Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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April 2007

Cryptic Clues ?

Started by gallant_rogue (gallant_rogue@yahoo.com) | 6 messages | First message: 2007-04-11 | Last message: 2007-04-11
What kind of font has little mailboxes?

100!

Started by tony pecchia (anthony.pecchia@cox.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-04-10 | Last message: 2007-04-11
Today we made our 100th find! Actually we're up to 105 to be exact. arp1701 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I saw it coming (reference post #)

Started by John (jprovetto@earthlink.net) | 1 message | First message: 2007-04-10
5595

I saw it coming

Started by John (jprovetto@earthlink.net) | 36 messages | First message: 2007-04-10 | Last message: 2007-04-19
I've been away for a while and just recently browsed some of the newsgroup messages. It seems like letterboxers are getting pressured off of a lot of lands. As early as 2001, I said this would...

MISSING BOXES ON BIG PINE KEY

Started by sniffypokey (sniffypokey@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-04-10 | Last message: 2007-04-11
We decided to go box hunting Saturday 7th at Big Pine Key, which is about 30 miles south of where we are in the keys.There were two boxes here according to the maps. One was in the deer key refuge...

Tulsa area meet and greet

Started by Melody (mel4pg@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2007-04-09
Anyone in the Tulsa area interested in a mini-meet? One is being planned for about the 15th of May. This will be an evening meet, potluck supper, just a couple of hours to meet and exchange...

Honor Liberty HH .......

Started by Judy (jowagnon@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2007-04-09
....... by Don and Gwen is alive and well in A-Bear's Evel Knievel letterbox near Jerome and Twin Falls ID.

Missing / not missing box (WAS: Fabulous day for boxing!)

Started by rozebud.rm (rozebud@rocketmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2007-04-08
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, baliddle wrote: > > At 11:09 PM 4/7/2007, you wrote: > >How could this happen? > >I'm pretty darn sure I was in the correct spot when I checked on it - > >there...

Fabulous day for boxing!

Started by rozebud.rm (rozebud@rocketmail.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2007-04-08 | Last message: 2007-04-08
We spent the afternoon hunting and finding The B Hunters spectacular 11- box series "The Rains Came Tumbling Down". Seriously, folks - if you find yourself in the STL area with a day to kill, go...

Letterboxing Poem

Started by (ed@bluarcher.com) | 1 message | First message: 2007-04-06
Hi, All! I was stamping in today at Bird Herd in Ramsey NJ when this poem came to me: Ode to Letterboxing Sometimes I hike, sometimes I camp, Some days it's dry, some days it's damp, There are...

Celery Box in Allendale NJ

Started by (ed@bluarcher.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2007-04-06 | Last message: 2007-04-06
Hi, All! Has anybody from this list found this box? If so, could you please contact me with maybe an additional clue? I am at least the 4th person to list it as Attempted. Based on the clues and...

Life Insurance For Letterboxes?

Started by Silver Eagle (sileagle@alltel.net) | 13 messages | First message: 2007-04-06 | Last message: 2007-04-09
The recent discussion has brought up a point I have thought about for some time now: How do I ensure my letterbox clues survive me? Notice I said clues, not the boxes themselves, since I don't...

Cutting off our nose to spite our...

Started by (drewclan@aol.com) | 16 messages | First message: 2007-04-05 | Last message: 2007-04-15
"Tarred and feathered?" "Besmirched?" "Ensuing frenzy?" "Mob lecturing and condemning?" I hate to see us over react and make more of this than it is. It's really okay to discuss responsible...

Tarred and Feathered

Started by gerania93 (gerania93@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2007-04-05
Jan, I'm so glad that you stepped in and posted that eloquent response to Jay Drew's comment and the ensuing frenzy. I posted the brief reply yesterday at least alluding to the fact that there was...

Marketing treasure hunt trips in historic graveyard - The Boston Globe

Started by matolutacikala (matoluta@cmc.net) | 1 message | First message: 2007-04-04
Try this... http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/23/marketing_treasure_hunt_trips_in_historic_graveyard/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Easier link: There can be worse things than letterboxes in cemeter...

Started by (shmooy2@wmconnect.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2007-04-04 | Last message: 2007-04-04
Still not able to view the article. Can you cut and paste it here?

Easier link: There can be worse things than letterboxes in cemeteries.....

Started by xxxxxxxx (BrighidFarm@comcast.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-04-04 | Last message: 2007-04-04
OK, here's an easier link to the article: http://tinyurl.com/2n5e9v ~~ Mosey ~~ -----Original Message----- From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of...

There can be worse things than letterboxes in cemeteries.....

Started by xxxxxxxx (BrighidFarm@comcast.net) | 1 message | First message: 2007-04-04
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/23/marketing_treasure_hunt _trips_in_historic_graveyard/ This should make cemetery folks actually *appreciate* letterboxers. :-) I was surprised...

Letterboxing: shooting ourselves in the foot

Started by Drew Family (drewclan@aol.com) | 39 messages | First message: 2007-04-04 | Last message: 2007-04-07
Fyi, here's a note recieved by the LbNA webmasters. << -, PA. The instructions of the box placer was to "start by breaking the law" and step over the chained gate and no tresspassing sign. This...

Archive function at LbNA

Started by speedsquare_lbxr (ruhlette@yahoo.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2007-04-04 | Last message: 2007-04-05
I wonder how many letterboxers use the archive function on their letterboxes which have been retired, confirmed missing, or won't be replaced, letterboxes? Before this tool was available, we could...

Simple or Complex? HH

Started by Michael Taft (ICEHatchet@hotmail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-04-02 | Last message: 2007-04-02
Our first day Letterboxing and my wife and I found a Hitchhiker! Pretty cool, except I am not finding it posted anywhere, the "author" is not clear, and there is no contact information. The...

New members ready to begin

Started by purplesnoopys6 (purplesnoopys6@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-04-01 | Last message: 2007-04-01
We are from the Ann Arbor, Mi area. How do I begin a search in my area?

Goshen, CT.

Started by rubaduc2001 (Rubaduc@juno.com) | 1 message | First message: 2007-04-01
I found a cell phone on top of the stone wall at the Portly Prince in the Pound box this morning. If it's yours contact me off list. Rubaduc

calendar spam?

Started by (ThreeHearts429@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2007-04-01 | Last message: 2007-04-02
Someone spammed the calendar! Can a mod delete it, please? Thank you!!!!!!! I use Yahoo calendar for everything, and it's stinking up the joint...... 3H **************************************...

Confused

Started by Pacific Lace (pacificlace_2000@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2007-04-01 | Last message: 2007-04-01
Hi everyone, When I registered on the letterbox site, my user name comes up backwards when I sign in! When I place a box will it come up as Hoppytoads or will it be backwards?? This has me...