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Re: Travelling letterboxes NOT Postals
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #757085 by The Wolf Family
Jan 31, 2013 8:31pm
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Wow, Jones Crew - if i were you, i would go for that box!! given the names associated with it, it's going to be PHENOMENAL!!

And that's the first thing you do - you pay attention to what other letterboxers say. you keep your ears and eyes open. you remember things. you read and read and read. you keep up etiquette; you seal baggies, you close boxes, you rehide well. you donate stamps and learn graciousness. you go to events and learn from others. you carve and plant and carve some more. you take out the garbage and help clean up at events. you look for and find a lot of boxes. you bide your time and study clues.

you earn your stripes.

not because other people don't want to share, but because that's what it takes. just like any other group. it takes time to become part of a group, a culture. And when you share yourself, others share with you. It's that simple.

~tigs
Re: Travelling letterboxes NOT Postals
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #757104 by tiggermama
Jan 31, 2013 10:18pm
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Extremely well said, Tigs.
Re: Travelling letterboxes NOT Postals
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #757080 by Photo Dabble
Feb 1, 2013 3:04am
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Luck isn't my forte. LOL

I don't consider myself unlucky; I'm just saving it up for something big like the lottery. ;-)
Re: Travelling letterboxes NOT Postals
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #757104 by tiggermama
Feb 1, 2013 5:15am
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when you share yourself, others share with you. It's that simple.

Hip Hip Hurray for tigger. This goes down as the statement of the year.
Re: Travelling letterboxes NOT Postals
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #757085 by The Wolf Family
Feb 1, 2013 6:55am
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It is already on my list to go there. And we will be going to a couple when we go back east as well. I'm just looking to get in on another aspect of this fun hobby.
Re: Travelling letterboxes NOT Postals
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #757104 by tiggermama
Feb 1, 2013 7:11am
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you keep your ears and eyes open. you remember things

Thanks Tiggs,
Probably the answer I was looking for was "hang in there. You'll get a chance."
I've been in this hobby since July. I have carved a BILLION stamps and donated them to other people. I work hard and teach my children to make each box better than when we found it.
Events are fairly few here, and with 8 children I don't have a lot of time to go far, yet. I'm attending my first one tomorrow-- so stinking excited!!!
Anyway, I'll try to be patient.
Re: Travelling letterboxes NOT Postals
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #757150 by Photo Dabble
Feb 1, 2013 3:51pm
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Events are fairly few here, and with 8 children I don't have a lot of time to go far, yet. I'm attending my first one tomorrow-- so stinking excited!!!

Hurray! On both counts.

You'll really enjoy your first event. I've gone to a few around here. The bigger they are the earlier you should get there. I found that out at an event this past summer.
Re: Travelling letterboxes NOT Postals
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #757085 by The Wolf Family
Feb 1, 2013 6:24pm
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You probably do have more than me. I've never sought them out. I've only encountered the ones that were at events I attended.

I've never had the desire to network to get any of them. It's just always been a nice surprise at gatherings and I've never looked for any traditional ones.

That's worked just fine for me so far.

MM
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Reply to: #757268 by MissMoon
Feb 1, 2013 6:30pm
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Well, then, for you, it is simply about luck.

But I think you do have some of the traditional ones. If you did the Woodland Folks series he has abut 3 of them in there.
Re: Travelling letterboxes NOT Postals
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Reply to: #757270 by The Wolf Family
Feb 1, 2013 7:58pm
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Yes. It is.

Yes. I have that series.

I was for the most part referring to the ones that appear at events since those seemed to be the ones that were originally referred to before the discussion mentioned traditional plants.