Newbie here. I just started the hobby and I can not find on the FAQs.
Thank you for your help.
What is a traveller?
9 messages in this thread |
Started on 2005-08-17
What is a traveller?
From: coach_lyons74 (mlyons@flagshipnetworks.com) |
Date: 2005-08-17 17:13:46 UTC
Re: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
From: Kurt Copeland (tabulator32@mac.com) |
Date: 2005-08-17 13:24:00 UTC-05:00
Its like a Travel Bug, if you're a geocacher.
If you're not a geocacher, its like a letterbox that can be moved from place to place by the letterboxers as long as you follow the guidelines.
: )
On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at 01:21PM, coach_lyons74 wrote:
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If you're not a geocacher, its like a letterbox that can be moved from place to place by the letterboxers as long as you follow the guidelines.
: )
On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at 01:21PM, coach_lyons74
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RE: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
From: Mosey (PonyExpressMail@comcast.net) |
Date: 2005-08-17 13:42:24 UTC-05:00
No, that's a Hitchhiker.
A traveller is a separate stamp that a boxer might carry but doesn't stamp
into logbooks with. A signature stamp is used to stamp into the logbooks.
A traveller, aka personal traveller, is a stamp that's carried with you that
other boxers can request should they happen to meet you on the trail.
Some people that carry personal travellers expect a person requesting it to
answer some sort of riddle or question, others just give it to the person
they meet if the person simply requests it. And you just stamp it into your
logbook. I hike with two travellers. One pertains to the most important
food in all the world -- chocolate. The other pertains to the most
important chocolate in all the world -- M&Ms.
~~ Mosey ~~
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Kurt Copeland
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:24 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
Its like a Travel Bug, if you're a geocacher.
If you're not a geocacher, its like a letterbox that can be moved from
place to place by the letterboxers as long as you follow the guidelines.
: )
A traveller is a separate stamp that a boxer might carry but doesn't stamp
into logbooks with. A signature stamp is used to stamp into the logbooks.
A traveller, aka personal traveller, is a stamp that's carried with you that
other boxers can request should they happen to meet you on the trail.
Some people that carry personal travellers expect a person requesting it to
answer some sort of riddle or question, others just give it to the person
they meet if the person simply requests it. And you just stamp it into your
logbook. I hike with two travellers. One pertains to the most important
food in all the world -- chocolate. The other pertains to the most
important chocolate in all the world -- M&Ms.
~~ Mosey ~~
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Kurt Copeland
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:24 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
Its like a Travel Bug, if you're a geocacher.
If you're not a geocacher, its like a letterbox that can be moved from
place to place by the letterboxers as long as you follow the guidelines.
: )
Re: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
From: JARS (ontario_cacher@yahoo.ca) |
Date: 2005-08-17 15:04:31 UTC-04:00
What's the difference between a traveller and a
hitchhiker?
JARS
--- Kurt Copeland wrote:
---------------------------------
Its like a Travel Bug, if you're a geocacher.
If you're not a geocacher, its like a letterbox that
can be moved from place to place by the letterboxers
as long as you follow the guidelines.
: )
__________________________________________________________
Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
hitchhiker?
JARS
--- Kurt Copeland
---------------------------------
Its like a Travel Bug, if you're a geocacher.
If you're not a geocacher, its like a letterbox that
can be moved from place to place by the letterboxers
as long as you follow the guidelines.
: )
__________________________________________________________
Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
Re: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
From: (StDebb@aol.com) |
Date: 2005-08-17 15:16:37 UTC-04:00
ontario_cacher@yahoo.ca writes:
> What's the difference between a traveler and a
> hitchhiker?
>
If I understand it right, traveler is the term used in England for what we
call a hitchhiker. LbNA also uses that term for what's called a hitchhiker in
common usage on this continent.
The confusion comes in because of the similarity in name with Personal
Travelers, which are what Mosey described.
DebBee
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> What's the difference between a traveler and a
> hitchhiker?
>
If I understand it right, traveler is the term used in England for what we
call a hitchhiker. LbNA also uses that term for what's called a hitchhiker in
common usage on this continent.
The confusion comes in because of the similarity in name with Personal
Travelers, which are what Mosey described.
DebBee
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Re: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
From: (john@johnsblog.com) |
Date: 2005-08-17 15:38:22 UTC-04:00
On LbNA, "traveller" is used as a catch all for many types
of non-traditional letterboxes including hitchhikers,
postal letterboxes, personal travellers, cuckoos and
cooties.
Choi
one of the webmasters
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:13:46 -0000
"coach_lyons74" wrote:
> Newbie here. I just started the hobby and I can not
>find on the FAQs.
> Thank you for your help.
of non-traditional letterboxes including hitchhikers,
postal letterboxes, personal travellers, cuckoos and
cooties.
Choi
one of the webmasters
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:13:46 -0000
"coach_lyons74"
> Newbie here. I just started the hobby and I can not
>find on the FAQs.
> Thank you for your help.
Re: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
From: Kurt Copeland (tabulator32@mac.com) |
Date: 2005-08-17 18:23:34 UTC-05:00
Oops! Sorry, Mosey!
I was reading one thing and thinking of another.
Thanks for the correction.
*Yeesh!* I need more coffee.
On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at 01:42 PM, Mosey wrote:
> No, that's a Hitchhiker.
>
> A traveller is a separate stamp that a boxer might carry but doesn't
> stamp
> into logbooks with. A signature stamp is used to stamp into the
> logbooks.
> A traveller, aka personal traveller, is a stamp that's carried with
> you that
> other boxers can request should they happen to meet you on the trail.
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
I was reading one thing and thinking of another.
Thanks for the correction.
*Yeesh!* I need more coffee.
On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at 01:42 PM, Mosey wrote:
> No, that's a Hitchhiker.
>
> A traveller is a separate stamp that a boxer might carry but doesn't
> stamp
> into logbooks with. A signature stamp is used to stamp into the
> logbooks.
> A traveller, aka personal traveller, is a stamp that's carried with
> you that
> other boxers can request should they happen to meet you on the trail.
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
From: Mosey (PonyExpressMail@comcast.net) |
Date: 2005-08-17 18:46:29 UTC-05:00
No, you're right actually as far as the LbNA website uses the term. People
can now list the travellers they've found and released at the website, so
that website is obviously using the term to be synonymous with hitchhiker.
I've never done it that way. The folks that I learned boxing from had very
strict meanings for each term. And the term "traveller" only means
*personal* traveller. But it reads like the LbNA website uses it to mean
anything and everything that's not tied down. :-)
~~ Mosey ~~
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Kurt Copeland
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:24 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
Oops! Sorry, Mosey!
I was reading one thing and thinking of another.
Thanks for the correction.
*Yeesh!* I need more coffee.
On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at 01:42 PM, Mosey wrote:
> No, that's a Hitchhiker.
>
> A traveller is a separate stamp that a boxer might carry but doesn't
> stamp
> into logbooks with. A signature stamp is used to stamp into the
> logbooks.
> A traveller, aka personal traveller, is a stamp that's carried with
> you that
> other boxers can request should they happen to meet you on the trail.
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Yahoo! Groups Links
can now list the travellers they've found and released at the website, so
that website is obviously using the term to be synonymous with hitchhiker.
I've never done it that way. The folks that I learned boxing from had very
strict meanings for each term. And the term "traveller" only means
*personal* traveller. But it reads like the LbNA website uses it to mean
anything and everything that's not tied down. :-)
~~ Mosey ~~
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Kurt Copeland
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:24 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
Oops! Sorry, Mosey!
I was reading one thing and thinking of another.
Thanks for the correction.
*Yeesh!* I need more coffee.
On Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at 01:42 PM, Mosey wrote:
> No, that's a Hitchhiker.
>
> A traveller is a separate stamp that a boxer might carry but doesn't
> stamp
> into logbooks with. A signature stamp is used to stamp into the
> logbooks.
> A traveller, aka personal traveller, is a stamp that's carried with
> you that
> other boxers can request should they happen to meet you on the trail.
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [LbNA] What is a traveller?
From: Rick in Boca (rick_in_boca@bigfoot.com) |
Date: 2005-08-18 14:27:32 UTC
The "traveller" super-category makes sense, with other sub-categories
underneath.
Now, why would a cuckoo be categorized as a traveler? The box doesn't
move, just the clues, right? I don't see any cuckoo clues in the
database.
Just when I thought I understood the concept...
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
> On LbNA, "traveller" is used as a catch all for many types
> of non-traditional letterboxes including hitchhikers,
> postal letterboxes, personal travellers, cuckoos and
> cooties.
>
> Choi
> one of the webmasters
>
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:13:46 -0000
> "coach_lyons74" wrote:
> > Newbie here. I just started the hobby and I can not
> >find on the FAQs.
> > Thank you for your help.
underneath.
Now, why would a cuckoo be categorized as a traveler? The box doesn't
move, just the clues, right? I don't see any cuckoo clues in the
database.
Just when I thought I understood the concept...
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com,
> On LbNA, "traveller" is used as a catch all for many types
> of non-traditional letterboxes including hitchhikers,
> postal letterboxes, personal travellers, cuckoos and
> cooties.
>
> Choi
> one of the webmasters
>
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:13:46 -0000
> "coach_lyons74"
> > Newbie here. I just started the hobby and I can not
> >find on the FAQs.
> > Thank you for your help.