Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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May 2008

polls

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2008-05-22 | Last message: 2008-05-24
In the interest in cleaning up the cruft on my island, I noticed there are some polls out there that can be closed, in one case, one is pushing being open nearly 4 years (and the average is rather...

Box updated

Started by Gretchen Caldwell (boston.rott@verizon.net) | 1 message | First message: 2008-05-20
I want to thank a local LBer who notified me that the hiding place of Historic Millis #5 had been destroyed. She gathered up the remains of the box (logbook and stamp were left intact!) and...

AQ

Started by The Gamecock (gamecockletterbox@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2008-05-20 | Last message: 2008-05-22
Anybody else having trouble w/ AQ? I've been trying to sign in all day!

Trying to find SpringChick

Started by juliensiss (JulieABauman@gmail.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2008-05-20 | Last message: 2008-05-22
Hi, Trying find SpringChick from MI. The sight she used to post clues and link to this sight is GONE! I emailed her and have gotten no response. We are going, or want to do some her boxes this...

Who Says This List Is Dead?

Started by Silver Eagle (sileagle@alltel.net) | 1 message | First message: 2008-05-20
Never a dull moment lately on this List, what with desperate inquiries about AQ, letterbox (or letterboxer) density, and my personal favorite, arguing about what topic we should be arguing about...

World of Creve Coeur Park [Was Re: Planting too dense?]

Started by Matthew Keeler (KeelerM@missouri.edu) | 1 message | First message: 2008-05-20
Your wish is my command. Well this time anyway. Well, not so much my command, but a convenient...

Description of this chatlist

Started by gwendontoo (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 15 messages | First message: 2008-05-20 | Last message: 2008-05-21
"This is a discussion group for letterboxing enthusiasts in the New World. The list is intended for sharing of ideas, stories, tips, news, advice, and clues related to the hobby of...

Going to Baltimore

Started by Dave & Deanne (dave.deanne@verizon.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2008-05-19 | Last message: 2008-05-19
Greetings Marylanders, next weekend (May 31 & June 1)the lazy letterboxer and letterboxing ham will be visiting Baltimore with a tour group to take in a couple of baseball games at beautiful Camden...

plants / discussion / Letterbox vs cache

Started by John (jerseytrailblazers@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2008-05-19 | Last message: 2008-05-20
To each his own...but for me it's not just about the find or whether the method/container used to hide it is clever or not - it's about the journey to get there. Part of what makes the journey...

letterboxes in maine

Started by hhartley5 (hhartley5@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2008-05-19 | Last message: 2008-05-27
Hi, We will be going to Maine the first week of June. Does anybody know of any good boxes in Wells, Maine? Thanks, Joe & Heather

Letterpod Episode 11 now available...

Started by johnoballou (johnjballou@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2008-05-19 | Last message: 2008-05-19
Letterpod, Episode 11 has been released. It is a special anniversary edition, celebrating 10 years of letterboxing in North America, and 2 years of the Letterpod. There is an interview with...

Pete Hits F 10,000!!!

Started by wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) | 10 messages | First message: 2008-05-19 | Last message: 2008-05-20
Well, he finally did it: on April 21st, 2008, Pete got his 10,000th letterbox find at Chuck's "In Search of the Phantom Kangaroo" in Willington, CT! (And, with of course no virtuals or postals...

FACEBOOK

Started by Raven (iceponygoddess@gmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2008-05-18 | Last message: 2008-05-19
So Sorry!! Sent out by mistake!!! Trying to invite one person from Iceland...and hit the wrong button!! <:o[ Duh...senior moment. Hit send instead of SKIP. Raven Lucy & Molly, the Girl...

Check out my Facebook profile

Started by Raven Flores (iceponygoddess@gmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2008-05-18
I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join Facebook! Once you join, you can also create...

Saw something interesting

Started by Baker (knightbaker63@yahoo.com) | 21 messages | First message: 2008-05-18 | Last message: 2008-05-19
This may apply to winter letterboxing in the NE. A few of the GC'ers in the area Have been hiding there caches off the ground to promote winter caching. Have any of you seen that applied? A lot...

someone...

Started by lottiejen8 (lottiejen8@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2008-05-18 | Last message: 2008-05-21
should do a myspace page or group dedicated to letterboxing.

So when do you begin your letterboxing season?

Started by Baker (knightbaker63@yahoo.com) | 9 messages | First message: 2008-05-18 | Last message: 2008-05-20
I usually spend the spring planting Lbs and maintaining the ones that I plant. I don't usually get to find any new ones until after memorial day. I live in the northeast When do you start your...

Distance between plants and ability to maintain discussion

Started by Baker (knightbaker63@yahoo.com) | 37 messages | First message: 2008-05-17 | Last message: 2008-05-20
In order to post a geocache that you hide you must meet a couple of requirements. One is that you cannot plant another cache within 0.10 mi of another cache and your home coordinates must be within...

stamp size, Duh! ~ Metalsmith

Started by Ron (peter.pilot@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2008-05-14
Hi Leslie, Ron here. I earned my General and Powerplant back in '77 and while I have done a lot of airframe work, and passed the written twice, never finished my airframe. I admire the real...

Letterbox suggestions for California

Started by vriddle04 (vriddle04@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2008-05-14 | Last message: 2008-05-15
I'm heading to California the first weekend in June. Does anyone out there have some must visit letterbox ideas for the area near Edwards Airforce Base? My brother lives in Rosamond. I looked up the...

stamp size, Duh!

Started by gwendontoo (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 10 messages | First message: 2008-05-13 | Last message: 2008-05-15
http://atlasquest.com/tutorials/carving/samples.html --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "leslie adkins" wrote: > > well, yours was 62725, so that's a heck of a lot of quick notes like...

Why is the letterboxing hobby more active in New England??

Started by Gary & Elizabeth Anderson (garyliza@arkwest.com) | 1 message | First message: 2008-05-11
Well, I reckon there's a larger population per square mile up there than in say, New Mexico, or Arkansas. Folks in the south tend to be out doors more of the year, so I hear, so maybe that's a...

Why is the letterboxing hobby more active in New England??

Started by Baker (knightbaker63@yahoo.com) | 10 messages | First message: 2008-05-11 | Last message: 2008-05-13
My LbNA region is northern NY and I have seen it grow by 4 times over the past 3 years. I have noticed a little more new local traffic in my more popular boxes. I have also noticed that there is a...

Hat found East Hampton Noah's Ark series

Started by Chuck & Amy (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2008-05-11 | Last message: 2008-05-17
Chickabirdie, Amy and I found a hat off trail with a "donkey" picture on the front. We left it on a log right near box 6 of Noah's Ark series East Hampton CT...Chuck and...

Totally 100% OT -- National Food Drive Today

Started by xxxxxxxx (BrighidFarm@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2008-05-10
!!!!! FOOD DRIVE ALERT !!!!! The Postal Service employees hold an annual food drive asking all our patrons who can afford it to leave some boxes or cans of food in or next to their mailboxes today,...