Hi All,
Everyday I go to the letterboxing.org website and click on "what's new" to see the last 25 boxes placed. I then do a "search for boxes" by state just in case more than 25 were planted at any given time and maybe I missed one. I usually search for the last 10 days or so, just to see what comes up. On June 8, a new box appeared but it was planted on 6/4/04. It did not show up between June 4 and June 8. Why is that? When I physically went to the box, 3 people already signed in, so they knew about it.
This is not the first time this happened to me. Someone announced on the website that they planted their first box on a given date, yet when I did a "search for boxes" it didn't appear on that search until a few days later. I did find it when I did search by "planter of the box". I don't understand why this happens. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Bewildered,
Donutz716
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Is this a common problem?
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Started on 2004-06-11
Is this a common problem?
From: Donna Magner (donutz716@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-06-11 17:39:36 UTC-07:00
Re: Is this a common problem?
From: lb_isosceles (lb_isosceles@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-06-12 02:04:59 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Donna Magner
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Everyday I go to the letterboxing.org website and click on "what's
new" to see the last 25 boxes placed. I then do a "search for boxes"
by state just in case more than 25 were planted at any given time and
maybe I missed one. I usually search for the last 10 days or so,
just to see what comes up. On June 8, a new box appeared but it was
planted on 6/4/04. It did not show up between June 4 and June 8.
Why is that? When I physically went to the box, 3 people already
signed in, so they knew about it...
Hi Donna,
Good question. Here are a couple of thoughts...
When posting a box on the LBNA site, the placer
can type in whatever they want for the placement
date, so just because the listing says the box
was placed on 6/4/04 does not mean that the placer
posted it on 6/4/04. It may have actually been
posted to the site on 6/8. Who knows, maybe the
placer gives out clues to letterboxing chums before
making the box known to the general public.
Also, there is a spot on the "What's new" page to
type in a number other than 25 to indicate how many
of the most recent boxes you want to view. This is
handy when you haven't checked the list for awhile,
you can look at the last 50, 100, or 9000 boxes
added. (You might not really want to use 9000,
though!) To use this, just type a number into the
box and hit enter.
HTH,
-Isosceles
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Everyday I go to the letterboxing.org website and click on "what's
new" to see the last 25 boxes placed. I then do a "search for boxes"
by state just in case more than 25 were planted at any given time and
maybe I missed one. I usually search for the last 10 days or so,
just to see what comes up. On June 8, a new box appeared but it was
planted on 6/4/04. It did not show up between June 4 and June 8.
Why is that? When I physically went to the box, 3 people already
signed in, so they knew about it...
Hi Donna,
Good question. Here are a couple of thoughts...
When posting a box on the LBNA site, the placer
can type in whatever they want for the placement
date, so just because the listing says the box
was placed on 6/4/04 does not mean that the placer
posted it on 6/4/04. It may have actually been
posted to the site on 6/8. Who knows, maybe the
placer gives out clues to letterboxing chums before
making the box known to the general public.
Also, there is a spot on the "What's new" page to
type in a number other than 25 to indicate how many
of the most recent boxes you want to view. This is
handy when you haven't checked the list for awhile,
you can look at the last 50, 100, or 9000 boxes
added. (You might not really want to use 9000,
though!) To use this, just type a number into the
box and hit enter.
HTH,
-Isosceles