Attention Virginia Letterboxers!! In light of the recent discussions
that had occured over first finder bragging rights our family has
decided to include a "First Finders Certificate" in our next box, due
out soon. We're aware this might be a bit controversial but we feel
this might encourage folks to come out and go 'boxing. Who knows,
maybe first finder certificates will catch on (hint).
There's an example of our certificate at the message boards in the
area of photos (if you would like to see what we're working on).
Keep boxing and happy hunting :)
First Finders?
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Started on 2002-08-08
First Finders?
From: pairomedicsandtheivs (squad51@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2002-08-08 16:55:18 UTC
Re: First Finders?
From: funhog1 (funhog@pacifier.com) |
Date: 2002-08-08 17:21:33 UTC
I would actually prefer to be way down the list. I enjoy seeing all
the other stamps and reading the log entries. I don't consider
Letterboxing to be a competitive sport. Funhog
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "pairomedicsandtheivs" wrote:
> Attention Virginia Letterboxers!! In light of the recent discussions
> that had occured over first finder bragging rights our family has
> decided to include a "First Finders Certificate" in our next box, due
> out soon. We're aware this might be a bit controversial but we feel
> this might encourage folks to come out and go 'boxing. Who knows,
> maybe first finder certificates will catch on (hint).
>
> There's an example of our certificate at the message boards in the
> area of photos (if you would like to see what we're working on).
>
> Keep boxing and happy hunting :)
the other stamps and reading the log entries. I don't consider
Letterboxing to be a competitive sport. Funhog
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "pairomedicsandtheivs"
> Attention Virginia Letterboxers!! In light of the recent discussions
> that had occured over first finder bragging rights our family has
> decided to include a "First Finders Certificate" in our next box, due
> out soon. We're aware this might be a bit controversial but we feel
> this might encourage folks to come out and go 'boxing. Who knows,
> maybe first finder certificates will catch on (hint).
>
> There's an example of our certificate at the message boards in the
> area of photos (if you would like to see what we're working on).
>
> Keep boxing and happy hunting :)
Re: [LbNA] First Finders?
From: Susan Pederson (lpfrognmac@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-08-08 10:47:47 UTC-07:00
Just curious- What part of Virginia are you in? We're in Hampton Roads area and have really only concentrated on boxes in the immediate area - hopefully that will change soon.
pairomedicsandtheivs
Attention Virginia Letterboxers!! In light of the recent discussions
that had occured over first finder bragging rights our family has
decided to include a "First Finders Certificate" in our next box, due
out soon. We're aware this might be a bit controversial but we feel
this might encourage folks to come out and go 'boxing. Who knows,
maybe first finder certificates will catch on (hint).
There's an example of our certificate at the message boards in the
area of photos (if you would like to see what we're working on).
Keep boxing and happy hunting :)
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Re: First Finders?
From: drewclan11 (drewclan@aol.com) |
Date: 2002-08-08 19:14:58 UTC
>our family has
> decided to include a "First Finders Certificate" in our next box,
due
> out soon.<<<
Love it! We'll have to design a "first flight" pilot's license for
our new "Their Finest Hour" series. Talk about collector's items!
Someday we'll see them for sale on eBay for outragious figures.
Jay
> decided to include a "First Finders Certificate" in our next box,
due
> out soon.<<<
Love it! We'll have to design a "first flight" pilot's license for
our new "Their Finest Hour" series. Talk about collector's items!
Someday we'll see them for sale on eBay for outragious figures.
Jay
Re: First Finders?
From: Jesse Vanek (jvanek1@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-08-08 19:15:22 UTC-07:00
I'd like to weigh in on the whole "first finders"
discussion.... I rushed out today to find a letterbox
in Suffield, CT to try to be the "first," only to
discover that someone beat me to it! I personally
don't understand why both attitudes can't exist
simultaneously - for those of us who like the
challenge and competition of trying to be the first to
find a box, certificates sound like a great idea.
Perhaps we could add a tag to our signatures that
identifies how many times we were first?
Meanwhile, for those of you who see letterboxing
should be a completely non-competitive activity,
simply skip the first page of the log when reading
through prior entries! If you don't care whether you
are first or fifty first, that's great - but in that
case, if it is to be completely non-competitive,
what's the point of keeping count of how many you've
found? Is that really that much different from trying
to be first to a box?
In my opinion, the flexibility to participate at
whatever level you choose is what makes letterboxing
so much fun. It's an interesting and fun discussion
to have, but also rather unnecessary.
Jesse (aka Chester Copperpot)
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discussion.... I rushed out today to find a letterbox
in Suffield, CT to try to be the "first," only to
discover that someone beat me to it! I personally
don't understand why both attitudes can't exist
simultaneously - for those of us who like the
challenge and competition of trying to be the first to
find a box, certificates sound like a great idea.
Perhaps we could add a tag to our signatures that
identifies how many times we were first?
Meanwhile, for those of you who see letterboxing
should be a completely non-competitive activity,
simply skip the first page of the log when reading
through prior entries! If you don't care whether you
are first or fifty first, that's great - but in that
case, if it is to be completely non-competitive,
what's the point of keeping count of how many you've
found? Is that really that much different from trying
to be first to a box?
In my opinion, the flexibility to participate at
whatever level you choose is what makes letterboxing
so much fun. It's an interesting and fun discussion
to have, but also rather unnecessary.
Jesse (aka Chester Copperpot)
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Re: [LbNA] First Finders?
From: Shelley Shearer (justplaingeorge@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-08-09 06:35:47 UTC-07:00
That sounds great! I'm in Virginia (northern area) and would love seeing stuff like that
out there. It just adds a bit more fun to the find. : )
Shell
--- pairomedicsandtheivs wrote:
> Attention Virginia Letterboxers!! In light of the recent discussions
> that had occured over first finder bragging rights our family has
> decided to include a "First Finders Certificate" in our next box, due
> out soon. We're aware this might be a bit controversial but we feel
> this might encourage folks to come out and go 'boxing. Who knows,
> maybe first finder certificates will catch on (hint).
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out there. It just adds a bit more fun to the find. : )
Shell
--- pairomedicsandtheivs
> Attention Virginia Letterboxers!! In light of the recent discussions
> that had occured over first finder bragging rights our family has
> decided to include a "First Finders Certificate" in our next box, due
> out soon. We're aware this might be a bit controversial but we feel
> this might encourage folks to come out and go 'boxing. Who knows,
> maybe first finder certificates will catch on (hint).
__________________________________________________
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HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs
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Re: [LbNA] First Finders?
From: pairomedicsandtheivs (squad51@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2002-08-09 18:13:23 UTC
Glad to hear that you're in the Hampton Roads area, so are we ;)
There are a lot of great boxes here (hopefully people think that
about our boxes) and we look forward to seeing your stamps soon. Who
knows maybe we'll meet up on the trail and exchange stamps.
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., Susan Pederson wrote:
>
> Just curious- What part of Virginia are you in? We're in Hampton
Roads area and have really only concentrated on boxes in the
immediate area - hopefully that will change soon.
There are a lot of great boxes here (hopefully people think that
about our boxes) and we look forward to seeing your stamps soon. Who
knows maybe we'll meet up on the trail and exchange stamps.
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., Susan Pederson
>
> Just curious- What part of Virginia are you in? We're in Hampton
Roads area and have really only concentrated on boxes in the
immediate area - hopefully that will change soon.
Re: [LbNA] Re: First Finders?
From: Gwen & Don Jackson (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2002-08-11 14:04:13 UTC-07:00
Jay are you going to put it in a plane wrapper ? Don
----- Original Message -----
From: drewclan11
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 12:14 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: First Finders?
> >our family has
> > decided to include a "First Finders Certificate" in our next box,
> due
> > out soon.<<<
>
> Love it! We'll have to design a "first flight" pilot's license for
> our new "Their Finest Hour" series. Talk about collector's items!
> Someday we'll see them for sale on eBay for outragious figures.
>
> Jay
>
>
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----- Original Message -----
From: drewclan11
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Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 12:14 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: First Finders?
> >our family has
> > decided to include a "First Finders Certificate" in our next box,
> due
> > out soon.<<<
>
> Love it! We'll have to design a "first flight" pilot's license for
> our new "Their Finest Hour" series. Talk about collector's items!
> Someday we'll see them for sale on eBay for outragious figures.
>
> Jay
>
>
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