Ya' know the best thing about meeting another boxer? -- They are so happy to
meet you! You all stand there grinning like very happy idiots! (meant in
the best sense of the word!) We LOVE doing exchanges now and search high
and low for boxers everywhere we go (even accosting that poor man peeing in
the woods....) It just doesn't get any better than someone smiling at you
saying "you're BeMa -- how cool! wow! It's so great to meet you! I read
all your posts! etc. etc." Of course, being the outwardly self-conscious
hidden ego maniac that I am -- I guess I feed on that kind of attention -
but hey it is a really happy thing!
Speaking of exchanges -- we were lucky to run into Su, Joltin'Jess and
Jakizard on Bodie Island in the OBX. They were the ones with the very
puzzled look on their faces, scanning the place where the box should have
been but wasn't 'cause we had it stamping in (always a dead give away!)...
Be and Ma (who are very into giving out their signatures and stamps ever
since the Gather) were in seventh heaven and greatly admired the super cool
Joltion and Charizard stamps f rom Joltin'Jess and Jakizard. As a matter of
a fact, they spent the next several days drawing different versions of these
Pokemon enjoying all different kinds of adventures (prompting the need for a
whole new pad of paper and folders to keep all the art in one place and not
gracing every surface of the rental house)!
Not only were Su , Jess and Jake very friendly (even with a sunburn for poor
Jake) -- but they all appreciatively smelled my new logbook (still smelling
good 'cause I keep it tightly sealed in its own baggie to preserve that new
leather logbook aroma!...). You've gotta love people like that! :-)
So, we at BeMa strongly encourage everyone to approach absolutely every
sane- and clean-looking stranger in the woods! (ok -- in Ryan's current
case, cleanliness may be an option) You never know -- it may be another
boxer and it is surely a wonderful thing when it is! BeMa
>From: "Jana J. Riska"
>Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
>To:
>Subject: Re: [LbNA] run into another LBer? -expectations vs reality
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:46:05 -0600
>
>I agree it would be fun to see other boxers, although I think I would fall
>over if I did.
>
>For me, the fun part would be comparing my mental image of some with the
>reality. When I started LBing, I pictured everyone being about my age-29
>againish or younger and female, but was pleasantly surprised to find that
>there are a wide variety of boxers and ages. It is what adds to it for me.
>Every now and then someone speaks of grandchildren or we see posts of event
>photos that give us a clue, but I think I would be surprised to find out
>what many of the names I'm coming to know actually look like. Know what I
>mean?
>
>Cadenza
>
>From: "buffyvh88"
>Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:37:49 -0000
>To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [LbNA] Ever run into another LBer?
>
>
>Wow! That would be a lot of fun to run into someone! Most of the
>time you see the same stamps from the same people in all the
>boxes you find or you find boxes hidden by the same people and
>you start getting curious about who these people are. We're
>keeping our eyes peeled from now on. We're not only searching
>for letterboxes, but letterboxers too!!
>
>Have fun guys,
>The Travelin' Trouts
>
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