Yes the Wildcats did ! Orion and fairy-dust.............shocked when they showed up at a gathering . Neither one of us knew the other were boxers , Small world .............sense then met many other friends and family that boxed .
Wildcats

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From: "RIFamily"
At Randy's request, a new topic :)

I have been thinking about this for a while....

I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in real life
is actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen around,
perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.

It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in law, or
your neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been familiar
with.

Any stories??

RIFamily
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A while after starting my new job last year, I quite by accident discovered that my new boss was a letterboxer. He and his family do not have trail names or participate in the lists so there was not that trail name recognition on my part, although it was interesting to watch his reaction when he found out my trail name as many of the area boxes they had been hunting were mine.

SpringChick

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From: "RIFamily"
> At Randy's request, a new topic :)
>
> I have been thinking about this for a while....
>
> I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in real life
> is actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen around,
> perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.
>
> It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in law, or
> your neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been familiar
> with.
>
> Any stories??
>
> RIFamily
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The reverse of this happened when a friend at work discovered me.
When I first discovered letterboxing, I mentioned it to a few friends
but failed to get them hooked. Then about a year later, the wife of
my co-worker read an article on letterboxing and decided to try it
with her Girl Scouts. She printed the clues to a local box placed by
someone named Silver Eagle and planned an outing. My friend told me
what his wife was doing and asked if I still participated. You
should have seen his face when I told him I was Silver Eagle and it
was my box they were going after! I ended up meeting them at the
park and giving a presentation on letterboxing, which resulted in my
friend becoming a letterboxer. I guess just telling him about it was
not enough, he had to experience letterboxing to be hooked.

Silver Eagle

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "RIFamily" wrote:
>
> At Randy's request, a new topic :)
>
> I have been thinking about this for a while....
>
> I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in
real life
> is actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen
around,
> perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.
>
> It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in
law, or
> your neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been
familiar
> with.
>
> Any stories??
>
> RIFamily
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Nice topic!

I haven't myself discovered that someone I know was a letterboxer, but I
have been found out myself by a friend of mine.

I'm very active in Cub Scouts and one of my fellow leaders is married to a
Girl Scout leader. My husband and I have known them both for about ten
years, four of which we've letterboxed. The Cub Scout Leader knows well
that I am a letterboxer and even what my trailname is (I've often boxed with
the boys), but maybe communication isn't so great in their house, because
she didn't know, except vaguely, that I dabbled in letterboxing and she sure
didn't know my trail name.

When I heard that their GS troop was getting involved in letterboxing,
I told the Troop leader I would enjoy going to talk to them about it, or to
show them how to carve, or whatever. She herself wasn't real interested in
letterboxing, but another leader was pushing it, so I'll bet I made offers
for a year before she finally took me up on it. As we were chatting about
her expectations about my talk, I got the distinct idea she had no idea I
had been letterboxing longer than anyone else who lived in our area and that
it is a serious hobby for me and my family and that she was basically
needing to fill a time slot. She did ask me my trailname and I told her,
but it didn't mean anything to her for any reason. However, when I got to
her house, she opened the door and began laughing - she said "I had no idea
you were a celebrity", to which I said "Neither did I". She quickly
explained that when she told the girls Barefoot Lucy was going to come talk
to them, they went nuts and kept telling her "She's the one we've been
telling you about." "She's logged in to every box we've ever found" "She's
planted a bunch of boxes around here". They were apparently quite impressed
that she knew me. Their enthusiasm was more than a little embarassing, but
the funniest part of it was the look on her face when she answered the door
and there stood me - Cub Scout leader and old friend, AND the speaker who
upped her own star power in the eyes of her girl scout troop.


On 9/5/07, RIFamily wrote:
>
> At Randy's request, a new topic :)
>
> I have been thinking about this for a while....
>
> I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in real life
> is actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen around,
> perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.
>
> It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in law, or
> your neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been familiar
> with.
>
> Any stories??
>
> RIFamily
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Hi,
first off thank you for a NICE new topic. Secondly Im boring and we didn't ccome up with a trail name for our clan yet. Me and my hubby go alone occasionally but most of the time its with our boys. We did find a box that had the name of a family we know in it and after this we had quite a few smiles and stories together. Since we use our last name to sign any box I guess its not that hard to know we have this hobby.
Perhaps when we finally get to putting our own box out there we will come up with a name.
Vanessa from The McAlhaney's ( this is how we sign)

Barefoot Lucy wrote:
Nice topic!

I haven't myself discovered that someone I know was a letterboxer, but I
have been found out myself by a friend of mine.

I'm very active in Cub Scouts and one of my fellow leaders is married to a
Girl Scout leader. My husband and I have known them both for about ten
years, four of which we've letterboxed. The Cub Scout Leader knows well
that I am a letterboxer and even what my trailname is (I've often boxed with
the boys), but maybe communication isn't so great in their house, because
she didn't know, except vaguely, that I dabbled in letterboxing and she sure
didn't know my trail name.

When I heard that their GS troop was getting involved in letterboxing,
I told the Troop leader I would enjoy going to talk to them about it, or to
show them how to carve, or whatever. She herself wasn't real interested in
letterboxing, but another leader was pushing it, so I'll bet I made offers
for a year before she finally took me up on it. As we were chatting about
her expectations about my talk, I got the distinct idea she had no idea I
had been letterboxing longer than anyone else who lived in our area and that
it is a serious hobby for me and my family and that she was basically
needing to fill a time slot. She did ask me my trailname and I told her,
but it didn't mean anything to her for any reason. However, when I got to
her house, she opened the door and began laughing - she said "I had no idea
you were a celebrity", to which I said "Neither did I". She quickly
explained that when she told the girls Barefoot Lucy was going to come talk
to them, they went nuts and kept telling her "She's the one we've been
telling you about." "She's logged in to every box we've ever found" "She's
planted a bunch of boxes around here". They were apparently quite impressed
that she knew me. Their enthusiasm was more than a little embarassing, but
the funniest part of it was the look on her face when she answered the door
and there stood me - Cub Scout leader and old friend, AND the speaker who
upped her own star power in the eyes of her girl scout troop.

On 9/5/07, RIFamily wrote:
>
> At Randy's request, a new topic :)
>
> I have been thinking about this for a while....
>
> I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in real life
> is actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen around,
> perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.
>
> It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in law, or
> your neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been familiar
> with.
>
> Any stories??
>
> RIFamily
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Ok, we go by the trailname Familyof6 (easily explained) and our stamp reflects our genders. Anyhow, we actually found someone we knew that was letterboxing by their handwriting! We saw several logbooks with their stamp, town, and the handwritten messages. We knew right away it was them (although they don't know this!)

RIFamily wrote: At Randy's request, a new topic :)

I have been thinking about this for a while....

I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in real life
is actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen around,
perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.

It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in law, or
your neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been familiar
with.

Any stories??

RIFamily
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My Mom just recently found out her mailman is a letterboxer in the
area. We have found several of his boxes. It was a pleasant
suprise.
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "RIFamily"
wrote:
>
> At Randy's request, a new topic :)
>
> I have been thinking about this for a while....
>
> I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in
real life
> is actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen
around,
> perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.
>
> It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in
law, or
> your neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been
familiar
> with.
>
> Any stories??
>
> RIFamily
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This last May I stopped to attempt a letterbox. We ran into a group
of four women, doing the same thing. One of them was a local
letterboxer that I was very excited about meeting. Her three friends
were mostly humoring her, but so was my friend, so we went around
the circle and made introductions. When Kathleen said something, the
accent gave her away. i don't know how i didn't recognize my eighth
grade english teacher (and arch nemisis!) at first sight. I'm a few
years older now and she doesn't seem nearly as horrible as she did
when i was 13. But the whole trip home I could only talk about one
thing!

BigPurpleFoot

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "RIFamily"
wrote:
>
> At Randy's request, a new topic :)
>
> I have been thinking about this for a while....
>
> I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in
real life
> is actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen
around,
> perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.
>
> It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in
law, or
> your neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been
familiar
> with.
>
> Any stories??
>
> RIFamily
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I haven't met any letterboxers by happenstance like what you've explained, but one of my co-workers is a Geocacher. So we had something more in common to talk with. :)

~ AZJokester ~

"If there's one thing I know it's God does love a good joke." Hugh Elliott



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From: RIFamily
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 3:47:28 AM
Subject: [LbNA] New Topic - Trail Names/Real People

At Randy's request, a new topic :)

I have been thinking about this for a while....

I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in real life
is actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen around,
perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.

It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in law, or
your neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been familiar
with.

Any stories??

RIFamily
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Now THAT is cool! A mailman who IS a letterboxer. Now was that meant to be
or what???




On 9/5/07, ogoshi63 wrote:
>
> My Mom just recently found out her mailman is a letterboxer in the
> area. We have found several of his boxes. It was a pleasant
> suprise.
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com ,
> "RIFamily"
> wrote:
> >
> > At Randy's request, a new topic :)
> >
> > I have been thinking about this for a while....
> >
> > I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in
> real life
> > is actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen
> around,
> > perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.
> >
> > It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in
> law, or
> > your neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been
> familiar
> > with.
> >
> > Any stories??
> >
> > RIFamily
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Hmmm, I know a letterboxer who is a mailman... is your mom in Michigan?

SpringChick


> On 9/5/07, ogoshi63 wrote:
> >
> > My Mom just recently found out her mailman is a letterboxer in the
> > area. We have found several of his boxes. It was a pleasant
> > suprise.



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No, she and I are in CT. I also met a family while boxing. We
ended up boxing together.
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, letterbox@... wrote:
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> Hmmm, I know a letterboxer who is a mailman... is your mom in
Michigan?
>
> SpringChick
>
>
> > On 9/5/07, ogoshi63 wrote:
> > >
> > > My Mom just recently found out her mailman is a letterboxer
in the
> > > area. We have found several of his boxes. It was a pleasant
> > > suprise.
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

One of our little group found a friend she hadn't seen in twenty years. we'd found several of this persons boxes and she recognized J at an event a couple months ago, a friendship has now been rekindled. very cool


To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.comFrom: RIFamily@cox.netDate: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 06:47:28 -0400Subject: [LbNA] New Topic - Trail Names/Real People




At Randy's request, a new topic :)I have been thinking about this for a while....I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in real lifeis actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen around,perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in law, oryour neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been familiarwith.Any stories??RIFamily--No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.13.0/980 - Release Date: 8/30/20076:05 PM[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






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That is so neat! I would be delighted to find that someone I know from everyday life is out there lb'ing as well!

Jars Of Clay wrote: One of our little group found a friend she hadn't seen in twenty years. we'd found several of this persons boxes and she recognized J at an event a couple months ago, a friendship has now been rekindled. very cool

To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.comFrom: RIFamily@cox.netDate: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 06:47:28 -0400Subject: [LbNA] New Topic - Trail Names/Real People

At Randy's request, a new topic :)I have been thinking about this for a while....I wonder if anyone has ever discovered that someone they know in real lifeis actually a fellow letterboxer who's trail name they have seen around,perhaps in log books, or online or whereever.It would just be amazing to discover your boss, or your brother in law, oryour neighbor is really a lbing secret identity that you've been familiarwith.Any stories??RIFamily--No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.13.0/980 - Release Date: 8/30/20076:05 PM[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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