Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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July 2001

Airline Trail South letterbox

Started by (drewclan@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-25
Oops! Sorry about that! You're up on the eastern CT page now. Jay --- In letterbox-usa@y..., "WILLIAM HAALCK" wrote: > Resubmitting this letterbox. It never got posted on the Eastern CT...

Put state & province first here please

Started by Mountain Scorpia (mountainscorpia@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-24
As a newbie trying to find info in the archives (I know "oldies" don't want to read the same old questions over and over), I found it very difficult to find what I was looking for...being specific...

Southport NC box

Started by (whitepuredove@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2001-07-25 | Last message: 2001-07-25
Ok this is my first box I hope that some of you find yourselfinthearea and find it.Let's Visit Southport NCTake a nice drive downhowe Street tward the AtlanticOcean.Beforemaking it to the Waterstop...

Messed Up E-Mail

Started by (paisleyorca@webtv.net) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-24
Hi Folks! My e-mail is messed up, so stuff has been bouncing. If I've not acknowledged you it's not that I don't appreciate you, it's that I have no idea that you wrote me. Hopefully I'll get this...

spam (correction)

Started by Bill (bburk@worldnet.att.net) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-24
Randy, I agree with your statements about the clues. I feel that if I write clues and people find the box without extra hints/help, that proves the clues are understandable. The fact that SOME...

Porn Spam, Difficult Clues, and Logbooks

Started by (bsennott@crocker.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2001-07-24 | Last message: 2001-07-27
I think it's a shame that members of this list are getting porn spam. I hope those who are getting it complain to Yahoo! rather than simply walk away from the list. For what it's worth,...

LB post response

Started by cowpost (cowpost@email.msn.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-24
I guess this depends on how old you are!!! LOL! Cowpost(Who will begin looking for her own boxes soon!) my husband and I have to hide them for each other since there isn't much challenge in...

spam

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2001-07-23 | Last message: 2001-07-24
> That why they call it spam? It is believed the term "spam" as used on the 'net originally derives from a rather famous Monty Python sketch (http://www.detritus.org/spam/skit.html), and the...

Newbie Questions about Hitchhikers

Started by David (dcassidy@together.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2001-07-23 | Last message: 2001-07-25
What is the accepted practice in regards to hitchhikers. When I find one, should I keep it a secret and just pass it on, or do I "report" it to the group here? How about when I pass it on? Again,...

Randy's recent posting

Started by Eric Mings (elm@letterboxing.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-23
I am very sorry to read Randy's most recent posting about his frustrations and plans to remove his clues from his website. I don't claim to know his mind, but Randy and I have corresponded...

bad email

Started by (mohmers@aol.com) | 6 messages | First message: 2001-07-23 | Last message: 2001-07-25
In a message dated 7/23/01 8:42:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, davisj@u.washington.edu writes: << I am beginning to get pornographic spam and I do not like it. This is the only newsletter to ...

Thank you to everyone

Started by Karen Thomsen (thomsen_k@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2001-07-23 | Last message: 2001-07-24
I sincerely apologize if I have whined about any letterboxes that I failed to find. I have so far found 61 boxes and only failed to find about 5, so the fun and excitement of the "found" boxes far...

hello

Started by Liz (ighermie@yahoo.com) | 9 messages | First message: 2001-07-23 | Last message: 2005-02-14
Hello all, I was planning a hike and I came across a website about letterboxing and it sounded really interesting. (I tried to find the boxes at Pulpit Rock and the Pinnacle but without a compass I...

Danger!

Started by Elizabeth Tripp (elizabeth.tripp@yale.edu) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-23
Hello All, This is my first contact with the list - I have been lurking for a few months now. Just wanted to say this letterboxing site is terrific, and I am interested to see all the different...

Two new boxes in Virginia

Started by Kathy (kl4321@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-23
Clues have been sent to the webmaster for two new boxes in Virginia. The first, planted on July 14, 2001, is "We Love Virginia" planted by Phillip and Lydia from St. Louis, MO, while visiting...

'Nother log book question

Started by Mischief In Wa (Mischief_wa@hotmail.com) | 5 messages | First message: 2001-07-23 | Last message: 2001-07-23
You you put stamps from your own letterboxes into your log book? I'm thinking of keeping a seperate log book (or section of my log book) for stamps from my own boxes. As it is now, I find myself...

The Eleventh Essential

Started by (defygravity@snet.net) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-23
The essential that's NOT in your pack: Tell someone where you're going and when you expect to be home. Aili >"WD40 to make the world go 'round; & duct tape to make it stop."

New WA Box - Langley

Started by Mischief In Wa (Mischief_wa@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-23
I hid a new box in the town of Langley WA (on Whidbey Island). It took me a couple of days to write the clues, as they insisted on rhyming whether I wanted them to or not. This is a very easy box...

Schmitz Park Swarmed...

Started by Mischief In Wa (Mischief_wa@hotmail.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-23
Schmitz Park Swarmed... by newbie boxers! Hehe Took a few of my friends out for their first boxing trip today. We had a great time finding Amanda's boxes. Everyone got a real kick out of the...

Holy Jim Falls question

Started by cowpost (cowpost@email.msn.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2001-07-22 | Last message: 2001-07-22
  I tried to send this directly to Mick, but it bounced. What do you think the difficulty of this box is--physically speaking? I will be in Newport Beach over Christmas and want to try...

What's in your pack? - The Ten Essentials

Started by (mporter@pobox.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-22
I always carry the Ten Essentials in a day pack, especially for a longer hike, like the one Teri and I just had when we planted a letterbox at Holy Jim Falls in Orange County, CA, the clues for...

Holy Jim Falls Letterbox, Orange County CA USA

Started by Mick Porter (jporter2@socal.rr.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-22
Placed July 18, 2001 by Teri Kahan and Mick Porter. The nearest town is Trabuco, CA, in Orange County. Please see our web site for clues: http://www.terikahandesign.com/lbox/holyjim1.htm Teri...

A man of few words...

Started by (jonsey9999@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-22
A man of few words… A CT Mystery in < 1 hr... Perry's place near Adam's garden. Straight, 150, 140, Behind Mr. Brown. 190, 320, Boulder, Shelter, Many Cairns, Cairn amongst beeches. 340, Home.

Debate

Started by Eric Mings (elm@letterboxing.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2001-07-21 | Last message: 2001-08-25
Kimberly stated in part: Isn't a debate when people of differing views state their points, and then just leave it at that? I don't see why we need a million posts, just because you have a...

Yipeeeee!

Started by Linda Kuzyk (lindakuzyk@yahoo.com) | 1 message | First message: 2001-07-21
Peter and I (PetLinK) just had the neatest experience! We heard a knock on our door and answered it to find a "fellow" letterboxer! Wanda (RI) had been hiking the AT and took time out to search for...