Letterboxing USA - Yahoo Groups Archive

Q15

9 messages in this thread | Started on 2006-06-20

Q15

From: Gretchen Caldwell (boston.rott@verizon.net) | Date: 2006-06-20 12:16:09 UTC-04:00
Yeehaw, by my count, we've got this down to 5 towns!!! :-)



Someone double check me, is this right?



Natick

Newton

Sherborn

Shirley

Sudbury



6 questions left



Q15 narrow it to 2 or 3

Q 16 narrow to 2 or pinpoint

Q17 pinpoint town or start asking specifics

Q18, 19, 20 . specifics





Let's start thinking ahead to specifics....what kind of places do we need to
ask about within a town? "The box is five feet from the end of a stone
wall under three
relatively flat rocks."



Stone walls are..



In parks/woods trails

Around cemeteries

Around yards

Town monuments



Once we get it narrowed down to a town..do we consider parks/trails first?
Or take a potshot at streets (i.e. A-L)? Being a paramedic, I have map
books for every town in the state, can easily pull a list of streets
together. :-)



Boston Rott









[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Re: Q15

From: Heidi (hgheck@ixpres.com) | Date: 2006-06-20 16:34:22 UTC
Regarding specifics...
The question of "which street" I think gives us too broad of an area,
and could lead us astray, especially if it's located in a park or
natural area. I'm thinking of picking a landmark in the town/city,
then asking is it within "x" miles of that landmark. Or in a
village, or particular section of the town (boundaries defined). It
really depends on which town. We might try GPS coordinate question?

I'm pulling for Shirley, the town closest to me! :)

SapphireBerry



> Q18, 19, 20 . specifics
>
>
>
>
>
> Let's start thinking ahead to specifics....what kind of places do
we need to
> ask about within a town? "The box is five feet from the end of
a stone
> wall under three
> relatively flat rocks."
>
>
>
> Stone walls are..
>
>
>
> In parks/woods trails
>
> Around cemeteries
>
> Around yards
>
> Town monuments
>
>
>
> Once we get it narrowed down to a town..do we consider parks/trails
first?
> Or take a potshot at streets (i.e. A-L)? Being a paramedic, I
have map
> books for every town in the state, can easily pull a list of streets
> together. :-)
>
>
>
> Boston Rott
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





RE: [LbNA] Re: Q15

From: Gretchen Caldwell (boston.rott@verizon.net) | Date: 2006-06-20 13:01:07 UTC-04:00
Hehehehe...the only thing I know about Shirley is "Shirley supermax prison."
Taken a few lovely people out there..talk about lock down! Thankfully,
I'm guessing the box is not there. :P



Another way to do it within a town is to choose a road that bisects that
town and work from there.



Boston Rott



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Re: [LbNA] Q15

From: ruhlette (ruhlette@yahoo.com) | Date: 2006-06-20 11:56:07 UTC-07:00
--- Gretchen Caldwell wrote:

> Yeehaw, by my count, we've got this down to 5 towns!!! :-)
>
> Someone double check me, is this right?

I've been looking at an online map that also includes "Southborough" in
Middlesex County. I'm just a simple Hoosier, but did I miss this area
from being excluded? Or is this area known as something else?

Otherwise I have the 5 areas also still in the mix.

~speedsquare


>
>
>
> Natick
>
> Newton
>
> Sherborn
>
> Shirley
>
> Sudbury
>
>
>
> 6 questions left
>
>
>
> Q15 narrow it to 2 or 3
>
> Q 16 narrow to 2 or pinpoint
>
> Q17 pinpoint town or start asking specifics
>
> Q18, 19, 20 . specifics
>
>
>
>
>
> Let's start thinking ahead to specifics....what kind of places do we
> need to
> ask about within a town? "The box is five feet from the end of a
> stone
> wall under three
> relatively flat rocks."
>
>
>
> Stone walls are..
>
>
>
> In parks/woods trails
>
> Around cemeteries
>
> Around yards
>
> Town monuments
>
>
>
> Once we get it narrowed down to a town..do we consider parks/trails
> first?
> Or take a potshot at streets (i.e. A-L)? Being a paramedic, I have
> map
> books for every town in the state, can easily pull a list of streets
> together. :-)
>
>
>
> Boston Rott


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [LbNA] Q15

From: (LundyandVickster@aol.com) | Date: 2006-06-20 15:05:49 UTC-04:00


In a message dated 6/20/2006 3:01:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
ruhlette@yahoo.com writes:

I've been looking at an online map that also includes "Southborough" in
Middlesex County.


Southborough is in Worcester County and was eliminated at Q10.

Larry
Lundy and Vickster
North Shore, Massachusetts


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


RE: [LbNA] Q15

From: Gretchen Caldwell (boston.rott@verizon.net) | Date: 2006-06-20 15:19:18 UTC-04:00
According to the State's site (on voting areas), Southborough is in
Worcester county. :-)



http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elecct/cctidx.htm



Boston Rott

_____

From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of ruhlette
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 2:56 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Q15



--- Gretchen Caldwell
verizon.net> wrote:

> Yeehaw, by my count, we've got this down to 5 towns!!! :-)
>
> Someone double check me, is this right?

I've been looking at an online map that also includes "Southborough" in
Middlesex County. I'm just a simple Hoosier, but did I miss this area
from being excluded? Or is this area known as something else?

Otherwise I have the 5 areas also still in the mix.

~speedsquare






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


RE: [LbNA] Q15

From: ruhlette (ruhlette@yahoo.com) | Date: 2006-06-20 13:01:38 UTC-07:00
Wow, that's interesting! I was using the map of Middlesex County from
this site:

http://www.worcestermass.com/pronounce/middlesexcounty.shtml

It would be nice to have a clarification from Ephemeral Boxer, if it
changes the outcome.

speedsquare


--- Gretchen Caldwell wrote:

> According to the State's site (on voting areas), Southborough is in
> Worcester county. :-)
>
>
>
> http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elecct/cctidx.htm
>
>
>
> Boston Rott
>
> _____
>
> From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of ruhlette
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 2:56 PM
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [LbNA] Q15
>
>
>
> --- Gretchen Caldwell
> verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Yeehaw, by my count, we've got this down to 5 towns!!! :-)
> >
> > Someone double check me, is this right?
>
> I've been looking at an online map that also includes "Southborough" in
> Middlesex County. I'm just a simple Hoosier, but did I miss this area
> from being excluded? Or is this area known as something else?
>
> Otherwise I have the 5 areas also still in the mix.
>
> ~speedsquare
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Q15

From: Heidi (hgheck@ixpres.com) | Date: 2006-06-20 20:11:44 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, ruhlette wrote:
>
That same site below also references Southborough to be in Worcester
County. Worcester County it is, actually, according to all other
sources I've seen.
SapphireBerry

> Wow, that's interesting! I was using the map of Middlesex County
from
> this site:
>
> http://www.worcestermass.com/pronounce/middlesexcounty.shtml
>
> It would be nice to have a clarification from Ephemeral Boxer, if it
> changes the outcome.
>
> speedsquare
>





Re: [LbNA] Q15

From: Larry (LundyandVickster@aol.com) | Date: 2006-06-20 20:20:00 UTC
On that same site is a map for Worcester County:
http://www.worcestermass.com/pronounce/worcestercounty.shtml

It also lists Southborough. This is not an official state site. The
official site lists southborough in Worcester County.

Larry
Lundy and Vickster
North Shore, Massachusetts

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, ruhlette wrote:
>
> Wow, that's interesting! I was using the map of Middlesex County
from
> this site:
>
> http://www.worcestermass.com/pronounce/middlesexcounty.shtml
>
> It would be nice to have a clarification from Ephemeral Boxer, if
it
> changes the outcome.
>
> speedsquare