I realize I'm taking a risk by posting this message. With rumors
floating around that the Geocachers want to take over our hobby, some
people will probably have a hard time finding the humor in what I'm
about to share.
But my friends and I have been taking a fun new look at the
Geocaching phenomenon, and have found a way to use it for our
benefit... namely to pad our F counts! :-)
Don't misunderstand. I have never purposely gone looking for a
geocache. I have never planted one, or a hybrid box, for that matter.
They have never really interested me at all.
But there are SO MANY freakin' geocaches out there, and some of them
are so large (and often so poorly hidden) that I can't help but
stumble onto them all the time when I'm out letterboxing.
In the past, I've pretty much just ignored them. But I and some of my
friends (who, like myself, have been 'boxing for a good long time)
have been talking lately about the subtle differences between a
geocache and a letterbox.
It occurred to us that both of them have clues (although of a
different sort) and a logbook to sign (or stamp) into. By definition,
the only thing a geocache lacks to keep it from being considered a
letterbox is a stamp image to collect.
So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked it
up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I had
just added another find to my F-count.
This prompted plenty of smiles, and a further discussion of the
topic. After some time, we all agreed that, on a technicality, I had
every right to claim this as a letterbox find. One of my friends did
insist, however, that I was obligated to clean my ink off the eraser
before returning it to the geocache, to keep from stirring up hard
feelings with the geocaching community. (Apparently, geocachers do
not have the same afinity for inky fingers that we letterboxers
share.)
Later that day, we stumbled onto yet another geocache. There were no
rubber trinkets in this one, but by placing a piece of Fun Foam that
one of us happened to have handy behind the page of my journal, I was
able to get a very nice impression from the handle of a small
penknife that we found inside. This time, my friends were all eager
to collect the impression in their journals, as well.
We all stamped into the geocache journal, and carefully wiped all the
ink off of the penknife before putting it back and rehiding the cache
(better than we found it!) As we made our way on down the trail, we
coined the term "cache-boxing" to describe our newly-discovered
diversion.
I'm sharing this experience hoping that you will find humor in the
situation. If you are looking forward to scolding me for inaccurately
reporting my F-count, then you will be disappointed to learn that I
don't keep track of my finds anyway. To me, letterboxing is not about
the quantity of boxes I find (or plant), but the quantity of fun I
have while doing it.
If you want to lecture me about stripping away the artistry from the
hobby, then I can only tell you how much fun I've had since that day
picking and choosing which object or objects from a cache that I'm
going to use to create my own personalized stamp impressions to
represent the contents of my find.
I do not take anything from the caches I find, nor do I leave
anything other than my signature stamp impression. I am still being
meticulous about following my friend's suggestion to wipe all the ink
off the objects I stamp before putting them back into the geocache.
And I must say that every geocache I have encountered was rehidden as
well, or in most cases better, than I found it.
So if you are lighthearted enough not to take any of this too
seriously, I invite you to join me in my new sub-hobby of cache-
boxing. The number of letterboxes in the country just increased one
hundredfold or more! That should keep Pete and Wanda occupied for
quite some time! :-)
Happy Hunting!
Der Mad Stamper
A lighthearted look at Geocaching
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Started on 2006-03-30
A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: Der Mad Stamper (Letterboxr@aol.com) |
Date: 2006-03-30 20:41:55 UTC
Re: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: MaryAnn Lockard (mizscarlet731@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-03-30 12:53:03 UTC-08:00
When out boxing with Hikers and Hounds we found a
hybrid box with no stamp. What to do? There was a
small eraser shaped like a bird, we inked up and
stamped in.
Mizscarlet
--- Der Mad Stamper wrote:
> I realize I'm taking a risk by posting this message.
But my friends and I have been taking a fun new look
> at the
> Geocaching phenomenon, and have found a way to use
> it for our
> benefit... namely to pad our F counts! :-)
>
> looking for a
> geocache. I have never planted one, or a hybrid box,
> for that matter.
> They have never really interested me at all.
>
> But there are SO MANY freakin' geocaches out there,
> and some of them
> are so large (and often so poorly hidden) that I
> can't help but
> stumble onto them all the time when I'm out
> letterboxing.
>
> In the past, I've pretty much just ignored them. But
> I and some of my
> friends (who, like myself, have been 'boxing for a
> good long time) being considered a
> letterbox is a stamp image to collect.
So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another> When
we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I
> promptly inked it
> up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then
> stamped my
> signature into the geocache journal and proudly
> proclaimed that I had
> just added another find to my F-count.
> >
> Happy Hunting!
> Der Mad Stamper
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> letterbox-usa-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
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hybrid box with no stamp. What to do? There was a
small eraser shaped like a bird, we inked up and
stamped in.
Mizscarlet
--- Der Mad Stamper
> I realize I'm taking a risk by posting this message.
But my friends and I have been taking a fun new look
> at the
> Geocaching phenomenon, and have found a way to use
> it for our
> benefit... namely to pad our F counts! :-)
>
> looking for a
> geocache. I have never planted one, or a hybrid box,
> for that matter.
> They have never really interested me at all.
>
> But there are SO MANY freakin' geocaches out there,
> and some of them
> are so large (and often so poorly hidden) that I
> can't help but
> stumble onto them all the time when I'm out
> letterboxing.
>
> In the past, I've pretty much just ignored them. But
> I and some of my
> friends (who, like myself, have been 'boxing for a
> good long time) being considered a
> letterbox is a stamp image to collect.
So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another> When
we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I
> promptly inked it
> up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then
> stamped my
> signature into the geocache journal and proudly
> proclaimed that I had
> just added another find to my F-count.
> >
> Happy Hunting!
> Der Mad Stamper
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
> letterbox-usa-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: Rick Simpson (simpson.rick@gmail.com) |
Date: 2006-03-30 12:59:02 UTC-08:00
Here, here!
I stamp into caches I stumble across all the time. If I have
something that fits the cache, I'll leave it behind. I never take
anything from the cache, but I never thought about taking an
impression from a cache's object. Brilliant!
In the end it's all about flipping through my log book and having a
stamp jog my memories of a particular day with friends. Caches can do
the same.
Heretics unite!
On 3/30/06, Der Mad Stamper wrote:
> I realize I'm taking a risk by posting this message. With rumors
> floating around that the Geocachers want to take over our hobby, some
> people will probably have a hard time finding the humor in what I'm
> about to share.
>
> But my friends and I have been taking a fun new look at the
> Geocaching phenomenon, and have found a way to use it for our
> benefit... namely to pad our F counts! :-)
>
> Don't misunderstand. I have never purposely gone looking for a
> geocache. I have never planted one, or a hybrid box, for that matter.
> They have never really interested me at all.
>
> But there are SO MANY freakin' geocaches out there, and some of them
> are so large (and often so poorly hidden) that I can't help but
> stumble onto them all the time when I'm out letterboxing.
>
> In the past, I've pretty much just ignored them. But I and some of my
> friends (who, like myself, have been 'boxing for a good long time)
> have been talking lately about the subtle differences between a
> geocache and a letterbox.
>
> It occurred to us that both of them have clues (although of a
> different sort) and a logbook to sign (or stamp) into. By definition,
> the only thing a geocache lacks to keep it from being considered a
> letterbox is a stamp image to collect.
>
> So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
> lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
> When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked it
> up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
> signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I had
> just added another find to my F-count.
>
> This prompted plenty of smiles, and a further discussion of the
> topic. After some time, we all agreed that, on a technicality, I had
> every right to claim this as a letterbox find. One of my friends did
> insist, however, that I was obligated to clean my ink off the eraser
> before returning it to the geocache, to keep from stirring up hard
> feelings with the geocaching community. (Apparently, geocachers do
> not have the same afinity for inky fingers that we letterboxers
> share.)
>
> Later that day, we stumbled onto yet another geocache. There were no
> rubber trinkets in this one, but by placing a piece of Fun Foam that
> one of us happened to have handy behind the page of my journal, I was
> able to get a very nice impression from the handle of a small
> penknife that we found inside. This time, my friends were all eager
> to collect the impression in their journals, as well.
>
> We all stamped into the geocache journal, and carefully wiped all the
> ink off of the penknife before putting it back and rehiding the cache
> (better than we found it!) As we made our way on down the trail, we
> coined the term "cache-boxing" to describe our newly-discovered
> diversion.
>
> I'm sharing this experience hoping that you will find humor in the
> situation. If you are looking forward to scolding me for inaccurately
> reporting my F-count, then you will be disappointed to learn that I
> don't keep track of my finds anyway. To me, letterboxing is not about
> the quantity of boxes I find (or plant), but the quantity of fun I
> have while doing it.
>
> If you want to lecture me about stripping away the artistry from the
> hobby, then I can only tell you how much fun I've had since that day
> picking and choosing which object or objects from a cache that I'm
> going to use to create my own personalized stamp impressions to
> represent the contents of my find.
>
> I do not take anything from the caches I find, nor do I leave
> anything other than my signature stamp impression. I am still being
> meticulous about following my friend's suggestion to wipe all the ink
> off the objects I stamp before putting them back into the geocache.
> And I must say that every geocache I have encountered was rehidden as
> well, or in most cases better, than I found it.
>
> So if you are lighthearted enough not to take any of this too
> seriously, I invite you to join me in my new sub-hobby of cache-
> boxing. The number of letterboxes in the country just increased one
> hundredfold or more! That should keep Pete and Wanda occupied for
> quite some time! :-)
>
> Happy Hunting!
> Der Mad Stamper
>
>
>
>
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I stamp into caches I stumble across all the time. If I have
something that fits the cache, I'll leave it behind. I never take
anything from the cache, but I never thought about taking an
impression from a cache's object. Brilliant!
In the end it's all about flipping through my log book and having a
stamp jog my memories of a particular day with friends. Caches can do
the same.
Heretics unite!
On 3/30/06, Der Mad Stamper
> I realize I'm taking a risk by posting this message. With rumors
> floating around that the Geocachers want to take over our hobby, some
> people will probably have a hard time finding the humor in what I'm
> about to share.
>
> But my friends and I have been taking a fun new look at the
> Geocaching phenomenon, and have found a way to use it for our
> benefit... namely to pad our F counts! :-)
>
> Don't misunderstand. I have never purposely gone looking for a
> geocache. I have never planted one, or a hybrid box, for that matter.
> They have never really interested me at all.
>
> But there are SO MANY freakin' geocaches out there, and some of them
> are so large (and often so poorly hidden) that I can't help but
> stumble onto them all the time when I'm out letterboxing.
>
> In the past, I've pretty much just ignored them. But I and some of my
> friends (who, like myself, have been 'boxing for a good long time)
> have been talking lately about the subtle differences between a
> geocache and a letterbox.
>
> It occurred to us that both of them have clues (although of a
> different sort) and a logbook to sign (or stamp) into. By definition,
> the only thing a geocache lacks to keep it from being considered a
> letterbox is a stamp image to collect.
>
> So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
> lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
> When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked it
> up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
> signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I had
> just added another find to my F-count.
>
> This prompted plenty of smiles, and a further discussion of the
> topic. After some time, we all agreed that, on a technicality, I had
> every right to claim this as a letterbox find. One of my friends did
> insist, however, that I was obligated to clean my ink off the eraser
> before returning it to the geocache, to keep from stirring up hard
> feelings with the geocaching community. (Apparently, geocachers do
> not have the same afinity for inky fingers that we letterboxers
> share.)
>
> Later that day, we stumbled onto yet another geocache. There were no
> rubber trinkets in this one, but by placing a piece of Fun Foam that
> one of us happened to have handy behind the page of my journal, I was
> able to get a very nice impression from the handle of a small
> penknife that we found inside. This time, my friends were all eager
> to collect the impression in their journals, as well.
>
> We all stamped into the geocache journal, and carefully wiped all the
> ink off of the penknife before putting it back and rehiding the cache
> (better than we found it!) As we made our way on down the trail, we
> coined the term "cache-boxing" to describe our newly-discovered
> diversion.
>
> I'm sharing this experience hoping that you will find humor in the
> situation. If you are looking forward to scolding me for inaccurately
> reporting my F-count, then you will be disappointed to learn that I
> don't keep track of my finds anyway. To me, letterboxing is not about
> the quantity of boxes I find (or plant), but the quantity of fun I
> have while doing it.
>
> If you want to lecture me about stripping away the artistry from the
> hobby, then I can only tell you how much fun I've had since that day
> picking and choosing which object or objects from a cache that I'm
> going to use to create my own personalized stamp impressions to
> represent the contents of my find.
>
> I do not take anything from the caches I find, nor do I leave
> anything other than my signature stamp impression. I am still being
> meticulous about following my friend's suggestion to wipe all the ink
> off the objects I stamp before putting them back into the geocache.
> And I must say that every geocache I have encountered was rehidden as
> well, or in most cases better, than I found it.
>
> So if you are lighthearted enough not to take any of this too
> seriously, I invite you to join me in my new sub-hobby of cache-
> boxing. The number of letterboxes in the country just increased one
> hundredfold or more! That should keep Pete and Wanda occupied for
> quite some time! :-)
>
> Happy Hunting!
> Der Mad Stamper
>
>
>
>
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RE: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: Gretchen Caldwell (boston.rott@verizon.net) |
Date: 2006-03-30 16:11:49 UTC-05:00
I find that to be quite creative!!
What I can't figure out about geocaching is what is the "fun" of
collecting a bunch of junk (pink erasers?!) ???? You know there will
always be those who leave cool stuff and those who leave crap, and those who
follow the "cool stuff" people and take all the cool stuff and only leave
crap. Gee, what a nice hobby.
As fascinated as I am by technology, and as much as I want GPS in my car, I
can't ever imagine getting into geocaching, especially not after how much
fun letterboxing is.
You'll have to come out this way, not nearly so many caches littered
everywhere! :-)
BostonRott
_____
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
What I can't figure out about geocaching is what is the "fun" of
collecting a bunch of junk (pink erasers?!) ???? You know there will
always be those who leave cool stuff and those who leave crap, and those who
follow the "cool stuff" people and take all the cool stuff and only leave
crap. Gee, what a nice hobby.
As fascinated as I am by technology, and as much as I want GPS in my car, I
can't ever imagine getting into geocaching, especially not after how much
fun letterboxing is.
You'll have to come out this way, not nearly so many caches littered
everywhere! :-)
BostonRott
_____
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: Barefoot Lucy (barefootlucy@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-03-30 14:22:01 UTC-08:00
I LOVE this idea - and to carry it a bit further -
I always seem to have a fistful of store-bought stamps
in spite of the fact that I never buy them myself.
Maybe I should start leaving them in caches in case
another letterboxer finds the cache and wants to stamp
in!
Lucy
--- Gretchen Caldwell wrote:
> I find that to be quite creative!!
>
>
>
> What I can't figure out about geocaching is what
> is the "fun" of
> collecting a bunch of junk (pink erasers?!) ????
> You know there will
> always be those who leave cool stuff and those who
> leave crap, and those who
> follow the "cool stuff" people and take all the cool
> stuff and only leave
> crap. Gee, what a nice hobby.
>
>
>
> As fascinated as I am by technology, and as much as
> I want GPS in my car, I
> can't ever imagine getting into geocaching,
> especially not after how much
> fun letterboxing is.
>
>
>
> You'll have to come out this way, not nearly so many
> caches littered
> everywhere! :-)
>
>
>
> BostonRott
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I always seem to have a fistful of store-bought stamps
in spite of the fact that I never buy them myself.
Maybe I should start leaving them in caches in case
another letterboxer finds the cache and wants to stamp
in!
Lucy
--- Gretchen Caldwell
> I find that to be quite creative!!
>
>
>
> What I can't figure out about geocaching is what
> is the "fun" of
> collecting a bunch of junk (pink erasers?!) ????
> You know there will
> always be those who leave cool stuff and those who
> leave crap, and those who
> follow the "cool stuff" people and take all the cool
> stuff and only leave
> crap. Gee, what a nice hobby.
>
>
>
> As fascinated as I am by technology, and as much as
> I want GPS in my car, I
> can't ever imagine getting into geocaching,
> especially not after how much
> fun letterboxing is.
>
>
>
> You'll have to come out this way, not nearly so many
> caches littered
> everywhere! :-)
>
>
>
> BostonRott
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Re: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: gwendontoo (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2006-03-30 22:28:36 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Barefoot Lucy
wrote:
>
> I LOVE this idea - and to carry it a bit further -
>
> I always seem to have a fistful of store-bought stamps
> in spite of the fact that I never buy them myself.
> Maybe I should start leaving them in caches in case
> another letterboxer finds the cache and wants to stamp
> in!
>
> Lucy
>
Bring a bunch of store-bought stamps and trade then for every last
bit of Happy Meal toys in the geocache. Then put a note in the
geocache and advise that it is now a letterboxcache. Then when DMS
finds this cache he will get a regular stamp image.
Don
wrote:
>
> I LOVE this idea - and to carry it a bit further -
>
> I always seem to have a fistful of store-bought stamps
> in spite of the fact that I never buy them myself.
> Maybe I should start leaving them in caches in case
> another letterboxer finds the cache and wants to stamp
> in!
>
> Lucy
>
Bring a bunch of store-bought stamps and trade then for every last
bit of Happy Meal toys in the geocache. Then put a note in the
geocache and advise that it is now a letterboxcache. Then when DMS
finds this cache he will get a regular stamp image.
Don
RE: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: xxxx (PonyExpressMail@comcast.net) |
Date: 2006-03-30 17:35:02 UTC-06:00
Fantastic idea! And there are only a zillion caches in the northern IL area
that I can stumble across. Anything that can be inked can be a stamp. I
love it!
~~ Mosey ~~
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Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:42 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
I realize I'm taking a risk by posting this message. With rumors
floating around that the Geocachers want to take over our hobby, some
people will probably have a hard time finding the humor in what I'm
about to share.
But my friends and I have been taking a fun new look at the
Geocaching phenomenon, and have found a way to use it for our
benefit... namely to pad our F counts! :-)
Don't misunderstand. I have never purposely gone looking for a
geocache. I have never planted one, or a hybrid box, for that matter.
They have never really interested me at all.
But there are SO MANY freakin' geocaches out there, and some of them
are so large (and often so poorly hidden) that I can't help but
stumble onto them all the time when I'm out letterboxing.
In the past, I've pretty much just ignored them. But I and some of my
friends (who, like myself, have been 'boxing for a good long time)
have been talking lately about the subtle differences between a
geocache and a letterbox.
It occurred to us that both of them have clues (although of a
different sort) and a logbook to sign (or stamp) into. By definition,
the only thing a geocache lacks to keep it from being considered a
letterbox is a stamp image to collect.
So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked it
up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I had
just added another find to my F-count.
This prompted plenty of smiles, and a further discussion of the
topic. After some time, we all agreed that, on a technicality, I had
every right to claim this as a letterbox find. One of my friends did
insist, however, that I was obligated to clean my ink off the eraser
before returning it to the geocache, to keep from stirring up hard
feelings with the geocaching community. (Apparently, geocachers do
not have the same afinity for inky fingers that we letterboxers
share.)
Later that day, we stumbled onto yet another geocache. There were no
rubber trinkets in this one, but by placing a piece of Fun Foam that
one of us happened to have handy behind the page of my journal, I was
able to get a very nice impression from the handle of a small
penknife that we found inside. This time, my friends were all eager
to collect the impression in their journals, as well.
We all stamped into the geocache journal, and carefully wiped all the
ink off of the penknife before putting it back and rehiding the cache
(better than we found it!) As we made our way on down the trail, we
coined the term "cache-boxing" to describe our newly-discovered
diversion.
I'm sharing this experience hoping that you will find humor in the
situation. If you are looking forward to scolding me for inaccurately
reporting my F-count, then you will be disappointed to learn that I
don't keep track of my finds anyway. To me, letterboxing is not about
the quantity of boxes I find (or plant), but the quantity of fun I
have while doing it.
If you want to lecture me about stripping away the artistry from the
hobby, then I can only tell you how much fun I've had since that day
picking and choosing which object or objects from a cache that I'm
going to use to create my own personalized stamp impressions to
represent the contents of my find.
I do not take anything from the caches I find, nor do I leave
anything other than my signature stamp impression. I am still being
meticulous about following my friend's suggestion to wipe all the ink
off the objects I stamp before putting them back into the geocache.
And I must say that every geocache I have encountered was rehidden as
well, or in most cases better, than I found it.
So if you are lighthearted enough not to take any of this too
seriously, I invite you to join me in my new sub-hobby of cache-
boxing. The number of letterboxes in the country just increased one
hundredfold or more! That should keep Pete and Wanda occupied for
quite some time! :-)
Happy Hunting!
Der Mad Stamper
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that I can stumble across. Anything that can be inked can be a stamp. I
love it!
~~ Mosey ~~
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Der Mad Stamper
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:42 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
I realize I'm taking a risk by posting this message. With rumors
floating around that the Geocachers want to take over our hobby, some
people will probably have a hard time finding the humor in what I'm
about to share.
But my friends and I have been taking a fun new look at the
Geocaching phenomenon, and have found a way to use it for our
benefit... namely to pad our F counts! :-)
Don't misunderstand. I have never purposely gone looking for a
geocache. I have never planted one, or a hybrid box, for that matter.
They have never really interested me at all.
But there are SO MANY freakin' geocaches out there, and some of them
are so large (and often so poorly hidden) that I can't help but
stumble onto them all the time when I'm out letterboxing.
In the past, I've pretty much just ignored them. But I and some of my
friends (who, like myself, have been 'boxing for a good long time)
have been talking lately about the subtle differences between a
geocache and a letterbox.
It occurred to us that both of them have clues (although of a
different sort) and a logbook to sign (or stamp) into. By definition,
the only thing a geocache lacks to keep it from being considered a
letterbox is a stamp image to collect.
So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked it
up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I had
just added another find to my F-count.
This prompted plenty of smiles, and a further discussion of the
topic. After some time, we all agreed that, on a technicality, I had
every right to claim this as a letterbox find. One of my friends did
insist, however, that I was obligated to clean my ink off the eraser
before returning it to the geocache, to keep from stirring up hard
feelings with the geocaching community. (Apparently, geocachers do
not have the same afinity for inky fingers that we letterboxers
share.)
Later that day, we stumbled onto yet another geocache. There were no
rubber trinkets in this one, but by placing a piece of Fun Foam that
one of us happened to have handy behind the page of my journal, I was
able to get a very nice impression from the handle of a small
penknife that we found inside. This time, my friends were all eager
to collect the impression in their journals, as well.
We all stamped into the geocache journal, and carefully wiped all the
ink off of the penknife before putting it back and rehiding the cache
(better than we found it!) As we made our way on down the trail, we
coined the term "cache-boxing" to describe our newly-discovered
diversion.
I'm sharing this experience hoping that you will find humor in the
situation. If you are looking forward to scolding me for inaccurately
reporting my F-count, then you will be disappointed to learn that I
don't keep track of my finds anyway. To me, letterboxing is not about
the quantity of boxes I find (or plant), but the quantity of fun I
have while doing it.
If you want to lecture me about stripping away the artistry from the
hobby, then I can only tell you how much fun I've had since that day
picking and choosing which object or objects from a cache that I'm
going to use to create my own personalized stamp impressions to
represent the contents of my find.
I do not take anything from the caches I find, nor do I leave
anything other than my signature stamp impression. I am still being
meticulous about following my friend's suggestion to wipe all the ink
off the objects I stamp before putting them back into the geocache.
And I must say that every geocache I have encountered was rehidden as
well, or in most cases better, than I found it.
So if you are lighthearted enough not to take any of this too
seriously, I invite you to join me in my new sub-hobby of cache-
boxing. The number of letterboxes in the country just increased one
hundredfold or more! That should keep Pete and Wanda occupied for
quite some time! :-)
Happy Hunting!
Der Mad Stamper
Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: Suzanne Coe (wilmcoe@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-03-30 15:40:27 UTC-08:00
I think both ideas are great. I don't have/buy a lot of store-bought stamps, but I have a lot of leftover scraps of "pink stuff"....I could CARVE some stamps to leave in geocaches when cacheboxing! =)
Barefoot Lucy wrote: I LOVE this idea - and to carry it a bit further -
I always seem to have a fistful of store-bought stamps
in spite of the fact that I never buy them myself.
Maybe I should start leaving them in caches in case
another letterboxer finds the cache and wants to stamp
in!
Lucy
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I always seem to have a fistful of store-bought stamps
in spite of the fact that I never buy them myself.
Maybe I should start leaving them in caches in case
another letterboxer finds the cache and wants to stamp
in!
Lucy
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RE: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: pkleingers (pam@kleingers.net) |
Date: 2006-03-30 18:52:35 UTC-05:00
I can't tell you how many "hybrid" boxes I have found with missing stamps-so
I am always looking for some trinket to stamp in with. Sometimes, I have
even resorted to using the container itself!
Who knew I was amongst such great company??
Mama Stork
aka Pam in Cinci
So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked it
up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I had
just added another find to my F-count.
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I am always looking for some trinket to stamp in with. Sometimes, I have
even resorted to using the container itself!
Who knew I was amongst such great company??
Mama Stork
aka Pam in Cinci
So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked it
up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I had
just added another find to my F-count.
_____
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Re: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: (RMORGAN762@aol.com) |
Date: 2006-03-31 02:15:05 UTC-05:00
I found this sweet ink-pen with a little cord and reel thing that you
clipped on something with the little carbiner in a cache located under
a letterbox.. As far as i know, it's still in there but I was tempted
when I went back to the place after another box last week.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gretchen Caldwell
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:11:49 -0500
Subject: RE: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
I find that to be quite creative!!
What I can't figure out about geocaching is what is the "fun" of
collecting a bunch of junk (pink erasers?!) ???? You know there will
always be those who leave cool stuff and those who leave crap, and
those who
follow the "cool stuff" people and take all the cool stuff and only
leave
crap. Gee, what a nice hobby.
As fascinated as I am by technology, and as much as I want GPS in my
car, I
can't ever imagine getting into geocaching, especially not after how
much
fun letterboxing is.
You'll have to come out this way, not nearly so many caches littered
everywhere! :-)
BostonRott
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clipped on something with the little carbiner in a cache located under
a letterbox.. As far as i know, it's still in there but I was tempted
when I went back to the place after another box last week.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gretchen Caldwell
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:11:49 -0500
Subject: RE: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
I find that to be quite creative!!
What I can't figure out about geocaching is what is the "fun" of
collecting a bunch of junk (pink erasers?!) ???? You know there will
always be those who leave cool stuff and those who leave crap, and
those who
follow the "cool stuff" people and take all the cool stuff and only
leave
crap. Gee, what a nice hobby.
As fascinated as I am by technology, and as much as I want GPS in my
car, I
can't ever imagine getting into geocaching, especially not after how
much
fun letterboxing is.
You'll have to come out this way, not nearly so many caches littered
everywhere! :-)
BostonRott
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Re: A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: alwayschaos (alwayschaos@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-03-31 11:43:53 UTC
Oh I suppose why not, if the opportunity strikes your fancy? I just
hope geocachers don't practice their game on our boxes! :o)
I do usually leave a note in any geocache I've found usually to let
them know that there is a letterbox in the area. Geocaches as an idea
doesn't bother me, but the damage to the area around the caches does
make me sad.
I guess now we can tell the geocachers by the strangely shaped ink
blotches on their hands--"did it look like a penknife imprint on that
guy's hands?" LOL
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Der Mad Stamper"
wrote:
> So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
> lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
> When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked
it up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
> signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I
had just added another find to my F-count.
>
hope geocachers don't practice their game on our boxes! :o)
I do usually leave a note in any geocache I've found usually to let
them know that there is a letterbox in the area. Geocaches as an idea
doesn't bother me, but the damage to the area around the caches does
make me sad.
I guess now we can tell the geocachers by the strangely shaped ink
blotches on their hands--"did it look like a penknife imprint on that
guy's hands?" LOL
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Der Mad Stamper"
> So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
> lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
> When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked
it up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
> signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I
had just added another find to my F-count.
>
Re: [LbNA] Re: A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: MaryAnn Lockard (mizscarlet731@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-03-31 04:20:05 UTC-08:00
--- alwayschaos
> > Geocaches as an idea
> doesn't bother me, but the damage to the area around
> the caches does
> make me sad.
>
Could you explain? I know there are tons more caches
than boxes but I've yet to stumble on one, except for
a couple of hybrid boxes.
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Re: [LbNA] Re: A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: Barefoot Lucy (barefootlucy@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-03-31 04:43:55 UTC-08:00
The nature of geocaching is that you zero in on a set
of coordinates and that's where the cache is - It
sounds pretty exact, but there are a lot of variables!
If my GPS is off 15' and your GPS is off 15' (not
uncommon), then our variance is 30'. When you go find
my cache you have to search a 30 sq ft area for the
cache if I haven't given any additional hints about
where the cache is.
There are, however, ways to write cache clues to
minimize the thrashing about that seems necessary to
find a cache in such a broad area.
Lucy
--- MaryAnn Lockard wrote:
>
>
> --- alwayschaos wrote:
>
> > > Geocaches as an idea
> > doesn't bother me, but the damage to the area
> around
> > the caches does
> > make me sad.
> >
> Could you explain? I know there are tons more caches
> than boxes but I've yet to stumble on one, except
> for
> a couple of hybrid boxes.
>
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of coordinates and that's where the cache is - It
sounds pretty exact, but there are a lot of variables!
If my GPS is off 15' and your GPS is off 15' (not
uncommon), then our variance is 30'. When you go find
my cache you have to search a 30 sq ft area for the
cache if I haven't given any additional hints about
where the cache is.
There are, however, ways to write cache clues to
minimize the thrashing about that seems necessary to
find a cache in such a broad area.
Lucy
--- MaryAnn Lockard
>
>
> --- alwayschaos
>
> > > Geocaches as an idea
> > doesn't bother me, but the damage to the area
> around
> > the caches does
> > make me sad.
> >
> Could you explain? I know there are tons more caches
> than boxes but I've yet to stumble on one, except
> for
> a couple of hybrid boxes.
>
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Re: [LbNA] Re: A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: (StDebb@aol.com) |
Date: 2006-03-31 08:18:22 UTC-05:00
barefootlucy@yahoo.com writes:
> There are, however, ways to write cache clues to
> minimize the thrashing about that seems necessary to
> find a cache in such a broad area.
>
There are, but it seems to be a point of pride with some cachers not to use
the clues. Like it's cheating somehow.
DebBee
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> There are, however, ways to write cache clues to
> minimize the thrashing about that seems necessary to
> find a cache in such a broad area.
>
There are, but it seems to be a point of pride with some cachers not to use
the clues. Like it's cheating somehow.
DebBee
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[LbNA] Re: A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: alwayschaos (alwayschaos@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-03-31 15:44:37 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, barefootlucy@... writes:
> > There are, however, ways to write cache clues to
> > minimize the thrashing about that seems necessary to
> > find a cache in such a broad area.
> >
Very true and I have seen some that way, which I think is good.
I have met a few geocachers out and about while we were both searching
for our respective treasure on two different occassions. While I was
able to stop and take a look around to pinpoint where my target was
and walk pretty much directly to it, the geocache group was spread out
looking in every possible place within the coordinates.
I'm sure not all geocaches are like this and that many geocachers
start recognizing the telltale signs like we letterboxers can.
> > There are, however, ways to write cache clues to
> > minimize the thrashing about that seems necessary to
> > find a cache in such a broad area.
> >
Very true and I have seen some that way, which I think is good.
I have met a few geocachers out and about while we were both searching
for our respective treasure on two different occassions. While I was
able to stop and take a look around to pinpoint where my target was
and walk pretty much directly to it, the geocache group was spread out
looking in every possible place within the coordinates.
I'm sure not all geocaches are like this and that many geocachers
start recognizing the telltale signs like we letterboxers can.
Re: A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-03-31 16:45:44 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Barefoot Lucy
wrote:
SNIP
>
> There are, however, ways to write cache clues to
> minimize the thrashing about that seems necessary to
> find a cache in such a broad area.
>
> Lucy
This is so true! However, in our geocaching experiences we rarely
see the 'hints' used in a way that mitigates the damage to the area
in which the cache is hidden. The tool provides so much potential
to protect the area but unfortunately it's rarely realized... :(
We also geocache without a GPS and usually only use 'social trail'
or 'grid square scavenging' identifiers to look for the caches or
hints that we discern from the often quite revealing online log
entries.
daelphinus
SNIP
>
> There are, however, ways to write cache clues to
> minimize the thrashing about that seems necessary to
> find a cache in such a broad area.
>
> Lucy
This is so true! However, in our geocaching experiences we rarely
see the 'hints' used in a way that mitigates the damage to the area
in which the cache is hidden. The tool provides so much potential
to protect the area but unfortunately it's rarely realized... :(
We also geocache without a GPS and usually only use 'social trail'
or 'grid square scavenging' identifiers to look for the caches or
hints that we discern from the often quite revealing online log
entries.
daelphinus
Re: A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: johnoballou (johnjballou@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2006-03-31 19:29:27 UTC
> able to get a very nice impression from the handle of a small
> penknife that we found inside. This time, my friends were all eager
> to collect the impression in their journals, as well.
Weapons, including knives are not allowed in geocaches, you should have removed it.
HAAAA...
Just kidding, but you wouldn't believe the number of posts on that topic on the gc.com
forums!
jackbear
Re: A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: dvn2rckr (dvn2rckr@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-03-31 23:42:37 UTC
The 'weapon' used in the cacheboxing experience was officially listed
as a 'taschmesser'--so it was alright. ;) It did leave a sharp
lasting impression, though. And along the cacheboxing lines, we
officially found our second cachebox today and came home with an
incredible impression of an alien eraser head! Courtesy of the NRV
Spawn #14 geocache in Lakewood, WA. Woo hoo! We're no longer
cacheboxing neophytes since our CB F=2!!!
daelphinus
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "johnoballou"
wrote:
>
>
> > able to get a very nice impression from the handle of a small
> > penknife that we found inside. This time, my friends were all eager
> > to collect the impression in their journals, as well.
>
> Weapons, including knives are not allowed in geocaches, you should
have removed it.
> HAAAA...
> Just kidding, but you wouldn't believe the number of posts on that
topic on the gc.com
> forums!
>
> jackbear
as a 'taschmesser'--so it was alright. ;) It did leave a sharp
lasting impression, though. And along the cacheboxing lines, we
officially found our second cachebox today and came home with an
incredible impression of an alien eraser head! Courtesy of the NRV
Spawn #14 geocache in Lakewood, WA. Woo hoo! We're no longer
cacheboxing neophytes since our CB F=2!!!
daelphinus
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "johnoballou"
wrote:
>
>
> > able to get a very nice impression from the handle of a small
> > penknife that we found inside. This time, my friends were all eager
> > to collect the impression in their journals, as well.
>
> Weapons, including knives are not allowed in geocaches, you should
have removed it.
> HAAAA...
> Just kidding, but you wouldn't believe the number of posts on that
topic on the gc.com
> forums!
>
> jackbear
Re: A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: jojoma22 (jojoma22@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-04-01 00:19:40 UTC
This is great! I love you're attitude and I'll remember cache-
boxing if I should ever stumble across a geocache. I agree about F-
counts and such. I'm just having a good time tromping around
outside. The count that matters to me is in my logbook. I love to
look at the stamps I've collected so far.
Goose Chaser
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Der Mad Stamper"
wrote:
>
> I realize I'm taking a risk by posting this message. With rumors
> floating around that the Geocachers want to take over our hobby,
some
> people will probably have a hard time finding the humor in what
I'm
> about to share.
>
> But my friends and I have been taking a fun new look at the
> Geocaching phenomenon, and have found a way to use it for our
> benefit... namely to pad our F counts! :-)
>
> Don't misunderstand. I have never purposely gone looking for a
> geocache. I have never planted one, or a hybrid box, for that
matter.
> They have never really interested me at all.
>
> But there are SO MANY freakin' geocaches out there, and some of
them
> are so large (and often so poorly hidden) that I can't help but
> stumble onto them all the time when I'm out letterboxing.
>
> In the past, I've pretty much just ignored them. But I and some of
my
> friends (who, like myself, have been 'boxing for a good long time)
> have been talking lately about the subtle differences between a
> geocache and a letterbox.
>
> It occurred to us that both of them have clues (although of a
> different sort) and a logbook to sign (or stamp) into. By
definition,
> the only thing a geocache lacks to keep it from being considered a
> letterbox is a stamp image to collect.
>
> So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
> lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
> When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked
it
> up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
> signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I
had
> just added another find to my F-count.
>
> This prompted plenty of smiles, and a further discussion of the
> topic. After some time, we all agreed that, on a technicality, I
had
> every right to claim this as a letterbox find. One of my friends
did
> insist, however, that I was obligated to clean my ink off the
eraser
> before returning it to the geocache, to keep from stirring up hard
> feelings with the geocaching community. (Apparently, geocachers do
> not have the same afinity for inky fingers that we letterboxers
> share.)
>
> Later that day, we stumbled onto yet another geocache. There were
no
> rubber trinkets in this one, but by placing a piece of Fun Foam
that
> one of us happened to have handy behind the page of my journal, I
was
> able to get a very nice impression from the handle of a small
> penknife that we found inside. This time, my friends were all
eager
> to collect the impression in their journals, as well.
>
> We all stamped into the geocache journal, and carefully wiped all
the
> ink off of the penknife before putting it back and rehiding the
cache
> (better than we found it!) As we made our way on down the trail,
we
> coined the term "cache-boxing" to describe our newly-discovered
> diversion.
>
> I'm sharing this experience hoping that you will find humor in the
> situation. If you are looking forward to scolding me for
inaccurately
> reporting my F-count, then you will be disappointed to learn that
I
> don't keep track of my finds anyway. To me, letterboxing is not
about
> the quantity of boxes I find (or plant), but the quantity of fun I
> have while doing it.
>
> If you want to lecture me about stripping away the artistry from
the
> hobby, then I can only tell you how much fun I've had since that
day
> picking and choosing which object or objects from a cache that I'm
> going to use to create my own personalized stamp impressions to
> represent the contents of my find.
>
> I do not take anything from the caches I find, nor do I leave
> anything other than my signature stamp impression. I am still
being
> meticulous about following my friend's suggestion to wipe all the
ink
> off the objects I stamp before putting them back into the
geocache.
> And I must say that every geocache I have encountered was rehidden
as
> well, or in most cases better, than I found it.
>
> So if you are lighthearted enough not to take any of this too
> seriously, I invite you to join me in my new sub-hobby of cache-
> boxing. The number of letterboxes in the country just increased
one
> hundredfold or more! That should keep Pete and Wanda occupied for
> quite some time! :-)
>
> Happy Hunting!
> Der Mad Stamper
>
boxing if I should ever stumble across a geocache. I agree about F-
counts and such. I'm just having a good time tromping around
outside. The count that matters to me is in my logbook. I love to
look at the stamps I've collected so far.
Goose Chaser
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Der Mad Stamper"
>
> I realize I'm taking a risk by posting this message. With rumors
> floating around that the Geocachers want to take over our hobby,
some
> people will probably have a hard time finding the humor in what
I'm
> about to share.
>
> But my friends and I have been taking a fun new look at the
> Geocaching phenomenon, and have found a way to use it for our
> benefit... namely to pad our F counts! :-)
>
> Don't misunderstand. I have never purposely gone looking for a
> geocache. I have never planted one, or a hybrid box, for that
matter.
> They have never really interested me at all.
>
> But there are SO MANY freakin' geocaches out there, and some of
them
> are so large (and often so poorly hidden) that I can't help but
> stumble onto them all the time when I'm out letterboxing.
>
> In the past, I've pretty much just ignored them. But I and some of
my
> friends (who, like myself, have been 'boxing for a good long time)
> have been talking lately about the subtle differences between a
> geocache and a letterbox.
>
> It occurred to us that both of them have clues (although of a
> different sort) and a logbook to sign (or stamp) into. By
definition,
> the only thing a geocache lacks to keep it from being considered a
> letterbox is a stamp image to collect.
>
> So, recently, when we stumbled onto yet another geocache, I
> lightheartedly said, 'let's take a look and see what's in there.'
> When we found a nifty heart-shaped eraser inside, I promptly inked
it
> up in pink and stamped it into my journal. I then stamped my
> signature into the geocache journal and proudly proclaimed that I
had
> just added another find to my F-count.
>
> This prompted plenty of smiles, and a further discussion of the
> topic. After some time, we all agreed that, on a technicality, I
had
> every right to claim this as a letterbox find. One of my friends
did
> insist, however, that I was obligated to clean my ink off the
eraser
> before returning it to the geocache, to keep from stirring up hard
> feelings with the geocaching community. (Apparently, geocachers do
> not have the same afinity for inky fingers that we letterboxers
> share.)
>
> Later that day, we stumbled onto yet another geocache. There were
no
> rubber trinkets in this one, but by placing a piece of Fun Foam
that
> one of us happened to have handy behind the page of my journal, I
was
> able to get a very nice impression from the handle of a small
> penknife that we found inside. This time, my friends were all
eager
> to collect the impression in their journals, as well.
>
> We all stamped into the geocache journal, and carefully wiped all
the
> ink off of the penknife before putting it back and rehiding the
cache
> (better than we found it!) As we made our way on down the trail,
we
> coined the term "cache-boxing" to describe our newly-discovered
> diversion.
>
> I'm sharing this experience hoping that you will find humor in the
> situation. If you are looking forward to scolding me for
inaccurately
> reporting my F-count, then you will be disappointed to learn that
I
> don't keep track of my finds anyway. To me, letterboxing is not
about
> the quantity of boxes I find (or plant), but the quantity of fun I
> have while doing it.
>
> If you want to lecture me about stripping away the artistry from
the
> hobby, then I can only tell you how much fun I've had since that
day
> picking and choosing which object or objects from a cache that I'm
> going to use to create my own personalized stamp impressions to
> represent the contents of my find.
>
> I do not take anything from the caches I find, nor do I leave
> anything other than my signature stamp impression. I am still
being
> meticulous about following my friend's suggestion to wipe all the
ink
> off the objects I stamp before putting them back into the
geocache.
> And I must say that every geocache I have encountered was rehidden
as
> well, or in most cases better, than I found it.
>
> So if you are lighthearted enough not to take any of this too
> seriously, I invite you to join me in my new sub-hobby of cache-
> boxing. The number of letterboxes in the country just increased
one
> hundredfold or more! That should keep Pete and Wanda occupied for
> quite some time! :-)
>
> Happy Hunting!
> Der Mad Stamper
>
Re: [LbNA] A lighthearted look at Geocaching
From: Barefoot Lucy (barefootlucy@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-03-31 17:24:12 UTC-08:00
--- gwendontoo
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Barefoot Lucy
>
> wrote:
> >
> > I LOVE this idea - and to carry it a bit further -
> > I always seem to have a fistful of store-bought
> stamps
> > in spite of the fact that I never buy them myself.
>
> > Maybe I should start leaving them in caches in
> case
> > another letterboxer finds the cache and wants to
> stamp
> > in!
> >
> > Lucy
> >
> Bring a bunch of store-bought stamps and trade then
> for every last
> bit of Happy Meal toys in the geocache. Then put a
> note in the
> geocache and advise that it is now a letterboxcache.
> Then when DMS
> finds this cache he will get a regular stamp image.
>
> Don
>
>
*****You are positively wicked in your thinking - I
love it!
I wonder what happens when one secret society declares
war on another secret society? Do mainstream folk go
on blissfully believing the world around them is
peaceful, or do they get a sense of a cosmic shift???
Lucy
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