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Re: [LbNA] WA - Mt St Helens Boxes

From: mischief_wa (Mischief_wa@hotmail.com) | Date: 2002-09-25 22:35:03 UTC

Nope, they're talking about the OLD ones, Eliza... your new ones
didn't make it on to the LBNA page.

The "old" ones have been reported missing by several reliable
sorces, howeber (I believe) it is LBNA policy to not remove
a 'missing box' unless confirmed by the placer. All attempts to
contact the placers of these boxes have failed.

~ M ~

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., Eliza B wrote:
> At 12:41 PM 9/25/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >Does anyone know if the Mount St. Helen's Boxes in Washington
State are
> >still missing in action?
>
>
> Yikes -- I just placed some. Are those the ones you mean?
>
> --e
>
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Re: [LbNA] WA - Mt St Helens Boxes

From: MadMary (madmary@cox.net) | Date: 2002-09-25 18:48:04 UTC-04:00

I can understand why the webmasters don't want to post boxes as missing
unless confirmed by a placer, but this is a good example of where the policy
might be tweaked slightly. If someone who has been to the box before can
confirm that it is missing or moved, and the placers can't be contacted, it
would be nice if the clues could be annotated as "missing, but not confirmed
by planters". People will drop away from this hobby for a variety of
reasons, and it would be a shame if the site were littered with known wild
goose chases.

Mare
----- Original Message -----
From: "mischief_wa"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [LbNA] WA - Mt St Helens Boxes

> Nope, they're talking about the OLD ones, Eliza... your new ones
> didn't make it on to the LBNA page.
>
> The "old" ones have been reported missing by several reliable
> sorces, howeber (I believe) it is LBNA policy to not remove
> a 'missing box' unless confirmed by the placer. All attempts to
> contact the placers of these boxes have failed.
>
> ~ M ~

Re: [LbNA] WA - Mt St Helens Boxes

From: mischief_wa (Mischief_wa@hotmail.com) | Date: 2002-09-26 00:31:40 UTC

They did put a warning in big red letters on the page. =)

~ M ~

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "MadMary" wrote:
> I can understand why the webmasters don't want to post boxes as
missing
> unless confirmed by a placer, but this is a good example of where
the policy
> might be tweaked slightly. If someone who has been to the box
before can
> confirm that it is missing or moved, and the placers can't be
contacted, it
> would be nice if the clues could be annotated as "missing, but not
confirmed
> by planters". People will drop away from this hobby for a variety
of
> reasons, and it would be a shame if the site were littered with
known wild
> goose chases.
>
> Mare
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mischief_wa"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 6:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [LbNA] WA - Mt St Helens Boxes
>
>
> > Nope, they're talking about the OLD ones, Eliza... your new ones
> > didn't make it on to the LBNA page.
> >
> > The "old" ones have been reported missing by several reliable
> > sorces, howeber (I believe) it is LBNA policy to not remove
> > a 'missing box' unless confirmed by the placer. All attempts to
> > contact the placers of these boxes have failed.
> >
> > ~ M ~