Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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March 2005

Looking for a box in Maryland

Started by (mgriffee@adelphia.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-03-17 | Last message: 2005-03-17
Hi! I'm taking my Cub Scouts camping this weekend at Little Bennett Campground in Clarksburg, MD. Does anyone know of any boxes close to that vicinity? I'm from Northern Frederick County, so I...

Looking for boxes near Palm Springs, CA

Started by Janet (moonstone_baby@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-03-17 | Last message: 2005-03-17
Hi all, I will be travelling to Palm Springs, CA in a couple of weeks. I would greatly appreciate if anyone can clue me in on some "must do" boxes while I am out there. The purpose of my trip...

Letterbox "rings"

Started by Lisa (limurme@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-03-17 | Last message: 2005-03-17
Perhaps I should be posting this on the postal letterbox list, but I thought I might receive a wider audience here. I understand the basic concept of a postal letterbox ring (all those who sign up...

Help Save Our Wildlife!

Started by k2xcthcxnep (k2xcthcxnep@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-03-17 | Last message: 2005-03-18
If you oppose the new bill being slipped into the budget to be passed by congress to allow oil drilling in our Arctic Wildlife Refuge please dont just sit by and watch it happen.Go here and send...

is this concept new?

Started by judithsparky (judithsparky@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-03-17
No, no, no. You may not have Eli and Aubrey for Utah. We like them too much here is GA. Good stamps, good clues and one of our premier first finders. Hey, Eli! That reminds me, you haven't...

I just discovered Letterboxing

Started by dsweepe (dsweepe@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2005-03-17 | Last message: 2005-03-17
Quite by accident, I discovered letterboxing last week when I was checking out a place to stay in a canyon in AZ. After I read about it, I was excited, it sounded like such fun. So, my nine...

First impressions

Started by Lisa Harkins (lisah@whidbey.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2005-03-16 | Last message: 2005-03-17
Hi guys. I'm a brand new letterboxer who has been lurking for about a week, and it disturbs me to see such nastiness going on for over half of it. I heard that letterboxing was a fun, friendly...

LOVE Hitchhiker

Started by wells_lb (wells_family@sbcglobal.net) | 1 message | First message: 2005-03-16
Well, after several dorman years, the LOVE Hitchhiker has returned. This distinctive hitchhiker debuted Feb 24 2002 somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. Recent whereabouts are unknown. If you have...

has anyone seen...

Started by thespiritofmrpigeon (twood11@alltel.net) | 1 message | First message: 2005-03-16
We're looking for the whereabouts of our "Mr. Pigeon Sees the World" HH. He was placed in NY in Sept. '04 and we know he was picked up immediately. We haven't heard from him since. If you've seen...

Abacus00 - please contact me offline

Started by Donna Magner (donutz716@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-03-16
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carving boo boo

Started by Rosie River Cat (wants2create@yahoo.com) | 12 messages | First message: 2005-03-16 | Last message: 2005-03-17
Whoops . . . made a cut across what used to be a beautiful stamp. Is there anyway to patch up this spot? Wondered about rubber cement or something? Rosie River...

Please Stop.

Started by Stephanie Bryant (mortaine@gmail.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2005-03-16 | Last message: 2005-03-16
I seriously hope the moderator decides you're more trouble than you're worth and boots you from the list. Who invited sourpusses to the group? I'd rather have geocachers than...

A very buggy gathering

Started by Kimberly Mills (heathersmom2000@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2005-03-16
Hi Everyone. There will a gathering at the Northtown Mall in Spokane, WA on April 9th. We will meet at the tables by the Sabaros Pizza. I will have a descreet sign tapped to the table with some...

AZ: New 4-stamp series planted outside of Yuma, Arizona.

Started by trentlaudes (trentlaudes@excite.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-03-16
I just posted the clues for a new 4-stamp letterbox series planted along Highway 95 outside of Yuma, Arizona on Letterboxing.org and Atlas Quest. This brings to 5 the number of letterboxes that I...

thoughts on e-mail etiquette

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-03-15
Hi all, I'm the list manager. Many new people don't know be because I don't post too often. Always good advice IMO, but I'll throw in some thoughts on list etiquette, FWIW. The list is...

Is this concept new?-lazy and stupid

Started by cadenza74 (jjcadenza@gmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-03-16 | Last message: 2005-03-16
Okay, can I step in for a second? I'm hearing things that I see happen so often in lists. Please remember that the intention of how things are written is not always how they are read. I heard...

Lazy & Stupid

Started by ms_ophelia_paine (ms_ophelia_paine@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2005-03-16
Oh my, such indelicate adjectives being brandied about on this list just causes my blood pressure to rise. Such insensitivity towards those who are less than physically fit or could be considered...

SE:NC: Biltmore update - Cornelia

Started by Volks Boxer (volksboxer@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-03-15 | Last message: 2005-03-16
Cornelia was reported to me as missing, but today I found her where I planted her....and she wasn't even damp - a minor miracle, seeing as how the whole area was under water for a couple of weeks...

ATTN: Orlando, FL letterboxer/geocacher help needed

Started by Stephanie Cottrell Bryant (mortaine@gmail.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2005-03-15 | Last message: 2005-03-16
OK, I know there's a certain amount of rivalry between letterboxing and geocaching, but bear with me, as there's also a lot of crossover. Hopefully, we can find someone who does both in the...

Grrrrr

Started by Kimberly Mills (heathersmom2000@earthlink.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2005-03-15 | Last message: 2005-03-16
Bah! One of my letterboxes I just placed maybe a week ago was found by a geocacher for the first find. No geo cache nearby, but he said a pile of rocks caught his eye and he found my box. So me...

Lady Prisspott's Press Conference

Started by Mark Pepe (mjpepe1@comcast.net) | 22 messages | First message: 2005-03-15 | Last message: 2005-04-04
Hi boxers: Many of you have been following our saga of Lady Prisspott, as she was maligned and then vindicated and then maligned and then . . . Last week, it was announced by Her Ladyship that...

Mmmm...Pi !

Started by edwebbe (edwebbe@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2005-03-15 | Last message: 2005-03-15
Happy Pi Day, Isosceles, if you're still out there. y-nought

hello again

Started by arm858rite066 (arm858rite066@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2005-03-15 | Last message: 2005-03-15
I think that eli asked me about where i live and it is los Angeles and i think it was Q that asked about the first letterbox i found and i have been trying to find it on the letterboxing sight and...

Is this concept new?wom boxes

Started by huskerrich2000 (huskerrich2000@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2005-03-14 | Last message: 2005-03-27
wom boxes are fine, however how is a letterboxer coming into a region where one of these boxes is located get onto the list? For example, I'm from nebraska and this summer I will be travelling ...

Is this concept new?

Started by eli_slider (iqladen@bellsouth.net) | 26 messages | First message: 2005-03-14 | Last message: 2005-03-26
I recently planted a box in an area a friend of mine showed me and which we decided would be great for letterboxes, but that we want to keep kind of quiet. I started considering making it WOM or...