Fun Hog should be happy to know that the Flying Pig HH made it safely across
the CDN US border with the SecretGardeners and is now enjoying a Canadian
shelter till it is picked up again. Imagine, going " North for the Winter "
that has to be a first !!
Now don't let that little piggy get too comfortable - come on up and find it
!!!
Jane & Chris
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There are 25 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: The Great Math Letterbox Heist.
From: "rscarpen"
2. Re: Last of Kids Day Photos in Files Section
From: cherieph@aol.com
3. Re: Windsor CT letterboxes
From: mindizney@aol.com
4. Re: Last of Kids Day Photos in Files Section
From: Alafair
5. !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
From: "psycomommy2003"
6. Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
From: "MARTEL"
7. Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
From: "SpringChick"
8. Re: Last of Kids Day Photos in Files Section
From: cherieph@aol.com
9. Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
From: "mischief_wa"
10. Re: Personal Travelers
From: "Drew Family"
11. Re: Personal Travelers
From: "SpringChick"
12. Paging Peter and Gail
From: "adglbna"
13. Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
From: "tempusfugitmd"
14. Re: 14 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
From: "psycomommy2003"
15. Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
From: "psycomommy2003"
16. New letterbox - CT - Hartford County - Windsor
From: "rtrwathome"
17. SSLBQF 2 Nov update--Where are all the HHs??? ;)
From: "dvn2rckr"
18. Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
From: "dvn2rckr"
19. Re: Last of Kids Day Photos in Files Section
From: Alafair
20. Re: M's SSLF Wrap-up
From: "the7nails" <7nails@truthmail.com>
21. Re: Re: M's SSLF Wrap-up
From: "BB"
22. New letterboxes - CT - Hartford county - Windsor
From: "rtrwathome"
23. Happy Camper HH
From: "kayaktom2002"
24. WA: SSLQF 2 Nov update to the update
From: "dvn2rckr"
25. test
From: "irishtinker"
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 20:10:29 -0000
From: "rscarpen"
Subject: Re: The Great Math Letterbox Heist.
> Oh ya.... suuurrreeee.... pin all the blame on poor innocent Amanda!
I'm not pinning ALL of the blame on Amanda. After all, it was MY
idea--but she liked it too and commited the actual crime under my
supervision. =)
-- Ryan
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 15:29:37 EST
From: cherieph@aol.com
Subject: Re: Last of Kids Day Photos in Files Section
HELP!! I"ve been looking forward to these picts since Kids Day and I can't
seem to get to them. I sign in to the yahoo group properly and go to files
and the latest thing there is Alafair's beautiful signature stamp. Nothing
more recent. How do I find the picts? Any computer literate folks out
there
who can offer advice? My kids aren't any help on this one.
Cherieph
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 15:41:18 -0500
From: mindizney@aol.com
Subject: Re: Windsor CT letterboxes
In a message dated 11/4/2002 2:33:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, tehutika
writes:
> We have passed the 100 mark! The Dragonfly, last of the Little Creatures
series, put us at our goal. On to the next hundred, which probably won't
take as long....we're planning our first trip to Manchester and it's nearly
one hundred boxes
> very soon!
I think you mean Mansfield.... I almost had a heart attack when you said
that....I had NO idea that Manchester had so many letterboxes
Happy Letterboxing!
Pam
Manchester, CT
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 13:51:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Alafair
Subject: Re: Last of Kids Day Photos in Files Section
Cherieph....
Try this link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/letterbox-usa/files/Kids%20Day-20%20Oct%202002
/
Linda a/k/a Alafair
cherieph@aol.com wrote:HELP!! I"ve been looking forward to these picts
since Kids Day and I can't seem to get to them. I sign in to the yahoo
group properly and go to files and the latest thing there is Alafair's
beautiful signature stamp. Nothing more recent. How do I find the picts?
Any computer literate folks out there who can offer advice? My kids aren't
any help on this one.
Cherieph
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 22:02:19 -0000
From: "psycomommy2003"
Subject: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
This was a horrendous day of letterboxing. I could pretend it
didn't happen but I feel the need to tell my story so it never
happens to any else.
I went alone to get a box that was newly planted in Howard
County, MD. I figured it to be a quick find and not a difficult walk.
I looked all over for the box and time was running short. I came to
the conclusion the box was missing or I was in the wrong spot. I
could see my car across the empty lake and decided to take this short
cut. Earlier there had been many people and dogs down in the area
that I planned to walk through. So across I went. Mucky started to
get muckier. When I tried to turn around to go back my right foot
sunk deep - thigh deep! I tried to dig it out but then my left foot
went just as far. I didn't have a cell phone with me, but I blew my
whistle forever. I started thinking about Rose in the movie Titanic,
blowing her whistle. Although I wasn't in ice water, the mucky mud
was very cold and stinky. The more I moved the deeper I got. Finally
someone called from shore and said he had called 911 and they were on
their way.
Fire engines, police cars, ambulances, appeared all at once. All I
could think of was "Please Dear God don't have me on the 6 o'clock
news." These wonderful men said I wasn't their first "stuck in the
mud" that day. It's happening all over the county. So what looks safe
isn't.
I was stuck for an hour, So much for short cuts! Never again, this
was just about the most frightening experience I ever had. And about
that letterbox - I'll just forget about it!
Psychomommy
P19 F56 X29 V3 E2 C0 L7 1/2 and R1 (rescue)
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 17:14:54 -0500
From: "MARTEL"
Subject: Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
Oh My!! I will have to share your story with my firefighter husband. I'll
bet he never imagined me needing to call emergency services for a reason
like that!! So glad you are OK. I would have been terrified. Cell phone
and whistle need to become standard issue in my pack, I can see that. Put
your feet up and have a wonderful cup of hot chocolate.
Hugs ~ Memlili
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From: "psycomommy2003"
To:
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 5:02 PM
Subject: [LbNA] !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
> This was a horrendous day of letterboxing. I could pretend it
> didn't happen but I feel the need to tell my story so it never
> happens to any else.
> I went alone to get a box that was newly planted in Howard
> County, MD. I figured it to be a quick find and not a difficult walk.
> I looked all over for the box and time was running short. I came to
> the conclusion the box was missing or I was in the wrong spot. I
> could see my car across the empty lake and decided to take this short
> cut. Earlier there had been many people and dogs down in the area
> that I planned to walk through. So across I went. Mucky started to
> get muckier. When I tried to turn around to go back my right foot
> sunk deep - thigh deep! I tried to dig it out but then my left foot
> went just as far. I didn't have a cell phone with me, but I blew my
> whistle forever. I started thinking about Rose in the movie Titanic,
> blowing her whistle. Although I wasn't in ice water, the mucky mud
> was very cold and stinky. The more I moved the deeper I got. Finally
> someone called from shore and said he had called 911 and they were on
> their way.
> Fire engines, police cars, ambulances, appeared all at once. All I
> could think of was "Please Dear God don't have me on the 6 o'clock
> news." These wonderful men said I wasn't their first "stuck in the
> mud" that day. It's happening all over the county. So what looks safe
> isn't.
> I was stuck for an hour, So much for short cuts! Never again, this
> was just about the most frightening experience I ever had. And about
> that letterbox - I'll just forget about it!
>
> Psychomommy
> P19 F56 X29 V3 E2 C0 L7 1/2 and R1 (rescue)
>
>
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 22:18:19 -0000
From: "SpringChick"
Subject: Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
Oh my gosh! I'm sure it was a scary experience. I remember as kids
my mom pointing out this mucky place along the road where she used to
live when she was young. She said it was "sinking sand" and there
were entire horses and cars buried there. That's what would have
been going through my mind.
Glad you got out okay and hopefully it won't make the news. OldShoe
is saying, "see I told you this is a dangerous hobby" (referring back
to our Chicago Underground experiences). Despite how serious the
situation was at the time, I am laughing at the way you told the
story. Put on some thick purple socks and cuddle up with a warm cup
of cocoa!
Deb (SpringChick)
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "psycomommy2003"
> This was a horrendous day of letterboxing. I could pretend it
> didn't happen but I feel the need to tell my story so it never
> happens to any else.
> I went alone to get a box that was newly planted in Howard
> County, MD. I figured it to be a quick find and not a difficult
walk.
> I looked all over for the box and time was running short. I came to
> the conclusion the box was missing or I was in the wrong spot. I
> could see my car across the empty lake and decided to take this
short
> cut. Earlier there had been many people and dogs down in the area
> that I planned to walk through. So across I went. Mucky started to
> get muckier. When I tried to turn around to go back my right foot
> sunk deep - thigh deep! I tried to dig it out but then my left foot
> went just as far. I didn't have a cell phone with me, but I blew my
> whistle forever. I started thinking about Rose in the movie
Titanic,
> blowing her whistle. Although I wasn't in ice water, the mucky mud
> was very cold and stinky. The more I moved the deeper I got.
Finally
> someone called from shore and said he had called 911 and they were
on
> their way.
> Fire engines, police cars, ambulances, appeared all at once. All
I
> could think of was "Please Dear God don't have me on the 6 o'clock
> news." These wonderful men said I wasn't their first "stuck in the
> mud" that day. It's happening all over the county. So what looks
safe
> isn't.
> I was stuck for an hour, So much for short cuts! Never again,
this
> was just about the most frightening experience I ever had. And
about
> that letterbox - I'll just forget about it!
>
> Psychomommy
> P19 F56 X29 V3 E2 C0 L7 1/2 and R1 (rescue)
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 17:49:41 EST
From: cherieph@aol.com
Subject: Re: Last of Kids Day Photos in Files Section
Thanks so much, Linda. I've been trying to find them for ages. BBBunny
was
pleased to see he made it into some of them! Cherie
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 22:52:22 -0000
From: "mischief_wa"
Subject: Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
OMG How scary! I'm so glad you had your whistle.
Take care hun... and treat yourself to a nice bubblebath.
~ M ~
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "psycomommy2003"
> This was a horrendous day of letterboxing. I could pretend it
> didn't happen but I feel the need to tell my story so it never
> happens to any else.
> I went alone to get a box that was newly planted in Howard
> County, MD. I figured it to be a quick find and not a difficult
walk.
> I looked all over for the box and time was running short. I came
to
> the conclusion the box was missing or I was in the wrong spot. I
> could see my car across the empty lake and decided to take this
short
> cut. Earlier there had been many people and dogs down in the area
> that I planned to walk through. So across I went. Mucky started to
> get muckier. When I tried to turn around to go back my right foot
> sunk deep - thigh deep! I tried to dig it out but then my left
foot
> went just as far. I didn't have a cell phone with me, but I blew
my
> whistle forever. I started thinking about Rose in the movie
Titanic,
> blowing her whistle. Although I wasn't in ice water, the mucky mud
> was very cold and stinky. The more I moved the deeper I got.
Finally
> someone called from shore and said he had called 911 and they were
on
> their way.
> Fire engines, police cars, ambulances, appeared all at once.
All I
> could think of was "Please Dear God don't have me on the 6 o'clock
> news." These wonderful men said I wasn't their first "stuck in
the
> mud" that day. It's happening all over the county. So what looks
safe
> isn't.
> I was stuck for an hour, So much for short cuts! Never again,
this
> was just about the most frightening experience I ever had. And
about
> that letterbox - I'll just forget about it!
>
> Psychomommy
> P19 F56 X29 V3 E2 C0 L7 1/2 and R1 (rescue)
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 22:53:52 -0000
From: "Drew Family"
Subject: Re: Personal Travelers
>
> on another note, we want to create a traveling letterbox that goes
with our
> son. Does anyone know how to post clues for it. To get the
letterbox you
> just have to meet him.
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
> Christi
Christi, these "Personal Travelers In The Dartmoor Style" are
becoming more popular. I even know a dog who has one! I'd suggest
posting the info to the list just as you would for a hitch hiker, and
we'll sweep them onto the hitch hiker page. If the list of them
grows, or if people want, we could make these travelers a page of
their own...
Jay in CT
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:10:20 -0000
From: "SpringChick"
Subject: Re: Personal Travelers
Funny this has come up -- I have been reading a lot lately about
Dartmoor letterboxing and this idea of a personal traveler is
something I have found an interesting aspect of letterboxing and am
surprised that it is not more commonly used here in the states. I
suspect perhaps because of logistics, that is in England, virtually
all letterboxing is done in and around Dartmoor NP, whereas in the
states... well, I think it is safe to say anywhere but a NP (and
even some of those). We are much more widespread and not as likely
to meet up with other letterboxes (unless of course you live in CT).
I have been toying with the idea, but as the likelihood of me running
across any significant number of other letterboxers, who would then
be able to get a stamp of my personal traveler, is meager, I'm not
sure it would go anywhere.
I like the idea though.
Deb (SpringChick)
> Christi, these "Personal Travelers In The Dartmoor Style" are
> becoming more popular. I even know a dog who has one! I'd suggest
> posting the info to the list just as you would for a hitch hiker,
and
> we'll sweep them onto the hitch hiker page. If the list of them
> grows, or if people want, we could make these travelers a page of
> their own...
>
> Jay in CT
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:14:32 -0000
From: "adglbna"
Subject: Paging Peter and Gail
So it has not been a banner week for me! I was informed that our
Cuckoo Clue has an error in it and now I don't know where the second
set of clues is. (and since I know I just confused everyone, yes, we
put out two identical sets of clues)
The last people to stamp into the box where the Cuckoo Clue was
stashed were Peter and Gail. So, Peter and Gail, if you read this,
and you have the Cuckoo Clue, please e-mail us at adglbna@aol.com.
(or just drop us a note anyway!) If someone else has the clue, please
change the bearing on the clue from 30 to 180(due South)and drop us
an e-mail!
Apologies,
Tammy
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:21:34 -0000
From: "tempusfugitmd"
Subject: Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
OMG! How scary...be glad your Turtle wasn't with you. Usually I'm
just on the lookout for perverts. Did you lose your shoes? ;o)
Donna
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:27:33 -0000
From: "psycomommy2003"
Subject: Re: 14 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
-- Many thanks for all the kind words out there! I've got my purple
socks and hot cocoa. And I'm all wrapped up in my sisters quilt. Boy
did I learn a hard lesson. I felt silly at the time but oh so
thankfull for the quick response and care from the men. Even they had
the utmost repect for the mud. They placed 8 big yellow boards to get
to me. I told them if a helicopter fly over to wave it away. No sir,
this girl was embarrassed enough. No reporters for me.
I even tried to crawl/roll on the mud but my legs were stuck
fast.
I'm going to carve a half woman in mud for my next stamp and call
it sheer stupidity. Live and Learn.
Psychomommy
In letterbox-usa@y..., "psycomommy2003"
> This was a horrendous day of letterboxing. I could pretend it
> didn't happen but I feel the need to tell my story so it never
> happens to any else.
> I went alone to get a box that was newly planted in Howard
> County, MD. I figured it to be a quick find and not a difficult
walk.
> I looked all over for the box and time was running short. I came to
> the conclusion the box was missing or I was in the wrong spot. I
> could see my car across the empty lake and decided to take this
short
> cut. Earlier there had been many people and dogs down in the area
> that I planned to walk through. So across I went. Mucky started to
> get muckier. When I tried to turn around to go back my right foot
> sunk deep - thigh deep! I tried to dig it out but then my left foot
> went just as far. I didn't have a cell phone with me, but I blew my
> whistle forever. I started thinking about Rose in the movie
Titanic,
> blowing her whistle. Although I wasn't in ice water, the mucky mud
> was very cold and stinky. The more I moved the deeper I got.
Finally
> someone called from shore and said he had called 911 and they were
on
> their way.
> Fire engines, police cars, ambulances, appeared all at once. All
I
> could think of was "Please Dear God don't have me on the 6 o'clock
> news." These wonderful men said I wasn't their first "stuck in the
> mud" that day. It's happening all over the county. So what looks
safe
> isn't.
> I was stuck for an hour, So much for short cuts! Never again,
this
> was just about the most frightening experience I ever had. And
about
> that letterbox - I'll just forget about it!
>
> Psychomommy
> P19 F56 X29 V3 E2 C0 L7 1/2 and R1 (rescue)
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:39:15 -0000
From: "psycomommy2003"
Subject: Re: !4 handsome firemen, policemen, and paramedics
--- Luckily I had them tied on sooo tight. They were brand new
Timberlands and I wasn't about to give them up to the mud god. They
did make a huge Slurp when they came out.
Maybe if Turtle was with me she would have talked me out of the
short cut. Turtle is more sensible than her mother. I tend to just
march ahead and see what will be.
I think perverts wouldn't have given me a second look. I must have
had an extra 30 lbs. of mud from head to toe. My toes are still
tingling and I didn't get the thrill of crashing down the mountain on
my skis.
Psychomommy
In letterbox-usa@y..., "tempusfugitmd"
> OMG! How scary...be glad your Turtle wasn't with you. Usually I'm
> just on the lookout for perverts. Did you lose your shoes? ;o)
>
> Donna
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 23:46:23 -0000
From: "rtrwathome"
Subject: New letterbox - CT - Hartford County - Windsor
Northwest Park Letterbox
Planted by rtrw on November 3, 2002
Difficulty - simple. A lovely stroll through the forest
Time - 30 minutes? Maybe more. So hard to judge when planting
Directions to starting place -
Same as the others. From Interstate 91 heading north, take Exit 38.