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Tom, Thanks for alerting me to the previous discussion re: compass bearings. Since most (now anyway) of my boxes will be getting student traffic from my geography course, and since I want them to...

If you send info in I hope you are not disappointed that it will abbreviated. For example, here is how they will look (I got these this morning): Tammy Abernathy, Age 38, North Carolina:...

Welcome to our group, Dennis, and thanks for placing Oklahoma on the map! Your clues are intriguing. Even more intriguing are the names of the four boxes: Dragonthorn, Standard of the Rohirrim...

Marty revised and combined his new Pinnacle letterbox with Pulpit Rock, see http://www.users.fast.net/~martyc/hamburg-clues.html for the...

To all: It ocurred to me that it might be a good idea when welcoming somebody to the group to tack on some relevant contact info at the end of the note - something like that below: These are in no...

Welcome aboard David William. Here's his email addy if any of you want to contact him: mailto:dwilliam@snu.edu He is on the list as well. He is now the Oklahoma state contact, so you can also...

Dear Letterboxers, I do not think Graham meant that we should make our letterboxes impossible to find. I think he meant that they should not be ''gimmees''. Many of our letterboxes (mine included)...

Erik Davis wrote: >About Promotion: >I am in agreement that we need to take a proactive approach to growing >this hobby... >...collectively develop some helpful "aids" to share among us,...

Not too long at all, Erik! (Who says tuppence doesn't buy what it used to?) Your points seem to me all very well founded! Tom > Reply-to: letterbox-usa@egroups.com > Date: Wed,...

Graham Howard wrote: >I agree with Thom's warning about the rash of damage causing some pause in >promoting it too loud... >...if you ...go further back to its >early days on Doc's pages, and even...

Thom Cheney wrote:   no way.... I'm going to start placing boxes that are SO hard to find that the actual finding will be one of life's biggest rewards.  No more woosy boxes from me!!!!! .......

To all: I would stay away from clues that are too cryptic, esp. if you are going to plug the letterbox in the ground. You will need to get them to an exact location. Also, its no fun to have...

Prayer Rock Letterbox Map & Clues   PRAYER ROCK LETTERBOX, BRISTOL, VT, USA   CLUES:  From a well known incantation, follow the text 190 feet, as the crow flies towards the water, thence 30...

What ideas does anyone have about generating interest in the hobby? I think most of us have tried this way: Tell your friends about it. Try to stir up interest locally. I still think...

To All Concerned: Might I suggest the Long Tall Jar from American Science and Surplus? I used these on my last two letterboxes because they are the closest thing I've found to the "pill jars" being...

Well, I finally got out to place The Pinnacle letterbox yesterday (1/24/99). It was unseasonable warm at about 60 degrees when I started, and raining heavily. But neither sleet, not snow..wait,...

Hello all! I was out placing The Pinnacle letterbox yesterday and stopped in to check on the Pulpit Rock box. The good news is that someone visited the box on 1/1/99! My compliments to the person...

My last email, "Re: Clues form", was meant to go out to Erik Davis as a private email. Its not terribly private so I hope it is OK. In it I talked about how Erik's had a tough year, trials, etc. ...

jjp wrote: > ...if nature's forces washed them away (2 out of the 3 > missing ones are completely gone--left no trace or trash to indicate they > ever existed) it would be a really bad idea to put...

To all: The talk list keeps growing. There are about 15 new members in the last 2 months. I think its in order to give a brief introduction for the benfit of new members. Letterboxing USA started...

> I hope everybody has a great time! So, I will be with you all > in spirit, and hope to make it to the next one! I will not be able to make it either, unfortunately. So, my way of being there in...

Hi Everybody. Just dropped in to say hello from a fellow Letterboxer in the UK. Although we live now in Southampton, Hampshire my wife and originally come from Plymouth in Devon on the southern...

And how does one find out?  With Texas boxes missing And Ice hissing all over New England, it's hard to know what to do!   How to go about getting on the map and becoming properly...

To All: Here is the consensus on the clues form we discussed a while back. 5 or 6 people did respond and gave input. Simplicity is what's most desired. One person expressed an interest in...

> I would think you'd want to make it such that a complete stranger > to the area can find the starting point. Other than that, I don't > think it matters. On the other hand, I think finding the...