(Or, Firebolt's wild ride)
One of the problems for innocent hitchhikers is that they never know
what whacko will pull over and pick them up. I mean, picture a
chilling Woody Harrelson in Natural Born Killers, or that eerie "zoom
zoom" kid in the Mazda commercials....what's a thumbing letterbox to
do?
Poor Firebolt! Picked up by an obsessed stalker, who crammed him
(her?) in a back pack and has been dragged all over New England while
the crazed kidnapper binged on end-of-season letterboxing. At first
the perpetrater was afraid to let Firebolt out to stamp-up, because
being a FAST broomstick, the weirdo didn't want any escapes. But
lately Firebolt is calming down a little, maybe having some of that
hostage-affiliation thing, or maybe just waiting for a chance to
escape, so he's been let out to stamp-in to a few spots. So far,
Firebolt has visited:
The Books, Airstream, Fete de Jardin, Trolley Car, Blue Hills, City
Lights, Sea Coast-Great Bay-Postcard from Maine (new in NH/ME and not
online yet), the Mt Pisgah Fledglings, Golden Thimble, and Powder
House Hill and First Born (in Bolton MA).
Today his captors hope to drag him to a couple of the RI Quest
Letterboxes. Who knows where he'll end up?
The obsessed and freaky boxnabbing Drew Family (hoping Tom doesn't
try to fit all THAT on his hh-update page)
Dangers of Hitchhiking
4 messages in this thread |
Started on 2000-09-22
Dangers of Hitchhiking
From: Jay Drew (drewclan@aol.com) |
Date: 2000-09-22 14:14:14 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Dangers of Hitchhiking
From: Tom Cooch (tcooch@sover.net) |
Date: 2000-09-23 07:11:33 UTC
Hi Jay,
Welcome back. It sounds like you had a great week. I'll be waiting to
get your NH/ME clues. That may not be too far for me to take a one
day trip. I realy enjoyed hiking Monadnock last Sunday. I can see why
you all enjoy it so much. A lot of rock for just 3000 feet. The
Sarcophagus is amazing. Just like Melissa wrote in the journal - you
start to feel a little doubtful as you wander farther on down the
Pampenelly (sp?) Trail, but when you spot it ahead, you know.
I was shut down from sover.net last week-end with a worm/Trojan
Horse, so I only worked one day on updating the What's New page. I
may have missed something over the week-end - I had a ton of e-mail
to sift though when I finally got reconnected. The only one I know is
not on is yesterday's new KY box, which Jay got posted.
I am starting to look forward to the Fall gatheiing a lot. If the
week-end of Nov 1 works for you, I believe that is the one that would
work for Randy - at least for him to drop by. But it's maybe even
more to the point to try to make it work for Jay Chamberlin. But make
it work for your family, first of all!! Thanks for doing this work.
I don't know where John is at now. He must be upset about something -
he could have just asked if one of us could cover for him for a
while. You sensed this a few weeks ago, I remember. John tends to
react really quickly, without counting to 10, so maybe he'll come
around. I would feel bad if he left.
I think your Harry Potter theme is fantastic. You have inspired me to
work on a Tolkien theme, building on Frodo's Dream Look for Gandalf's
Rune to come out in a mystery location this fall, along with a
Palintir hitchhiker.
I'm behind in posting hh info. I haven't even gottten the updates
that you sent to me two weeks ago. As for Firebolt, I'm pleased to
hear it's had such fine adventures. I couldn't tell from your letter
if you were stamping Firebolt into the boxes you were visiting, or
just letting me know where YOU had been. I'm guessing the latter,
since stamping a hitchhiker into a journal of a non-hostel box could
confuse the record. Or am I confused?
Please give my best regards to your family. And is there a chance
you'll make a Vermont trip before November?
Tom
Welcome back. It sounds like you had a great week. I'll be waiting to
get your NH/ME clues. That may not be too far for me to take a one
day trip. I realy enjoyed hiking Monadnock last Sunday. I can see why
you all enjoy it so much. A lot of rock for just 3000 feet. The
Sarcophagus is amazing. Just like Melissa wrote in the journal - you
start to feel a little doubtful as you wander farther on down the
Pampenelly (sp?) Trail, but when you spot it ahead, you know.
I was shut down from sover.net last week-end with a worm/Trojan
Horse, so I only worked one day on updating the What's New page. I
may have missed something over the week-end - I had a ton of e-mail
to sift though when I finally got reconnected. The only one I know is
not on is yesterday's new KY box, which Jay got posted.
I am starting to look forward to the Fall gatheiing a lot. If the
week-end of Nov 1 works for you, I believe that is the one that would
work for Randy - at least for him to drop by. But it's maybe even
more to the point to try to make it work for Jay Chamberlin. But make
it work for your family, first of all!! Thanks for doing this work.
I don't know where John is at now. He must be upset about something -
he could have just asked if one of us could cover for him for a
while. You sensed this a few weeks ago, I remember. John tends to
react really quickly, without counting to 10, so maybe he'll come
around. I would feel bad if he left.
I think your Harry Potter theme is fantastic. You have inspired me to
work on a Tolkien theme, building on Frodo's Dream Look for Gandalf's
Rune to come out in a mystery location this fall, along with a
Palintir hitchhiker.
I'm behind in posting hh info. I haven't even gottten the updates
that you sent to me two weeks ago. As for Firebolt, I'm pleased to
hear it's had such fine adventures. I couldn't tell from your letter
if you were stamping Firebolt into the boxes you were visiting, or
just letting me know where YOU had been. I'm guessing the latter,
since stamping a hitchhiker into a journal of a non-hostel box could
confuse the record. Or am I confused?
Please give my best regards to your family. And is there a chance
you'll make a Vermont trip before November?
Tom
Dangers of Hitchhiking
From: Tom Cooch (tcooch@sover.net) |
Date: 2000-09-28 18:35:34 UTC
Just about a week ago, I replied to a message from Jay Drew that
started this thread. It was a week or more after he had posted it,
and somehow I thought it was addressed to me. After I sent it, I
realized that it had gone to the group. This is not the first time I
have made such a slip.
I referred to both John and Randy in the post. I told them afterwards
I didn't think I had said anything about them that I thought was
especially negative or for which I felt I had to apologize. But I
think now that I should have apologized to the list - if only for
having made the slip up. I do apologize for that, and also if the
substance of what I said was hurtful to either of you, John or Randy.
On a positive note, some of the acrimony which came from
this seems to have brought about a positive result in the end. I
think there is a real spirit of reconciliation among those of us
who have worked in different ways to keep our LbNA website and talk
list alive.
It might be useful to iterate the people who are on the webmasters
list: Jay Chamberlin, Thom Cheney, Tom Cooch, Susan Davis (with Erik
chiming in!), John De Wolf, Jay Drew, and Randy Hall. We sometimes
get dragged down by the tedium (and the medium), but we all love the
hobby and will keep trying to make the site a valuable forum for all
of us.
Tom
The Orient Express
Braintree, VT
P17F91
"The game is afoot!"
started this thread. It was a week or more after he had posted it,
and somehow I thought it was addressed to me. After I sent it, I
realized that it had gone to the group. This is not the first time I
have made such a slip.
I referred to both John and Randy in the post. I told them afterwards
I didn't think I had said anything about them that I thought was
especially negative or for which I felt I had to apologize. But I
think now that I should have apologized to the list - if only for
having made the slip up. I do apologize for that, and also if the
substance of what I said was hurtful to either of you, John or Randy.
On a positive note, some of the acrimony which came from
this seems to have brought about a positive result in the end. I
think there is a real spirit of reconciliation among those of us
who have worked in different ways to keep our LbNA website and talk
list alive.
It might be useful to iterate the people who are on the webmasters
list: Jay Chamberlin, Thom Cheney, Tom Cooch, Susan Davis (with Erik
chiming in!), John De Wolf, Jay Drew, and Randy Hall. We sometimes
get dragged down by the tedium (and the medium), but we all love the
hobby and will keep trying to make the site a valuable forum for all
of us.
Tom
The Orient Express
Braintree, VT
P17F91
"The game is afoot!"
Re:[LbNA] Dangers of Hitchhiking
From: Eric Eurto (enic_iwon@ourhouse.net) |
Date: 2000-09-29 04:59:52 UTC
Ha Ha Ha Ha! Well, that's okay guys. As far as I'm concerned it's sort of a new form of entertainment. Kinda fun watching a fued unfold before my eyes!
Well, happy hunting, and don't get too wrapped up inthe web-site that you lose sight of why you do this. As a retailer, I remind myself every day, of why I do what I do. Providing a conduit (or number of conduits) for people to "go outside and play" is why I work where I work. It is also why I promote letterboxing so heavily. Relax, have fun with it. No one means to hurt anyone's feelings I'm sure. Definitely time for an LBNA gathering. Any word on when and where?
Eric Eurto
~The Ram~
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:35:34 +0000 Tom Cooch wrote:
>Just about a week ago, I replied to a message from Jay Drew that
>started this thread. It was a week or more after he had posted it,
>and somehow I thought it was addressed to me. After I sent it, I
>realized that it had gone to the group. This is not the first time I
>have made such a slip.
>
>I referred to both John and Randy in the post. I told them afterwards
>I didn't think I had said anything about them that I thought was
>especially negative or for which I felt I had to apologize. But I
>think now that I should have apologized to the list - if only for
>having made the slip up. I do apologize for that, and also if the
>substance of what I said was hurtful to either of you, John or Randy.
>
>On a positive note, some of the acrimony which came from
>this seems to have brought about a positive result in the end. I
>think there is a real spirit of reconciliation among those of us
>who have worked in different ways to keep our LbNA website and talk
>list alive.
>
>It might be useful to iterate the people who are on the webmasters
>list: Jay Chamberlin, Thom Cheney, Tom Cooch, Susan Davis (with Erik
>chiming in!), John De Wolf, Jay Drew, and Randy Hall. We sometimes
>get dragged down by the tedium (and the medium), but we all love the
>hobby and will keep trying to make the site a valuable forum for all
>of us.
>
>Tom
>
>The Orient Express
>Braintree, VT
>P17F91
>
>"The game is afoot!"
>
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Well, happy hunting, and don't get too wrapped up inthe web-site that you lose sight of why you do this. As a retailer, I remind myself every day, of why I do what I do. Providing a conduit (or number of conduits) for people to "go outside and play" is why I work where I work. It is also why I promote letterboxing so heavily. Relax, have fun with it. No one means to hurt anyone's feelings I'm sure. Definitely time for an LBNA gathering. Any word on when and where?
Eric Eurto
~The Ram~
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:35:34 +0000 Tom Cooch
>Just about a week ago, I replied to a message from Jay Drew that
>started this thread. It was a week or more after he had posted it,
>and somehow I thought it was addressed to me. After I sent it, I
>realized that it had gone to the group. This is not the first time I
>have made such a slip.
>
>I referred to both John and Randy in the post. I told them afterwards
>I didn't think I had said anything about them that I thought was
>especially negative or for which I felt I had to apologize. But I
>think now that I should have apologized to the list - if only for
>having made the slip up. I do apologize for that, and also if the
>substance of what I said was hurtful to either of you, John or Randy.
>
>On a positive note, some of the acrimony which came from
>this seems to have brought about a positive result in the end. I
>think there is a real spirit of reconciliation among those of us
>who have worked in different ways to keep our LbNA website and talk
>list alive.
>
>It might be useful to iterate the people who are on the webmasters
>list: Jay Chamberlin, Thom Cheney, Tom Cooch, Susan Davis (with Erik
>chiming in!), John De Wolf, Jay Drew, and Randy Hall. We sometimes
>get dragged down by the tedium (and the medium), but we all love the
>hobby and will keep trying to make the site a valuable forum for all
>of us.
>
>Tom
>
>The Orient Express
>Braintree, VT
>P17F91
>
>"The game is afoot!"
>
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