Counting Question

From: ladylee84 (bgagnon905@earthlink.net) | Date: 2003-06-08 22:22:57 UTC

HI

I am fairly new to letterboxing. I see a lot of different ways that
lb write their counts. Some of the counts I have see are:

F100 P55 X20 A2 E5 T2

What do all of these mean? I can pretty much guess the "F" as being
Found and the "P" as being planted. But am lost on the others.

Thanks for any help.

MOMOF3
CT

Re: Counting Question

From: Autumn (Autumn@shadowslight.com) | Date: 2003-06-08 23:32:06 UTC

Boy does this question get asked a lot! We really ought to put
something somewhere that new folks can find, I asked this question
myself not just a few months ago!

Wel, first - Welcome MOMOF3!

The most common you'll see are PF and X.
P is for boxes planted.
F is for boxes found, and
X is for stamps exchanged with other letterboxers.

Re: Counting Question

From: ladylee84 (bgagnon905@earthlink.net) | Date: 2003-06-09 00:17:42 UTC

IS there a listing of the virtual letterboxes somewhere? I found
one - kind of by accident. Thanks for the info ont he counting. I
think the "A" means attempted.

momof3

Re: Counting Question

From: merebc99 (mmoomaw@bridgewater.edu) | Date: 2003-06-09 02:47:55 UTC

How do you find the ones that are virtual? Just curious. I'm still
learning also.

Merebc99

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Autumn" wrote:
> Boy does this question get asked a lot! We really ought to put
> something somewhere that new folks can find, I asked this question
> myself not just a few months ago!
>
> Wel, first - Welcome MOMOF3!
>
> The most common you'll see are PF and X.
> P is for boxes planted.
> F is for boxes found, and
> X is for stamps exchanged with other letterboxers.
> From there it gets a bit more ... wild.
> E is typically an event stamp (which you would get from attending a
> letterboxing event in which a special stamp has been created)
> HH is a hitchhiker (though some count these in the F instead)
> V is virtual (these are boxes found online)
> T is probably a traveler (some boxers carry travelers around and
you
> have to discover these by accident - sort of)
> A is ... well ... I have no clue what A is, but it meant something
to
> the person who counted it! :)
>
> You'll also sometimes see ...
> C for "confiscated by the National Park dudes" and
> R for "rescued/repaired boxes" - or maybe for Reptiles seen on the
> trail?... and even
> L for Lizards! Heck, one lucky lady even has a
> PP for a proposal via letterbox!
>
> There are no rules!
> Welcome to our wacky world!
>
> Autumn
> P4 F5 V21 X4 (still a rookie, can't ya tell?)