G. R. - Thanks for injecting a dose of humor into this. That
Hun/Visigoth comment had me cracking up!

"What's in your Letterbox?" "Oy, me mace and my helmet!" "I've got
me vorpal stamp and a dangerous logbook! Watch out for those paper
cuts!"

Does anybody smell a fun Visigothic Series?


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "gallant_rogue"
wrote:
>
> The scoundrel! Hiding behind his REAL name. He probably made
> millions! Exposing the location of his own specially created
> letterbox! You posted your mean spirited opinion Miss Moon... now
> you can hear my opinion:
>
> This "attack" of yours was ignorant, unfair and most of all
> unwarranted.
>
> What evidence do you have that there was any damage to the
> institution of letterboxing that has occurred as result of this
> broadcast in April 04? As all ltterboxers will learn when they go
> listen to the program, Mr. Jonston was an excellent spokesman on
an
> appropriate venue. Who do you think listens to NPR Saturday
morning?
> The Huns & Visigoths from the Capital One commercials? (What's in
> your wallet?) Since this broadcast was twenty months ago and two
> months before she started letterboxing... one assumes that Miss
Moon
> can elaborate on exactly how much damage this NPR story actually
> did...(don't speculate...it's in the past now... so where is the
> evidence?) and more importantly why she feels empowered to
> publically launch a personal attack on Tom, a very respected
member
> of this community.
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "June" wrote:
> >
> > I notice Thomas never mentioned his trail name. As time goes by,
> this
> > wonderful, unique, and special hobby that started out as a
> beautiful
> > little secret, growing slowly as people stumbled onto it by
> accident
> > is going to be spoiled by the never ending and usually
destructive
> > American need to make everything bigger and better.
> >
> > As more and more people take up this hobby, seemingly in droves,
> there
> > will be more missing boxes, more poorly re-hidden boxes, more
> > vandalized boxes, as *most* of these droves of people get bored
> and
> > move onto another weekend activity.
> >
> > To steal a phrase I read recently on another list, we do not
need
> > to "drum up" business for letterboxing, nor should we. What we
> should
> > be doing is letting it grow naturally and treasuring it.
> >
> > Did being on the radio pump your ego Thomas?
> >
> > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1832303
> >
> > MissMoon
> >
>