today i will be plain and simple. ryan, that is a really nice letter. smile uneksia ... From: rscarpen Date: 3/10/2010 4:46:13 PM To:...
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rscarpen
Mar 10, 2010 9:46 pm
... I remember the first time I saw a postal letterbox. Funhog had received it from Legerdemaine, and she brought it to a gathering to show off since it didn't...
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Debbie Kotlarek
wi_letterboxer
Mar 7, 2010 5:35 pm
There are many types of interesting and creative rubber stamp activities. However I don't know why some of them use the term letterbox. Wisconsin Hiker From:...
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eighthands4jesus2007
eighthands4j...
Mar 7, 2010 5:22 pm
Postal Letterboxing... Okay, so maybe that's kind of a misnomer, but here are the good sides of this branch of the hobby: 1. Camaraderie 2. Those in WINTERY...
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Suzanne Coe
wilmcoe
Mar 6, 2010 3:56 pm
Hmm. I stand corrected.... =) ... It's not really the people on AQ who think that "anything with a rubber stamp" is a letterbox, it's just that the website...
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george bx
george12946
Mar 5, 2010 2:19 am
there are a few neuvo purists around here, Ive only been boxing 3 years and most of my plants are at least a mile hike,, ... [Non-text portions of this message...
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SpringChick
springchick1219
Mar 5, 2010 1:44 am
So true! Likewise I often letterbox with grandchildren in tow... but on a trail, not in a parking lot. I will never forget the first time I took my oldest...
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SpringChick
springchick1219
Mar 5, 2010 1:19 am
Yes, you are right Uneksia, and of course I didn't literally mean there are not any others playing the game. Actually I consider myself fortunate to live in...
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rpboehme
Mar 5, 2010 1:09 am
That is why there is a box out there for every taste, but not every box is for everybody. :-) It all depends upon personal taste. YMMV, LB...
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uneksia
Mar 4, 2010 10:04 pm
the above posts aren't just about long hikes. short hikes also have their
place. they are about innovative clues, well thought out hiding places,
interesting...
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Christine Velez
lonestarviolin
Mar 4, 2010 9:16 pm
I want to chime in and suggest that perhaps those of us who often nab the "easier" boxes are doing so because we are hoping to share our passion for hiking and...
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Debbie Kotlarek
wi_letterboxer
Mar 4, 2010 8:43 pm
Very true! There are still some fun clues and hikes out there. Wisconsin Hiker From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com] On...
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uneksia
Mar 4, 2010 8:10 pm
ahhh, but we are not alone. how many have spoken the same sentiments? the team may be smaller than we would like, but we are still playing. hang
in there and...
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Chris Harvill
mayeve511
Mar 4, 2010 6:21 pm
My sentiments exactly, Spring Chick! Thank you! MayEve   ...  Very well put... it is letterboxers who changed the game and each of us has the choice of...
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SpringChick
springchick1219
Mar 4, 2010 4:27 pm
Very well put... it is letterboxers who changed the game and each of us has the choice of whether to buy into the changes or not. That being said, I do feel...
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R
ontario_cacher
Mar 4, 2010 2:08 pm
Or perhaps akin to a summit logbook. Something to sign to say "I was here". It might fly, but someone would have to create a new site/database for that new...
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mizscarlet731
Mar 4, 2010 12:06 pm
Well now Bug you just might have inspired a little eeevil in me. MizS...
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Mark Pepe
markpepe
Mar 4, 2010 11:39 am
Once again, well said, my friend! Mark From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of uneksia Sent: Thursday, March...
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mizscarlet731
Mar 4, 2010 11:27 am
... Hmmm, let's see what could you have I would want to trade for?...
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uneksia
Mar 4, 2010 5:40 am
i have been reading these posts with interest and now i think i have my
thoughts together. i also remember when lbna was the only kid on the block. and then aq...
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Suzanne Coe
wilmcoe
Mar 4, 2010 3:45 am
My point, which seems to have been lost, is that they DON'T actually call that letterboxing.... ... I believe that the story is lost on many people. To...
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Elizabeth Thompson
zorket
Mar 4, 2010 2:21 am
That sounds like geocaching... (here we go again??). Well, I'm a geocacher too, but I still think they are very different "sports". zorket ... [Non-text...
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Nathan Brown
black7.geo
Mar 4, 2010 1:29 am
... By any means necessary sometimes :-) I think the whole LTC thing is really an off shoot of what letterboxing seems to have become, and that is more about...
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Nathan Brown
black7.geo
Mar 4, 2010 12:59 am
... Hehehe... -- Nathan Brown AKA Cyclonic Penncoasters.com The Insensitivity rolls on... Behind every great man is a great woman rolling her eyes...
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rpboehme
Mar 3, 2010 1:51 pm
I think the intent of those TC's is to be what the name describes, 'trading cards'. Just like baseball cards of old (for example, I once traded a golf ball...
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Suzanne Coe
wilmcoe
Mar 3, 2010 12:09 pm
Well, sure.... or put 'em with the ATC's.... or trade them to someone who likes them (of course then the question is, trade for WHAT? hmmm....) ... From:...
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mizscarlet731
Mar 3, 2010 11:10 am
Eloquent as always , my dear Sheba. But I choose to be a curmudgeon and continue to abjure trading cards.At a few recent gatherers I have had several of theses...
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budster2@...
budster2me
Mar 3, 2010 3:23 am
That looks like a good approach to the hobby to me......Gives me a path to follow in your steps.... Thanks ...
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Suzanne Coe
wilmcoe
Mar 2, 2010 1:57 am
The thing is, though, that people who trade LTC's don't think of them as letterboxes... they're cards that are traded with letterboxERs. I think the...
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sileagle1
Mar 1, 2010 1:58 pm
There are some advantages to storing your clues on a personal website, but there are some disadvantages, too. I started out with my own site on Geocities with...
