You know you're a geocacher when...

You buy things just for the container

Wherever you go, the first thing you do is evaluate cache site potential

You are willing to stick your hand almost anywhere

You are on a first name basis with the homeless guy who lives near your cache

You sacrifice sleep to log a FTF

The clerk at the dollar store calls you when new swag comes in

You actually use the band-aids in your first-aid kit

Your glove compartment actually has gloves in it

You spend spare time picking goatheads out of your clothes and your dog

Your kids hide their report cards and give you the coordinates

You have skipped work and called in geo-sick

You have missed significant events because the list of new caches just came out

You haven't seen your non-caching relatives since 2002

You know more than you want to about things that sting and bite

You wonder if some cache owners are as devious and sadistic in real life

You never know when or if you will be home for dinner

You have learned how tiny a nano cache can be

You no longer worry how goofy you look and your improv skills make muggles think you're a strange cult member

And finally...

You learn more about your own area and visit more areas than you ever imagined. You marvel at the creativity of fellow cachers and you have a wonderful time

 

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You know you're a New Mexican when...
 

The tallest structure in town is the high school football stadium press box

You measure distance by time

You know the whole state's area code

You don't worry about tornados, hurricanes or earthquakes

The Wal*Mart grand opening is the social event of the year

You read the paper to see what category we're last in today

You pay our Governor to run for President in 2008

Your Governor gives your tax dollars back in projects with his name on them

If a politician isn't corrupt he'll probably get convicted of a DWI

We close drive-up liquor windows to reduce the DWI rate to the worst in the nation

You don't need no steenkin' auto inspection, you can't afford to fix your car anyway

You have to sign a waiver to buy hot coffee at a drive-up window

You ran for state legislature so you can speed legally

You pass on the right 'cuz that's the the fast lane

You have read a book while driving from Albuquerque to Las Vegas

You know they don't skate at the Ice House and the Newsstand doesn't sell newspapers

You think Sadie's was better when it was in the bowling alley

Your swamp cooler got knocked off your roof by a dust devil

You have been on TV more than once telling about how your neighbor was shot or about your alien abduction

You can actually hear the Taos Hum

All your out-of-state friends visit in October

You know the punchline to at least one Espanola joke

Your car is missing a fender or bumper

You have driven to an Indian casino at 3Am because you're hungry

You think the Lobo's fight song is "Louie Louie"

You can order a Big Mac with green chile

You got your fifth DWI and elected to the legislature in the same week

 

You buy salsa by the gallon

You are still using the paper license tag that came with your car five years ago

Your favorite restaurant has a chile list instead of a wine list

You do all your shopping and banking at a drive-up window

Your Christmas decorations include "a yard of sand and 2000 paper bags

You have license plates on your walls but not on your car

Most restaurants you frequent begin with "El" or "Los"

You remember when Santa Fe was not like San Francisco

You hated Texans until the Californians arrived.

The tires on your roof have more tread than the ones on your car

You price-shop for tortillas

You have an extra freezer just for green chile

You think a red light is merely a suggestion

You believe that using turn signals is a sign of weakness

You don't make eye contact with other drivers because you don't know how well armed they are

You think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful front yard

You have used aluminum foil and duct tape to repair your air conditioner

You can't control your car on wet pavement

There is a piece of UFO displayed in your house

You wish you'd invested in an orange barrel franchise

You know whether you want "red or green"

You can pronounce Tesuque, Cerrillos, and Pohoaque

You actually get these jokes and pass them on

Your other vehicle is also a pickup truck

Two of your cousins are in Santa Fe, one in the legislature and the other in the state pen

You iron your jeans to "dress up"

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