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From: MixtMedia@aol.com
To: letterbox-usa@egroups.com
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 12:21 PM
Subject: [L-USA] Orphan Letterboxes / Semantics
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>Orphans (or is there another name for a box like this?:
>
> I'm just wondering how many of our letterboxes are
>orphan letterboxes.... that is, placed with no intention
>of following up on its condition etc.
>Should we know before looking for it that it is an orphan?
>That is, if the box is listed on the L-USA site should it
>be designated as orphan online and searchers could take
>extra supplies to replace full journals, etc.? How long should
>an orphan box be listed? If no one has ever found it or looked
>for it, how will we know it's still there? Since most letterboxes here
>are few and far between so far, it makes sense to me that there
>be some kind of policy in place for listing them.
>
>More semantics:
> Is there an official Dartmoor word for putting a letterbox
>out? I have always used the word "place"; I notice that
>others use "plant".... just curious.
>It would be fun to have a "letterbox lingo list" ~ to introduce
>and define words like "stamping up", etc.
>Deborah
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>Hi Deborah
After reading some neat articles about Dartmoor Letterboxers,
I found their term of "salting" a good shop talk term for "placing"
letterboxes. So they are busy "salting" the counryside with their
boxes at this very moment!!
re the orphaned letterboxes, I would probably make a note inside the
box and write maybe "found 3-17-99 and adopted by Greg Bradley
LUSA member" and then followup with the club to re-establish it
anyway that is necessary or what ever the filing system is by that time.
Good luck and welcome.
Greg in Missouri
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