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January 1999

Looking for OK mentor

Started by Judi (Judi@SpaceFamily.net) | 5 messages | First message: 1999-01-08 | Last message: 2002-01-21
Welcome! It means that you have put 65 different stamps out in the world for people to discover and delight in. Please note - you do not have to carve your stamps. It is perfectly acceptable...

Lost Texas boxes, don't lose hope...

Started by Daniel Servatius (elf@pclink.com) | 10 messages | First message: 1999-01-07 | Last message: 1999-01-23
Julie and all, I'm sorry about your boxes Julie. That makes number 3 and 4 counting Deborah's and Randy's. I certainly hope your other two are still there. If somebody found your letterboxes on...

Whining in duplicate

Started by jjp (exposto1@airmail.net) | 1 message | First message: 1999-01-07
Sorry sorry sorry-- I didn't think my first message about the loss of my boxes went anywhere so I rewrote it and sent again. Sorry for the double whine... Julie "My diary seems to keep me whole."...

Discouraging news from Garland, TX

Started by jjp (exposto1@airmail.net) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-01-07 | Last message: 1999-01-08
Hi Letterboxing friends--- I went to check boxes #3 & #4 in the Duck Creek series and both were GONE. I found bits and pieces of #3 including (eventually) the plastic box, stamp pad and some info...

Possible NJ & PA gathering, folks?

Started by Judi (Judi@SpaceFamily.net) | 8 messages | First message: 1999-01-07 | Last message: 2002-01-23
Hello All I'd be happy to help plan a gathering in early March! Write back to me for some brainstorming (during or after the snowstorming)   Space Traveler  --- In letterbox-usa@y...,...

One step at a time

Started by Daniel Servatius (elf@pclink.com) | 3 messages | First message: 1999-01-05 | Last message: 1999-01-06
Thank you to all of you who responded to the "Clues Options" post. Well, I'm a bit overwhelmed. And I'm also very happy with Adrian's comments. Adrian and I have both gone through a difficult...

GPS

Started by Shannon Green (sgreen@wf.net) | 20 messages | First message: 1999-01-05 | Last message: 2007-09-01
I'm finally through marking my territory with this nifty little device...where do I send it next? Shannon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroup home:...

Letterboxes in the Land of Oz

Started by (Letterboxr@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-01-05 | Last message: 1999-01-05
Happy New Year, Everyone!! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays as much as I did. I made it back to my childhood home in Kansas to visit family for two weeks. It was a wonderful visit, and I even...

Clues Options

Started by Daniel Servatius (elf@pclink.com) | 6 messages | First message: 1999-01-05 | Last message: 1999-01-05
To all: Please read and comment. The overall goal for using the internet is to provide you with the options you need to find letterbox sites and to help others find your sites with a minimum of...

FAQ's page?

Started by erik/susan davis (davisarc@wcvt.com) | 1 message | First message: 1999-01-03
I took a tour thru the Letterbox USA pages again today. There is a nice little section of FAQ's under the 'subscribe to the talk list' section. Along those lines, I was wondering if people might...

stamp question

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 9 messages | First message: 1999-01-03 | Last message: 2006-04-02
I'm curious what people are carving stamps from. Erik of VT sent me FACTIS plastic erasers, which are about 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches. These seem to work pretty good, but I am looking for...

box placement, etc.

Started by Daniel Servatius (elf@pclink.com) | 4 messages | First message: 1999-01-03 | Last message: 1999-01-03
Please re-read below how Thom camouflaged his letterbox. I dunno about the rest of you but I think this is a great idea. I have 2 of my boxes (at Ft. Snelling, MN) tied with fish line around a...

Fish In Outer Space-Planet Walk-PA.

Started by Judi (Judi@SpaceFamily.net) | 2 messages | First message: 1999-01-02 | Last message: 2002-01-13
I saw the kingfisher too! Right near the red covered bridge.   Judi ----- Original Message ----- From: joie christensen To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002...

Happy New Year!

Started by Daniel Servatius (elf@pclink.com) | 7 messages | First message: 1999-01-01 | Last message: 2007-01-01
Tom Cooch wrote: > ...There won't be too many new boxes going out over the next few > months, at least not in the northeast. Will we find things to talk > about in the interim? (Kind of like...

December 1998

Happy New Year

Started by Adrian Williams (havefeet@letterboxing.freeserve.co.uk) | 4 messages | First message: 1998-12-31 | Last message: 2007-12-31
Hi All         Well the new year is upon us once again. The weather is really bad as usual. We have had non stop gales for over a week now. Lots of Christmas stamps out over here. I normally...

Pinnacle Stamp Carved

Started by Marty Chamberlain (martyc@cyberdude.com) | 1 message | First message: 1998-12-31
Well, I'm scheduled for an all-weather hike to The Pinnacle this Saturday...what better place to put a Letterbox? I carved the stamp last night if anyone's interested in checking it out. It's...

Kimball Library Letterbook

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 4 messages | First message: 1998-12-30 | Last message: 1999-07-07
I finally finished the Kimball Library Letterbook and it was hidden this morning. I think a couple of local letterboxers will be searching for it this afternoon. The clues can be accessed form the...

changes to valley forge letterbox map

Started by Randy Hall (malenkai@bee.net) | 6 messages | First message: 1998-12-29 | Last message: 1999-01-01
My Valley Forge letterbox has been vandalized. I have moved the box to a less-likely-to-be-stumbled-upon location and have made minor changes to the map, which are below. This replaces the old...

Another new Letterbox in PA

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 3 messages | First message: 1998-12-28 | Last message: 1998-12-28
Way to go, Marty! I already said how terrific your stamp looks. I think your clue page is great as well! Two really nice looking maps. Do you scan a section of a standard topo map, and then add in...

Danielle's Letterbox

Started by Daniel Servatius (elf@pclink.com) | 2 messages | First message: 1998-12-27 | Last message: 1999-01-11
http://www.pclink.com/elf/alexandr.htm or Go to the right-hand U.S. Map at http:/www.letterboxing.org/ and click on Alexandria, NH Congrats Danielle -- Compass Bearings and...

NH has a new box!!!

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@mail.sover.net) | 2 messages | First message: 1998-12-27 | Last message: 1998-12-27
Congratulations, Danielle! If I can free myself up from child care, I will make every effort to cross the Connecticut and hunt for your box. But I seriously doubt that I'll beat Nisa...

Hiding book...

Started by jjp (exposto1@airmail.net) | 2 messages | First message: 1998-12-25 | Last message: 1998-12-26
I found a weird little book at my library on the New Arrivals shelf. I thought ya'll might find it interesting, though there was little that I thought could be directly applied to letterboxing. The...

Merry Christmas

Started by Daniel Servatius (elf@pclink.com) | 13 messages | First message: 1998-12-25 | Last message: 2004-12-26
Just a brief note to wish all of you a nice Christmas whether you take time to celebrate it or not. Letterbox issues are going rather slow right now as I imagine most of you are busy with other...

Just a reminder...

Started by (FencePoste@aol.com) | 3 messages | First message: 1998-12-20 | Last message: 1998-12-20
In a message dated 12/20/98 4:43:47 PM Central Standard Time, davisarc@wcvt.com writes: << To all out Leterboxing Friends..... Just a reminder - December 26th is Boxing Day. Hmmmmm.... Erik ...

Troubled waters?

Started by erik/susan davis (davisarc@wcvt.com) | 1 message | First message: 1998-12-19
To Adrian and Dan, and all - I am very sorry to understand that Dartmoorans are, if I uunderstand it correctly, aggressively and wontingly ostracizing Adrian for spreading Letterboxing to the...