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Do Not Find This Cache! Are you an Addict? (NI) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/8/2012
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Just another normal cache.....

After a recent trip to England I stopped by a cache "DO NOT FIND THIS CACHE - Are you an addict?" by westyrf and knew at this point I had a problem! Though I like to blame it on the strong magnet in that nano that drew the car toward it

We read the questions on the page and answered YES to some (well OK most) of the questions, and knew we were addicted  but DID NOT WANT TO STOP!

And neither do you! Hopefully not finding this cache may help others with a geocaching problem. We have recommended this cache is done at night in the attributes to help hide your shame if you should find yourself weak and unable to resist this cache.

There are numerous DO NOT FIND THIS CACHE hides around the world but historical research shows that the first one of those is offered by Team Cheesehead of Wisconsin (GC7086) placed in July of 2002.

Do you have a problem with geocaching? Are You Number Mad? Only you can answer these questions for yourself. If you've got a problem it's time to admit it and deal with it. Not doing this cache could be your first step.

Answering the following questions may help to put your relationship with geocaching into perspective for you. If you end up answering "yes" to three or more questions, you may want to take a good look how your life is affected by geocaching.
1. Has caching interfered with work?
2. Do you have trouble refusing geocaching?
3. Has your GPSr ever been confiscated "for your own good"?
4. Do you use geocaching to help you relax?
5. Have you tried to give up geocaching and failed?
6. Do you crave geocaching as soon as you wake up?
7. Do you get into trouble because of geocaching?
8. Have you ever had a parking ticket while finding a geocache? – (you know who you are!)
9. Do you lie to others about how often you partake in geocaching?
10. Have you found yourself in financial difficulties because of geocaching?
11. Do you often wish people would just mind their own business about you and geocaching?
12. Do you actually look forward to visiting the in-laws.
13. Do you have a special caching bag that is always ready to go at a moments notice?
14. Do you have special caching pants used solely for caching?
15. Do you check geocaching.com web site more than once a day?
16. Is geocaching the only reason you own a PDA?"
17. Do you own more than one GPS?
18. Does your car have sat nav just because of caching?
19. You realize you can now read the hints without clicking “Decrypt”or looking at the key.
20. When you are in a shop, you look at every hollow object as a potential cache container.
21. You are sent to the supermarket for a pint of milk, you spend the £20 you were given on plastic boxes and swaps and forget the milk.
22. Everywhere you go, you are always looking for a hiding spot.
23. You get distracted watching movies because you keep scanning the background scenery, thinking, “That’d be a GREAT place for a cache!”
24. Have you told your other half that you just need to pop out to get some dog biscuits and come back with a FTF? – (you know who you are!)
25. Everyone else puts a pound in the coffee fund at work, you take out a coin, leave a TB and then hide the jar and check to make sure muggles can’t find it.

This cache is here to help. This cache is a test to see how addicted to Geocaching you really are. YOUR GOAL IS TO NOT FIND THIS CACHE.

In this case FTF means First to Fail!

We all know that there are those among us (and you know who you are!) who, when they look at the page showing their 20 nearest caches, see nothing but a perfect page full of finds. Then that new cache comes along and spoils your pristine page. It sits there at the top of the list. Taunting you. Staring at you like a giant unblinking eye. It calls out to you. "Fiiiind meeee..." You comply, even though the sun is barely peeking over the horizon. If you're lucky, you score a First to Find, and then race back to log it in and remove it from your top 20 list. Ahhhhh. All is in order again.

Locals: You'll have the hardest time resisting this cache, since it will appear on your nearest caches list for as long as it remains unfound. Every time you check to see if any new caches have been hidden nearby, it will be waiting here, calling for you...

Everyone else: This cache is not 5 mins off the main belfast ringroad. Admit it, you plan your travels around geocaching. But can you drive past this cache without looking for it?

The question is: How strong are you? Can you resist searching out this cache? You have nothing to gain from finding it.
• There is no invigorating hike, no physical challenge whatsoever.
• There are no breathtaking views - its an industrial estate!.
• There are no cool first finder tokens to find or other cool pieces of cache swag to trade for. In fact, the cache contains no more than a log sheet. You even have to bring your own pen
• You can drive to within 2 meters of the cache.

The ONLY thing you have to reward yourself from searching out this cache is just adding another find to your total. No glory. Just a number. Just another lame magnetic micro . Show the world how strong you are. You can stop Geocaching anytime you want. Really you can.


"Fiiiind meeee..."

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh ernyyl gubhtug jr'q tvir lbh n uvag?!? Lbh'ir pbzr guvf sbe, jr nera'g tbvat gb srrq lbhe nqqvpgvba nalzber :C

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)