Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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November 2000

Going To Mecca boundary="-

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@sover.net) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-26
Space Traveller, How we envy you. We will all want full reports. I would say that your boxes over definitely count for your P/F quotient. Tom The Orient Express Braintree, VT P19F107 "The game...

Hitchhikers

Started by Tom Cooch (tcooch@sover.net) | 65 messages | First message: 2000-11-26 | Last message: 2009-11-16
I had a lovely day yesterday in Connecticut. The high point was finding Sarah Fearing's hitchhiking box "Y2K Bug." It had been hidden at Julian's Rock west of Hartford, and made my F count an even...

AT

Started by Randy Hall (randy@mapsurfer.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-26
This has come up before, but a non-updated, non-maintained list of boxes on the AT is at http://www.letterboxing.org/series.html The first one was maxpatch in NC. If someone wants to update and...

New Fl Letterbox

Started by Eric Mings (elm@ao.net) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-25
Skyfish Letterbox Myakka River State Park Sarasota, Fl Planted 11-24-2000 Find you way to Myakka River State Park east of Sarasota Fl. It is a huge park (45 square miles) with many hiking and...

Chat

Started by (cstearns@neca.com) | 10 messages | First message: 2000-11-26 | Last message: 2004-06-05
Well for those who were on I had my computer give me a fatal error message and shut down I didn't just disappear, hope no one was offended. It was great to get to know more of you. Will have to...

Stone Needle in NJ

Started by John Rovetto (jrov@nji.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2000-11-25 | Last message: 2000-11-26
Here's my first letterbox clues. I did it as a rhyme. The azimuths are true north and the paces are 2 steps. The magnetic declination here is 11-1/2 degrees west. So add 11.5 to all of my...

Holt & Barrows Trail, Mansfield, Ct.

Started by Carolyn Stearns (cstearns@neca.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-25
Black Fish and Chick in a Nest   Rated Easy  1 hour +   Sponsored By : Cock-A-Doodle-Moo 4-H Club   Take rte 195 to Mansfield Center, turn onto Browns Rd next to the Congregational church....

tonight

Started by (cstearns@neca.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-25
Just a reminder anyone who would like to join us as an informal gathering of the minds we will be in the egroups chat room at 9 p.m. tonight eastern time. Hope a few of you can make it, everyones...

To Eric J. Eurto re Lion's Head letterbox

Started by storrey (storrey@dnamail.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2000-11-25 | Last message: 2000-11-25
Eric (in case the direct email I sent didn't make it)     Just thought you might like to know that someone has visited your letterbox at Lion's Head.  Apparently a bunch of kids found it...

New box in the Wissahickon (Phila., PA)

Started by Judi (Judi@SpaceFamily.net) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-25
Happy Thanksgiving fellow box hunters. Here's the second box in the Wissahickon Series. Judi Body Parts Box If you are starting here, park at the end of Mt Airy Avenue. If you are coming...

Two New Virginia Beach Letterboxes

Started by Mark & Mary Ann Magnant (mmagnant@erols.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-24
Flame of Hope The Flame of Hope is a monument that was formerly dedicated on Friday May 22, 1972. It was originally intended to remain lit only temporarily until all the POW/MIA's were returned...

Paw Print, Bicentennial Park, Mansfield, Ct.

Started by Carolyn Stearns (cstearns@neca.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-24
Paw Print   sponsored by: Cock-A-Doodle-Moo 4-H Club   Planted by : The Cowboy ( age 7 )   rated: easy  1 hour or less makes this park a two-for   In Mansfield Center take rte 195 to Clover...

checking boxes

Started by (jrov@nji.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2000-11-24 | Last message: 2003-11-21
Is there any criterior for checking boxes that you've placed? Isn't there a tally to see how many people have found it? I'm just curious. John

Summer Music Query

Started by (cstearns@neca.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2000-11-24 | Last message: 2000-11-27
While we are talking about it, anyone figured out Summer Music? that one is driving me crazy I realy believe the Drew Clan has way to much free time to be thinking these clues up. I have a few...

box in florida

Started by (abandy420@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-24
well i finally did it. i placed my first letter box in florida today. its at a nice wilderness park an hour north of tampa. i will post the clues when i get home next week. have fun eric mings i...

Re(2): [LbNA] Going To Mecca

Started by Graham Howard (ghh2@tutor.open.ac.uk) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-24
Hi ......... now Bill Reese and Eric Eutro both wrote about coming over to Dartmoor...Hey the "moor the merrier" >Hmmm, seems like there is definitely some interest out there in going to >Dartmoor!...

Ray's Dilemma

Started by Eric J. Eurto (enicltrbxr@netzero.net) | 7 messages | First message: 2000-11-24 | Last message: 2001-06-10
Hey, has anyone on list found Ray's Dilemma? I was just wondering. I haven't found it yet. I've been out there numerous times when I had time to kill. Was just there today before I stuffed myself. I...

Pacing

Started by (jrov@nji.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2000-11-24 | Last message: 2000-11-24
Hi, I'm just getting started and hope to hide a letterbox in my area soon. I've read about how people write clues and I have one point of contention. I was trained as a forester and now work in...

Going To Mecca

Started by Mark Fitton (mfitton@snet.net) | 5 messages | First message: 2000-11-23 | Last message: 2000-11-24
Eric Eurto mentioned hoping to get to Dartmoor someday. I think, for all of us American letterboxers, that would be the holy grail. Which leads me to a suggestion. Perhaps, through this Board, some...

Scheduled Discussion/Chat Room

Started by Valerie P Gilson (vgilson@juno.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-22
Just a recap in case anybody missed it.... Saturday night, 9:00pm. www.egroups.com/chat/letterbox-usa See you there. -Valerie ________________________________________________________________ GET...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Started by (a1b@exchange.gasco.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-22
Hi Letterboxing Pals! I just want to wish you a wonderful and abundant Thanksgiving. Go forth and be grateful. Best regards, Amanda Briles

Complete mansfield

Started by (cstearns@neca.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2000-11-22 | Last message: 2000-11-26
Hi Heather and anyone else "listening" . I got out my list and here goes I think the confusion lies in the fact that I also planted hitchhikers and now they have wandered further afield. Check the...

Thoughts

Started by (twograysquirrels@aol.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2000-11-22 | Last message: 2000-11-22
First let me thank Eric Ming for his funny response to the Florida letterboxes. I enjoyed that, and it is good to see a sense of humor expressed. Well, here are my thoughts on the recent...

Listening

Started by (cstearns@neca.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-11-22
I've been listening , what a flood of comments ,we opened the gate wide on this one. Notice the opportunity to learn here and we can be better. I have missed boxes that are probably there, I...

Re No Comments

Started by Graham Howard (ghh2@tutor.open.ac.uk) | 2 messages | First message: 2000-11-22 | Last message: 2000-11-22
Hi Mitch... I agree wholeheartedly with your "no comments please" message..I do hope it wasn't me musing on the UK systems that caused all this flurry... I agree with you about skills and abilities...