Mass Media -- Time Mag Generation?

3 messages in this thread | Started on 2009-07-05

Mass Media -- Time Mag Generation?

From: Kermit (kermitboxer@gmail.com) | Date: 2009-07-05 14:09:14 UTC-05:00

You know, I felt this way, too, always do, for a moment when I hear about
national exposure for Lbing. But then I have to stop and remember that the
reason I've been doing this for five years straight is because of the Time
Magazine article.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,665043,00.html

I chopped that article out of that magazine so fast, and I was off finding
letterboxes within a week. I did all the stupid n00b things -- I didn't
read the history before I went out searching, didn't realize I needed my own
stamp (had to find my first box twice), asked for help with clues online
instead of digging through my brain to find the answer, whined at people
when things were *too hard*, etc etc.

But July 18th will be my fifth year anniversary. I've probably found 300
boxes. I've placed maybe 5. I've been to one gathering, and while the
people there were super nice (props, Wisconsin), it just wasn't my thing. I
box alone, or with my husband. I don't rate my success by my PFX count -- I
rate it by the fact that I've explored southeastern Wisconsin, Las Vegas,
Moab, Phoenix, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and soon Seattle and Vancouver with
other people's boxes as my tour guides.

And I have repaired, re-bagged, and re-hidden everything I've ever found,
and always leave it better than when I found it. And seeing the state of
some of these boxes, not everyone can say that.

So, yeah, we'll get another influx of n00bs, families, kids, more boxes will
go missing, lame boxes will show up, something that annoys everyone will
eventually show up, but you know, maybe 5 years down the line we'll have
whittled the influx down to another core generation that loves this game.

Cheers to anyone else out there of the Time Magazine Generation. Happy
Fifth Anniversary.

-K
Milwaukee, WI

On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM, uneksia wrote:

>
>
> what a shame. mass media hits again.
> smile
> uneksia
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: TJ_Mich
> Date: 07/04/09 09:05:38 AM
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LbNA] NBC's Today Show - letterboxing mention
>
> The Today Show just had a brief mention of letterboxing during a segment on
>
> things to do." They showed the main page of the LbNA web site, as well as
> the U.S. map on the Clues page, but I didn't catch all the audio. Perhaps
> the clip will be up on the website in the next few days (
> http://today.msnbc
> msn.com) In the meantime, those of you in the western timezones might
> still catch it this morning... it was about 37 minutes after the hour.
>
> --TJ_Mich
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

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Re: [LbNA] Mass Media -- Time Mag Generation?

From: (kraczewski@comcast.net) | Date: 2009-07-05 23:43:28 UTC

I saw the broadcast on NBC, and was irritated that it was descibed as looking for "treasures". That is all they really said. Nothing about stamping or the history. I know we treasure the hunt, the hand carved stamps, and reading the entries in the logbooks, but is the average American family on a budget this year because their rec budget is cut going to "treasure" this past-time, or get disappointed by what they find?

Karen, The 3 Foragers

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kermit"
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2009 3:09:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [LbNA] Mass Media -- Time Mag Generation?

You know, I felt this way, too, always do, for a moment when I hear about
national exposure for Lbing. But then I have to stop and remember that the
reason I've been doing this for five years straight is because of the Time
Magazine article.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,665043,00.html

I chopped that article out of that magazine so fast, and I was off finding
letterboxes within a week. I did all the stupid n00b things -- I didn't
read the history before I went out searching, didn't realize I needed my own
stamp (had to find my first box twice), asked for help with clues online
instead of digging through my brain to find the answer, whined at people
when things were *too hard*, etc etc.

But July 18th will be my fifth year anniversary. I've probably found 300
boxes. I've placed maybe 5. I've been to one gathering, and while the
people there were super nice (props, Wisconsin), it just wasn't my thing. I
box alone, or with my husband. I don't rate my success by my PFX count -- I
rate it by the fact that I've explored southeastern Wisconsin, Las Vegas,
Moab, Phoenix, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and soon Seattle and Vancouver with
other people's boxes as my tour guides.

And I have repaired, re-bagged, and re-hidden everything I've ever found,
and always leave it better than when I found it. And seeing the state of
some of these boxes, not everyone can say that.

So, yeah, we'll get another influx of n00bs, families, kids, more boxes will
go missing, lame boxes will show up, something that annoys everyone will
eventually show up, but you know, maybe 5 years down the line we'll have
whittled the influx down to another core generation that loves this game.

Cheers to anyone else out there of the Time Magazine Generation. Happy
Fifth Anniversary.

-K
Milwaukee, WI

On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM, uneksia < uneksia@yahoo.com > wrote:

>
>
> what a shame. mass media hits again.
> smile
> uneksia
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: TJ_Mich
> Date: 07/04/09 09:05:38 AM
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LbNA] NBC's Today Show - letterboxing mention
>
> The Today Show just had a brief mention of letterboxing during a segment on
>
> things to do." They showed the main page of the LbNA web site, as well as
> the U.S. map on the Clues page, but I didn't catch all the audio. Perhaps
> the clip will be up on the website in the next few days (
> http://today.msnbc
> msn.com) In the meantime, those of you in the western timezones might
> still catch it this morning... it was about 37 minutes after the hour.
>
> --TJ_Mich
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

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Re: Mass Media -- Time Mag Generation?

From: Curtis & Paula H. (8hands4jesus@dslextreme.com) | Date: 2009-07-06 15:48:11 UTC

Thanks, Kermit, for sharing your story AND the article from 5 years ago. I too found letterboxing through a magazine (or two): I think there were just brief mentions in FAMILY FUN and a publication by FOCUS ON THE FAMILY. We've sure had a lot of fun in the ensuing 20 months or so, since we finally stopped researching and started venturing out.

Blessings,

hansenclan

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Kermit wrote:
>
> You know, I felt this way, too, always do, for a moment when I hear about
> national exposure for Lbing. But then I have to stop and remember that the
> reason I've been doing this for five years straight is because of the Time
> Magazine article.
>
> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,665043,00.html
>
> I chopped that article out of that magazine so fast, and I was off finding
> letterboxes within a week. I did all the stupid n00b things -- I didn't
> read the history before I went out searching, didn't realize I needed my own
> stamp (had to find my first box twice), asked for help with clues online
> instead of digging through my brain to find the answer, whined at people
> when things were *too hard*, etc etc.
>
> But July 18th will be my fifth year anniversary. I've probably found 300
> boxes. I've placed maybe 5. I've been to one gathering, and while the
> people there were super nice (props, Wisconsin), it just wasn't my thing. I
> box alone, or with my husband. I don't rate my success by my PFX count -- I
> rate it by the fact that I've explored southeastern Wisconsin, Las Vegas,
> Moab, Phoenix, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and soon Seattle and Vancouver with
> other people's boxes as my tour guides.
>
> And I have repaired, re-bagged, and re-hidden everything I've ever found,
> and always leave it better than when I found it. And seeing the state of
> some of these boxes, not everyone can say that.
>
> So, yeah, we'll get another influx of n00bs, families, kids, more boxes will
> go missing, lame boxes will show up, something that annoys everyone will
> eventually show up, but you know, maybe 5 years down the line we'll have
> whittled the influx down to another core generation that loves this game.
>
>
> Cheers to anyone else out there of the Time Magazine Generation. Happy
> Fifth Anniversary.
>
> -K
> Milwaukee, WI
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM, uneksia wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > what a shame. mass media hits again.
> > smile
> > uneksia
> >
> > -------Original Message-------
> >
> > From: TJ_Mich
> > Date: 07/04/09 09:05:38 AM
> > To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [LbNA] NBC's Today Show - letterboxing mention
> >
> > The Today Show just had a brief mention of letterboxing during a segment on
> >
> > things to do." They showed the main page of the LbNA web site, as well as
> > the U.S. map on the Clues page, but I didn't catch all the audio. Perhaps
> > the clip will be up on the website in the next few days (
> > http://today.msnbc
> > msn.com) In the meantime, those of you in the western timezones might
> > still catch it this morning... it was about 37 minutes after the hour.
> >
> > --TJ_Mich
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>