Ah you guys are so helpful to us Newbies explaining abbreviations
etc. OK, now I have a question (or two lol). Can someone explain
to me how a Postal Letterbox works? Also, how or why does one adopt
a Letterbox? Thanks!!!
Even More Questions
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Started on 2004-04-23
Even More Questions
From: Chris (mayeve511@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-04-23 17:59:08 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Even More Questions
From: Rayvenhaus Team (rayvenhaus@myndworx.com) |
Date: 2004-04-23 12:51:14 UTC-07:00
PLB's are relatively easy enough.... Create a Letterbox and announce it here or elsewhere that you are taking names
of those that want to participate and wait for the names to pour in (They will, Our's, Aztec Gold, filled to 77
within 3 days) and then put together, there's a tutorial at my website here:
http://www.myndworx.com/modules.php?name=content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=3
that will explain how I did it. Then you send it out and hope that everything goes well, just like when your child
first goes off to school. Settle back and await the responses from the people that joined it.
Now, as far as Adopting a letterbox, if it was listed as "Abandoned" in the LbNA database and it was near you, and
contacting the placer didn't work, then you adopt it and take over maintaining it. In my case, we adopted several of
Sun Seeker's boxes and watched over them for awhile till her returned and took over the care and maintenance again.
I hope this helps.
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The National Letterbox Consortium Website
http://www.myndworx.com
"We leave nothing but an image to mark our passing."
Carpe Arcanum Arco
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of those that want to participate and wait for the names to pour in (They will, Our's, Aztec Gold, filled to 77
within 3 days) and then put together, there's a tutorial at my website here:
http://www.myndworx.com/modules.php?name=content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=3
that will explain how I did it. Then you send it out and hope that everything goes well, just like when your child
first goes off to school. Settle back and await the responses from the people that joined it.
Now, as far as Adopting a letterbox, if it was listed as "Abandoned" in the LbNA database and it was near you, and
contacting the placer didn't work, then you adopt it and take over maintaining it. In my case, we adopted several of
Sun Seeker's boxes and watched over them for awhile till her returned and took over the care and maintenance again.
I hope this helps.
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Steve of Team Rayvenhaus
The National Letterbox Consortium Website
http://www.myndworx.com
"We leave nothing but an image to mark our passing."
Carpe Arcanum Arco
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Re: Even More Questions
From: dagonell2001 (salley@klaatu.canisius.edu) |
Date: 2004-04-23 19:57:54 UTC
--- "Chris" wrote:
> Ah you guys are so helpful to us Newbies explaining abbreviations
> etc. OK, now I have a question (or two lol). Can someone explain
> to me how a Postal Letterbox works?
Create a letterbox. Announce here (or elsewhere) that you've created
a postal box and it will only go out to X people. Boxers who want to
participate will send you their mailing addresses. Put the first X
submissions you receive on a list, and mail it (with the list!) to the
first person on the list. When it arrives, they'll stamp in it just
as if it was a regular box (and perhaps even hide a hitchhiker with
it!) and send it to the next person on the list. The last person on
the list sends it back to you. It's great for the winter months when
the regular boxes are buried in snow and ice.
> Also, how or why does one adopt a Letterbox? Thanks!!!
Because the original placer has moved out of the area or the box was
planted while on vacation. You treat it like one of your own
plantings, replace worn baggies, dry it out when wet, add a new
notebook full it's full, etc.
-- Dagonell the Pirate
> Ah you guys are so helpful to us Newbies explaining abbreviations
> etc. OK, now I have a question (or two lol). Can someone explain
> to me how a Postal Letterbox works?
Create a letterbox. Announce here (or elsewhere) that you've created
a postal box and it will only go out to X people. Boxers who want to
participate will send you their mailing addresses. Put the first X
submissions you receive on a list, and mail it (with the list!) to the
first person on the list. When it arrives, they'll stamp in it just
as if it was a regular box (and perhaps even hide a hitchhiker with
it!) and send it to the next person on the list. The last person on
the list sends it back to you. It's great for the winter months when
the regular boxes are buried in snow and ice.
> Also, how or why does one adopt a Letterbox? Thanks!!!
Because the original placer has moved out of the area or the box was
planted while on vacation. You treat it like one of your own
plantings, replace worn baggies, dry it out when wet, add a new
notebook full it's full, etc.
-- Dagonell the Pirate