Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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August 2004

Re. Ct. letterboxing day (l.b. care)

Started by rospa10 (wilmes2@mindspring.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-23
I carry paper towels and large/small ziplock bags in my letterboxing satchel. If a box is saturated, I shake it out, turn it upside-down, then proced to do the stamping thing if possible. Then I...

Ticks- (not about Florida- actually about Ticks)

Started by The Family (lynnieth2003@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-23
The PROBLEM with the vaseline or alcohol method- which many people use- is that when the tick withdraws because it is suffocating (which does indeed make it easier for you) it is also regurgitating...

2004 Campaign Trail Hitchhiker Race - Kerry gaining "votes"

Started by Judy B (sowbiz@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-08-23 | Last message: 2004-08-23
With Ref to Prior Posts 44569 & 44581 As planned Kerry rode up to Lancaster PA for a round of brief visits at the following campaign stops (1) Who's in County Park - why Kerry of course! then on...

To Post or Not To Post

Started by Karen Ruhl (ruhlette@yahoo.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2004-08-22 | Last message: 2004-08-23
I am following all the discussion about the growing popularity and evolution of letterboxing. It seems there there is a growing distance between those who would call this activity a sport and those...

CT - Great letterboxing Day

Started by Mark Pepe (mjpepe1@comcast.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-08-23 | Last message: 2004-08-22
Hi boxers: Sue and I set out with Butterfly, Lobsta Lady, Rubaduc and Sadie & Russ this morning. We found the following boxes - some in very soggy condition. We played Letterboxing Maintenance...

Time article/WOM definition

Started by Alafair (lkazel@mindspring.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-08-23 | Last message: 2004-08-22
Hikers & Hounds, I participated in the article with others who do post some or all of their clues to the LbNA site. Some of my letterboxes are parts of series, clues written by others, that are...

letterbox near LIRR

Started by (Gurudybaker@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
There is a box in Westbury a short walk from the LIRR. Check the letterbox site. STAR:W+S=DRR [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Attn Robby -- parent to Hitchhiker Robot I

Started by (CountdownTo55@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
If you happen to read this and would like an update on your Robot I hitchhiker, please email privately. In the logbook you had asked that finders please email with an update but the email addy in...

Cape Cod parking fee

Started by Deb T (dlbt123@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
I letterboxed with Playschoolteach this weekend. While I can't be *positive* we were in the right spot, we had asked the Visitors Center for directions to the boardwalk (the directions we got...

Time article/Newbies here

Started by Tara (tarasdsu@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
I just wanted to add that while I'm not exactly sure where I stand with respect to the Time article/etc, the newbies who are here and reading this are not the ones who are the issue/problem. I...

A love affair to remember

Started by rdr100 (rdr100@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
To all, I feel like an old timer in the world of letterboxing. I recall that Thanksgiving in 1998 when one of our dearest friends visited us. He had just discovered the hobby from one of our...

MA: Cape Cod - Poor Re-hiding

Started by thedoubtfulguests (thedoubtfulguests@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
Congratulations on your 100! I am disturbed to hear about the boxes you found "tossed on the ground". I was just on Cape Cod two weeks ago and found Glassworks well hidden and checked on my three...

NY report

Started by Carolyn Gresham (boatsing@sbcglobal.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
Found an old (unclaimed) LB - Wish Upon a Star in Glenville NY, LB is good condition, but we can undersrand the lack of finders because the clues are no longer posted. (I had printed them last Sept...

Newbie Here!

Started by The Prynce (tptp@bellsouth.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
Hello all! I'm new here but I have been letterboxing for about a year now. I live in SC and I know nothing finer than to go out on a letterbox hunt and a ghost hunt in the same day on the same...

SE OH - Missing box report

Started by Bigguy (bigguy9210@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
FYI - the much overlooked Ridgewood Flower letterbox in Wellston has been lost and will not be replaced. Clues have been pulled from the main site. We went to check on it and found the entire top...

Time article

Started by Alafair (lkazel@mindspring.com) | 23 messages | First message: 2004-08-22 | Last message: 2004-08-23
Don, Though I rarely post, I wanted to respond to your concerns about publicity because your posts over the years have always been respectful of others, cogent and thoughtfully written. I was...

RI -- Dog Days of Summer retired

Started by Janet (moonstone_baby@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
The Dog Days of Summer letterbox series in the Great Swamp in West Kingston, RI was offically retired today. Two of the three boxes were missing. Thank you to everyone who visited these...

SATISH A DORA'S RESUME

Started by askopen (askopen@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
SATISH A DORA'S RESUME 15-Gopalstreet,, South Usman Road, Chennai - 600017 Telephone: (M) 09840456427 /(Res.) 91+08672+224435 /(Off.) 91+044+52128752 Email: askopen@yahoo.com,...

TO The Dawnlanders: Native Tribe Series

Started by T Prindle (tprindle@nativetech.org) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-22
Music Woman, We will surely miss you if you're unable to make the gather to kick off the series, but the Native Tribes boxes will be permanent. With our tentative planting areas, there will be...

Belated Introduction

Started by June McAllister (nfmoon@yahoo.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2004-08-21 | Last message: 2004-08-23
Hello all, I am very new and have been lurking off and on, mostly off for a while now. I live in NYC and don't have a car, so the fact that this is primarily a rural hobby has made it a little hard...

Woodward Dream Cruise Michigan Letterbox

Started by K & L (thewulfes@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-08-21 | Last message: 2004-08-24
What a gorgeous day to be out and looking at all the great classic cars.. and to be able to letterbox at the same time... that is a treat... Great box!!!! Thewulfe@yahoo.com

There is still time to register for Stamp Camp!

Started by bookwormbox (bookwormlb@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-21
PASSPORT TO LETTERBOXING STAMP CAMP When: August 27-29, 2004 Where: Battle Ground Lake State Park, Battle Ground, WA. Come out and spend a weekend camping or come for the day on Saturday. There...

MA: Cape Cod Letterbox Update (and my 100th box!)

Started by playschoolteach (playschoolteach@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-08-21 | Last message: 2004-08-22
Hello all! Being a teacher means a limitied amount of time left for the "marathon" letterboxing days and I wanted to make 100 by the end of the summer. With yesterday's jaunt to Cape Cod, I made...

2004 Campaign Trail Hitchhiker Race - Kerry moving on

Started by Judy B (sowbiz@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-21
Rushed right out after I saw this announcement to 'cast my vote' -- but the first box had the wrong candidate. . . er stamp. . . so I moved on (of course I hadn't been to either of these boxes so I...

Wacky Holiday PLB is closed

Started by Erin Boucher (Sailor_Mystique@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-08-21
I have gotten far more than the 25 responses I was going to limit myself to but I don't want to exclude anyone so I will be sending out 2 of the same box. All respondees prior to this posting will...