Hello all,
I have attempted to find a certain letterbox 3 times now. I've found
other boxes with some trouble, but this is getting ridiculous. I'm just
wondering if anyone else has been stumped on boxes and how they dealt
with it. The constant guessing and looking behind every tree in the
vicinity made it worse. And the mantra of the clue's words in my head
haunts me still. Anyone else have a similar experience?
I'm not sure if it is the clues or me.....?
Thanks for listening,
Mark
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6 messages in this thread |
Started on 2003-02-24
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From: ndnboxing (ndnboxing@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-02-24 01:37:12 UTC
Re: [LbNA] failing
From: Beth Houghtaling (JustBeth65@msn.com) |
Date: 2003-02-23 20:59:09 UTC-05:00
Hey Mark,,
Yes, I have had that happen to me. You might want to try contacting the person who planted the box, it could be MIA (missing in action). Or they might be able to provide some additional clues to help you in your quest(or at this point obsession). Sometimes what seems obvious to one person isn't necessarily so to another. Good Luck!!
Been there done that,
~JustBeth
----- Original Message -----From: ndnboxingSent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 8:41 PMTo: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.comSubject: [LbNA] failingHello all,
I have attempted to find a certain letterbox 3 times now. I've found
other boxes with some trouble, but this is getting ridiculous. I'm just
wondering if anyone else has been stumped on boxes and how they dealt
with it. The constant guessing and looking behind every tree in the
vicinity made it worse. And the mantra of the clue's words in my head
haunts me still. Anyone else have a similar experience?
I'm not sure if it is the clues or me.....?
Thanks for listening,
Mark
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Re: [LbNA] failing
From: (mindizney@aol.com) |
Date: 2003-02-23 21:45:50 UTC-05:00
It took me four tries to find a particular box due to the clues being ambiguous (I'm not talking about Dancing Men;-)
I would contact the owner of the box, or ask the group if anyone has found the box recently. Sometimes people on the list can be of help!
Music Woman
I would contact the owner of the box, or ask the group if anyone has found the box recently. Sometimes people on the list can be of help!
Music Woman
Re: [LbNA] failing
From: Fudrick (fudrick@attbi.com) |
Date: 2003-02-23 20:08:29 UTC-08:00
My third day of boxing was frustrating. I had time to find three of
Funhog's boxes. The first was not found, I used paces as two steps (before
reading the arguments) so overshot the box. Later found out the box had
been eaten by the cows that were now in the field. Next, "was at the right
spot", but now the box was well hidden by blackberry briars, beyond my
reach. The third box, found the start and the marker, but could not get
paces/steps to work out to a reasonable place. Finally, gave up and was
ready to move on. Decided to give it one more try, but ignore the clues and
look to see where I would be if I were a letterbox. Spotted it on the first
pass! Made it to the fourth site, found the location, but could not zero in
on the right location before the sun went down. Still walked out in the
dark (where I felt I had been most of the afternoon :-)
Fudrick
----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 5:37 PM
Subject: [LbNA] failing
> Hello all,
>
> I have attempted to find a certain letterbox 3 times now. I've found
> other boxes with some trouble, but this is getting ridiculous. I'm just
> wondering if anyone else has been stumped on boxes and how they dealt
> with it. The constant guessing and looking behind every tree in the
> vicinity made it worse. And the mantra of the clue's words in my head
> haunts me still. Anyone else have a similar experience?
>
> I'm not sure if it is the clues or me.....?
>
> Thanks for listening,
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
Funhog's boxes. The first was not found, I used paces as two steps (before
reading the arguments) so overshot the box. Later found out the box had
been eaten by the cows that were now in the field. Next, "was at the right
spot", but now the box was well hidden by blackberry briars, beyond my
reach. The third box, found the start and the marker, but could not get
paces/steps to work out to a reasonable place. Finally, gave up and was
ready to move on. Decided to give it one more try, but ignore the clues and
look to see where I would be if I were a letterbox. Spotted it on the first
pass! Made it to the fourth site, found the location, but could not zero in
on the right location before the sun went down. Still walked out in the
dark (where I felt I had been most of the afternoon :-)
Fudrick
----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 5:37 PM
Subject: [LbNA] failing
> Hello all,
>
> I have attempted to find a certain letterbox 3 times now. I've found
> other boxes with some trouble, but this is getting ridiculous. I'm just
> wondering if anyone else has been stumped on boxes and how they dealt
> with it. The constant guessing and looking behind every tree in the
> vicinity made it worse. And the mantra of the clue's words in my head
> haunts me still. Anyone else have a similar experience?
>
> I'm not sure if it is the clues or me.....?
>
> Thanks for listening,
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
Re: failing
From: Mary from Virginia (daughteroftheolddominion@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-02-24 13:47:51 UTC
Ah, the mantra of the clue's words in your head still haunt you --
that is so familiar. I thought I'd go nuts repeating "where the long
meets the tall" clue from a box in Pocohantas State Park, Richmond,
VA. If you really want to find the box, you need to do what I did.
Take Celtic Pride letterboxing with you. They can find anything!!!
Mary
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "ndnboxing"
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have attempted to find a certain letterbox 3 times now. I've found
> other boxes with some trouble, but this is getting ridiculous. I'm
just
> wondering if anyone else has been stumped on boxes and how they
dealt
> with it. The constant guessing and looking behind every tree in the
> vicinity made it worse. And the mantra of the clue's words in my
head
> haunts me still. Anyone else have a similar experience?
>
> I'm not sure if it is the clues or me.....?
>
> Thanks for listening,
> Mark
that is so familiar. I thought I'd go nuts repeating "where the long
meets the tall" clue from a box in Pocohantas State Park, Richmond,
VA. If you really want to find the box, you need to do what I did.
Take Celtic Pride letterboxing with you. They can find anything!!!
Mary
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "ndnboxing
> Hello all,
>
> I have attempted to find a certain letterbox 3 times now. I've found
> other boxes with some trouble, but this is getting ridiculous. I'm
just
> wondering if anyone else has been stumped on boxes and how they
dealt
> with it. The constant guessing and looking behind every tree in the
> vicinity made it worse. And the mantra of the clue's words in my
head
> haunts me still. Anyone else have a similar experience?
>
> I'm not sure if it is the clues or me.....?
>
> Thanks for listening,
> Mark
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From: Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2003-02-24 11:48:40 UTC-05:00
I tried one box 4 times before I found it. I was
convinced it was MIA, but a friend who had found it (as well as the box placer)
kept telling me "It's still there". At least it was close to my home, so going
back was easy. That 4 times doesn't include the 2 times I couldn't look for it
because of people in the area. :-) I did finally find it though!
I was even counting the number of boxes I had
'attempts' on for awhile, but decided to stick to just the regular numbers. I
figured I spent more time looking for the boxes I couldn't
find, so I should count them :-)
Scoutdogs
F-96
P-17
E-2
X-22
"Stick this snow up Frosty's Wazoo!!" I want
SPRING!!