Hi,
My kids and I are carving some boxes for the Mansfield Monster Mash
and we would really like it if we could have a record of the other
monster letterboxes that are placed there. Is anyone planning on
going and getting lots of stamps, and our logbook[s] could hitchhike
along????????
Just in case anyone is wondering what this is all about and did not
read the previous post about the Mash, the web site is at:
http://www.chuckstraub.com/Letterboxing/mmmmaker.htm
It is a pretty cool thing, check it out!
Thanks,
Nisha
All the way in the Boonies of Utah.
My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
13 messages in this thread |
Started on 2004-07-23
My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: nishakamada (nishakamada@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-07-23 21:58:24 UTC
Re: [LbNA] My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: (davyschris@aol.com) |
Date: 2004-07-26 21:42:17 UTC-04:00
Has your logbook found a ride to the gathering yet? I'm tentatively planning
to go. Let me know. :)
to go. Let me know. :)
Re: [LbNA] My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: Phyto (phyto_me@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-07-27 02:27:57 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, davyschris@a... wrote:
> Has your logbook found a ride to the gathering yet? I'm tentatively planning
> to go. Let me know. :)
Dude.
Are you serious?
Last time I checked a true find was when you actually stamped the letterbox stamp
into your own logbook - not helping somebody else out. Hey, while you're at it, why
don't you just scan in those stamps and let people print them out with the clues. Who
needs the walk? Better yet, just bring my logbook with you to the Monster Mash.
Thanks so much - it would be ever so apprectiated.
I really just can't make the drive all the way down to Connecticut from MAINE.
> Has your logbook found a ride to the gathering yet? I'm tentatively planning
> to go. Let me know. :)
Dude.
Are you serious?
Last time I checked a true find was when you actually stamped the letterbox stamp
into your own logbook - not helping somebody else out. Hey, while you're at it, why
don't you just scan in those stamps and let people print them out with the clues. Who
needs the walk? Better yet, just bring my logbook with you to the Monster Mash.
Thanks so much - it would be ever so apprectiated.
I really just can't make the drive all the way down to Connecticut from MAINE.
Re: [LbNA] My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: (davyschris@aol.com) |
Date: 2004-07-26 22:39:20 UTC-04:00
OK, no need to be sarcastic. She posted on the list a little while back that
she wanted to see if anyone would bring her book to CT for the event because
she lives in Oregon.
And, mea culpa for my response ending up on the list. She and I have
corresponded privately, and I clicked on an old email from her and hit respond, not
realizing that it would go to the list until I got it back in my inbox. :/
Oops.
she wanted to see if anyone would bring her book to CT for the event because
she lives in Oregon.
And, mea culpa for my response ending up on the list. She and I have
corresponded privately, and I clicked on an old email from her and hit respond, not
realizing that it would go to the list until I got it back in my inbox. :/
Oops.
Re: [LbNA] My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: (HomemakingMommy@aol.com) |
Date: 2004-07-26 23:08:47 UTC-04:00
In a message dated 7/26/2004 10:07:05 PM Central Standard Time,
davyschris@aol.com writes:
OK, no need to be sarcastic. She posted on the list a little while back
that
she wanted to see if anyone would bring her book to CT for the event because
she lives in Oregon.
==========
I think its a great idea since shes so far away.
:)
Shannon
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Re: [LbNA] My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: funhog1 (funhog@pacifier.com) |
Date: 2004-07-27 03:19:11 UTC
...is this kosher? A logbook without an owner at a gathering??? Never heard of such a
thing. Funhog
> OK, no need to be sarcastic. She posted on the list a little while back that
> she wanted to see if anyone would bring her book to CT for the event because
> she lives in Oregon.
>
> And, mea culpa for my response ending up on the list. She and I have
> corresponded privately, and I clicked on an old email from her and hit respond, not
> realizing that it would go to the list until I got it back in my inbox. :/
> Oops.
thing. Funhog
> OK, no need to be sarcastic. She posted on the list a little while back that
> she wanted to see if anyone would bring her book to CT for the event because
> she lives in Oregon.
>
> And, mea culpa for my response ending up on the list. She and I have
> corresponded privately, and I clicked on an old email from her and hit respond, not
> realizing that it would go to the list until I got it back in my inbox. :/
> Oops.
Re: [LbNA] My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: SpringChick (springchick@letterbox-mi.com) |
Date: 2004-07-27 03:26:02 UTC
I am with Phyto on this one. It has always been my understanding
that gathering boxes/stamps were for people who actually attended
the gathering, not for log books that tagged along with babysitters.
If this is to be the new trend in collecting gathering stamps, I
will no longer be sending travelling boxes and will seriously have
to reconsider contributing event boxes for future gatherings.
SpringChick
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Phyto" wrote:
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, davyschris@a... wrote:
> > Has your logbook found a ride to the gathering yet? I'm
tentatively planning
> > to go. Let me know. :)
>
> Dude.
>
> Are you serious?
>
> Last time I checked a true find was when you actually stamped the
letterbox stamp
> into your own logbook - not helping somebody else out. Hey, while
you're at it, why
> don't you just scan in those stamps and let people print them out
with the clues. Who
> needs the walk? Better yet, just bring my logbook with you to the
Monster Mash.
> Thanks so much - it would be ever so apprectiated.
>
> I really just can't make the drive all the way down to Connecticut
from MAINE.
that gathering boxes/stamps were for people who actually attended
the gathering, not for log books that tagged along with babysitters.
If this is to be the new trend in collecting gathering stamps, I
will no longer be sending travelling boxes and will seriously have
to reconsider contributing event boxes for future gatherings.
SpringChick
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Phyto"
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, davyschris@a... wrote:
> > Has your logbook found a ride to the gathering yet? I'm
tentatively planning
> > to go. Let me know. :)
>
> Dude.
>
> Are you serious?
>
> Last time I checked a true find was when you actually stamped the
letterbox stamp
> into your own logbook - not helping somebody else out. Hey, while
you're at it, why
> don't you just scan in those stamps and let people print them out
with the clues. Who
> needs the walk? Better yet, just bring my logbook with you to the
Monster Mash.
> Thanks so much - it would be ever so apprectiated.
>
> I really just can't make the drive all the way down to Connecticut
from MAINE.
Re: [LbNA] My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: bcostley (bobbyeubanks@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-07-27 04:40:12 UTC
I'll chime in on the not kosher side: this is letterboxing and not
stamp collecting.
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "funhog1" wrote:
> ...is this kosher? A logbook without an owner at a gathering???
Never heard of such a
> thing. Funhog
>
> > OK, no need to be sarcastic. She posted on the list a little
while back that
> > she wanted to see if anyone would bring her book to CT for the
event because
> > she lives in Oregon.
> >
> > And, mea culpa for my response ending up on the list. She and I
have
> > corresponded privately, and I clicked on an old email from her
and hit respond, not
> > realizing that it would go to the list until I got it back in my
inbox. :/
> > Oops.
stamp collecting.
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "funhog1"
> ...is this kosher? A logbook without an owner at a gathering???
Never heard of such a
> thing. Funhog
>
> > OK, no need to be sarcastic. She posted on the list a little
while back that
> > she wanted to see if anyone would bring her book to CT for the
event because
> > she lives in Oregon.
> >
> > And, mea culpa for my response ending up on the list. She and I
have
> > corresponded privately, and I clicked on an old email from her
and hit respond, not
> > realizing that it would go to the list until I got it back in my
inbox. :/
> > Oops.
Re: [LbNA] My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: Steve and Heidi (stephenholyfield@sbcglobal.net) |
Date: 2004-07-27 11:24:18 UTC
In that case, I'll have to beg Mark and Sue to take out logbook to
the 'Moor with them. I can get into the F-100 'Moor club without
ever going over,under, or around the big pond!
Seriously, we think that's a little sketchy to send a logbook to an
event and not personally go. IF you wished to send a postcard for
people to stamp and send back, that MIGHT be ok....provided they
didn't get counted as finds and exchanges! But that's even shaky...
-Steve, Heidi and Madras
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "SpringChick"
wrote:
> I am with Phyto on this one. It has always been my understanding
> that gathering boxes/stamps were for people who actually attended
> the gathering, not for log books that tagged along with babysitters.
the 'Moor with them. I can get into the F-100 'Moor club without
ever going over,under, or around the big pond!
Seriously, we think that's a little sketchy to send a logbook to an
event and not personally go. IF you wished to send a postcard for
people to stamp and send back, that MIGHT be ok....provided they
didn't get counted as finds and exchanges! But that's even shaky...
-Steve, Heidi and Madras
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "SpringChick"
> I am with Phyto on this one. It has always been my understanding
> that gathering boxes/stamps were for people who actually attended
> the gathering, not for log books that tagged along with babysitters.
Re: My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: quiet_place (letterbox@quietplace.ws) |
Date: 2004-07-27 12:10:58 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Steve and Heidi"
wrote:
> In that case, I'll have to beg Mark and Sue to take out logbook to
> the 'Moor with them. I can get into the F-100 'Moor club without
> ever going over,under, or around the big pond!
>
> Seriously, we think that's a little sketchy to send a logbook to
an
> event and not personally go. IF you wished to send a postcard for
> people to stamp and send back, that MIGHT be ok....provided they
> didn't get counted as finds and exchanges! But that's even shaky...
>
> -Steve, Heidi and Madras
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "SpringChick"
> wrote:
> > I am with Phyto on this one. It has always been my
understanding
> > that gathering boxes/stamps were for people who actually
attended
> > the gathering, not for log books that tagged along with
babysitters.
> In that case, I'll have to beg Mark and Sue to take out logbook to
> the 'Moor with them. I can get into the F-100 'Moor club without
> ever going over,under, or around the big pond!
>
> Seriously, we think that's a little sketchy to send a logbook to
an
> event and not personally go. IF you wished to send a postcard for
> people to stamp and send back, that MIGHT be ok....provided they
> didn't get counted as finds and exchanges! But that's even shaky...
>
> -Steve, Heidi and Madras
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "SpringChick"
>
> > I am with Phyto on this one. It has always been my
understanding
> > that gathering boxes/stamps were for people who actually
attended
> > the gathering, not for log books that tagged along with
babysitters.
Re: My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: quiet_place (letterbox@quietplace.ws) |
Date: 2004-07-27 12:12:06 UTC
(sorry, my first message had technical difficulties)
I thought I would step out of the "quietly reading" mode to
respond to this. I have actually been thinking about this for days,
since the original post requesting that the log book be taken
along. It brought to mind the question on the questionnaire that
the girl (sorry to have forgotten her name) was doing for her school
paper. She wanted to know if we felt letterboxing was a sport or a
hobby.
When it comes to logbook tag-a-long, it depends on which side of
the line you fall on: sport or hobby. If you are on the "sport"
side and see letterboxing as a who gets what first/ who gets how
many/ who goes the farthest/ who wears better hiking boots, has
better compass, and carries a heavier backpack... well, it's sort of
shocking that all of your efforts to "win" are in vain. No one
can "win" at letterboxing.
But, at the same time, there is a lot of emphasis on honesty
here. Everyone knows it would be easy to lie about finds or plants,
and the fact that it is so easy takes away from the "sport"
possibilities. Still, honesty is important no matter what your
reason for letterboxing. So, it is upsetting to think someone is
going to claim to have "found" something which they did not find.
I must admit, that I would love to see those Monster stamps,
too. I've submitted a couple of boxes that I am proud of. But, I
have two small kids and can't make the 14 hour drive. So, I also
understand how it is to contribute to something that you can't
participate in and want to know "how it went".
But, for myself, I believe that I should have what I find and
stamp with my own little fingers. FOR MYSELF, I stress.
I see both sides here. And ultimately, my final opinion is that
there are no (and can be no) rules here. There can be no rules
because there is no game. The only basic "rules" apply equally to
life in general: do what you will and harm none.
Maybe one day Ill look through a fellow boxers log and they
can show me a few of those monster stamps. (If they dont mind
showing them off.)
-Quiet Place
I thought I would step out of the "quietly reading" mode to
respond to this. I have actually been thinking about this for days,
since the original post requesting that the log book be taken
along. It brought to mind the question on the questionnaire that
the girl (sorry to have forgotten her name) was doing for her school
paper. She wanted to know if we felt letterboxing was a sport or a
hobby.
When it comes to logbook tag-a-long, it depends on which side of
the line you fall on: sport or hobby. If you are on the "sport"
side and see letterboxing as a who gets what first/ who gets how
many/ who goes the farthest/ who wears better hiking boots, has
better compass, and carries a heavier backpack... well, it's sort of
shocking that all of your efforts to "win" are in vain. No one
can "win" at letterboxing.
But, at the same time, there is a lot of emphasis on honesty
here. Everyone knows it would be easy to lie about finds or plants,
and the fact that it is so easy takes away from the "sport"
possibilities. Still, honesty is important no matter what your
reason for letterboxing. So, it is upsetting to think someone is
going to claim to have "found" something which they did not find.
I must admit, that I would love to see those Monster stamps,
too. I've submitted a couple of boxes that I am proud of. But, I
have two small kids and can't make the 14 hour drive. So, I also
understand how it is to contribute to something that you can't
participate in and want to know "how it went".
But, for myself, I believe that I should have what I find and
stamp with my own little fingers. FOR MYSELF, I stress.
I see both sides here. And ultimately, my final opinion is that
there are no (and can be no) rules here. There can be no rules
because there is no game. The only basic "rules" apply equally to
life in general: do what you will and harm none.
Maybe one day Ill look through a fellow boxers log and they
can show me a few of those monster stamps. (If they dont mind
showing them off.)
-Quiet Place
Re: [LbNA] My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: Judy B (sowbiz@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-07-27 12:21:58 UTC
I'm not going searching for who made this request, but I can
understand someone making a contribution (stamp) and wanting to see
what others have done. NOT as finds, just as art appreciation. You
don't have to own the painting to appreciate it. And if there really
are 100+ stamps sent, what a nice little 'publication' that could
be! Maybe Chuck&Molly and the other host/hostesses (and shame on me
for not remembering which LB'rs they are) would consider such a
scanning feat to help defray the costs of 'returning' the stamps --
hey did any of you contributors include a check for return postage?
In fact, now that I have moved out of my glass house, I'll toss a few
pebbles. (i.e. I took my 4 stamps to the PO Sun - love that click-n-
ship) Why aren't there more Red Stars by contributors names showing
they have sent in their stamps (Chuck please hurry and post Red Stars
by my name). Can you imagine having to hide 100+ stamps in 30-
days!!!! I hope folks didn't think that "by Sept 1" meant they were
going to run to the PO on Sept 1. Please make these your #1 priority
for carving and mailing.
This has not been a paid announcement . . . I'm on my own with this
one.
Judy B
Fairfax VA (and I'll be stamping my own logbook -- although I've been
instructed I'm not allowed to hold up the line with multi-color
printing -- so black on orange card stock will be my MO)
sewsowbizzy
understand someone making a contribution (stamp) and wanting to see
what others have done. NOT as finds, just as art appreciation. You
don't have to own the painting to appreciate it. And if there really
are 100+ stamps sent, what a nice little 'publication' that could
be! Maybe Chuck&Molly and the other host/hostesses (and shame on me
for not remembering which LB'rs they are) would consider such a
scanning feat to help defray the costs of 'returning' the stamps --
hey did any of you contributors include a check for return postage?
In fact, now that I have moved out of my glass house, I'll toss a few
pebbles. (i.e. I took my 4 stamps to the PO Sun - love that click-n-
ship) Why aren't there more Red Stars by contributors names showing
they have sent in their stamps (Chuck please hurry and post Red Stars
by my name). Can you imagine having to hide 100+ stamps in 30-
days!!!! I hope folks didn't think that "by Sept 1" meant they were
going to run to the PO on Sept 1. Please make these your #1 priority
for carving and mailing.
This has not been a paid announcement . . . I'm on my own with this
one.
Judy B
Fairfax VA (and I'll be stamping my own logbook -- although I've been
instructed I'm not allowed to hold up the line with multi-color
printing -- so black on orange card stock will be my MO)
sewsowbizzy
Re: [LbNA] Re: My logbook needs a ride to The Mansfield Monster Mash
From: Chris (mayeve511@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-07-27 18:31:48 UTC-07:00
Quiet Place;
Perfectly said! And oh, so true.
And one of these days, (after the Mansfield Monster Mash) I'd be happy to let you browse through my logbook and appreciate what I'm sure will be some awsome Monster Mash stamps!
quiet_place wrote:
And ultimately, my final opinion is that
there are no (and can be no) rules here. There can be no rules
because there is no game. The only basic "rules" apply equally to
life in general: do what you will and harm none.
Maybe one day Ill look through a fellow boxers log and they
can show me a few of those monster stamps. (If they dont mind
showing them off.)
-Quiet Place
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Perfectly said! And oh, so true.
And one of these days, (after the Mansfield Monster Mash) I'd be happy to let you browse through my logbook and appreciate what I'm sure will be some awsome Monster Mash stamps!
quiet_place
And ultimately, my final opinion is that
there are no (and can be no) rules here. There can be no rules
because there is no game. The only basic "rules" apply equally to
life in general: do what you will and harm none.
Maybe one day Ill look through a fellow boxers log and they
can show me a few of those monster stamps. (If they dont mind
showing them off.)
-Quiet Place
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