Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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November 2006

Letterboing and graveyards

Started by knightbaker63 (knightbaker63@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2006-11-14 | Last message: 2006-11-15
I have posted anothe poll on my blog that askes you how you feel about the use of graveyards in letterboxing. I do not like the idea, but I am seeing more of these hides in my region. My...

new placer-series or not

Started by LAURIE MARSELLE (ltmarselle@msn.com) | 6 messages | First message: 2006-11-13 | Last message: 2006-11-29
we are new letterboxers and we are ready to place our first letterbox. There aren't any others in our town currently and most of the boxes we plan to place over the next year are at historical...

A prescription for finding F300!

Started by team_new_hampshire (gingerbreadjunk@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2006-11-13 | Last message: 2006-11-13
LBNASIA is prescribed to treat letterboxing addiction (LA). If you take any medicines that have nitrates in them (like nitroglycerin for chest pain)every day or even once in a whileyou should NOT...

Old stamp, new location??

Started by oceanwytch (oceanwytch@yahoo.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2006-11-12 | Last message: 2006-11-14
While we are on the topic of replacing, I have a question. How do you count a stamp that has a new location? I have a stamp that needs to be pulled and I would really like to plant it somewhere...

H&H is coming to CT

Started by Hikers and Hounds (hikers_n_hounds@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2006-11-12 | Last message: 2006-11-12
Hikers and Hounds will be spending Thanksgiving in CT visiting relatives in Farmington. I would love to meet some local boxers for an exchange if anyone is interested. I am thinking maybe Friday...

To re-carve or not to re-carve?

Started by themama_bear (themama_bear@yahoo.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2006-11-12 | Last message: 2006-11-12
If one of your boxes goes missing, do you replace it or not? I'm finding that I would rather create a new box somewhere than re- create one that once was. (Though if a box is part of a series,...

Caribbean boxes?

Started by Kathy Young (butterfinger1954@yahoo.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2006-11-11 | Last message: 2006-11-11
I'm really new to LBing. Just started 2 weeks ago and have found 3 boxes in my area. Getting too cold to find more so may have to wait till spring. In a couple of weeks we are heading out on a...

A letter from Gingerbread Jim

Started by gingerbread_jim (gingerbreadjunk@yahoo.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2006-11-11 | Last message: 2006-12-02
dear sherri, it has been months now since i have seen you. i only hope you haven't lost any hope that i will ever come home. you need not to worry about me for that i am alright and seem to be in...

The Haircut Rabbit Hitch-hiker

Started by johnandkathy grandfield (goatkicks@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2006-11-10
Almost a year ago we found our first hitchhiker in one of our letterboxes - he was called The Haircut Rabbit (Jr). I think he started out in MD in the summer of 2002. Anyway, he's been to MD, VT,...

Video Letterbox in Guam!

Started by Jeremy Chapman (bravecomet@gmail.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2006-11-11 | Last message: 2006-11-13
Hey, My name is Jeremy Chapman; I discovered letterboxing a couple years ago, and it's awesome. I hid my first letterbox last month, and I have two questions about it. 1) I hid it while I was...

WOOHOO!!!! Happy Dance (cross post)

Started by brat_pack07 (brat_pack07@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2006-11-11 | Last message: 2006-11-29
We just planted our first box!!! =) YEAH!!! Even though we live in Illinois, we planted it in Wisconsin. I know, I know, we're suppose to help populate the counties in Illinois, but we HAD to...

Any Boxes In the BVI?

Started by jkgrage (jkgrage@comcast.net) | 3 messages | First message: 2006-11-10 | Last message: 2006-11-10
We're heading down to the British Virgin Islands (Virgin Gorda in particular) next week and were wondering if anyone knew of any boxes that weren't posted on the main sites. LBNA has one listed on...

my boxes

Started by (lgmadore1024@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2006-11-09 | Last message: 2006-11-09
Due to medical reasons I cannot continue the up keep of all my boxes that are out here so I would like to know if anyone would like to adopt them or have any suggestions on how I can keep them...

virus-proof letterboxes

Started by (budster2@juno.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2006-11-07 | Last message: 2006-11-10
Hi to all in LB land, .......Was curious to know about where this virus is spreading to and which states this LB virus has hit. One way to keep the boxes safe is to make it very difficult for...

Problems creating a new letterbox

Started by Paul Burak (twofreetimers@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2006-11-07
We tried to create a new letterbox called SPAM Town USA and got an error message. I have attached a copy of the screen with the error message. We already have two other letterbox created on the...

This is your friendly reminder (X-POST)

Started by team_new_hampshire (gingerbreadjunk@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2006-11-07 | Last message: 2006-11-07
Well, just so we all don't forget, we are not ever the only ones out in the woods. There comes a time of year, every year, that we are joined by hunters of a different kind. They do not look for...

What in the Blue Blazes LB - Corolla, NC

Started by ellbee01 (leronis@att.net) | 1 message | First message: 2006-11-07
If you're planning to seek this box, be aware that we've updated the clues. Happy trails, EllBee

Oo-La-La for Bluebird!!!

Started by wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) | 6 messages | First message: 2006-11-07 | Last message: 2006-11-07
Just had to spread the word that we've added another amazing "winged one" to our LA-LA list for 2006. Yes, it's our dear Bluebird of CT! Even though she started letterboxing literally at the tail...

Lollipops and letterboxes

Started by oceanwytch (oceanwytch@yahoo.com) | 7 messages | First message: 2006-11-06 | Last message: 2006-11-08
I went out for some boxes today and found 2 of the 4 I was looking for. As I looked through the logbook of the first one, there were notes saying "thanks for the lollies" and "we really loved...

logbooks at michaels

Started by m borgnaes (mborgnaes@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2006-11-06
"In Michael's $1 bin I found some mini note pads, with a pen! I picked up several for planting in future projects. They are approx. 4"x4- 1/2", 100 blank (unlined) sheets, include a small pen, and...

posting county on state map

Started by mvanyen11 (vanyen5400@juno.com) | 1 message | First message: 2006-11-06
I'm rather new to Lb. Planted my first box in a "new" county. How do I get the state map to show the county now has a box? dog lady

Log books at Michael's Craft Stores

Started by connfederate (connfederate@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2006-11-06 | Last message: 2006-11-07
In Michael's $1 bin I found some mini note pads, with a pen! I picked up several for planting in future projects. They are approx. 4"x4- 1/2", 100 blank (unlined) sheets, include a small pen, and...

Announcing - WI "fall" gathering Dec 2

Started by duncan53211 (duncan53211@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2006-11-06
Announcing a gathering in Wisconsin on Dec. 2nd. "A St. Nick's Gathering" The WI Gathering page is now up and can be seen at: http://www.geocities.com/the_lb_dragon/WI_Gathering_fall06.htm If you...

Mystery Gathering Photographs (X-Post to LBNE)

Started by Alafair (ms_alafair@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2006-11-05
I'm looking for photographs from MG II and III ('03 and '04) and any photographs from other MGs you'd like to share that I may use with your permission in a new MG Event Book. You can email them to...

Digest Number 3458

Started by m borgnaes (mborgnaes@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2006-11-05
"And if you don't mind online shopping, I have the Staedtler 2.5 x 2.5 inch blocks at Stampeaz.com, along with a number of other sizes and shapes. :) Webfoot" and I was just going to add that...