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for the drew family my first stamp

2 messages in this thread | Started on 2005-06-18

for the drew family my first stamp

From: Grace Hough (travelingfrog2000@yahoo.com) | Date: 2005-06-18 20:36:30 UTC-07:00


Drew Family wrote:Special thanks to our letterbox-usa moderators! (Check out who's who
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/letterbox-usa/members?group=mod).
This is an often thankless job that requires a surprising amount of
dedication. I suspect most people on the list would be surprised at
the amount of spam and pornography these folks deflect, while they
also work diligently to ensure a comfortable place for us to talk
about our favorite subject.

I think the link Choi provided to the updated list policies is
excellent and appreciate the thoughtfulness and work that went into
making it. At the same time, I happen to disagree with one of the
policies:

< letterboxing are separate hobbies that evolved from traditional
letterboxing and posts related to those hobbies should usually be
made into lists or forums related to those hobbies.>>

I've never been a fan of the fracturing of letterboxing lists into
smaller and more focused groups. I personally think that discussion
of hitch hikers, personal travelers, cooties, mosquitos, cuckoos,
postals, virtuals, exchanges, gatherings, and whatever creative
concept comes next from the mind of a happy letterboxer should be
completely welcome here on the big list.

These aren't "related hobbies" the way geocaching, stone stashing,
benchmarking, bookcrossing, found art, freecycling, confluencing or
ecoscavenging are. These are Letterboxing, and this is letterbox-usa.
Now I'm not going to start posting 20 times on hitch hikers as a
protest, but I think it is perfectly okay to discuss all letterboxing
topics on this list.

Jay in CT




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for the drew family my first stamp

From: Grace Hough (travelingfrog2000@yahoo.com) | Date: 2005-06-18 20:39:07 UTC-07:00
Thanks for your offer to help me a while back I finally with the help of one of my daughters designed my stamp. My two boxing daughters and I then sat down and carefully carved our respective stamps. I put them aside for our first outing with them as our mark. Lo and behold the puppy ate mine before I ever go to use it. Sounds like a story the kid tells the teacher right. So it's back to the drawing board for me. And more carving practice.

Drew Family wrote: Special thanks to our letterbox-usa moderators! (Check out who's who
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/letterbox-usa/members?group=mod).
This is an often thankless job that requires a surprising amount of
dedication. I suspect most people on the list would be surprised at
the amount of spam and pornography these folks deflect, while they
also work diligently to ensure a comfortable place for us to talk
about our favorite subject.

I think the link Choi provided to the updated list policies is
excellent and appreciate the thoughtfulness and work that went into
making it. At the same time, I happen to disagree with one of the
policies:

< letterboxing are separate hobbies that evolved from traditional
letterboxing and posts related to those hobbies should usually be
made into lists or forums related to those hobbies.>>

I've never been a fan of the fracturing of letterboxing lists into
smaller and more focused groups. I personally think that discussion
of hitch hikers, personal travelers, cooties, mosquitos, cuckoos,
postals, virtuals, exchanges, gatherings, and whatever creative
concept comes next from the mind of a happy letterboxer should be
completely welcome here on the big list.

These aren't "related hobbies" the way geocaching, stone stashing,
benchmarking, bookcrossing, found art, freecycling, confluencing or
ecoscavenging are. These are Letterboxing, and this is letterbox-usa.
Now I'm not going to start posting 20 times on hitch hikers as a
protest, but I think it is perfectly okay to discuss all letterboxing
topics on this list.

Jay in CT




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