Miner emailed me your address so you get the request again please do ignore
as this has been so helpful. It has been a very good geography lesson for
my 8 year old son to place the stickers on the map with the numbers of
boxes. He will be busy tonight. I will try top get photos of the event up
on the site , if any technologically gifted folk are coming take some phots
please with all the kids , cows and sheep too I know I will be out straight!
Mostly come and have fun. And thanks once again to the Moorland Wizard for
the info. Carol - Leader of the Pack
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, August 04, 2001 5:24 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Digest Number 491
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>There are 19 messages in this issue.
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>Topics in this digest:
>
> 1. Re: new letterboxes
> From: paisleyorca@webtv.net
> 2. Congrats! to Chip Goss & Angus
> From: "Bill&Val/LBCentral"
> 3. Re: cool banners
> From: Eoghan
> 4. Rye, NH and Fairies Update
> From: "Betsey "
> 5. Off Topic--Reading Recommendation
> From: "Amanda Arkebauer"
> 6. counting England boxes
> From: cstearns@neca.com
> 7. Re: Re: Ct-Hitchhiker
> From: STNRDGRD@AOL.COM
> 8. Re: Ct-Hitchhiker
> From: jdewolf@mail.icrsurvey.com
> 9. Re: counting England boxes
> From: Graham Howard
> 10. Re: Rye, NH and Fairies Update
> From: teapot@teapot.mv.com
> 11. Talk-List membership wo/ e-mail overload
> From: "Bob LaBelle"
> 12. virus apology
> From: jr8276@cafecrochet.com
> 13. Re: counting England boxes
> From: paisleyorca@webtv.net
> 14. Looking for local letterboxers
> From: mairearad@yahoo.com
> 15. Oak Harbor, WA Deception Pass Letterbox
> From: "Amanda Arkebauer"
> 16. Re: virus apology
> From: Jeremy Disch
> 17. Changing settings?
> From: Tina Abell
> 18. Re: WV-Looking for local letterboxers
> From: "Mountain Scorpia"
> 19. Re: counting England boxes
> From: defygravity@snet.net
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 05:08:41 -0700 (PDT)
> From: paisleyorca@webtv.net
>Subject: Re: new letterboxes
>
>Hey Funhog!
>
>Where did you come from? I just passed through Terrebonne a couple
>weeks ago. Now that there are letterboxes there I will do more than
>just pass through! Glad to have you aboard and placing letterboxes in
>the Pacific NW!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Amanda Briles
>The Paisley Orca
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 13:48:33 -0000
> From: "Bill&Val/LBCentral"
>Subject: Congrats! to Chip Goss & Angus
>
>Who is the winner of our July 31st drawing for the
>Letterboxing Central Pooch Patch. You can see Angus
>on our 4 PAWS Only Page - Just click PAW 10.
>
>Way to go Angus!
>
>The next drawing will be Aug 15th, 2001. Is your
>letterboxing buddy entered yet ? All you have to do
>is send us a picture, your trail buddies' name, age,
>and a digital photo.
>If you only have a camera photo, send it to us and
>we'll scan it for you.
>
>Val & Bill LetterBoxing Central
>
>
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 09:01:34 -0500
> From: Eoghan
>Subject: Re: cool banners
>
>
>Adobe also has a web page that will create banners for you for free.
>It's a great tool, and did I mention it was free?
>
>Adobe Create a Banner
>http://webservices.adobe.com/banner/main.html
>
>-Eoghan
>
>>Very kind of you to say, Jay. Thanks. I used Adobe LiveMotion for
>>the graphics, Caslon font, and I assembled the pages in MS
>>FrontPage2000.
>>
>>--- In letterbox-usa@y..., drewclan@a... wrote:
>> > Hey, Mick! Sorry for the delay in getting Holy Jim Falls up on the
>> > California page. I've been meaning to post a congrats: beautiful
>>web
>> > page design ( http://www.terikahandesign.com/lbox/holyjim1.htm )!
>>How
>> > did you do that title script with the underlying shadowing? Awesome!
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 14:55:59 -0000
> From: "Betsey "
>Subject: Rye, NH and Fairies Update
>
>I recently stopped in Rye, NH and found the 3 letterboxes there. All
>3 are doing well, with frequent visitors. Had a great time!
>
>Yesterday I went to find the Fairies of Borderland. What great clues
>and hike! Serenity has had a lot of visitors; Love and Peace have had
>a few. I was unsuccessful in finding Hope and Joy. I thought I was
>at the right spots but found nothing. Has anyone found them lately?
>Still, I was happy to find serenity, love and peace. Thanks for a
>nice day!
>
>Betsey
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 15:17:11 -0000
> From: "Amanda Arkebauer"
>Subject: Off Topic--Reading Recommendation
>
>Since nearly everyone on this group is a hiker or a "visitor to
>National Parks" I had to recommend a Mystery Series by Nevada Barr.
>All of her books are set in National Parks. The latest, Blood Lure,
>is in the Waterton/Glacier National Peace Park straddling the border
>of Montana and Canada. (and concerns Bears! recently a hot topic
>here) One of my favorites is Deep South, set in the Natchez Trace
>Parkway. Her descriptions of the heat and humidity of the south are
>dead on (no pun intended). The protagonist is a park ranger. So far,
>they have never come upon any letterboxes in any of her books!!
>
>--Amanda from Seattle
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 15:23:33 -0000
> From: cstearns@neca.com
>Subject: counting England boxes
>
>If the Moorland Wizard is out there " listening" could he give us an
>idea of how many boxes are in England. I had heard 10,000 in
>Dartmoor? Our 4-H Club the Cock-A-Doodle-Moo is doing an
>educational display with a world map showing where the boxes are
>like Ct. 286. We got our other figures off the LBNA site for clues .
>The title of the exhibit is " Where in the World Are You
>Letterboxing". We may take it to the Big E the new England State
>Fair. It is a great promotional tool.
>
>Also did anyone catch a post on Africa boxes I need to search further
>but would be greeat if someone could help count out of states boxes!
>
>Thanks, Leader of the Pack
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 11:59:57 EDT
> From: STNRDGRD@AOL.COM
>Subject: Re: Re: Ct-Hitchhiker
>
>HELP!! Can anybody help me, my e-mail is getting overloaded. I've tried
several times to be removed from the mail list but I keep getting mail. What
do I do?
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 17:14:26 -0000
> From: jdewolf@mail.icrsurvey.com
>Subject: Re: Ct-Hitchhiker
>
>--- In letterbox-usa@y..., STNRDGRD@A... wrote:
>> HELP!! Can anybody help me, my e-mail is getting overloaded. I've
>tried several times to be removed from the mail list but I keep
>getting mail. What do I do?
>
>send an e-mail to
>letterbox-usa-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>or you can change your settings to read the list on the web or get a
>daily digest.
>
>John
>
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 18:33:47 +0100
> From: Graham Howard
>Subject: Re: counting England boxes
>
>
>Hi "Leader of the Pack" !
>
>
>>If the Moorland Wizard is out there " listening"
>Oh yes I always have my ears on
>
>>could he give us an idea of how many boxes are in England. I had heard
>>10,000 in
>>Dartmoor?
>
>Well that is a tricky one actually !
>
>Tony Moore has issued over 30,000 boxes in his latest edition of the
>Catalogue of Dartmoor Letterboxes. This is reprinted and updated twice a
>year with bi-monthly mailed updates..we don't have a web-based catalogue
>you see..we are still in the pen and ink stage
>
>HOWEVER !
>
>I receive in the mail (not email !) between twenty and forty new boxes
>every week from my WOM boxing friends.
>
>WOM ?
>
>Oh that's "Word of Mouth" boxes...a private circulation system for
>particularly seriously infected boxers !
>acute attack of the incurable boxing bug !
>
>They are boxes that are NOT in Tony's catalogue....
>
>Perhaps that's half as many again !
>
>BUT that's not all !
>
>There are boxes in other places in England too (but we keep even more
>quiet about those !!!)
>
>There is a delightful forest known as "The New Forest" which has its own
>system (also not in Tony's catalogue)
>
>And then there are other British National Parks in which boxes can be
>found....We don't put them in our cities like LbNA folk ! (Again NOT in
>Tony's catalogue)
>
>Tony also has a separate catalogue for "Moving Boxes" which you in LbNA
>land call Hitchikers ..and another catalogue for "Travelling Boxes"..which
>are a second kind of personal stamp which we Dartmoorians also use !
>
>So remind me , "What was your question ?", How many in England !
>
>Ahh well that could be very high indeed....
>
>Certainly a lot more than 10,000 !
>
>Many many UK boxers have the 5,000 patch on their (boxing) jackets !
>
>It's all very very old and established over here..and we like to go for a
>day's hike and collect 20 or 30, or more, whilst it seems that in the US
>the numbers are much lower ...It is just that we are a much smaller place
>and have been doing it longer. Dartmoor is only about 370 square miles !
>But is is 'busy' with boxes...some days you just seem to fall over em !
>
>
>Finally we do remove and delete and time manage our boxes. Some are "out"
>for a day, or a month, or typically a few years..then we "pull them in".
>As good citizens we don't litter the moor or allow any one box to build a
>path to itself !!
>
>So I guess I don't really know ..you could think about the boxers count...
>
>I knew one boxer who claimed he had "managed" 1000 of his own .. but
>allowing for "drift"
>so on the moor at any one time !
>
>Most keen boxers will "manage" 30-50 easily....look at the Drews as an
>example, or Randy ..these folk manage a goodly numbers each !
>
>
>So I would guess that 20,000 or 25,000 could be on Dartmoor and as many
>elsewhere all over Britain.
>
>That's 40,000 to 50,000 !
>
>That's not counting Travellers and Moving Boxes and other curiosities
>which maybe are only about 5,000 more (maximum?)
>
>The final guess must be ....conservatively ............say 50,000 boxes at
>any one time !
>
>>Our 4-H Club the Cock-A-Doodle-Moo is doing an
>>educational display with a world map showing where the boxes are
>>like Ct. 286. We got our other figures off the LBNA site for clues .
>>The title of the exhibit is " Where in the World Are You
>>Letterboxing". We may take it to the Big E the new England State
>>Fair. It is a great promotional tool.
>
>
>That sound wonderful ...I wish you every success...Do post some pictures
>to LbNA it will be appreciated !
>>
>>
>>Also did anyone catch a post on Africa boxes I need to search further
>>but would be greeat if someone could help count out of states boxes!
>
>I know there are boxes in France and Denmark and Germany !
>
>I have lists for these countries !
>
>I know of at least one each in New Zealand, China , Australia and
>Japan...one is in the New Disney Seas Resort (Tokyo) which opens on Sept
>4th...! I planted the last three places myself ! For Tokyo you don't
>have to take any E ride but maybe [Clue] " Seek out a beautiful coast and
>ring the bell; Ask and it shall be given. "
>
>I have even planted boxes in Africa (One at the Southernmost point in
>Africa is my most popular box in Africa. I get emails about once a month
>from new finders !) and Now I have planted boxes in Russia !!! Only three
>there so far ! (You have to be very brave to hunt them !
>Moscow !
>
>That's about all I can locate !
>
>
>Hope that helps !
>
>
>Happy Boxing
>
>The Moorland Wizard
>Graham Howard
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 14:24:48 -0400
> From: teapot@teapot.mv.com
>Subject: Re: Rye, NH and Fairies Update
>
>Betsey wrote:
>
>> I recently stopped in Rye, NH and found the 3 letterboxes there. All
>>
>> 3 are doing well, with frequent visitors. Had a great time!
>
>We have to do that trip again because we couldn't find 2 of them! I'm
>happy to know that it was just us and the boxes weren't missing. I
>don't know what our problem was that day, but we'll try again. We
>planted a 4th box there, but I haven't gotten around to writing the
>clues. Someday...
>
>Nisa
>
>
>--
>http://www.mv.com/ipusers/teapot/index.html
>
>
>
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>
>Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 19:41:11 -0000
> From: "Bob LaBelle"
>Subject: Talk-List membership wo/ e-mail overload
>
> I'm glad that John (dewolf) pointed out in #7457 that you can opt
>for not receiving as e-mail all the messages posted to this List. I
>had joined briefly last winter and then opted out to avoid having to
>deal with all the deletions. At the current message-rate, that must
>be a problem. If I saw that option when I joined before, I didn't
>remember it.
> But I visit the list daily - wouldn't miss it - and read many of
>the posts, after scanning the list for subject matter of special
>interest or familiar or especially knowledgable members. Felt funny
>about not being a member, when I'm so much involved with the
>activity. But now, following John's reminder, I've happily rejoined
>the 'family'.
> Seems to me that, with the web-site so readily accessed, there is
>really little need for anyone to receive all the messages.
>
> Bob / Cock o' the Trail
>
>
>
>
>
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>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 12
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 21:51:32 -0000
> From: jr8276@cafecrochet.com
>Subject: virus apology
>
>OK I'm sending out a all points message.
>I'm sorry if you got a virus through my email.
>I'm all clean now
>Somehow as I have a cable modem I was targeted by this SirCam Worm
>All my EXE files were infected and I had no control over it.
>We had to reformat the hard drive and reinstall the operating system.
>Lost everything.
>
>Sorry if your virus checkers did not pick up on it Mine did'nt until
>it was too late.
>
>Don't hate the messenger please.
>This year's motto "Don't open attachment from people you DO know"
>
>Once again I'm sincerely sorry this has happened.
>
>Jane
>Girl Scout Leader
>Birder
>Etc.
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 13
> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 16:08:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: paisleyorca@webtv.net
>Subject: Re: counting England boxes
>
>Hey Graham!
>
>You said you know of at least one letterbox in New Zealand, eh? Is it
>on the North or the South Island? How may I obtain clues for said
>box(es). A couple of other letterboxes here in Oregon are going to New
>Zealand in October and John and I plan to visit the South Island in
>December. If you can point us in the correct direction for clues I'd be
>most appreciative!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Amanda Briles
>The Paisley Orca
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 14
> Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 00:02:30 -0000
> From: mairearad@yahoo.com
>Subject: Looking for local letterboxers
>
>I just found out about letterboxing through Walking.about.com
>
>I'm in Charleston, WV and wonder if there is anyone close by? I'd be
>interested in starting or joining a local group.
>
>Maggie
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 15
> Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 00:02:36 -0000
> From: "Amanda Arkebauer"
>Subject: Oak Harbor, WA Deception Pass Letterbox
>
>Hello! here is a new letterbox in Washington State!
>
>Deception Pass Letterbox
>Oak Harbor, WA
>Planted 8/3/01
>By Amanda from Seattle
>
>The Deception Pass State Park is located 9 miles north of Oak Harbor
>on SR 20. The Deception Pass Bridge offers spectacular views.
>
>Enter the park from the Southern entrance. Go to the North Beach
>area. From the Parking area, to the right of the restrooms is a
>stone cairn marking a trailhead. Go north down this trail to a
>picnic shelter. Continue northwest to the Beach for views of the
>Bridge. (the Bridge was built in 1935 and is 182 feet high) At the
>farthest North concrete firepit and picnic benches, go back toward
>the woods, take the trail at 60 degrees. 15 steps up the trail and
>there will be a large boulder on your right. (approx. 8 ft. tall)
>Behind and under this boulder is the letterbox.
>
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 16
> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 20:30:28 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jeremy Disch
>Subject: Re: virus apology
>
>> This year's motto "Don't open attachment from people you DO know"
>
>Thank god I use Unix, which is why I was able to catch this one. This
>brings up a legitimate point, I am a little concerned that some of the
>clues are written in MS word files. I usually never open attachments, and
>the one's I do receive by email I first open up in a text editor (Notepad,
>vi, whatever) before I launch them in Office. In general I would like to
>encourage people to learn HTML, it is actually quite easy considering that
>there are tons of available software which does the code for you
>(Especially if the clues are just graphics and text.)
>
>Remember that not everyone owns MS Office (even though Microsoft would
>want everyone to own two copies.)
>
>Viruses passing through network drives is another issue....
>
>Also, just as an aside, there is free Virus Scanning software available
>which runs directly through a website (housecall.antivirus.com) It will
>clean but not protect, but the nice part is that is always up to date.
>
>Jeremy
>
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 17
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 22:33:09 -0400
> From: Tina Abell
>Subject: Changing settings?
>
>Hi John I saw where you said you could stop the e-mail by changing one's
>settings to read on the web only, where are the settings to change? or
>if I "unsubscribe" does that mean I cannot post? Thanks for your help .
>Tina
>
>
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>Message: 18
> Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 23:54:52 -0400
> From: "Mountain Scorpia"
>Subject: Re: WV-Looking for local letterboxers
>
>Are there groups?
>
>Lucy
>Volkswalker 200E/3000K, Letterboxer P2F5
>Burnsville NC, DeLand FL
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: mairearad@yahoo.com
>
>I'd be interested in starting or joining a local group.
>
>Maggie
>
>
>
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>Message: 19
> Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 05:10:15 -0000
> From: defygravity@snet.net
>Subject: Re: counting England boxes
>
>Carolyn,
>
>I think you're gonna need A LOT of pins for your map!!!
>
>Let us know if you do exhibit at the Big E (Eastern States
>Exposition). I'll be sure to look for you!
>
>Aili
>
>Oh, BTW, I found your Ready Freddy hitchhiker. It's been all over CT
>and central MA. It's back out now waiting to thumb a ride from
>someone else.
>
>
>
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