Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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May 2005

idea for making own stamps/handmade journals/birthday party

Started by Christine Montano (cmmontano@snet.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-05-24 | Last message: 2005-05-24
Hi, I am brand new to this Yahoo Group. I wanted to send this to the letterboxing site but don't see a contact mail address to do that so I will post this here and maybe someone can benefit from...

Offensive Letterboxes

Started by Poison Ivy Hedge (poizniv@gmail.com) | 20 messages | First message: 2005-05-24 | Last message: 2005-05-27
I destroy every box I find with kitten or butterfly stamps. They're just wrong. And flowers are borderline.

Naked Letterboxing

Started by Poison Ivy Hedge (poizniv@gmail.com) | 26 messages | First message: 2005-05-24 | Last message: 2005-05-26
Okay, Fess up. I can't be the ONLY one who has been naked while letterboxing. My count is N2.

Bike it or Hike it box maintenance; MA-CT

Started by haalck (haalck@snet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2005-05-24
Had a busy day checking on 6 of my Letterboxes. Some updates; Windsor River Trail Letterbox in Windsor,CT has been moved to a new location. Out of the flood zone. Please reprint for new...

What's Cooking HH

Started by DonnaMae (Mae62202@AOL.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-05-24
Want to thank Wildhair & Fungal for letting me know about this HH. I released it in my 500th find, on 4/28/04. The Engraver, CT

Vacation Time Driving Along I-95

Started by Mark Pepe (mjpepe1@comcast.net) | 6 messages | First message: 2005-05-24 | Last message: 2005-05-24
Hi boxers: Vacations are almost here. For those of you owning boxes that are very close to I-95, check out this webpage we've started several years ago. If you'd like to include your box, let me...

This whole religious issue

Started by seth mandeville (pokerman117@yahoo.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2005-05-23 | Last message: 2005-05-24
This is Wink Martindale For the Grand Prize!!!! Can anyone tell me what two of the major reasons are for arguments and wars? Right....Politics and religion. So, how about we all stop bringing up...

Nerw Western NY boxing group

Started by Daina (dasprite222@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-05-24
We decided to make a Western New York boxing group to complement the Central NY group (yes, NY is reall that big!). If anyone lives in or likes to travel through the Buffalo/Niagara/Rochester area,...

Hitchhikker question on religion

Started by judithsparky (judithsparky@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2005-05-23 | Last message: 2005-05-24
And here I was thinking of planting a box in Hidden VAlley and not telling anyone it was a nudist colony. Just because Sparky likes to box au natural. JUST KIDDING! JUST KIDDING! JUST...

World Turtle Day (Ryan!)

Started by (Doublesaj@aol.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2005-05-23 | Last message: 2005-05-23
Is this a coincidence or has the whole world learned of the magnificent website AtlasQuest.com that our own Ryan Carpenter, aka Green Tortuga (turtle for those of you who are bilingually...

can't register at www.letterboxing.org

Started by blondeclarissa (blondeclarissa@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-05-23
I can't get a confimation email from www.letterboxing.org when I try to register. Any ideas? Has anyone else had problems?? Does this usually take a long time?

Bike it or Hike it updates; MA

Started by haalck (haalck@snet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2005-05-23
I've added a map to my Mass Central Rail Trail Letterbox in West Boylston, MA, as well as a new Letterbox nearby called Waushacum Ponds Rail Trail Letterbox in Sterling, MA. See "what's new" for...

Forget the globe, there is a new box in Maine!!

Started by mr_sangfroid (mr_sangfroid@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-05-23
Another half-decent box was planted by me today. ---->sangfroid http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=15219&boxname=THE_OLD_CEMETERY

Flags

Started by teamsafari_ri (TeamSafari@msn.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2005-05-22 | Last message: 2005-05-22
Okay, I've looked through the post archives and the info (FAQs)on LbNA... I should be able to make the green flags appear by my boxes by choosing to enable in Member Services. Letterbox Status...

Doing the Happy Dance

Started by Donna Magner (donutz716@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-05-21 | Last message: 2005-05-22
I'm so excited! I planted a letterbox in Eklutna, AK last year, 5 miles down the trail on Eklutna Lake. It was a wonderful stamp of the CT state flower, the mountain laurel, carved by Rush Gatherer...

Hitchhiker question on religious sensitivities

Started by Mosey (PonyExpressMail@comcast.net) | 32 messages | First message: 2005-05-21 | Last message: 2005-05-26
In one of the letterboxes that I went to pick up and retire for Pippi, I recently found a hitchhiker of a religious nature. There are about 6 or 7 stamps in it's logbook, and the only actual...

stamp carving

Started by ledwards833 (ledwards833@yahoo.com) | 25 messages | First message: 2005-05-21 | Last message: 2006-07-25
As I continue to carve stamps, I find I'm having difficulty with tiny, more intricate details. I have the speedball cutter set and several exacto knives which work great overall. But how can I do...

Simple Solutions?

Started by Heartland (heartland_50@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2005-05-20 | Last message: 2005-05-21
Rick there are some extra chapters and appendices for the second edition which I'd be glad to help you with... Appendix D: Simple surgery - How to sew your finger tip back on when the carving tool...

I-5 Letterboxes 3 suggestions

Started by pilgrimsinthisland (byhisgrace@shaw.ca) | 3 messages | First message: 2005-05-20 | Last message: 2005-05-21
Our I-5 box On The Road again has had some snake troubles..hmm, read addition to clues http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=13995&boxname=On_The_Road_Again there is also a real easy I-5...

Was Boston Globe Article, Now I'm Just P***ed Off

Started by JuneMcAllister (nfmoon@mindspring.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2005-05-20 | Last message: 2005-05-22
That's an elitist attitude. You must be calling the majority of the boxers on this list "minor league", since most of us still post our clues online. missmoon It makes me think that the...

Boston Globe-Lost Boxes

Started by samanark (samanark@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-05-20
I lost several letterboxes in the North Carolina area after the article came out. -Amanda from Seattle

Manchester NH -York, ME boxes

Started by justplaingeorge (justplaingeorge@yahoo.com) | 6 messages | First message: 2005-05-20 | Last message: 2005-05-21
We're heading up for a weekend in NH soon and wanted to get ideas on the best areas to get boxes without driving a ton... We'll probably head to York, ME area as well.. The boxes listed seemed to...

Stamp Found

Started by Alex McLellan (scouter-alex.mclellan@verizon.net) | 1 message | First message: 2005-05-20
A recent visitor to Harry and the Phoenix (FoxMill District Park in Reston, VA) dropped their personal stamp. The stamp has two words, one of which is "DONUTS" Send me the other word (off-list) and...

100+ Box MD/PA "Circus" Weekend

Started by wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-05-20
Wanda's written another trip report about our continuing adventures through last weekend, if anyone is interested in reading them. They are at ...

What Do You Like Best?

Started by lnd_crzr (rmed_mountain@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-05-20
I just opened a poll about what you like best about finding a LB. On several questions I simply said 'good'. Use this as whatever good means to you. For example, a good clue to some might bea a...