> First of all, I haven't found very many hitchhikers that aren't in
> their own rubbermaid container.
You know, that's kind of interesting because I've only just recently
found hitchhikers that are in their own container. Of the 16
hitchhikers I've found, the first 14 didn't have their own
container. Only the last two have. I was wondering where that trend
started from.... ;o)
It's kind of ironic, actually, since the obvious reason for putting a
hitchhiker in its own container is so you don't have to worry about
it fitting into another letterbox, but some boxes are placed where
there's not enough room to put TWO boxes, limiting the places you can
hide it. But then again, some boxes aren't big enough to hide a
hitchhiker inside but there's plenty of room to hide a second box
next to it. Using both methods certainly increases the number of
letterboxes that you can hide hitchhikers with!
But neither solution, I don't think, is going to allow something to
hide a hitchhiker in my Bookstore Box letterbox! If someone figures
out a way to hide a hitchhiker with THAT, I'd love to check it out!
=)
-- Ryan
Too Many Hitchhikers to Amanda
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Started on 2003-01-15
Re: [LbNA] Too Many Hitchhikers to Amanda
From: (mindizney@aol.com) |
Date: 2003-01-15 06:04:09 UTC-05:00
In a message dated 1/14/2003 9:39:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, samanark@yahoo.com writes:
First of all, I haven't found very many hitchhikers that aren't in their own rubbermaid container. Also, perhaps you've found so many hitchhikers because there are less letterboxes out in your neck of the woods to plant them. Here in CT, I have found over 300 boxes, but a mere 13 hitchhikers, and some of those were shared with me by others between plantings. If you don't want all of the hitchhikers in your neck of the woods, send them in the mail to me, and I will be glad to plant them here. We have a new Hitchhiker Hostel, that I would love to visit again!
Music Woman
It seems like every box we find has a hitchhiker in it.
I know that you can just leave the hitchhiker for someone else to
deal with, but I find that hitchhikers are the Lazy Man's letterboxes.
All someone has to do is get the stamp (often not even a hand carved
stamp!) and put it in some zip-locks with a logbook. No clues to
write, no box to buy. Very Lazy.
First of all, I haven't found very many hitchhikers that aren't in their own rubbermaid container. Also, perhaps you've found so many hitchhikers because there are less letterboxes out in your neck of the woods to plant them. Here in CT, I have found over 300 boxes, but a mere 13 hitchhikers, and some of those were shared with me by others between plantings. If you don't want all of the hitchhikers in your neck of the woods, send them in the mail to me, and I will be glad to plant them here. We have a new Hitchhiker Hostel, that I would love to visit again!
Music Woman
Re: [LbNA] Too Many Hitchhikers to Amanda
From: Beth Houghtaling (JustBeth65@msn.com) |
Date: 2003-01-15 08:07:18 UTC-05:00
Well, although I have only been letterboxing for a short time, I personally have only run across one hitchhiker. It was boxed, hand carved and contained it's own log book.
I recently carved my first HH stamp, I think it is well done, it is boxed and I wrote a great poem to go along with it, that I attached to the log book. Because of the significance of the stamp I chose to release it as a HH and I can assure you it wasn't because I was looking for a "lazy" way out. This would only be my second box so I don't think I am contributing to the over population of hitchhikers. Besides I didn't know one had to do anything with a HH if found. Couldn't you just leave it alone for somebody who would be excited to find and relocate it?
I thought the nice thing about letterboxing was that there weren't a whole bunch or rules and regulations one had to follow in order to enjoy the activity....guess I was wrong.
~JustBeth
----- Original Message -----From: mindizney@aol.comSent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:05 AMTo: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [LbNA] Too Many Hitchhikers to AmandaIn a message dated 1/14/2003 9:39:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, samanark@yahoo.com writes:
It seems like every box we find has a hitchhiker in it.
I know that you can just leave the hitchhiker for someone else to
deal with, but I find that hitchhikers are the Lazy Man's letterboxes.
All someone has to do is get the stamp (often not even a hand carved
stamp!) and put it in some zip-locks with a logbook. No clues to
write, no box to buy. Very Lazy.
First of all, I haven't found very many hitchhikers that aren't in their own rubbermaid container. Also, perhaps you've found so many hitchhikers because there are less letterboxes out in your neck of the woods to plant them. Here in CT, I have found over 300 boxes, but a mere 13 hitchhikers, and some of those were shared with me by others between plantings. If you don't want all of the hitchhikers in your neck of the woods, send them in the mail to me, and I will be glad to plant them here. We have a new Hitchhiker Hostel, that I would love to visit again!
Music Woman
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Re: [LbNA] Too Many Hitchhikers to Amanda
From: rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2003-01-15 18:06:18 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Too Many Hitchhikers to Amanda
From: rscarpen (RiskyNil@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2003-01-15 18:20:53 UTC
> This would only be my second box so I don't think I am contributing
> to the over population of hitchhikers.
In absolute numbers, no, the one hitchhiker wouldn't be contributing
to the overpopulation of hitchhikers. In relative terms, a full 50%
of your letterboxes are hitchhikers! If everyone did that, you'd be
finding a hitchhiker in EVERY SINGLE letterbox in the country! I
don't think anyone would argue against there being too many in that
case! =)
> Besides I didn't know one had to do anything with a HH if found.
> I thought the nice thing about letterboxing was that there weren't
> a whole bunch or rules and regulations one had to follow in order
> to enjoy the activity....guess I was wrong.
You *don't* have to do anything with a HH if found. And there aren't
really ANY rules or regulartions one has to follow except for perhaps
don't tear up the countryside looking for letterboxes and try to be
discreet. Any "rule" or "regulation" beyond that is more of a
courtesy so others can enjoy the hobby to the maximum extent
possible. If you move a HH, you don't HAVE to inform the owner, but
they'll appreciate it more if you do. You could hide a hitchhiker
for every letterbox you place, but as a whole people would enjoy it
more if you hide more letterboxes than hitchhikers.
None of those are hard and fast 'rules', but they make the game more
fun for others to play. I don't think anyone wants to see the end of
hitchhikers--there's just a concern among some people that HHs are
becoming oversaturated (at least in some parts of the country).
Finding a HH used to be a rare and exciting find, and for some
people, that's no longer the case. Those people WANT to find
hitchhikers, but they still want them to be rare and uncommon finds!
So hide your HH and don't worry about it so much. =) It's just
something worth considering before you start carving your next stamp--
would it really be better off as a hitchhiker? Based on the ones
I've found, most hitchhikers would probably have been better off as
regular letterboxes. (That includes mine, I might add, but the only
reason I hid most of my hitchhikers was because there used to be a
severe lack of them, not because I *wanted* them to be hitchhikers!)
-- Ryan
> to the over population of hitchhikers.
In absolute numbers, no, the one hitchhiker wouldn't be contributing
to the overpopulation of hitchhikers. In relative terms, a full 50%
of your letterboxes are hitchhikers! If everyone did that, you'd be
finding a hitchhiker in EVERY SINGLE letterbox in the country! I
don't think anyone would argue against there being too many in that
case! =)
> Besides I didn't know one had to do anything with a HH if found.
> I thought the nice thing about letterboxing was that there weren't
> a whole bunch or rules and regulations one had to follow in order
> to enjoy the activity....guess I was wrong.
You *don't* have to do anything with a HH if found. And there aren't
really ANY rules or regulartions one has to follow except for perhaps
don't tear up the countryside looking for letterboxes and try to be
discreet. Any "rule" or "regulation" beyond that is more of a
courtesy so others can enjoy the hobby to the maximum extent
possible. If you move a HH, you don't HAVE to inform the owner, but
they'll appreciate it more if you do. You could hide a hitchhiker
for every letterbox you place, but as a whole people would enjoy it
more if you hide more letterboxes than hitchhikers.
None of those are hard and fast 'rules', but they make the game more
fun for others to play. I don't think anyone wants to see the end of
hitchhikers--there's just a concern among some people that HHs are
becoming oversaturated (at least in some parts of the country).
Finding a HH used to be a rare and exciting find, and for some
people, that's no longer the case. Those people WANT to find
hitchhikers, but they still want them to be rare and uncommon finds!
So hide your HH and don't worry about it so much. =) It's just
something worth considering before you start carving your next stamp--
would it really be better off as a hitchhiker? Based on the ones
I've found, most hitchhikers would probably have been better off as
regular letterboxes. (That includes mine, I might add, but the only
reason I hid most of my hitchhikers was because there used to be a
severe lack of them, not because I *wanted* them to be hitchhikers!)
-- Ryan