Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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January 2004

VA: MD: DC: Winter Icebreaker Gather - Event Stamp

Started by thedoubtfulguests (thedoubtfulguests@yahoo.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2004-01-21 | Last message: 2004-01-23
All of the following names are official enough to occupy a stamp: VA:DC:MD: Winter Icebreaker Gather 2004 VA Winter Icebreaker Winter Icebreaker Icebreaker Or any variation that fits as long as...

Letterboxing via the air waves? FRS or constant broadcast?

Started by ndnboxing (ndnboxing@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-01-21 | Last message: 2004-01-21
Pandora (and everyone), Lots of folks aren't familiar with radio communications. I'm just learning it myself. A relatively cheap unit can be found at Radio Shack under the part # 21-1905. That unit...

Question about stamp pads

Started by zed_boxing (szorzi_1999@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-01-21 | Last message: 2004-01-22
I want to take a small (1 inch by 1 inch) stamp pad out of its container so it will fit in a microbox. Or at least leave off the top. Is this possible? How do you keep the ink moist?

PFX 100

Started by Gwen & Don Jackson (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-20
Cadenza, This obviously calls for an encore of another 100. Bravo, just keep doing your mantra "Plant them and they will come". Don & Gwen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Announcing The First TX LB Event!

Started by Silver Eagle (sileagle@alltel.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-20
It's official, the First Texas Letterboxing Event will take place on Saturday, March 6, 2004, at Bastrop State Park near Austin. I reserved the Group Picnic Pavilion in the Copperas Creek Campground...

VA: MD: DC: Winter Icebreaker Gather

Started by Deb King (debean75@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-20
So is "Winter Icebreaker Gather" the official name of this gathering? I'd like to try my hand at making an event stamp. (no high expectations please, so far I suck at carving) I'll attempt a stamp,...

Rating System

Started by California Bear (californiabear@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-20
I'm weighing in on this issue a little late, but here goes anyway... I am the one in my family that is really into letterboxing. The rest of my family is only so-so on doing it. They will do it if...

New List for Texas Letterboxers

Started by Barefoot Lucy (barefootlucy@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-20
I wanted to let Texas letterboxers know that we now have our own list! You can join there by clicking this...

PFX 100 where I thought it was impossible

Started by cadenza74 (cadenza74@earthlink.net) | 6 messages | First message: 2004-01-20 | Last message: 2004-01-21
While I still have a long way to go before getting anywhere near so many of my letterboxing heroes, I am excited to say that I reached PFX 100 today! This small milestone represents a lot of fun...

Letterboxing via the air waves? Are You A Letterboxer?

Started by DonnaMae (Mae62202@AOL.com) | 10 messages | First message: 2004-01-20 | Last message: 2004-01-22
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, RUFIS T BUDSTER wrote: > Me and budster were thinking (Ha!) about how many lbers we passed each > time we took to the road. We have our "letterboxing.org"...

LA: Mini meet

Started by Steve (boxdn@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-01-20 | Last message: 2004-01-20
Looking for input for the get together. Who? When? Where?

F100 finally

Started by theendgang (hurdhut@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-01-19 | Last message: 2004-01-21
The End Gang is pleased to report finding our F100 today! Our 12y.o. used her personal stamp for the first time and is "Sunburst" for her trail name. This was our first winter letterbox and was...

VA: DC: MD: Winter Icebreaker Gather 1/24/2004 Arl., VA

Started by thedoubtfulguests (thedoubtfulguests@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-19
VA: MD: DC: Winter Icebreaker Gather Pentagon City Mall food court Arlington, VA Saturday, January 24th 10:30am - 3:00pm or whenever Draft Agenda: - 10:00am - Organizers arrive and round up tables...

There are no stupid questions

Started by Just Beth (JustBeth65@msn.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2004-01-18 | Last message: 2004-01-19
I know there are no stupid questions only stupid letterboxers but here goes....I can't seem to find clues to any other letterboxes other than those in the good ol' US of A. I am particularly...

Leesburg, VA: new box!

Started by Rich & Jen Alberth (rjalberth@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-18
Sunbathing Turtle in Leesburg, VA was reported MIA a while ago. I carved a replacement and headed out to the park. Lo and Behold, the box was laying out in the open, INTACT! (around 100 yards...

ME: new box(es)

Started by Phyto (phyto_me@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-18
The Riverton Trolley Park is now complete with requisite letterboxes and a clue in "what's new"...enjoy!

Bucks County, PA "Mercer hunt"

Started by dman10327 (cloverly@localnet.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-18
The "Blue Star" was highjacked over the hoilday season. Since it's missing and the location is now known to non-boxers, I have replaced it with a new stamp - "Green Star" - in a new location. The...

Addicted for two fun filled years!

Started by letterboxer2002 (letterboxer2002@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-18
Hi!- Martin Luther King Day marks the anniversary of letterboxing for Jonathan and me. We have many great stories from all of our travels and we have all of you to thank for placing the boxes...

DC: Inventor microbox restored

Started by thedoubtfulguests (thedoubtfulguests@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-18
I have restored the Inventor microbox. It is in a slightly different hiding place. I velcroed into the bush limbs hoping that the gardeners would not clean, and throw it out again. The stamp is...

VA: New It's a Holiday stamp for Icebreaker

Started by thedoubtfulguests (thedoubtfulguests@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-17
I have replaced the "It's a Holiday" stamp with a new stamp just for the VA: Winter Icebreaker. Feel free to collect it early before the gathering. All I will tell you is that it has little to do...

VA: It's a Holiday

Started by thedoubtfulguests (thedoubtfulguests@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2004-01-17

Seeking Information

Started by exit9maine (exit9maine@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-01-17 | Last message: 2004-01-19
On New Years day I started the great letterboxing adventure and have become very addicted ever since. I have even found myself out in below zero weather trying not to get frostbite on my finger...

I just found my first letterbox!!

Started by Irene Martin (ireneemartin@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2004-01-17 | Last message: 2004-01-21
I was hiking in Playwicki Park this afternnon with my dogs when my sister noticed something in the hollow of a tree. She pulled it out and there was the letterbox. The only contents inside were a...

boxing at Disney

Started by Pamela Smith Lenox (pamela.lenox@verizon.net) | 13 messages | First message: 2004-01-17 | Last message: 2004-01-29
Hello, all. My daughter and I will be heading down to Disney next month and I was wondering about the practical aspects of hiding boxes on Disney property. My gut feeling is that they're likely to...

Where's J. Dillon

Started by Steve (boxdn@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2004-01-17 | Last message: 2004-01-19
Has anyone heard from James? I've emailed him with no response.