HHs at gatherings & Event Stamps - Thread

Re: HHs at gatherings & Event Stamps

From: sileagle1 (sileagle@alltel.net) | Date: 2003-09-23 13:58:20 UTC

I had similar questions about event stamps. I have never
been to an event, but always wondered what the E respresents
for people that have been to them. Is it number of events
attended or number of event stamps obtained?
Also, how does the person that carved the event stamp
count it? Is it a P? What do you do with it after the
event? Send it off as a HH or retire it?

As far as HH at events, I would count them as F since
they were brought to the event for you to find, just
not in a letterbox. Basically if you stamp it in your
book it should count.

Silver Eagle

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "solor8008"
wrote:
> Good morning all,
>
> Having just attended two gatherings (my second and third) with
plans
> to attend the Cape Caper in a couple weeks, I've stumbled upon the
> following letterboxing dilemma...whether to count all the HHs lying
> around on the tables at these events as "F" or not.
>
> I know there are no hard and fast rules but I was just wondering
> what the general consensus is on this. After all, no real effort is
> expended in searching out these stamps. The numbers really mean
> nothing compared with the simple joy of getting outdoors and
> exercising the old grey matter but it'd be nice just to know how
> others are arriving at their counts.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Solor

Re: HHs at gatherings & Event Stamps

From: Phyto (ME) (phyto_me@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-09-23 14:03:41 UTC

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "sileagle1" wrote:
> Also, how does the person that carved the event stamp
> count it? Is it a P? What do you do with it after the
> event? Send it off as a HH or retire it?

In terms of the event stamp, I carved one for the Maine Event. After the
event was over I turned the stamp into a HH and sent it on it's merry way!

If there are special boxes/stamps that were carved/placed just for the day
one might want to replace them in a more fixed location before distributing
the clue/posting. I counted the Maine Event as "P" and didn't count the HH as
anything as it was the same stamp recycled into a HH.

phyto

Re: [LbNA] Re: HHs at gatherings & Event Stamps

From: Mike S (tehutika@yahoo.com) | Date: 2003-09-23 07:25:36 UTC-07:00

Greetings,

> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "solor8008"
>
> wrote:
> > Good morning all,
> >
> > Having just attended two gatherings (my second and
> third) with
> plans
> > to attend the Cape Caper in a couple weeks, I've
> stumbled upon the
> > following letterboxing dilemma...whether to count
> all the HHs lying
> > around on the tables at these events as "F" or
> not.

I agree with Silver Eagle on this one. I think that
the way we count stamps should be kept as simple as
possible. If I exchange stamps with another boxer, or
another boxer gives me an impression of their personal
stamp, than it's an X. If it goes in the logbook, it's
an F. Doesn't matter if we found it in the woods or in
the mailbox. We don't count HH seperately. Don't
really understand why folks do. An F is an F, in our
opinion. If we put a stamp out for boxers to find,
either in a tuperware or a new HH or whatever, it's a
P. We don't have an events under our belt yet, but
once we do, that's an E. We do count virtual boxes
seperately, as a V, because they are "found", but no
impression is in our book. We also are tracking our
adopted boxes seperately, as an A. We didn't plant
them, but we're keeping an eye on them.

Our hobby is a simple one. Why make it overly
complicated?

Mike S.
P26 F202 X13 V6 A11

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I have come to the dark world like a bright star in the southern sky, a shaft of light gleaming in the Hawk's Eye. -- Egyptian Book of the Dead, Chapter 12

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