Wow, look at all these people on this list! And only maybe 5
letterboxes in my entire State (Indiana). >heavy sigh< I obviously am
new to this. I am recently started in geocaching too. I'd like to
combine the two but I wonder if someone would take my stamp as a
"prize" instead of leaving it for people to stamp with. What do you
think?
Wow, look at all these people!
6 messages in this thread |
Started on 2002-10-19
Wow, look at all these people!
From: mjfillen (mjfillen@netscape.net) |
Date: 2002-10-19 06:41:34 UTC
Re: Wow, look at all these people!
From: Mark Bendickson (nomad_pnw@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2002-10-19 07:06:07 UTC
I think that could lead to the unintended problem of geocachers
stumbling upon more letterboxes and taking the stamps from them as
well.
My recommendation is to leave your GPS at home, dig out the old
compass and thinking cap, and get to carving some stamps and creating
fun and enticing clues for other letterboxers to seek out your new
series of boxes in the great state of Indiana!
Mark :o)
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "mjfillen" wrote:
> Wow, look at all these people on this list! And only maybe 5
> letterboxes in my entire State (Indiana). >heavy sigh< I obviously
am
> new to this. I am recently started in geocaching too. I'd like to
> combine the two but I wonder if someone would take my stamp as a
> "prize" instead of leaving it for people to stamp with. What do you
> think?
stumbling upon more letterboxes and taking the stamps from them as
well.
My recommendation is to leave your GPS at home, dig out the old
compass and thinking cap, and get to carving some stamps and creating
fun and enticing clues for other letterboxers to seek out your new
series of boxes in the great state of Indiana!
Mark :o)
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "mjfillen"
> Wow, look at all these people on this list! And only maybe 5
> letterboxes in my entire State (Indiana). >heavy sigh< I obviously
am
> new to this. I am recently started in geocaching too. I'd like to
> combine the two but I wonder if someone would take my stamp as a
> "prize" instead of leaving it for people to stamp with. What do you
> think?
Re: Wow, look at all these people!
From: mjfillen (mjfillen@netscape.net) |
Date: 2002-10-19 08:02:10 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "Mark Bendickson" wrote:
> I think that could lead to the unintended problem of geocachers
> stumbling upon more letterboxes and taking the stamps from them as
> well.
> My recommendation is to leave your GPS at home, dig out the old
> compass and thinking cap, and get to carving some stamps and creating
> fun and enticing clues for other letterboxers to seek out your new
> series of boxes in the great state of Indiana!
> Mark :o)
>
I had already carved a stamp from an eraser (it took 3 tries to get it
right) that I have been using to stamp the book in geocaches, even
before I ever heard of letterboxing (or rather reminded of, I vaguely
recall the Smithsonian article). I then carved a stamp for someone
else. Then I found out about letterboxing a week or so ago, read
everything twice, printed it once, read it again, went exploring on
the letterboxing site and found this. I also carved two other stamps
that are aching to get into letterboxes and have names for the boxes
based on the carvings. I don't have locations for them yet. I was
considering having one on the balcony of my apartment, which would be
easy to get to and I could check every day, but that isn't exactly a
beautiful location for someone to look for even if there is a field
across from the apartment. I even bought a compass so I could take
part in a geocaching activity last month, so I don't have to buy
anything new to get started in letterboxing. The virtual letterbox at
a library mentioned on the site seemed like something I wanted to do
until I looked at the first clue that was nothing but gibberish
" 0k1(;4895.)6*;480062(5(:_5(._k8;) ".
That killed my interest in letterboxing for about a week since it
makes zero sense and I have no clue how to decypher it. That one clue
is keeping me from having the confidence to get involved with
letterboxing. I wonder how many other people it has scared away too?
> I think that could lead to the unintended problem of geocachers
> stumbling upon more letterboxes and taking the stamps from them as
> well.
> My recommendation is to leave your GPS at home, dig out the old
> compass and thinking cap, and get to carving some stamps and creating
> fun and enticing clues for other letterboxers to seek out your new
> series of boxes in the great state of Indiana!
> Mark :o)
>
I had already carved a stamp from an eraser (it took 3 tries to get it
right) that I have been using to stamp the book in geocaches, even
before I ever heard of letterboxing (or rather reminded of, I vaguely
recall the Smithsonian article). I then carved a stamp for someone
else. Then I found out about letterboxing a week or so ago, read
everything twice, printed it once, read it again, went exploring on
the letterboxing site and found this. I also carved two other stamps
that are aching to get into letterboxes and have names for the boxes
based on the carvings. I don't have locations for them yet. I was
considering having one on the balcony of my apartment, which would be
easy to get to and I could check every day, but that isn't exactly a
beautiful location for someone to look for even if there is a field
across from the apartment. I even bought a compass so I could take
part in a geocaching activity last month, so I don't have to buy
anything new to get started in letterboxing. The virtual letterbox at
a library mentioned on the site seemed like something I wanted to do
until I looked at the first clue that was nothing but gibberish
" 0k1(;4895.)6*;480062(5(:_5(._k8;) ".
That killed my interest in letterboxing for about a week since it
makes zero sense and I have no clue how to decypher it. That one clue
is keeping me from having the confidence to get involved with
letterboxing. I wonder how many other people it has scared away too?
Re: [LbNA] Wow, look at all these people!
From: (motofranz@webtv.net) |
Date: 2002-10-19 05:51:50 UTC-04:00
Hey, neighbor!
(Funny) Only a year ago there were only
FIVE letterboxes in Ohio !
That has happened to some letterbox/Geocache (Hybrids ) in Ohio that
people mistake the stamp as a geocache prize.You might want to place
your letterbox in a separate container ("Ziploc") inside the geocache
marked "letterbox".
Have fun !
P94F107X14E1
(Funny) Only a year ago there were only
FIVE letterboxes in Ohio !
That has happened to some letterbox/Geocache (Hybrids ) in Ohio that
people mistake the stamp as a geocache prize.You might want to place
your letterbox in a separate container ("Ziploc") inside the geocache
marked "letterbox".
Have fun !
P94F107X14E1
Re: Wow, look at all these people!
From: mothermoo2001 (cstearns07@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2002-10-19 14:20:40 UTC
And only maybe 5
> letterboxes in my entire State (Indiana). >heavy sigh<
Coming soon .... We will attend the National FFA Convention in
Louisville and our hotel is in Indiana I will be leaving a box in
Ky, In, Pa, and Ohio on my trip plus other fun suprises! When I
return home ( CT.) I will post the clues no computer access at the
convention. Have fun Leader of the Pack
> letterboxes in my entire State (Indiana). >heavy sigh<
Coming soon .... We will attend the National FFA Convention in
Louisville and our hotel is in Indiana I will be leaving a box in
Ky, In, Pa, and Ohio on my trip plus other fun suprises! When I
return home ( CT.) I will post the clues no computer access at the
convention. Have fun Leader of the Pack
Re: [LbNA] Re: Wow, look at all these people!
From: HangGlider (hangglider@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2002-10-19 08:22:39 UTC-07:00
I am active in both activities and I always take my GPS with me when I'm out
letterboxing (there may be caches in the same area) and I always take my
stamp, pad, and log with me when I'm out geocaching (I may stumble upon a
letterbox). However, when placing boxes (or caches) I never combine the
two. Somehow, in my little brain, the two sports are dissimilar enough to
keep me from making the leap of consolidating them.
And, FWIW, I have heard of stamps being taken from combined
geocaches/letterboxes (though I don't know how prevalent the problem is.)
Just my $0.02.
-HangGlider
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Bendickson"
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 12:06 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Wow, look at all these people!
> I think that could lead to the unintended problem of geocachers
> stumbling upon more letterboxes and taking the stamps from them as
> well.
>
> My recommendation is to leave your GPS at home, dig out the old
> compass and thinking cap, and get to carving some stamps and creating
> fun and enticing clues for other letterboxers to seek out your new
> series of boxes in the great state of Indiana!
>
> Mark :o)
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@y..., "mjfillen" wrote:
> > Wow, look at all these people on this list! And only maybe 5
> > letterboxes in my entire State (Indiana). >heavy sigh< I obviously
> am
> > new to this. I am recently started in geocaching too. I'd like to
> > combine the two but I wonder if someone would take my stamp as a
> > "prize" instead of leaving it for people to stamp with. What do you
> > think?
>
>
>
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letterboxing (there may be caches in the same area) and I always take my
stamp, pad, and log with me when I'm out geocaching (I may stumble upon a
letterbox). However, when placing boxes (or caches) I never combine the
two. Somehow, in my little brain, the two sports are dissimilar enough to
keep me from making the leap of consolidating them.
And, FWIW, I have heard of stamps being taken from combined
geocaches/letterboxes (though I don't know how prevalent the problem is.)
Just my $0.02.
-HangGlider
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Bendickson"
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 12:06 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Wow, look at all these people!
> I think that could lead to the unintended problem of geocachers
> stumbling upon more letterboxes and taking the stamps from them as
> well.
>
> My recommendation is to leave your GPS at home, dig out the old
> compass and thinking cap, and get to carving some stamps and creating
> fun and enticing clues for other letterboxers to seek out your new
> series of boxes in the great state of Indiana!
>
> Mark :o)
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@y..., "mjfillen"
> > Wow, look at all these people on this list! And only maybe 5
> > letterboxes in my entire State (Indiana). >heavy sigh< I obviously
> am
> > new to this. I am recently started in geocaching too. I'd like to
> > combine the two but I wonder if someone would take my stamp as a
> > "prize" instead of leaving it for people to stamp with. What do you
> > think?
>
>
>
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