Well Tom...I can't answer that question specifically... but I can tell you letterboxing started
in Dartmoor [in England] in the 1850's. And has developed to now, to using the internet.
But they did it for at least 140 years without the internet. :-) Maybe your two suggestions
were options.

Oh and you definitely can find clues to one person's boxes in another person's boxes, and
I have found clues to a 2nd box, not listed, in the 1st box that is listed on the websites,
and that box had clues to a 3rd box, and so on. If you are in IL, the Cottontails are
notorious for that. There are also Hitch hikers, where a moving box is placed INSIDE
someone's box, you find it and move it on to the next one. And cooties, where people
drop boxes [very small] on anothe rphysical person who then finds it and has tro pass it
on [for instance, slipping into someone's bag or jacket pocket when they are not looking].
Some people release clues via word of mouth only. One person I've heard of will only
release clues if you meet him in person and ASK for them. And so on.

In terms of this conversation, my understanding was, the clues were not removed from the
internet entirely -- they were simply removed from the 2 main websites people use.
Doesn't mean they are not elsewhere on the internet -- for example, the placer may have
a blog or personal website with clues posted.

Freelance Mystic


> As a *very* newcomer to the game, I have to ask, if this isn't an
> intrinsically Internet driven game, how and where does one find clues ? Are
> they hidden in newspaper classifieds ? Should one expect to find clues to
> placer A's boxes in placer B's boxes ?
>
> Seriously, I find this whole argument impenetrable. I simply can't imagine
> how this could work, absent the Internet. I suspect that I would be deeply
> appreciative of what you are talking about if I had any notion of what it is.
>
> I got here through Geocaching, which I'm assuming is seen among the
> letterboxing folk as a poor relation, and frankly, I agree that it lacks much
> of the romance. But I'm missing a crucial element.
>
> Where does one look for "hidden clues" ? Does Phyto expect us to look into
> great literature, the public registry of deeds, the Yellowpages ? I just
> don't get it !
>
> I would greatly appreciate it if someone could step back from this and provide
> a hint.
>
> Clear Skies,
>
> TomR
>
>
>
>
> --
> But this is USENET. People on USENET do not just flog dead
> horses. They flog the damp spot on the ground where the dead
> horse used to be.
> [Laura Halliday sci.astro.amateur]
>