I find it interesting what topics get ignored vs ones like this. Last
week I asked for opinions on what constitutes the perfect hiding place
for a box and got virtually no response. Then someone asks about a LB
Rally for charity and it causes a huge response. Does the topic have
to be controversial before anyone responds? Do we prefer a flaming
argument over stimulating conversation? Makes me wonder, but I don't
expect any reponses.
Oh, and I also find it interesting that many people get quite indignant
about commercializing letterboxing, but many of those same people
willingly pay money to become AQ premium members. I'm not saying it's
wrong, I just think it is inconsistant.
Silver Eagle
> You should appreciate the responses that "You" asked for and received.
> Would you have felt better if your post was ignored? (not looking for
> any repartee, so no response is necessary)
>
> Don
Was To Joy - Responses
4 messages in this thread |
Started on 2007-05-06
Re: Was To Joy - Responses
From: Silver Eagle (sileagle@alltel.net) |
Date: 2007-05-06 16:56:44 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Re: Was To Joy - Responses
From: Michael LaForest (mlaforest05@comcast.net) |
Date: 2007-05-06 13:03:58 UTC-04:00
Not true Silver Eagle. Taking pity on you, I sent you a private
response.
Michel La Branche
On May 6, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Silver Eagle wrote:
> I find it interesting what topics get ignored vs ones like this. Last
> week I asked for opinions on what constitutes the perfect hiding place
> for a box and got virtually no response.
Snip, snip.................
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response.
Michel La Branche
On May 6, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Silver Eagle wrote:
> I find it interesting what topics get ignored vs ones like this. Last
> week I asked for opinions on what constitutes the perfect hiding place
> for a box and got virtually no response.
Snip, snip.................
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [LbNA] Re: Was To Joy - Responses
From: xxxxxxxx (BrighidFarm@comcast.net) |
Date: 2007-05-06 12:40:45 UTC-05:00
Well, Silver Eagle, it's this way. No offense, but I didn't find your
question to be likely to start any "stimulating conversation."
"Controversial" and "stimulating conversation" often go hand in hand. I
read your post back then and couldn't come up with much of an answer. My
answer would have been that there *is* no perfect hiding spot. They all
have their pros and cons depending on each individual situation. Kind of a
boring answer.
I can give an opinion on what's *not* a perfect hiding spot:
Inside an airport terminal:
Attached to the electrical box of the county courthouse;
Attached to the underneath of a bridge of a major highway;
Knee-deep in the middle of a patch of poison ivy;
Anyplace within view of the videocameras watching the Sears Tower in
Chicago;
Velcroed inside the clown's barrel at a rodeo bull-riding competition;
Hidden behind the Mona Lisa;
And with the pipebomb problems we've both in the past and lately, anyplace
around a Postal facility or Postal collection box, etc.
In other words, anyplace that could end ya up in the pokey or in the
hospital is *not* the perfect hiding spot.
So I guess, reversing that, I'd say the perfect hiding spot is anyplace that
*won't* end ya up in the pokey or in the hospital. :-)
~~ Mosey ~~
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Silver Eagle
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 11:57 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Was To Joy - Responses
I find it interesting what topics get ignored vs ones like this. Last
week I asked for opinions on what constitutes the perfect hiding place
for a box and got virtually no response. Then someone asks about a LB
Rally for charity and it causes a huge response. Does the topic have
to be controversial before anyone responds? Do we prefer a flaming
argument over stimulating conversation? Makes me wonder, but I don't
expect any reponses.
Oh, and I also find it interesting that many people get quite indignant
about commercializing letterboxing, but many of those same people
willingly pay money to become AQ premium members. I'm not saying it's
wrong, I just think it is inconsistant.
Silver Eagle
question to be likely to start any "stimulating conversation."
"Controversial" and "stimulating conversation" often go hand in hand. I
read your post back then and couldn't come up with much of an answer. My
answer would have been that there *is* no perfect hiding spot. They all
have their pros and cons depending on each individual situation. Kind of a
boring answer.
I can give an opinion on what's *not* a perfect hiding spot:
Inside an airport terminal:
Attached to the electrical box of the county courthouse;
Attached to the underneath of a bridge of a major highway;
Knee-deep in the middle of a patch of poison ivy;
Anyplace within view of the videocameras watching the Sears Tower in
Chicago;
Velcroed inside the clown's barrel at a rodeo bull-riding competition;
Hidden behind the Mona Lisa;
And with the pipebomb problems we've both in the past and lately, anyplace
around a Postal facility or Postal collection box, etc.
In other words, anyplace that could end ya up in the pokey or in the
hospital is *not* the perfect hiding spot.
So I guess, reversing that, I'd say the perfect hiding spot is anyplace that
*won't* end ya up in the pokey or in the hospital. :-)
~~ Mosey ~~
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Silver Eagle
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 11:57 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Was To Joy - Responses
I find it interesting what topics get ignored vs ones like this. Last
week I asked for opinions on what constitutes the perfect hiding place
for a box and got virtually no response. Then someone asks about a LB
Rally for charity and it causes a huge response. Does the topic have
to be controversial before anyone responds? Do we prefer a flaming
argument over stimulating conversation? Makes me wonder, but I don't
expect any reponses.
Oh, and I also find it interesting that many people get quite indignant
about commercializing letterboxing, but many of those same people
willingly pay money to become AQ premium members. I'm not saying it's
wrong, I just think it is inconsistant.
Silver Eagle
RE: [LbNA] Re: Was To Joy - Responses
From: Mary Erickson (tworstaggering@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2007-05-06 11:16:50 UTC-07:00
I found three boxes yesterday that were in great
spots, but they became "perfect" because one was now
being guarded by a tremendously beautiful wooly bear
caterpiller and that made me laugh, the second spot
was now behind a tangle of spider webs [I called it
the SPU, Spider Protection Unit], and the third was in
the middle of an ant highway.
One of my own boxes, a finder told me, was covered in
slugs.
Nature helps out with the camo!
My vote for a NOT perfect spot: A historic [say, Civil
War] stone wall. PLEASE, NO!
Mommo
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spots, but they became "perfect" because one was now
being guarded by a tremendously beautiful wooly bear
caterpiller and that made me laugh, the second spot
was now behind a tangle of spider webs [I called it
the SPU, Spider Protection Unit], and the third was in
the middle of an ant highway.
One of my own boxes, a finder told me, was covered in
slugs.
Nature helps out with the camo!
My vote for a NOT perfect spot: A historic [say, Civil
War] stone wall. PLEASE, NO!
Mommo
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Looking for earth-friendly autos?
Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center.
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