Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

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October 2000

Fall gathering

Started by (bayletterbox@juno.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2000-10-07 | Last message: 2000-10-08
This is a very delayed reaction reply but what is a "fall gathering", is this for the webmasters or is this an open thing? Also for anyone interested EMS (Eastern Mountain Sports) is supposed to be...

window decals

Started by (mohmers@aol.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2000-10-06 | Last message: 2003-05-25
AND.... the same shop is putting togethre a price on window decals showing the LBNA logal and name....based on the top of the LBNA web site. Once again...pricing info is to come. Sorry for the...

patches for letterboxers

Started by (mperry03@snet.net) | 12 messages | First message: 2000-10-06 | Last message: 2000-10-10
I would like lots of feedback please. Both positive and negative. My mom, mom's friend and I have had large patches made they are about 4*8 oval and say 25 letterboxes on them with a picture of a...

Another stamp option?

Started by Bruce Farmer (bruce_farmer@hotmail.com) | 8 messages | First message: 2000-10-05 | Last message: 2000-10-06
I've got to admit that I've been most impressed with the personally carved stamps, but it's a heavy weight off my shoulders to know that it's really OK to use a commercial stamp. Might get my...

Broken link in www.letterboxing.org

Started by Roy Bryant (roybryant@SEVENtwentyfour.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2000-10-05 | Last message: 2001-01-16
There appears to be a problem on this page of your site. On your page http://www.letterboxing.org/ma/inherit.htm when you click on your link to http://www.letterboxing.org/ma/waiver.htm ...

Der Mad Stamper

Started by John De Wolf (jdewolf@mail.icrsurvey.com) | 9 messages | First message: 2000-10-04 | Last message: 2016-11-01
Hey Mitch!  Great job.  Way to knock off some more of those "virgin" states.  You took pretty good care of the western side of the map.  We might get to "50 in Y2K" yet.  Just seven states...

First Letterbox in IDAHO, WY & UT

Started by (mohmers@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-10-04
WOW MITCH!

To carve or not to carve

Started by Christopher Van Loon (vanloonc@yahoo.com) | 6 messages | First message: 2000-10-04 | Last message: 2000-10-04
As my vacation grows nearer, and I struggle to carve two stamps for the letterboxes my wife and I will be placing in Canada next week, I feel I should weigh in that I don't think people should feel...

First Letterbox in IDAHO

Started by (Letterboxr@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-10-03
There is now a letterbox in Idaho!! After placing the Golden Spike box in Utah on Sunday, Oct. 1, Der Mad Stamper wandered on to Boise, Idaho. On Monday, Oct. 2, 2000, The Raptor Letterbox became...

First Letterbox in UTAH

Started by (Letterboxr@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2000-10-03 | Last message: 2000-10-05
There is now a letterbox in Utah. The Golden Spike Letterbox is located near the Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory, where the first transcontinental railroad was completed. For...

Der Mad Stamper in Wyoming

Started by (Letterboxr@aol.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2000-10-03 | Last message: 2000-10-04
There's a new letterbox in Wyoming. The "Li'l Bug's Bungalow" Letterbox was placed on Expedition Island in Green River, Wyoming on 9/30/2000. Just off I-80, Green River is a great place to start...

Clues Question

Started by (caseynmarj@yahoo.com) | 3 messages | First message: 2000-10-03 | Last message: 2000-10-06
Ok, I've started gathering my materials for my box. I have a stamp to finish carving then I'll be hidding my box. But I noticed that it seems as though everyone involved in this has a website. ...

Article on Letterboxing

Started by John De Wolf - PA (jdewolf@mail.icrsurvey.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2000-10-03 | Last message: 2005-05-04
Here's a link to an article on Letterboxing Michael Cooney wrote in his newsletter "The Friendship Letter". Enjoy. http://members.aol.com/johndewolf/articles/letterboxing.htm Lone Wolf P6F45X20

Green Trails Quest

Started by Jay Drew (drewclan@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-10-03
It was a gloriously autumn day yesterday and Margaret and I had a couple of hours of together time in the morning, so we headed over to the Trustum Pond Quest (...

'nother Michigan box

Started by Ruthann aka Mirkwood (mirkwood3@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-10-02
PEACE LETTERBOX Clue Web Page: http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/letterboxing/peace.htm My son, Teddy, said, "You should call this box "Tranquility"." The location is truly tranquil a calm lake with...

Suggestions for carving implements...

Started by ribnag (ribnag@users.tmok.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-10-02
> Can anyone suggest good tools for carving rubber stamps? I'm > a bit apprehensive about attacking one with an Xacto knife. i found i have the most control with very rough dremmel bits. you just...

First Timer in CT

Started by (axtowner@aol.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2000-10-01 | Last message: 2000-10-15
Greetings, all! New to letterboxing, new to this list. I'm wondering how many people in Connecticut have "gotten the bug" as a result of that recent article in the Hartford Courant...well, you can...

Correction to links for Jabberwocky and River Bend boxes

Started by Ruthann aka Mirkwood (mirkwood3@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-10-01
Sorry, all, in my haste I forgot one level in the URLs when posting the Web sites for these two boxes. Here are the correct URLs! Jabberwocky clues are at...

Suggestions for carving implements

Started by Bruce Farmer (bruce_farmer@hotmail.com) | 4 messages | First message: 2000-10-01 | Last message: 2000-10-06
Can anyone suggest good tools for carving rubber stamps? I'm a bit apprehensive about attacking one with an Xacto...

Mount Cardigan, NH, Letterbox

Started by Bonita Sennott (bsennott@crocker.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-10-01
A maple seed has been planted atop bald Mount Cardigan in New Hampshire. The clue is here: http://www.crocker.com/~bsennott/mapleseed.html Enjoy! Bonnie in crispy-chilly Massachusetts P9, F10

Question about etiquette in stamp carving

Started by Christopher Van Loon (vanloonc@yahoo.com) | 2 messages | First message: 2000-10-01 | Last message: 2000-10-06
My wife and I will be placing two letterboxes in Canada next week -- one in Prince Edward Island and one in Nova Scotia (Cape Breton Island). We have tentatively designed a stamp which, along with...

September 2000

Hitch Hikers in CT

Started by Annie (bburton@snet.net) | 2 messages | First message: 2000-09-30 | Last message: 2002-10-10
Hello everyone, The Elements of Hiking have been busy.... Two weeks ago we found "Home is Where the Heart Is" at Fuzzy Wuzzy of Puddin Lane in Mansfield, and "Airstream" at Thimble View in Branford....

Letterboxing in Michigan!

Started by Ruthann aka Mirkwood (mirkwood3@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-09-30
We just got back from a wonderful outing in lovely Southeastern Michigan (near Brighton) where I placed another box. Clues will be up probably tomorrow. Our immediate goal was an auction where we...

Thanks, Tom...

Started by Jay Drew (drewclan@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-09-30
...for getting the links to our new boxes on the New Hampshire coast up on the map so quickly! Now I've got to try and keep up with southern New England. Jay Drew in ravishingly autumn-like...

Stamp Store Directions

Started by Kathleen Logsdon (KathMar13@aol.com) | 1 message | First message: 2000-09-30
Hi Melissa- I am glad to give directions to my store-- I just hate to look like I am trying to promote my business on the list. I normally carry 3 sizes of the Marscarve carving blocks....