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November 2003

CA: My trip to the Southern California wildfire-blackened areas & SitRep.

Started by trentlaudes (trentlaudes@excite.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-11-07 | Last message: 2003-11-07
Everyone, I work for Southern California Edison, the largest Southern California electric company. To help coordinate emergency response in the fire-burned areas around Lake Arrowhead, the company...

Report on Martha By Mail #2

Started by Wanda (wsthm@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-07
Martha will be heading out again tomorrow from Blue Dragonfly in MA to 'The Great Outdoors' in NJ.... then still in NJ, she will be moving on to letterboxingbee....and on down the rest of the...

Have you placed 100 boxes or more?

Started by Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-06
I have only gotten one reply/address for the P-100 stamp so far. Any others that want to get on the mailing list for this stamp? It will be at the F-100 gathering, because I know Franzsolo qualifies...

OH- F-100 Gathering-ALL WELCOME

Started by Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-06
There will be a gathering in Ohio where the F-100 stamp carved by Scoutdogs will be passed around to those who qualify, however, if you do not qualify, you can still attend! I'll make an event stamp...

Martha by Mail #2 Blue Dragonfly?, Great Outdoors?

Started by Wanda (wsthm@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-06
That's what I was wondering too... The last I heard of it, 'Blue Dragonfly' had received it. Next it should have gone to 'The Great Outdoors', then 'letterboxing bee'. Unless they post in the...

CT: Merrow Park

Started by Small Bear (summerlove23@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-06
Thanks for the info everyone. Luckily, I've found the original drawings I used to carve the first Circle of Life series, and Lily Pad was having a 30% off sale, so I'm already carving a new set....

clues for another state

Started by bdloving (bruce@lovingscents.com) | 19 messages | First message: 2003-11-06 | Last message: 2003-11-09
If you are in 1 state and find a letterbox with a clue for a box in another state. Would you be A overjoyed and ready for a road trip B amused C indifferent D consider it a waste

babybear PEANUTS letterbox

Started by wanda4wanda (wanda4wanda@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-06
found this in mcallister park today and it is in good shape and i hid it well back in its spot... but on the directions to get to it it says ""go to the bathrooms and then go right"" and in...

Peaks of Otter

Started by dtclark9 (dtclark9@gamewood.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-06
The last Sunday of October my Cadette Senior Girl Scout Troop attended a Camporee near Fincastle, Virginia. My troop laid a letterbox trail for the weekend as an extra time activity. We had a...

Scouting Postal Letterbox List (so far!)

Started by Peppermint Patti (peppermint.patti@att.net) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-06
Here's the list I have so far. If you have emailed me and don't see your name, please let me know! I'm so excited!! Peppermint Patti 1 Mark Pepe 2 Jocelyn Gould 3 David Salley 4 Kim of...

Scouting Postal Letterbox

Started by Peppermint Patti (peppermint.patti@att.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-11-06 | Last message: 2003-11-06
Wow! I received such a great response to this in just one day! I already have about 28 people signed up (and will put out a list very soon!). If you would like to still sign up for this, please send...

Pasadena/Halloween Series

Started by Gwen and Don Jackson (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-11-05 | Last message: 2003-11-06
We were beginning to wonder if this was a trick not a treat. Thankful that it isn't April first. Don [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Moving a Giraffe is a Tall Order HH

Started by sandymess (sandymess@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-11-06 | Last message: 2004-01-26
Found this HH on Monday in the Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, CA. Will be Moving it along soon. Purple Iris.

CA: Mistake in the Southern California Letterbox Series placed in Pasadena

Started by trentlaudes (trentlaudes@excite.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-11-06 | Last message: 2003-11-05
On October 28th, I placed a post about a new letterbox series in Pasadena California--The Halloween Series. I made a mistake in the clues for letterbox #6; in the post, I said to look for the name...

CT: EMS Waterford book signing

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-05
People have asked if they can get a signed copy of my book. I'll be at the EMS in the Crystal Mall, Waterford CT, on Sat November 15th 2-4 PM or so, to sign, stamp, or whatever, or even give hints...

Re. CT. hotbed

Started by rospa10 (wilmes2@mindspring.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-11-06 | Last message: 2003-11-06
Hey! Hey! Hey!! We may be a small and extremely expensive state to live in, but lots of open space has been preserved. We letterboxers realize the importance of getting something (that costs...

Letterbox patches

Started by (StDebb@aol.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-11-05 | Last message: 2003-11-06
Are you supposed to have found a certain number of boxes before you've earned the right to wear the LbNA patch? Another boxer and I were discussing this earlier, and we weren't sure. DebBee

Why Is CT A Hotbed Of Letterbxes?

Started by letterboxer2002 (letterboxer2002@yahoo.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2003-11-05 | Last message: 2003-11-09
Hey eveyone- Someone asked me today ... "Why is CT such a hotbed for letterboxes?" I thought I could answer just about anything regarding letterboxing. But this question stumps me. Can anyone...

First exchange!

Started by drlith (drlith@hotmail.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2003-11-05 | Last message: 2003-11-05
I know to all you oldbies this may not be exciting news, but I got my first exchange yesterday when we ran into the Mobots looking for the latest plants by the GirlGuides. On a Tuesday afternoon,...

New Postal Letterbox

Started by Peppermint Patti (peppermint.patti@att.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-11-05 | Last message: 2003-11-05
Hi! I'm thinking of starting a new postal letterbox - "The Scouting Postal Letterbox". My idea is to send it to people that have been involved in Scouting (Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, even...

Hello Houston!!

Started by Wanda (wsthm@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-05
Welcome to the Texas Gulf Coast, Kathy! We are in desperate need of more letterboxers here. You are still about 300(?) miles north of me, but I hope you can come down to the Corpus Christi area...

Anyone heard anything from Kris in Iraq?

Started by catbead1 (libby@twcny.rr.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2003-11-05 | Last message: 2003-11-05
I've been wondering if anyone has heard from Kristoffer Buquet who had contacted us earlier from Sunny Iraq about letterboxing supplies? Does anyone know how he is doing and if any of the supplies...

FL: Pirate box alive and well

Started by samanark (samanark@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-05
The Pirate Letterbox at Treasure Island was alive and well this afternoon. It has had 3 visitors since it was planted in September. --Amanda from Seattle

Did you try to contact me?

Started by Mary Ellen Martel (memlili54@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-11-04
I may, from total ignorance and lack of sleep, have made a grievous error. I have this sinking feeling that I may have deleted without reading it an email from "contact the placer". If anyone out...

Goodbye No.VA --Hello Houston!!

Started by Kathy Kalberer (kkalberer@cox.net) | 4 messages | First message: 2003-11-04 | Last message: 2003-11-05
I wanted to say an official "Goodbye" to the Virginia Lb's. Thanks for the great clues, stamps and boxes! You all have taken me to parks/trails that I never knew exsisted! (and I've been here 20+...