I am intrigued but don't understand how one stamps into a postal
box. Can someone educate me?

greenheron
P5F75

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Randy Hall wrote:
>
> During that "Purple Heart" business I suggested the idea of creating
> postal boxes for F100 and F500 (tradition has it that you count
finds,
> I'm not personally interested in creating ways to count other
things).
> The idea was so popular I decided to create them myself :-) So if
> you are at F100 or F500 you can stamp in if you want to. If you
> don't care about numbers you can try to avoid them coming your
> direction. The reason I think its cool is that it can become a
> log of all the boxes that were people's milestone boxes, and the
> dates, etc. (you could even take the logbook back to the milestone
> box and stamp it if you want to -- its a pretty big logbook)
>
> If someone is tracking/linking these sorts of boxes
> http://www.mapsurfer.com/boxes/box67.html
> http://www.mapsurfer.com/boxes/box68.html
>
> Cheers
> Randy
> P68F168
>
> PS, they need a nice actual box, feel free to add one if you want
to.

> I am intrigued but don't understand how one stamps into a postal
> box. Can someone educate me?

> Several of us wish to know the how's of this box.

I post way to much to the list, but here goes since people are
asking questions. First of all I don't deserve any credit for
this -- its basically legerdemaine's main idea fused with Alan's
idea.

And, I generally don't envision how people will find my
boxes, but ... I think it works exactly like Alan's box, just
with a different qualifier. Anyway ...

I'm going to mail them to two people (who have already been
chosen by the independent panel of judge) who have found 500
and 100 boxes. After that happens, I'm out of the picture
(tho it would be cool to have the 500 box come back at me
if I ever find that many, but I average F3 per month, so I
don't expect that to happen).

So, if you get this box in the mail, you can stamp in, just as if
you found it in the woods. That I think answers the first question.
"Rehiding" it involves mailing it to someone else who qualifies.

As for how I could envision it working, if you have this box (as
above), you just do the same, send it to someone you know has
enough boxes. And so on. If you don't know, you can ask the list.
I have no idea who or how many people have F100 or F500, but a
perfectly reasonable strategy would be to organize yourselves, make
a list, and post it to the list and cooperate in getting it if
you want (tho I never envisioned people doing this). Or, if
someone in a particular region gets it, you could say -- I have it,
lets meet here and all deal with it. Or, best of all, bribe and
lobby for it, as I saw happen recently (tho it really isn't worth
going to that trouble, IMO). Once it becomes an "old maid", meaning
you're stuck with it with no one who qualifies to send it to, I have
no idea what happens.

I consider it to be a chain architecture, rather than hub and
spoke, tho someone other than me is free to be the hub if they
want to -- if the letterboxing world can figure a good way to
make sure everyone gets it, that would be cool, but I'm unfortunately
not the person for that job.

Finally, if you want it, e-mail the list or who you think has it,
not me. I think keeping the location of letterboxes secret is
fun ...

HTH
Randy

Hi Randy,

I like your new letterbox idea. I think it is pretty neat. I
qualify for the 100 Find box, however, I do not wish to post my
mailing address to a public forum. So, if the person who gets the
100 find box would like to send it to me (hint, hint) I will be happy
to email them with my mailing address.

Another idea, if the person who gets it lives in the North East & is
planning to attend the winter gathering in MA maybe they would like
to bring it to the gathering (hint, hint.)

Thanks, Randy, for another creative idea.

moonstone_baby (aka Janet)

P9 F200 X92


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Randy Hall wrote:
>
> > I am intrigued but don't understand how one stamps into a postal
> > box. Can someone educate me?
>
> > Several of us wish to know the how's of this box.
>
> I post way to much to the list, but here goes since people are
> asking questions. First of all I don't deserve any credit for
> this -- its basically legerdemaine's main idea fused with Alan's
> idea.
>
> And, I generally don't envision how people will find my
> boxes, but ... I think it works exactly like Alan's box, just
> with a different qualifier. Anyway ...
>
> I'm going to mail them to two people (who have already been
> chosen by the independent panel of judge) who have found 500
> and 100 boxes. After that happens, I'm out of the picture
> (tho it would be cool to have the 500 box come back at me
> if I ever find that many, but I average F3 per month, so I
> don't expect that to happen).
>
> So, if you get this box in the mail, you can stamp in, just as if
> you found it in the woods. That I think answers the first question.
> "Rehiding" it involves mailing it to someone else who qualifies.
>
> As for how I could envision it working, if you have this box (as
> above), you just do the same, send it to someone you know has
> enough boxes. And so on. If you don't know, you can ask the list.
> I have no idea who or how many people have F100 or F500, but a
> perfectly reasonable strategy would be to organize yourselves, make
> a list, and post it to the list and cooperate in getting it if
> you want (tho I never envisioned people doing this). Or, if
> someone in a particular region gets it, you could say -- I have it,
> lets meet here and all deal with it. Or, best of all, bribe and
> lobby for it, as I saw happen recently (tho it really isn't worth
> going to that trouble, IMO). Once it becomes an "old maid", meaning
> you're stuck with it with no one who qualifies to send it to, I have
> no idea what happens.
>
> I consider it to be a chain architecture, rather than hub and
> spoke, tho someone other than me is free to be the hub if they
> want to -- if the letterboxing world can figure a good way to
> make sure everyone gets it, that would be cool, but I'm
unfortunately
> not the person for that job.
>
> Finally, if you want it, e-mail the list or who you think has it,
> not me. I think keeping the location of letterboxes secret is
> fun ...
>
> HTH
> Randy

If you need some help in locating folks who are at the 100 or 500
point, there is the LBNA 100 "club"


http://www.letterboxing.org/lbna100.html

That should put some names on the mailing list--
If you receive the letterbox, just pick someone from the list and
contact them to see if they want to receive it too! (And I am sure
that some of these folks have passed the 500 mark already)

--Amanda from Seattle


> If someone is tracking/linking these sorts of boxes
> http://www.mapsurfer.com/boxes/box67.html
> http://www.mapsurfer.com/boxes/box68.html
>
> Cheers
> Randy
> P68F168