Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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August 2003

a newbie who made a big boo-boo

Started by (StDebb@aol.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-08-16 | Last message: 2003-08-17
Hi! This'll be part introduction, part apology, and part plea for help! I'm Debbie, and I'm brand new to letterboxing. I learned about it two weeks ago, right before I left on vacation, so I...

Stamp carving medium? Need source in So. Cal.

Started by (rbngdfello@aol.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2003-08-16 | Last message: 2003-08-18
We are having trouble locating stamp carving medium in our area (San Gabriel Valley in So. CA). Can only order in batches of 6 from the Speedball site. Michael's doesn't have it. Our BIG local...

HH question

Started by (rbngdfello@aol.com) | 13 messages | First message: 2003-08-16 | Last message: 2004-09-20
We're new at this, but we have an idea of a HH we'd like to plant. Do HHs usually travel entirely at random? Are they ever planted with a suggested itinerary? For example, might an HH express a...

The Maine Event: pictures

Started by mulbie (mulbie@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-16
I have just completed uploading some pictures to a photo album called "The Maine Event" on this website. Although I have tried my best to identify some of the people, please correct me if I am...

ATTN: Jam n Jelly and Purple Iris

Started by (rbngdfello@aol.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2003-08-16 | Last message: 2003-08-26
Hi, Have you received any e-mail from us in the past 10 days or so via the LBNA "contact the planter" message feature? We have e-mailed each of you at least once during that time. We just...

Wanda and Pete?

Started by Lynda (neverenuff1969@yahoo.com) | 6 messages | First message: 2003-08-16 | Last message: 2003-08-18
Does anyone know if they still mantain their site for HH's? I've contacted them twice (once about a found HH, and then again about a new HH released) and I haven't heard anything from them. Just...

Bonus Box

Started by needeeps2002 (needeeps@webtv.net) | 6 messages | First message: 2003-08-16 | Last message: 2005-01-02
Hello, picked up a bonus box today in Coventry,called the Four Friendly Faces.It was a bonus box for the first person to stamp in at the new Constitution State Letterbox in Coventry.It is now my...

Soccer Born Every Minute HH progress report

Started by Chuck Straub (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
Soccer Born Every Minute HH Planted at "Strawberry Fields Forever" 7-16-03 picked up by Wanda and Pete and brought to Columbia Rec Park, Columbia CT 7-21-03 Picked up by Chuck and Molly at Columbia...

En Garde HH progress report

Started by Chuck Straub (woodschuckstraub@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
En Garde HH planted by Butterfly, Bookworm and RTRW on 1-31-03 The En Garde HH was found 8-12-03 while I was checking on how a couple of my leterboxes were doing. Here are the last few entries. At...

Happy Hitchhiker found

Started by runsoblue (runsoblue@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-16
The Happy Hitchhiker letter box was found last week (August 3) at the Bear Fence location in Shenandoah National Park. We will be placing it as soon as possible in a new location. Thanks for the...

Buttercup & Daffodil's Journeys Hitch Hiker - has anyone seen it??

Started by Two Maine Cats (twomainecats@msn.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
HI, We are TwoMaineCats who planted the Buttercup & Daffodil Journey Hitch Hiker at the Loon Letterbox located in Holden, Maine. The HH has since left its home and we would like a report on where...

Woody Hitch Hiker

Started by Two Maine Cats (twomainecats@msn.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
The Woody Hitch Hiker was picked up today by TwoMaineCats at Peacock's Pandora in Ellsworth, Maine. We will pass this cat toy along...

NY corrected/corrected Dalliance clews

Started by ehughes52 (libby@twcny.rr.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
OK, correction to the correction on clue #7 that I somehow flubbed so this one works: Dalliance Letterbox is a micro-box Note: there are other boxes in this park, watch for more to be posted here. ...

MO- Letterboxing with kids

Started by Malinda Welte (mwelte@kc.rr.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
I made my kids their own stamps (3 1/2 and almost 11 months) and we went on our second letterboxing adventure yesterday. At Burr Oak Woods in MO, Miss Kitty hiked the whole 1.5 mile Habitat trail...

letterboxing and teenages

Started by sandymess (sandymess@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
I've been out with my grandchildren, Ages 8-16 and they all love it. One (the 16 yr old) even suggested doing a stamp for his grandfathers birthday. He carved the stamp and helped to plant...

Wendell Gathering Info Request

Started by Mike S (tehutika@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2003-08-15 | Last message: 2003-08-16
Greetings, When does the Wendell Gathering officially start and end? And where are we going to meet? Mike S. ....who is still hoping to be able to make it tomorrow, but can't remember the...

What happened to the list of HHs??

Started by (R2D2ZDW@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15

Surprize for me! My PFXE count is higher than I thought

Started by Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
I have been using the numbers taped to my computer, because I thought those were my latest. However, when I went to put today's finds into my journal, I realized I had not counted/updated my F/P/X/E...

IN- Boxes found

Started by Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
Today I loaded up all four dogs and my mother in law "Rusty" into the van and went in search of three new boxes placed by Franzsolo in Indiana. Here's what we found: "Cedar Grove" was dry and in...

Any responses from LBNA?

Started by Ivy Hedge (poisonivy@haveashittyday.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2003-08-15 | Last message: 2003-08-15
I offered to adopt two abandoned boxes in Arlington, VA and asked a question about why a posted box doesn't appear on the Virginia list and have gotten no response. Any suggestions on how I can get...

new mystery box in CT

Started by (mindizney@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
OK all!!! For those of you who have been (not so patiently ;-) waiting for that box that I have been promising for months..... It's OUT! Have a great time and don't forget your camera (and tripod...

boxing with older kids

Started by Lisa Cook (lisadcook@comcast.net) | 10 messages | First message: 2003-08-15 | Last message: 2003-08-16
Hi all, Just a question.. I am new to this and have teenage kids. I have heard a lot about people letterboxing with young kids. Are there many who do it with older kids? Lisa [Non-text portions of...

Maine Gather info needed! Info given

Started by phynstar (mmstilphen@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "cscm88" wrote: > --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, mindizney@a... wrote: > > > Does anyone know the names of the eleven boxes that were planted > for the...

Mensa and computer sitting

Started by Wes Garrison (wes@wesgarrison.us) | 2 messages | First message: 2003-08-15 | Last message: 2003-08-15
I take offense that sitting in front of a computer all day is bad. I'm over it though. Wes [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Yellow map pins, mensa, inclusiveness, tangents, letterboxing

Started by Susan/Erik Davis (davisarc@DavisVermont.com) | 1 message | First message: 2003-08-15
n Fact: A high percentage of letterboxers are, or are eligible, for Mensa. Several founders were/are Mensans. Opinion: So what? A high percentage of letterboxers are female. Point: This old...