Letterboxing

From: Kurt Hafner (kurt@ctol.net) | Date: 2001-07-19 00:14:03 UTC-04:00

I have placed a letterbox and given the clues to the local EMS store and
they have made them available to anyone who asks. I would also like
to post the clues on the Internet. Your insturctions say to send the
clues to Letterboxing North America Talk List. When I click on the link
to the Letterboxing North America Talk List I find an email address. I
do not curently have the clues posted on my own Web site though I could
do that. If I want the format of my clues to be preserved what is the
best way to send the clues to LBNA? Should I send them as an enclosure or as
ordinary text? Must I put them on my own site to assure that the
formatting is preserved? What happens after I submit something to
Letterboxing North America Talk List? Does someone them post the clues
on that Web site for me?

I would appreciate any help that you can give me.

Thanks for your help.

Kurt

Letterboxing

From: Jay Chamberlain (ae4mk@1bigred.com) | Date: 2002-07-16 09:50:41 UTC-04:00

Rosana,

Welcome to letterboxing. I regret your first LBing experience was a bit disappointing. The letterboxing.org site is the clearing house of all or about 98% of all of the LBing clues in North America. If you don't see one in TX it's because letterboxing has not taken off as a hobby in your area like it has in other parts of the country.

We, the LbNA webmasters try very hard to keep the clue pages updates whenever possible. Boxers come and go in and out of the hobby and we have no control or many time access to information on a given box. We didn't want to limit LBing to people who could post and build their own site, so from the beginning we offered the ability of putting clues on our site.

Another point, the truth is some people also have a hard time with following directions, so a box really might not be missing, but rather just hard to find.

Hiding boxes for others to find can be just as satisfying as finding them. Let the kids pick a subject, like a favorite cartoon character. You may even be able to find a commercially produced stamp at one of your local stores that you can use. Don't feel like you have to carve your own. There are a lot of other good sites with basic LBing info and pointers, but LbNA is where you will find most of the clues.

If you hide them, they will come...... Box on!!!!!

Jay C.
The Jolly G-Man
Fredericksburg, VA
P56 F34 X0
letterboxing.org Webmaster
http://www.1bigred.com/users/jayc/letterbox/

Letterboxing

From: merebc99 (mmoomaw@bridgewater.edu) | Date: 2003-06-04 23:26:39 UTC

I just want to say that I'm sorry about what happened to Pandy and
hope that she recovers soon. I also think that this is time for us to
realize that we do need to be careful in what we say in our clues
about the terrain. I know that I've gone up some hills in the mud but
have been scared to come back down and I've had my hubby to help me.
I also realize that what might be easy to one person is hard for
someone else. I'm not the most adventurous person and have not had a
lot of experience crawling around in the woods. Also I haven't had
the best shoes on with good traction. There has to be a way to make
some boxes easy to find without a lot of hill climbing. Maybe I am
wrong and I know that I will read clues and if I think it is too hard
for me then I won't attempt to find the box. I hope that I didn't
offend anyone but I wanted to put in my opinion.

Letterboxing

From: Bob Heasley (bheasley@comcast.net) | Date: 2004-05-09 14:13:16 UTC-07:00

All-

Searched all over Eastern Ohio yesterday - found 11.
Totally exhausted today! And elated - Big Creek Park in
Chardon was F100! A great stamp and a nice dedication
to a victim of 9-11 - Kit Faragher.

WPaMensan Bob

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Letterboxing

From: Brian, Ryan & Lori (teamgreendragon2003@yahoo.com) | Date: 2005-01-20 20:22:57 UTC

This group is supposed to be about letterboxing.
The Geocachers have their own group.

Re: Letterboxing

From: Phyto (phyto_me@yahoo.com) | Date: 2005-01-20 22:01:23 UTC

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Brian, Ryan & Lori"
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> This group is supposed to be about letterboxing.
> The Geocachers have their own group.

Yes, please restrict your posts only to those that highlight how much
better letterboxing is to geocaching.

Unanimously
phytosceles

Re: [LbNA] Re: Letterboxing

From: (john@johnsblog.com) | Date: 2005-01-20 19:56:59 UTC-05:00

Or we can refer to it as "that sport which must not be
named." :P

Choi

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RE: [LbNA] Re: Letterboxing

From: Mark Berkeland (mberkeland@edgewaternetworks.com) | Date: 2005-01-20 21:30:44 UTC-08:00

And those who participate in "that sport which must not be named" shall
be referred to as "Noxers" : non-boxers.

-wassamatta_u

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Or we can refer to it as "that sport which must not be
named." :P

Choi

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