I guess this begs a variation on the old question about a tree falling in the forest with nobody around: "If a letterboxer still has placed boxes, can they truly retire?". I choose to answer: "No, they just temporarily go incommunicado". No matter the answer, I hope you will continue to occasionally post here if for no other reason than to expose future letterboxers to your didactic rhetoric. I also hope you will consider posting a "retirement speech" on 12/31/09, complete with a look back at your letterboxing life and your predictions for letterboxing in the future. Your boxes will be your legacy, but your words will be as close as some of us ever get to sharing that life. Happy retirement!
Silver Eagle
> But, to answer your question, I've retired, but those who are
> keenly interested in my ideas on outdoor puzzles hopefully will
> not be disappointed going forward. We'll see, I guess.
> Cheers
> Randy
>
first, last, and only reminder - Retirement
5 messages in this thread |
Started on 2009-11-17
[LbNA] Re: first, last, and only reminder - Retirement
From: sileagle1 (sileagle@windstream.net) |
Date: 2009-11-17 13:05:49 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Re: first, last, and only reminder - Retirement
From: Laura Price (laurad.price@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2009-11-17 06:07:36 UTC-08:00
I so feel lost!!! I feel like I missed someone really important and it sucks.
--- On Tue, 11/17/09, sileagle1 wrote:
From: sileagle1
Subject: [LbNA] Re: first, last, and only reminder - Retirement
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 7:05 AM
I guess this begs a variation on the old question about a tree falling in the forest with nobody around: "If a letterboxer still has placed boxes, can they truly retire?". I choose to answer: "No, they just temporarily go incommunicado" . No matter the answer, I hope you will continue to occasionally post here if for no other reason than to expose future letterboxers to your didactic rhetoric. I also hope you will consider posting a "retirement speech" on 12/31/09, complete with a look back at your letterboxing life and your predictions for letterboxing in the future. Your boxes will be your legacy, but your words will be as close as some of us ever get to sharing that life. Happy retirement!
Silver Eagle
> But, to answer your question, I've retired, but those who are
> keenly interested in my ideas on outdoor puzzles hopefully will
> not be disappointed going forward. We'll see, I guess.
> Cheers
> Randy
>
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--- On Tue, 11/17/09, sileagle1
From: sileagle1
Subject: [LbNA] Re: first, last, and only reminder - Retirement
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 7:05 AM
I guess this begs a variation on the old question about a tree falling in the forest with nobody around: "If a letterboxer still has placed boxes, can they truly retire?". I choose to answer: "No, they just temporarily go incommunicado" . No matter the answer, I hope you will continue to occasionally post here if for no other reason than to expose future letterboxers to your didactic rhetoric. I also hope you will consider posting a "retirement speech" on 12/31/09, complete with a look back at your letterboxing life and your predictions for letterboxing in the future. Your boxes will be your legacy, but your words will be as close as some of us ever get to sharing that life. Happy retirement!
Silver Eagle
> But, to answer your question, I've retired, but those who are
> keenly interested in my ideas on outdoor puzzles hopefully will
> not be disappointed going forward. We'll see, I guess.
> Cheers
> Randy
>
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[LbNA] Re: first, last, and only reminder - Retirement
From: seek2dream (wwestdale@juno.com) |
Date: 2009-11-17 15:09:43 UTC
I hear ya, I feel the same way. Silver Eagle's idea sounds like a good one, and would hope Randy would do something like it. For the sake of the hobby and other boxer's still yet to come. All those in favor, speak up. At least, he would hear of the love that his fellow boxers have for him and what he has done for the hobby.
Back to lurking......
Okie Dog
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Laura Price
>
> I so feel lost!!! I feel like I missed someone really important and it sucks.
>
Re: [LbNA] Re: first, last, and only reminder - Retirement
From: MTCobra (mtcobra@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2009-11-17 10:24:36 UTC-06:00
I join the chorus of letterboxers (past, present, and most important those yet to come) in support of Silver Eagles idea.
Randy: Say it isnt so! Ive never met ya, but by gawd, Ive read your book! Now when someone asks me about that book (prominently displayed on a small wall desk holding tiny stamp pads), Ill have to say Yea, that was written when the world was a better place, but alas, the author has decided his time is spent he must move on."
There is life after Letterboxing? I think not!
Thunder Cobra
MTCobra
East Central Illinois
On Nov 17, 2009, at 9:09 AM, seek2dream wrote:
>
>
> I hear ya, I feel the same way. Silver Eagle's idea sounds like a good one, and would hope Randy would do something like it. For the sake of the hobby and other boxer's still yet to come. All those in favor, speak up. At least, he would hear of the love that his fellow boxers have for him and what he has done for the hobby.
> Back to lurking......
> Okie Dog
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Laura Price wrote:
> >
> > I so feel lost!!! I feel like I missed someone really important and it sucks.
> >
>
>
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Randy: Say it isnt so! Ive never met ya, but by gawd, Ive read your book! Now when someone asks me about that book (prominently displayed on a small wall desk holding tiny stamp pads), Ill have to say Yea, that was written when the world was a better place, but alas, the author has decided his time is spent he must move on."
There is life after Letterboxing? I think not!
Thunder Cobra
MTCobra
East Central Illinois
On Nov 17, 2009, at 9:09 AM, seek2dream wrote:
>
>
> I hear ya, I feel the same way. Silver Eagle's idea sounds like a good one, and would hope Randy would do something like it. For the sake of the hobby and other boxer's still yet to come. All those in favor, speak up. At least, he would hear of the love that his fellow boxers have for him and what he has done for the hobby.
> Back to lurking......
> Okie Dog
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Laura Price
> >
> > I so feel lost!!! I feel like I missed someone really important and it sucks.
> >
>
>
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Re: first, last, and only reminder - Retirement
From: Elizabeth (elizabethhuxford@comcast.net) |
Date: 2009-11-18 02:19:43 UTC
Silver Eagle,
YES! The boxes of retired boxers live on. I just checked on a box I originally found in 2003. It had been placed in 2002, was an orphan when I found it and is still active as of last week.
Deep Creek Local
YES! The boxes of retired boxers live on. I just checked on a box I originally found in 2003. It had been placed in 2002, was an orphan when I found it and is still active as of last week.
Deep Creek Local