yes, 53 - No.
9-10-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: @Narniaexpert wants to know, how far out of the way do you go to avoid being seen by muggles?
32 replies:
6 - Hide behind a bush or other cover,
4 - Skip the cache and come back later,
10 - Act like I know what I am doing,
9 - Walk off and return a few minutes later,
2 - Talk to the muggles,
1 - Use your children as a distraction,
09-09-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: @xpunkx wants to know, do you release special geocoins into the wild or do you collect them?
52 replies: 32 - Collect, 7 - Release, 9 - Both, 4 - I don't do geocoins.
9-08-09 #GQotD #Geocaching Question of the Day: Have you made a special trip to check someone else's geocache?
50 replies: 39 - Yes, 11 - No.
9-04-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: Have you planned a vacation for the sole purpose of geocaching? (More than a weekend)
46 replies: 20 - Yes, 26- No.
9-03-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: @coupleocachers wants to know, if you need a kayak to get to the cache should it be a 5 Terrain?
51 replies: 44 - Yes, 7 - No.
9-02-09 #Geocaching Question of the Day: @dudleygrunt wants to know, should 1 Terrain caches always be handicapped accessible?
77 replies: 59 - Yes, 18 - No.
 9-01-09  #Geocaching Question of the Day: Besides geocaching and navigating, what do you use your GPSr for?
53 replies: 9 - Pedometer, 8 - Mountain biking, 5 - Geotagging photos, 5 - Phone, 4 - Checking speed, 4 - Mapping, 3 - Kayaking, 3 - Finding POIs, 3 - Sun and moon data, 3 - Telling Time, 2 - Hiking, 2 - Paperweight, 1 - Audio books, 2 - Hunting, 1 - Prop for VBS, 1 - Surveying, 1 - Team building, 1 - Finding Car, 1 - Marking grave locations, 1 - Landing medical helicopters, 1 - Record flight lessons, 11 - Nothing else.
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