Hi..........and thanks from the welcome........anyone who wants to
answer..I have a question........
I notice that some of these boxes haven't been verified for a while,
some of them for 2 years or more? Is there always a way to contact
the placer to make sure the box is there?
I don't want to be out there looking and find out the box isn't even
there. I live in NYC and so far there are only 3 to look for here,
one of which may not be there anymore? (The Highlander one?)
If I get into this, it is going to mean going out of the city on the
weekends, maybe meeting a friend in another state who wants to get
into it. I don't want to be going through all this to find out the
box in question hasn't been there since 2002 or something like that.
signed June, the cynical one in Gotham
How up to date is the database?
6 messages in this thread |
Started on 2004-04-24
How up to date is the database?
From: gothamlass (jooniemoon@mindspring.com) |
Date: 2004-04-24 23:26:45 UTC
Re: [LbNA] How up to date is the database?
From: Rayvenhaus (rayvenhaus@myndworx.com) |
Date: 2004-04-24 18:59:33 UTC-07:00
The only choice you have is to use the 'Contact the Placer' at the website
to see if they are still around (Either placer or box!). If you don't get a
response after repeated attempts and the e-mail's not bouncing then I would
go for them and see if you can find them yourself.
If you find them and can not contact the placer at all, then I would 'adopt'
them and keep them maintained, with the hope that the original placer will
one day return.
I hope this helps.
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to see if they are still around (Either placer or box!). If you don't get a
response after repeated attempts and the e-mail's not bouncing then I would
go for them and see if you can find them yourself.
If you find them and can not contact the placer at all, then I would 'adopt'
them and keep them maintained, with the hope that the original placer will
one day return.
I hope this helps.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Steve of Team Rayvenhaus
Visit the National Letterbox Consortium's website.
http://www.myndworx.com
"We leave nothing but an image to mark our passage."
-----------------------------------------------------------
Carpe Arcanum Arca!
-----------------------------------------------------------
Ferengi Rules of Acquisition #266
When in doubt, lie.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Need expert advice for your computer questions?
http://www.ingenio.com/CompuAnswer
Re: [LbNA] How up to date is the database?
From: dave & diane (vonderinsel@cox.net) |
Date: 2004-04-24 23:57:01 UTC-04:00
The *extremely* tricky question is "How/where to plant/hide urban letterboxes?". It's a real challenge. There's been some very talented answers. Quebec has a nice one hidden in plain sight. I'm cooking one up for Providence, once I get the carving right.
Dave
the von der Insels
----- Original Message -----
From: gothamlass
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 7:26 PM
Subject: [LbNA] How up to date is the database?
Hi..........and thanks from the welcome........anyone who wants to
answer..I have a question........
I notice that some of these boxes haven't been verified for a while,
some of them for 2 years or more? Is there always a way to contact
the placer to make sure the box is there?
I don't want to be out there looking and find out the box isn't even
there. I live in NYC and so far there are only 3 to look for here,
one of which may not be there anymore? (The Highlander one?)
If I get into this, it is going to mean going out of the city on the
weekends, maybe meeting a friend in another state who wants to get
into it. I don't want to be going through all this to find out the
box in question hasn't been there since 2002 or something like that.
signed June, the cynical one in Gotham
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From: gothamlass
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 7:26 PM
Subject: [LbNA] How up to date is the database?
Hi..........and thanks from the welcome........anyone who wants to
answer..I have a question........
I notice that some of these boxes haven't been verified for a while,
some of them for 2 years or more? Is there always a way to contact
the placer to make sure the box is there?
I don't want to be out there looking and find out the box isn't even
there. I live in NYC and so far there are only 3 to look for here,
one of which may not be there anymore? (The Highlander one?)
If I get into this, it is going to mean going out of the city on the
weekends, maybe meeting a friend in another state who wants to get
into it. I don't want to be going through all this to find out the
box in question hasn't been there since 2002 or something like that.
signed June, the cynical one in Gotham
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Re: [LbNA] How up to date is the database?
From: Donna Magner (donutz716@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-04-25 05:29:45 UTC-07:00
June,
I just started letterboxing last November and out of 55 boxes that I've gone to, only one was missing. I contacted the owner and they removed it from letterboxing website. I've also seen where the planters of the boxes indicate that they have removed for repair. Make sure when you go out of town that you get clues for several boxes in the same area. You're chances of coming back with your logbook unstamped are slim.
Donutz
gothamlass wrote:
Hi..........and thanks from the welcome........anyone who wants to
answer..I have a question........
I notice that some of these boxes haven't been verified for a while,
some of them for 2 years or more? Is there always a way to contact
the placer to make sure the box is there?
I don't want to be out there looking and find out the box isn't even
there. I live in NYC and so far there are only 3 to look for here,
one of which may not be there anymore? (The Highlander one?)
If I get into this, it is going to mean going out of the city on the
weekends, maybe meeting a friend in another state who wants to get
into it. I don't want to be going through all this to find out the
box in question hasn't been there since 2002 or something like that.
signed June, the cynical one in Gotham
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I just started letterboxing last November and out of 55 boxes that I've gone to, only one was missing. I contacted the owner and they removed it from letterboxing website. I've also seen where the planters of the boxes indicate that they have removed for repair. Make sure when you go out of town that you get clues for several boxes in the same area. You're chances of coming back with your logbook unstamped are slim.
Donutz
gothamlass
Hi..........and thanks from the welcome........anyone who wants to
answer..I have a question........
I notice that some of these boxes haven't been verified for a while,
some of them for 2 years or more? Is there always a way to contact
the placer to make sure the box is there?
I don't want to be out there looking and find out the box isn't even
there. I live in NYC and so far there are only 3 to look for here,
one of which may not be there anymore? (The Highlander one?)
If I get into this, it is going to mean going out of the city on the
weekends, maybe meeting a friend in another state who wants to get
into it. I don't want to be going through all this to find out the
box in question hasn't been there since 2002 or something like that.
signed June, the cynical one in Gotham
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Re: How up to date is the database?
From: (r.labelle@verizon.net) |
Date: 2004-04-25 16:42:50 UTC
Some letterbox-placers, myself included, add a "verified" note to
their clues after they have paid a maintenance visit, or perhaps
heard from a finder.
What isn't up to date, tho - and I've so far protested in vain - is
the shading-in of counties where the boxes are located. When I'm
planning an auto trip, I like to examine the states involved to see
where letterboxes may lie along the route. Few of us know the
location of counties other than in our home state, so it can be
difficult to zero in on the readily available boxes when this info is
incomplete.
Anyone else think this is important? I'd volunteer (again)to lend a
hand in this task, if it were possible to parcel the work out.
Bob / 'Cock o' the Trail'
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "gothamlass"
wrote:
> Hi..........and thanks from the welcome........anyone who wants to
> answer..I have a question........
>
> I notice that some of these boxes haven't been verified for a
while,
> some of them for 2 years or more? Is there always a way to contact
> the placer to make sure the box is there?
>
> >
> signed June, the cynical one in Gotham
their clues after they have paid a maintenance visit, or perhaps
heard from a finder.
What isn't up to date, tho - and I've so far protested in vain - is
the shading-in of counties where the boxes are located. When I'm
planning an auto trip, I like to examine the states involved to see
where letterboxes may lie along the route. Few of us know the
location of counties other than in our home state, so it can be
difficult to zero in on the readily available boxes when this info is
incomplete.
Anyone else think this is important? I'd volunteer (again)to lend a
hand in this task, if it were possible to parcel the work out.
Bob / 'Cock o' the Trail'
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "gothamlass"
wrote:
> Hi..........and thanks from the welcome........anyone who wants to
> answer..I have a question........
>
> I notice that some of these boxes haven't been verified for a
while,
> some of them for 2 years or more? Is there always a way to contact
> the placer to make sure the box is there?
>
> >
> signed June, the cynical one in Gotham
Re: How up to date is the database?
From: boxingspyder (boxingspyder@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-04-26 20:06:10 UTC
> What isn't up to date, tho - and I've so far protested in vain -
> is the shading-in of counties where the boxes are located.
> Anyone else think this is important?
> Bob / 'Cock o' the Trail'
I feel this is VERY important. Until last week I thought the shaded
map was the ONLY way to search for clues.
I took a three-day trip at the beginning of the year to SW Miss. and
E La. to search for my first letterboxes. I made Baton Rogue my base
and took trips on circuits radiating from there. Last week I learned
that there were at least two letterboxes IN Baton Rogue at that
time, but I didn't know to look for them because I had only searched
using the map. One of those boxes is now missing. I feel I probably
would have had a more successful trip and got a stamp that I will
never be able to get now if the map had been up-to-date. I returned
from my trip with only one stamp to show for those three days.
If the map is not going to be kept updated, I think it should be
removed from the site, or at least include a message saying that it
is not current and providing a link to the search application. New
hobbyists, such as myself, may be unaware of boxes in their area
because they think the map is current or the only way to search.
I'm not trying to criticize the web masters; I think they have done
a good job of providing a forum to support the hobby. But I was
frustrated to learn that I had been right on top of at least two
boxes without knowing it. And it is something that new letterboxers
should be aware of.
Sun Spyder
P0 F5 X0 E0
> is the shading-in of counties where the boxes are located.
> Anyone else think this is important?
> Bob / 'Cock o' the Trail'
I feel this is VERY important. Until last week I thought the shaded
map was the ONLY way to search for clues.
I took a three-day trip at the beginning of the year to SW Miss. and
E La. to search for my first letterboxes. I made Baton Rogue my base
and took trips on circuits radiating from there. Last week I learned
that there were at least two letterboxes IN Baton Rogue at that
time, but I didn't know to look for them because I had only searched
using the map. One of those boxes is now missing. I feel I probably
would have had a more successful trip and got a stamp that I will
never be able to get now if the map had been up-to-date. I returned
from my trip with only one stamp to show for those three days.
If the map is not going to be kept updated, I think it should be
removed from the site, or at least include a message saying that it
is not current and providing a link to the search application. New
hobbyists, such as myself, may be unaware of boxes in their area
because they think the map is current or the only way to search.
I'm not trying to criticize the web masters; I think they have done
a good job of providing a forum to support the hobby. But I was
frustrated to learn that I had been right on top of at least two
boxes without knowing it. And it is something that new letterboxers
should be aware of.
Sun Spyder
P0 F5 X0 E0