Who is Phyto and why is she threatening us. Who does she think she is?

Why do we care if she removes her letterboxes?

Does anyone care about letterboxing in Maine anyhoo?

JohnnyLB

Phyto is an established placer (one look at her Pcount should tell
you that Johnny LB) & you should perhaps use some better manners on
this board.

We should ALL care when LBs get removed & are being neglected as so
many of them are lately. A few weeks ago my children & I found 3
out of 3 letterboxes in one day out in the open with no attempt at
all made to conceal them. If that remains the trend, letterboxing
as we know it will surely die & those that have worked long & hard
to carve & place will no longer work to do so.

Why would anyone spend time & energy for others who so obviously do
not appreciate it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tend to each & every box as
if it were your own. If you do not, then there will be no boxes
left to find.

As for you Johnny- your attitude is precisely what may be wrong with
letterboxing today. I care about letterboxing everywhere because I
like to box outside of my backyard & when I take a trip to Maine or
to wherever you are & I would HOPE that all the boxes are in
terrific shape when I get there. How would you like it if someone
destroyed the boxes that you so carefully planned & planted?

The Family

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "johnnylb1000"
wrote:
> Who is Phyto and why is she threatening us. Who does she think she
is?
>
> Why do we care if she removes her letterboxes?
>
> Does anyone care about letterboxing in Maine anyhoo?
>
> JohnnyLB

This IS a joke, isn't it??? My little pink trotters are crossed... Funhog

> Who is Phyto and why is she threatening us. Who does she think she is?
>
> Why do we care if she removes her letterboxes?
>
> Does anyone care about letterboxing in Maine anyhoo?
>
> JohnnyLB

i care about letterboxing in maine. i care if phyto removes them, i haven't
found them all yet! and i also care very much about the state of letterboxes
and i understand the frustration and anger that phyto is feeling. they are
her boxes, she has a right to express how she feels about them. perhaps the
words were harsh, perhaps they were to the point. but they are her words.
her feelings. how would you feel?
smile
uneksia


"Who is Phyto and why is she threatening us. Who does she think she is?
Why do we care if she removes her letterboxes?
Does anyone care about letterboxing in Maine anyhoo?
JohnnyLB"

There are some good points being made here, but I would second the thought others have had..... I think we should be careful before being so quick to assume that most of the poor re-hidings are being committed by letterboxers, and especially letterboxers who are taking the time to read the hundreds of posts here every day. Yes, I'm sure it happens. But I have to highly disagree with the assumptions that are being made about the percentages... I can easily imagine that 2/3 of the 'bad re-hidings by letterboxers" are actually caused by an animal, a natural phenomenon like wind, torrential rains, moving earth, etc. etc. As letterboxers who supposedly get outdoors, we certainly ought to be as savvy as anyone about how much change occurs out there, even overnight. I've observed a small creek near my parents' house that rarely moves much water. The rocks change positions drastically, all the time, until my favorite spots are unrecognizable. Animals move one end of a rotting log, and the other end was hiding a letterbox.... we see no bite marks and assume a letterboxer did it. And In parks, we have to expect that the rangers are going to periodically clear dead logs too and anything could happen to the letterbox that happens to be under one. Large items in my yard have made their way to a neighboring yard due to bad storms, even when I thought I had them anchored.

Yes, there may be people here who re-hide poorly. Could we just continue to remind people & give positive suggestions rather than sounding ugly with the blame when we really don't know where it should be placed? Someday we may have to get a just a little more honest with the fact that we're placing thousands of unnatural objects in a natural environment and that it is next to impossible to keep ALL of that stuff from ever becoming litter. I love it as much as the next person (letterboxing) but as I've said before, with the high percentage of boxes I've found with bite marks and punctures, I'm no longer under romantic notions about how innocent and good for the environment it is. It has its hazards, and that's all there is to it. I found one a few weeks ago that was flung open around the hiding spot, the stamp chewed in half. The box had bite marks all over it and was punctured. I'm sure PA isn't unique in this respect. Many of you have mentioned how your dogs sniff out boxes. Wild animals aren't any different!! Yes, letterboxing gets me out there. Not that I wouldn't be out there anyway. But I'm sure we're all different in that way, too. I'm sure many people have started hiking due to this hobby. What percentage of boxes that are damaged, out in the open, or lost can honestly be blamed on letterboxers? We really don't know. So in our anger and frustration, let's not assume we do. My hubby likes to say that ASSuming makes an ass of you and me! Good advice he got from a teacher once. I'll spare you the story! --lunaryakketyact

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