. . . and they'll still be late . . .

If your PLB is:
too thick
too floppy
too lumpy
too stiff
has an illegible address
is obviously overweight
I could go on . . .

I'm still using the speedball gouger that we bought in 2010. Lol. It the only one that has the teeny tiny gouger. I tried to buy a new one but all of the gougers were so dull, I would barely cut, so I still use my original. Lol

Just got my new rubber stuff for carving. Can't wait to use it. It's the green with a thin layer of white. I love that because it shows me that I don't need to carve so deep ♡ I'll let u know how it goes. Lol

https://tinyurl.com/td49rebk

I now live where it'll cost me $3.00 to do a load of any size.
I'm thinking of doing my "unmentionables" in a mini-machine.
Something similar as seen in the attachment.

Not the tiny, table-top size.

My question, anyone have or know about these dorm size machines?
I'll be drying on a rack, not a dryer.

Create an LTC tracker LTC as a “singleton” for swap. A singleton is a single card swap available for distribution.

The Rockler store is where I went to purchase my Flexcut gouge.

Wash in a sink by hand, simple and effective and budget friendly! That's what I used to do.

I've used one about twice that size. Worked fine. (1.6 cuft load & 22x22 inch floor space)
Washer just broke after 5 years.

Same.

1. Dad, are we pyromaniacs? Yes, we arson.

2. What do you call a pig with laryngitis? Disgruntled.

3. Writing my name in cursive is my signature move.

4. Why do bees stay in their hives during winter? Swarm.

5. If you’re bad at haggling, you’ll end up paying the price.

6. Just so everyone’s clear, I’m going to put my glasses on.

7. A commander walks into a bar and orders everyone around.

8. I lost my job as a stage designer. I left without making a scene.

9. Never buy flowers from a monk. Only you can prevent florist friars.

10. How much did the pirate pay to get his ears pierced? A buccaneer.

11. I once worked at a cheap pizza shop to get by. I kneaded the dough.

12. My friends and I have named our band ‘Duvet’. It’s a cover band.

13. I lost my girlfriend’s audiobook, and now I’ll never hear the end of it.

14. Why is ‘dark’ spelled with a k and not c? Because you can’t see in the dark.

15. Why is it unwise to share your secrets with a clock? Well, time will tell.

16. When I told my contractor I didn’t want carpeted steps, they gave me a blank stare.

17. Bono and The Edge walk into a Dublin bar and the bartender says, “Oh no, not U2 again.”

18. Prison is just one word to you, but for some people, it’s a whole sentence.

19. Scientists got together to study the effects of alcohol on a person’s walk, and the result was staggering.

20. I’m trying to organize a hide and seek tournament, but good players are really hard to find.

21. I got over my addiction to chocolate, marshmallows, and nuts. I won’t lie, it was a rocky road.

22. What do you say to comfort a friend who’s struggling with grammar? There, their, they’re.

23. I went to the toy store and asked the assistant where the Schwarzenegger dolls are and he replied, “Aisle B, back.”

24. What did the surgeon say to the patient who insisted on closing up their own incision? Suture self.

25. I’ve started telling everyone about the benefits of eating dried grapes. It’s all about raisin awareness.

Shirley you're joking

No, and don't call me Shirley!

Does anyone have this clue? It is not available on the Wayback Machine. If so, please aq me. Thanks.

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?boxId=25022

Clues are there when I click on the clue icon. At the time I first asked Mark Pepe, I did not qualify however, I probably qualify now, but I don’t remember what I needed to qualify for.

This isnt a mark and sue clue.
Maybe I copied the link wrong. It's AQ#25022.

This is what I get when I click the link:

HOME >> LETTERBOX CLUES >> SILENT DOUG

I Qualify!
Location: Mystery
Planted by: Silent Doug and Clueless
Date Planted: September 29, 2006
Terrain: 1.00
Difficulty: 2.00
Estimated Time: 50 years
Last Reported Found: No reports. (Send a Report or Log Your Find on AtlasQuest)

To find out if you qualify, just ask Mark Pepe.

Notes:
There's no inkpad in the box, so be sure to bring your own.
Replace the box carefully in its hiding place after you've stamped in.
The standard Letterboxing North America "Waiver of Responsibility and Disclaimer" applies

humm - ok - thanks.

for me the clue button is a non-AQ link:
http://www.letterboxing.info/box/silentdoug/qualify.php
This URL no longer works, but you might find it on the WayBack Machine

I'll just file this in the far back of my piles I guess.......

I obviously don't qualify. :-)

AQ will often display this error message even when it's not true. For Box #25022 the link still works fine. The message is wrong. You may need to copy/paste the link to a new tab. I have found many other boxes with the same error message which was simply not true.

Seems like you’ve got the whole thing. It looks like it’s a WOM clue that you would get from Mark Pepe.

I think you should ask Mark. I don’t see how after all these years with all your plants and finds you wouldn’t qualify.

The problem is that I cannot get to the real URL that shows the clue to ask Mark. While I can get to a lot of the Silent Doug clues, this one I can't. After a few discussions, I believe that the security software at work is blocking me. RIClimber has provided the clue text, which is what I needed.

This mystery has been solved. Thanks all.

History of Homer Lake
Salt Fork Center
January 17, 2026
2:00 - 3:00
Free

This area was previously farmground but now that is History! Now it is used for a wide variety of activities including letterboxing. This will be held at the Salt Fork Center at the end of the road at Homer Lake where we can overlook the beauty of the lake. Free!

Will there be stamps?

Sorry- I was not in on the planning, but I might have something with me in case a letterboxer asks me!

😁 TeachJR

So it's frozen winter here in the NorthEast. Using the Advanced Search to find some boxes with the Snow Friendly attribute reveals limited results, but there are some. I am excited to find some fun winter activities, until I read the clues :(

"box is at base of tree buried under sticks" "look under rotted log near star root end" "find low stump and search the small rock 3 steps left"

What the heck? There is nothing about these boxes which seems snow friendly at all, when everything ground level is frozen solid and covered in snow. I simply do not understand the thought process of someone who would list these boxes as Snow Friendly.

I mark a box as snow-friendly only if it’s 1) indoors OR 2) in a part of the country that doesn’t get snow OR 3) hanging at least 3’ off the ground, has a parking area that gets plowed, and can be accessed with snowshoes if the snow is deep.

Luckily, you folks haven’t found all of my category-3 snow-friendly boxes yet, so there’ll be something for you to do after this weekend’s snowfall! 😜

I wish all letterboxers were as responsible as Rocklun. It would make my life so much easier...

Would you consider me responsible for marking all of my Arizona boxes as Snow Friendly just because we don't get snow here???

Well, all of your boxes may be where snow does not fall, but there are places in Arizona with significant snowfall.

Arizona Ski Report

AQ tries to download remotely-hosted clues so they can be searched as part of a clue search and can be displayed on the "print all" page with other clues, but when the system tries to download a clue multiple times but gets error messages, it'll flag it as "not working."

Letterboxing.info had been down for seemingly years at one point. (Maybe it was just many, many months, though.) And it was enough to trigger the "not working anymore" flag. But now that I know it's up again, I can unflag all of those clues. =)

Even if the link didn't work, though, I'd still try clicking the "cached clue" button in case the old clue had been cached on AQ (which, in this case, it had been).

-- Ryan