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February 2004

Truckin' PLB answers

Started by (Doublesaj@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-19 | Last message: 2004-02-19
In a message dated 2/19/2004 5:07:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, hikersandhounds@yahoo.com writes: We assume that the person mailing it to the next person pays for postage, right? But do you actually...

OH. Mudstumping in Southern Ohio

Started by mudstumpers (mudstumpers@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2004-02-19 | Last message: 2004-02-20
Hi everyone, We, Oregonians, will be in Loveland this weekend and wonder if anyone can tell us if it is worth a day trip from there to Hocking Hills SP. We can leave early in the AM but need to...

New York Library Letterbox?

Started by Chris Holm (cholm@dcn.davis.ca.us) | 1 message | First message: 2004-02-19
At one time I heard about a letterbox that was planted in the New York City library. It was suppose to be a hollowed out book. I can not find the clues for this letterbox. Does anyone know what...

first letterbox--disappointment

Started by roadsideguide (roadsideguide@yahoo.com) | 20 messages | First message: 2004-02-19 | Last message: 2004-03-02
Only recently had I discovered through the internet the hobby of letterboxing. Especially intrigued by letterboxing.org, I could not wait to start locating boxes, designing stamps, and placing my...

Going Up the Trail postal letterbox CLOSED

Started by Wanda (wsthm@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-02-19
Just a note to let everyone know that this postal letterbox, due to start out on the trail next month, is closed. There are 60-something people already signed up, which is a already over my comfort...

Let the Spanking commence!

Started by pandora{I`B} (hispandora@phlsystems.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-19 | Last message: 2004-02-19
Oh yes! yes yes indeed! Give us the rules so we may break them... I want to be the first in line! Let the spanking proceed! pandora{I`B} Message: 8 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:45:51 -0000 ...

Wanda and Pete stamp

Started by Grey (werewulfmom@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-19 | Last message: 2004-02-19
Hey, Being relatively new to the sport, I have set myself a few game goals to be excited by. 1. Find first letterbox (done before I discovered this group, so you all didn't hear about it) 2. Find a...

New aspect to letterboxing??? Parasites...

Started by boxinguru (boxinguru@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-02-19
First things first... I think the parasite idea is a GREAT idea! I think it would be fun to see all the "infected" stamps. Go for it Leaping Lizards! I'm relatively new to this this hobby,...

Postal Letterbox - Truckin' now closed

Started by Irene Martin (hikersandhounds@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-02-18 | Last message: 2004-02-19
WOW! We are just thrilled with the response we have received for this box! Thank you! If you emailed us today, you're in. We are at a little over 50 but it's all good. We'll get our list together and...

Martha by Mail

Started by Autumn (Autumn@shadowslight.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-19 | Last message: 2004-02-19
#4 is headed home this week! Autumn (who's been off list wayyyy too long)

new letterboxer in nyc

Started by chris g. (lephantman13@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-02-18
Hey there everyone. I'm new to letterboxing and found my first two yesterday. It was very exciting. There is only one letterbox in NYC, and I can make neither heads nor tails of the clue, as it...

Letterboxing Rules! - was something about parasites

Started by poisoniivv (poisonivy@haveashittyday.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-18 | Last message: 2004-02-18
Yes yes yes, make hard and fast the rules for letterboxing! THEN - spank me! for being naughty and not following them - mmmm. --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Rayvenhaus" wrote: > And we...

AZ suggestions?

Started by (Fireflylight@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-18 | Last message: 2004-02-18
In three weeks I am heading out to Sedona, AZ for a much needed vacation. Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for letterboxes in the area. I've never been to AZ before, so I don't know...

Martha by mail #2: leaves Massachusetts

Started by mulbie (mulbie@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-02-18
Whew! We just survived a visit by the infamous Martha-by-mail #2. I had waited so long for her arrival, that I had almost forgotten she was on the way. Then she arrived with a bang! -- just as we...

Re. Parasites

Started by rospa10 (wilmes2@mindspring.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-02-18
Leapin Lizards, The idea is creative and clever. You'll certainly need a good info. sheet so people know what to do with the critter, plus a small container as suggested by previous posters. The...

Take a Hike

Started by (DSNFEET@aol.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-02-17 | Last message: 2004-02-18
Hi all, The Postal "Take a Hike Letterbox" has been sent on its way. It left New Hampshire today, heading west. It is not a very long hike, just to the other side of the Green Mountain State....

New aspect to letterboxing??? Parasites - Symbionts

Started by Silver Eagle (sileagle@alltel.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-18 | Last message: 2004-02-18
Since the word parasite has a bad connotation and is already defined as a Hitchhiker in the Letterboxing World, I suggest calling your creations symbionts, which means they live in harmony with their...

DC & VA LB adventures

Started by dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-18 | Last message: 2004-02-19
Ventured to seek out more regional letterboxes today with much success. Excitedly found these letterboxes alive & well: Orion--DC Ghost from the Titanic--DC Fortress Marcy--VA Inlingua--VA A...

Postal Letterbox - Truckin'

Started by Irene Martin (hikersandhounds@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-02-17
We are ready with our next series of boxes, a tribute to our favorite band, The Gratefuil Dead! While we are arguing about where to plant them, we decided to make one a postal letterbox. So...

PLB - 1 out and a new one?

Started by Debbi Scott (dscott5377@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-02-17
Well, Hearts Across America left our house Saturday morning. Somehow my beloved 13 year old got out of most of the box and I ended up carving the stamp, making the labels and packing the box. Oh,...

Fleur de Lis Pizza LB alive and well - Old One Missing

Started by Silver Eagle (sileagle@alltel.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-17 | Last message: 2004-02-18
> So only one of my boxes is missing - The "Old One". I planted it > before cold weather hit, not realizing that the spot was one that > would be used by homeless people as shelter during the...

March Maine Gathering

Started by Laura/Nautilus (naturbuf@gwi.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-17 | Last message: 2004-03-08
It's official- The date for the "Letterboxing at Laudholm" gathering will be Sunday, March 21st from 11 am to 4 pm to be held at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Wells, Maine. There...

New aspect to letterboxing??? Parasites

Started by Gwen & Don Jackson (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-02-17
Why not just plant a letterbox at a really neat location and post some clever clues ? Don [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Fleur de Lis Pizza LB alive and well

Started by zed_boxing (szorzi_1999@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-02-17 | Last message: 2004-02-18
I had a report that this box was missing, but it's alive and well as of 2/16/2004! So only one of my boxes is missing - The "Old One". I planted it before cold weather hit, not realizing that the...

A Little Bit of Sunshine Post letterbox

Started by sandymess (sandymess@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-02-17 | Last message: 2004-02-17
Has anyone seen this box lately? I haven't had any reports on it since January. Thanks. Purple Iris