> I cut and pasted this from a person's posting.
> P F X V E C R L TS

To me, it just sounds like somebody that's taking the hobby just
a little too seriously (or maybe an over-excited newbie), but what
the heck? It's not like it's doing any harm. *shrug* If they feel
better breaking down their numbers like this, why should it
bother anyone else?

-- Ryan

PT158 (Posts, 158) *smile*

Okay, I totally made that number up, I have no idea how many
posts I made, but does it really matter?

Okay, okay, i blew off too much steam. Sorry. Not trying to sound
holier than... just a little tired of some people, NOT you always
tossing numbers around. It as if they states were part of their name.
E.G.-
John Smith the third, is now john Smith P34,567,432, F430,235,985,
x98, y67,768, z3.14159265968445648787878131659416464






-- In letterbox-usa@y..., Fireflylight@a... wrote:
> wow. Ouch.
>
> I am certainly not trying to be competitive about anything. I love
this
> sport and was excited by the fact that I had found my 100th box. I
was
> merely trying to share my excitement, not one-up anyone. If
someone took
> offense to this, I'm sorry. But, that isn't going to lessen the
fact that
> I'm excited about it.
>
> As for the extra PFXLTS...etc... letters, it's all just for fun.
Nothing to
> get bent out of shape about.
>
> Coleen
> "Firefly"
> P26 F100 X17 HH7 TS1

Okay, I am extremely guilty of out of control stats! The goofier I
am feeling, the longer my stats line gets. I don't feel that a long
line of stats makes me better than anyone else, it is just a fun way
to express the variety of letterboxing experiences I have had and to
personalize the stats line a bit. (plus I enjoy breaking the rules)
So in the spirit of more is more...

P38, F46, HH3, T1, E1, X18, C1, D1, S2

D=Drunk and stumbling around the campground trying to find Firefly
S= Spotting one of Squirrel's Girls on the trail

Tammy

Out of control ADG Statistician

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "liberumarbitrium"
wrote:
> I cut and pasted this from a person's posting.
> P F X V E C R L TS
> I've only been doing this a year and haven't seen these before. Is
> this new?
> Can anytone tell me what they mean.
>
> As an aside, I think some of us, whom I won't embarrass, are
getting
> a little too carried away with numbers. Does it really matter if
you
> have found 15 boxes or 1500? No, of course not. Some people aren't
> physically able to devote too much to the hobby, now-apparently a
> competive sport, yet enjoy it as much for the simple fact your off
in
> the woods.
>
> I admit I haven't found 100's of boxes. I only wear an LBNA numbers
> patch on my backpack on the off chance a person might see them and
> introduce themselves, not to establish some sort of hierarchy. I
> guess I'm just not an in-your-face kinda guy. I think like the rest
> of society, status and aggressiveness are leaking into the
> letterboxing community.
> I think the website volunteers are the only ones who should be
> allowed to brag extensively about anything!

> I cut and pasted this from a person's posting.
> P F X V E C R L TS

> Can anytone tell me what they mean.

It could always be a code that is the key to an otherwise
indecipherable mystery box. One must always be open minded
about what flies across this list, I guess ...

Cheers
Randy
P7 F3 X5 E2 T5 V10 C16 R9 L2
(since labor day, counting hunted treasures, of course ...)

I've been noticing the stats off and on, they don't bother me but I
do get curious as to what some of them mean. I'm sure this has been
re-hashed a million times, but hey - newbie here. I get the feeling
that some are inside jokes/notes, and that's cool too.
I see different ones in different posts and can't remember other
variations, so I'm using the ones from Randy's post as a jumping
point since I just read it (Thanks Randy !)

-----> Cheers
-----> Randy
-----> P7 F3 X5 E2 T5 V10 C16 R9 L2

I think: P=Placed, F=Found, X=Exchanged

What are:
E= Eaten?
T= Traded?
V= Vaccinated?
C= Crushed?
R= Replaced?
L= Lost?

Yeah lame guesses, I know. Thanks in advance for clearing my
confusion, I seem to be brimming with it lately :-)
MountainMudbug

Uh-oh!!!I think I just wrote my "fun count" in one of liberum
arbitrium's boxes just about 2 hours ago!!!Please don't look if it
offends anyone-it's just meant as a personal curiosity, no contest!!!

Wanda

Randy- That's clever and sly! But, you forgot your A count.

The Hiker

Randy Hall wrote:
>
> > I cut and pasted this from a person's posting.
> > P F X V E C R L TS
>
> > Can anytone tell me what they mean.
>
> It could always be a code that is the key to an otherwise
> indecipherable mystery box. One must always be open minded
> about what flies across this list, I guess ...
>
> Cheers
> Randy
> P7 F3 X5 E2 T5 V10 C16 R9 L2
> (since labor day, counting hunted treasures, of course ...)

"liberumarbitrium" wrote:
Some people aren't
> physically able to devote too much to the hobby, now-apparently a
> competive sport, yet enjoy it as much for the simple fact your off
in
> the woods.

It is only a competitive sport if YOU make it.:)


> I think the website volunteers are the only ones who should be
> allowed to brag extensively about anything!

Haa! Haa! Haa! GODS of letterboxing I hope you forgive me.

The Hiker

L for the googol lizards that couldn't possible fill up this world
P a mystery to me
F I lost count after 10
V 1 but that should read 2
E looking forward to that in the future, but not any E.T.
R only my sister would get lucky with 14 cute guys
C not yet, but then there is Murphy's Law
TS Forget about that
A I have seen some
X unknown variable

---I plead guilty to the too many stats. Even The Turtle (my
daughter) thinks it should just be P,F & X. But then she's a
perfectionest and since she doesn't post it's my choice.
If you've been doing this a year then you obviously haven't been
reading the talk list.
Nothing can embarrass me anymore.
I am definitely not a competitive person. That really makes me
laugh. I take great pride in coming in last at some things. Like that
stupid card game Bonco or whatever it's called. Losers get a nice
prize too.
IMHO methinks you need to lighten-up and have some fun. Count,
don't count. Believe it when I say enjoy everyday to it's fullest.
Down the road you will be standing in line, counting your regrets,
that you missed out on an opportunity that might have been fun.
Heaven forbid! Fun, what a concept!
BTW I don't have an LbNA patch to show my accomplishments. I just
open my mouth and say "How do you do?" It's amazing all the
wonderful people I've met just using what God gave me.
And on one last note I'm sick and tired of all this politically
correctness BS. It's really gotten out of hand.
Psychomommy, Mudmommy, Pilgrim
P19 F59 X29 V3 E2 (soon to be 3, Coleens Party) C0 R1 L8
and FOTT2 (Firefly on the trail)





In letterbox-usa@y..., "liberumarbitrium"
wrote:
> I cut and pasted this from a person's posting.
> P F X V E C R L TS
> I've only been doing this a year and haven't seen these before. Is
> this new?
> Can anytone tell me what they mean.
>
> As an aside, I think some of us, whom I won't embarrass, are
getting
> a little too carried away with numbers. Does it really matter if
you
> have found 15 boxes or 1500? No, of course not. Some people aren't
> physically able to devote too much to the hobby, now-apparently a
> competive sport, yet enjoy it as much for the simple fact your off
in
> the woods.
>
> I admit I haven't found 100's of boxes. I only wear an LBNA numbers
> patch on my backpack on the off chance a person might see them and
> introduce themselves, not to establish some sort of hierarchy. I
> guess I'm just not an in-your-face kinda guy. I think like the rest
> of society, status and aggressiveness are leaking into the
> letterboxing community.
> I think the website volunteers are the only ones who should be
> allowed to brag extensively about anything!

Wanda, your count almost gave me a coronary! We visited CT last
weekend and saw your notation for F1250! I forget when you stamped
into that log, but...1250???!!! I am truly impressed!

Donna
P2 F40-something

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., "wandaandpete" wrote:
> Uh-oh!!!I think I just wrote my "fun count" in one of liberum
> arbitrium's boxes just about 2 hours ago!!!Please don't look if it
> offends anyone-it's just meant as a personal curiosity, no
contest!!!
>
> Wanda

Oopps! Forgot my T count.
T I have done that once.

The Hiker

"lizardbuttsfamily" wrote:
> "liberumarbitrium" wrote:
> Some people aren't
> > physically able to devote too much to the hobby, now-apparently a
> > competive sport, yet enjoy it as much for the simple fact your
off
> in
> > the woods.
>
> It is only a competitive sport if YOU make it.:)
>
>
> > I think the website volunteers are the only ones who should be
> > allowed to brag extensively about anything!
>
> Haa! Haa! Haa! GODS of letterboxing I hope you forgive me.
>
> The Hiker
>
> L for the googol lizards that couldn't possible fill up this world
> P a mystery to me
> F I lost count after 10
> V 1 but that should read 2
> E looking forward to that in the future, but not any E.T.
> R only my sister would get lucky with 14 cute guys
> C not yet, but then there is Murphy's Law
> TS Forget about that
> A I have seen some
> X unknown variable

To firefly and to all of you who have reached
milestones recently.....CONGRATULATIONS...YOU DONE
GOOD! KEEP IT UP...HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT AND ABOUT
SOMETIME...
sincerely,
Josef "hello from Joe"

--- Fireflylight@aol.com wrote:
> wow. Ouch.
>
> I am certainly not trying to be competitive about
> anything. I love this
> sport and was excited by the fact that I had found
> my 100th box. I was
> merely trying to share my excitement, not one-up
> anyone. If someone took
> offense to this, I'm sorry. But, that isn't going
> to lessen the fact that
> I'm excited about it.
>
> As for the extra PFXLTS...etc... letters, it's all
> just for fun. Nothing to
> get bent out of shape about.
>
> Coleen
> "Firefly"
> P26 F100 X17 HH7 TS1
>


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> V= Vaccinated?
> L= Lost?

"Lost" certainly seems to be on the mark ... as for "Vaccinated", the
vaccine obviously hasn't worked, as RR still seems to be infecting some
peoples' activities ... (its interesting to note, tho, that the largest
known concentration of LBs is in an NP ...)

Another observation, which I think is more obvious, is that from a purely
bandwitdh standpoint, the discussion of the stats has far exceeded the
annoyance of the stats, at least for the next 10,000 years or so (which
I think even exceeds the half-life of tupperware, much less my attention
span ...)

(I guess "liberumarbitrium" gets the point (well, e's even admitted e gets
the point), but anyway, nothing wrong with sending lots of messages about
fun ... so long as the messages in and of themselves are fun (my messages
try to be fun, but that's up to the reader, as any good semiotician
knows ...))

(tho its not going too far out on a limb to observe that some people
could find it "clich" to add a letter for everything that happens out
on the trail, but to each is own ... clich can be fun ...)

Cheers
(and don't flame we, we already know I'm no fun :-))

> I agree. This is not a competitive sport. Letterboxing is not a
zero-sum
> game. However, I don't think anyone is advocating turning our hobby
into a
> competitive sport, and I don't think that people (like me and my
family, for
> instance) who enjoy their stat line are trying to make it so.
>
> I count for two reasons. First and foremost, it's fun, and watching
those
> numbers climb makes me smile. :-)
>
> Mike S.
> P12 F101 V4 X0\


You Go Mike!!! Good job on finding 101 boxes~~
I'm gaining on ya--
I see it as a personal accomplishment! Boo Hoo to all affended by
STATS. : 0
We are having so much fun and the kids and I are learning so much
together! They are proud of their numbers too!
Irish Mum P3 F66 X16

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., tehutika@a... wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> <<"liberumarbitrium" wrote:
> Some people aren't
> > physically able to devote too much to the hobby, now-apparently a
> > competive sport, yet enjoy it as much for the simple fact your
off
> in
> > the woods.
>
> I agree. This is not a competitive sport. Letterboxing is not a
zero-sum
> game. However, I don't think anyone is advocating turning our hobby
into a
> competitive sport, and I don't think that people (like me and my
family, for
> instance) who enjoy their stat line are trying to make it so.
>
> I count for two reasons. First and foremost, it's fun, and watching
those
> numbers climb makes me smile. :-)
>
> Mike S.
> P12 F101 V4 X0

What is all of this about a bronco?

> I am definitely not a competitive person. That really makes me
> laugh. I take great pride in coming in last at some things. Like
that
> stupid card game Bonco or whatever it's called. Losers get a nice
> prize too.

Not bronco, it is bunco or bunko or bonco.
Say brother, I think your better go back to your orienteering. Now,
that is a safe sport. Ha!;)

The Hiker


"broncoincalifornia" wrote:
> What is all of this about a bronco?
>
> > I am definitely not a competitive person. That really makes me
> > laugh. I take great pride in coming in last at some things. Like
> that
> > stupid card game Bonco or whatever it's called. Losers get a nice
> > prize too.