Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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August 2005

The first?  Wheresgeorge in a letterbox...........

Started by (StDebb@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-08-28
I don't know about letterboxes, but you often see those in geocaches. DebBee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The first? Wheresgeorge in a letterbox...........

Started by (budster2@juno.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-08-28 | Last message: 2005-08-29
Hi to all in LB land, Has this ever happend before? We checked out our "East of the Hudson" (P_o_e_t's W_a_l_k) letterbox on this overcast day (8-28-2005) after going to the Dutchess County...

Less than one week to Float Your Boat

Started by HS mommy (heathersmom2000@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-08-28 | Last message: 2005-08-29
Hi Guys, Well there is less than one week until the gathering in Liberty Lake. So excited to meet you all. Remember that there are no reservations in the Liberty Lkae campground, so the earlier you...

Oregon - Rummage Sale box available

Started by duncan53211 (duncan53211@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-08-27
The elusive rummage sale LB is available in the state of Oregon this weekend. You may go to the official site for the...

"The narration crackles and pops with incendiary wit"

Started by (davyschris@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-08-25 | Last message: 2005-08-28
(Quote from Rent by Jonathan Larson) OK, here's a topic for ya. This may or may not have come up in the past. Do you guys have favorite clues, just because they're written in a very witty, clever...

Cool Container-Question for Sandy

Started by Mandy Bennett (cameoboxer@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2005-08-25 | Last message: 2005-08-25
What's a Prince-Albert-in-a-can can? I'm a container lover and am always interested in neat ones. Cameo sandra listorti wrote: For three recently placed indoor boxes (clues not yet posted) I used...

Big Elaborate=Big Fun

Started by funhog1 (funhog@pacifier.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-08-25
I can attest to the HUGE, and highly amusing nature of this Poison Ivy creation. I highly recommend that everybody out there in letterboxland get themselves to the Hog Heaven Theme park in order...

NY: Taughannock Falls box retired

Started by sexyrdhd (sxyrdhd@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-08-25 | Last message: 2005-08-25
Wow - we were just here a few weeks ago (visiting from Ohio) glad I got in while it was still open. I have visited this gorge many times & every time have enjoyed walking in the stream bed not...

NOT AT ALL funny log entry

Started by bindlestiff_boxer (bindlestiff_boxer@yahoo.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2005-08-25 | Last message: 2005-08-26
Perhaps another comparison might've been a better choice of words, Joy. Please do not take this as a "flame" as I am not trying to attack anyone on a personal level. I only mean this note as an...

hollowed books

Started by (bonedoc@bakinaction.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2005-08-24 | Last message: 2005-08-25
How do you go about turning a book into a LBX? -Bonedoc [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

NY: sad news about a hiker

Started by letterboxingbee (letterboxingbee@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-08-25 | Last message: 2005-08-24
I heard this on the local news. I wonder if they were trying to get that letterbox there. Please be careful out there everyone....

MAINE - Memorial letterbox

Started by loisparris (loisparris@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-08-24 | Last message: 2005-08-25
Howdy Mainers! I'm hoping to get some help from y'all with regard to planting a letterbox near Pemaquid Point. My family is gathering up there in mid-October to commit my grandmother's ashes to...

cool containers

Started by Lisa Lazar (lazar.bauer@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-08-24 | Last message: 2005-08-24
In response to Lockwench's comments.... You've hidden letterboxes in pet coffins? Is someone actually marketing these? I'm such a low tech girl (or something) that all I could picture was a...

New to the entire letterboxing thing.

Started by Heather (malongtx@earthlink.net) | 5 messages | First message: 2005-08-24 | Last message: 2005-08-25
I have visited one web site then it link me here... This has to be the coolest thing YET! But I am wondering is there a link to all the lingo you all have, I need the speacial decoder ring I think....

Indoor Boxes - Was: Cool Container

Started by Lightnin Bug (rpboehme@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-08-24
Others have hidden them in hollowed out books in libraries, stores and such. I hid one in a winery. Indoor boxes, as one would expect, typically need permission from the facility owners/managers...

Container

Started by Carol Faith Warren (carolfaith@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-08-24
I used a salsa container, wraooed it in yarn in appropriate colors (GO NOLES!) bagged it in a gallon ziplock and wrapped it in a brown plastic grocery bag. Seems to keepin it dry. No one has found...

Attn: Tulsa Oklahoma Boxers :Catoosa Blue Whale

Started by LeapinLizards (emptyenergy1@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-08-24 | Last message: 2005-08-24
We received a report that the stamp for this box is missing...don't know how that happens :( I would like to replace the stamp if it is missing, however, we live 700 miles away. If someone from...

Another Cool Container

Started by Mandy Bennett (cameoboxer@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-08-23
I have a couple of gatorade containers that I've stashed away for future use. I guess my fear is getting the smell of the powder completely out of there... Cameo LindaFay wrote: I just got the...

Washington Dc

Started by Ashley J (jjsmom97@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-08-23
We are visting DC in sept and would like to find boxes. Are there any within walking distance of the mall that would be worth hiting. TIA The jacksons

Update: Cross post from new-boxers on seeking permission

Started by aintnorock19 (cdf19@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2005-08-23
I talked to the secretary of one of our County (Chester County - PA) Commissioners regarding permissions to place boxes for a series I have in mind. Chester County Parks has already granted...

Cool Container

Started by LindaFay (coachlindafay@yahoo.com) | 25 messages | First message: 2005-08-23 | Last message: 2005-08-25
I just got the coolest containers! At a recent fund raiser, someone had brought Country Time Lemonade drink mix. We used two containers up and I took them home. They have screw on lids, plastic...

First Letterboxing Death

Started by Heartland (heartland_50@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-08-22 | Last message: 2005-08-23
Ryan makes the very important point that Letterboxing can be deadly... But I just checked the statistics about places people get killed or injured...and he's right, hikers do die in the...

LbNA Website - Status Still Doesn't Show Up

Started by Silver Eagle (sileagle@alltel.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-08-23 | Last message: 2005-08-22
Status still does not show up if you click on the flag of a non-LBNA hosted website. Any chance of fixing that? Silver Eagle > I second that comment - a nice added benefit! When someone puts...

Speaking of hitch hikers

Started by Jennifer Free (jennifree@gmail.com) | 13 messages | First message: 2005-08-22 | Last message: 2005-08-24
I have a hitch hiker etiquette question. We've found a couple HH's in the last couple of weeks, and I was wondering if it is good or bad to come on the list and announce the letterbox where we have...

funny log entry

Started by (LetHerBox@aol.com) | 15 messages | First message: 2005-08-22 | Last message: 2005-08-23
I was letterboxing on Cape Cod this weekend. In the journal for the Fort Hill box, the Eastham police had written a note that they had found the box, checked it and that they were no dangerous...