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Smarty pants
Board: Kid Shenanigans
Mar 1, 2014 12:03am
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So I finally carved a new sig stamp (after almost 5 years of using the same negative image eraser). Its a sunflower and I'm debating on how, or if, I should carve out the seeds in the flower. My son looks at it and says well, you just have to carve the spiral lines, you know, like Fibonacci... I had to look it up on the internet. Smarty pants - what are they teaching kids these days? He's still 10!
sun7flour
Re: Idea for New Item: Targeted Cootie
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #833191 by Green Tortuga
Mar 1, 2014 12:24am
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I've been to one or two gatherings, but it's been many years. They're not really my cup of tea.
Re: Idea for New Item: Targeted Cootie
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #833191 by Green Tortuga
Mar 1, 2014 4:07am
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Might be hard to infect you with cooties if nobody can find you

Let's give them all to Missmoon then : )
Re: Hey, cheer up
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #833194 by Maude
Mar 1, 2014 4:26am
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Oh sure ~ lunch with someone else! But you can't even make time for me living, just half an hour from What Cheer!

If we had gone letterboxing as you suggested, I'm sure we wouldn't have found the box, anyway. They seem to burrow deep into the ground when I approach. If you look at my F-count, you'll see what I mean.

That Life Is Good franchise obviously hasn't met me.

Time to make the gruel...
Re: LTC tracker hosting
Board: LTC: Trades and Trackers
Reply to: #833029 by FloridaFour
Mar 1, 2014 4:32am
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How ever many you put in there I put back on there. :) then I drop them in a mail box at the post office.
Re: Ain't Letterboxing Grand?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #833150 by bluebirdlover
Mar 1, 2014 4:38am
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Yesterday was another surprise when I received a little token in the mail from Buzzkill. Then this morning I had a hoot of a conversation with said Buzzkill! With laughter on my lips

Wait, you didn't have tears in your eyes after our conversation? Apparently I have failed in my mission to spread gloom throughout the land. I guess I'll have to try harder next time.
Re: Smarty pants
Board: Kid Shenanigans
Reply to: #833204 by sun7flour
Mar 1, 2014 4:43am
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Ain't it the truth!!
Re: Map Stuff
Board: Smart Phones and Other Handheld Devices
Reply to: #833090 by Kirbert
Mar 1, 2014 4:51am
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If you are just wanting the maps for AQ related use, the trip planner will work. I believe there are already some scenic, historic routes available. Do you have a list you would like to see mapped?
Re: Smarty pants
Board: Kid Shenanigans
Reply to: #833204 by sun7flour
Mar 1, 2014 4:55am
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you know, like Fibonacci... I had to look it up on the internet

I just had to look it up too~LOL
Re: Smarty pants
Board: Kid Shenanigans
Reply to: #833204 by sun7flour
Mar 1, 2014 5:07am
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Well... did you carve the spiral lines??? :) because that's a good story.
Re: Unknown name HH's
Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #833060 by Teapot and Eagle
Mar 1, 2014 5:14am
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Pitch them!
Interested in carving a stamp based on a sculpture?
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Mar 1, 2014 5:24am
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I'm planning to plant a few individual LBs in a Michigan art park (not as a series). I'd like letterbox "artists" to carve a stamp based on the title of the sculpture (without seeing the sculpture) and I'll plant the LB nearby. Then finders will get to see 2 pieces of art, most likely different, based on the same name. If interested and willing, AQmail me. I'll send you a list of the sculpture titles and you can choose which one inspires you to carve. I'm hoping to plant these sometime between May and July.

Thanks for considering this; since the sculptures are created by different artists I thought it would only be appropriate for the stamps also to be created by different artists.

Angel Winks
Re: Idea for New Item: Targeted Cootie
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #833206 by Marty McFly
Mar 1, 2014 5:29am
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Hey, Marty Mcfly doesn't exist!
Re: Ain't Letterboxing Grand?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #833150 by bluebirdlover
Mar 1, 2014 6:14am
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So glad to hear things are going so well for you. A few months ago I got a glimpse of a stamp you were working on as part of a series. Will definitely be over that way when you get to planting it.

Riverkat
link not working
Board: Letterboxing Help Desk
Mar 1, 2014 6:19am
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the link is not working in the help section for -What is the best way to cut an LTC sheet from a 12x12 sheet of paper?
Re: Idea for New Item: Targeted Cootie
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #833217 by Sunia
Mar 1, 2014 6:22am
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Hey, Marty Mcfly doesn't exist!

I beg to differ !
Re: Hey, cheer up
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #833194 by Maude
Mar 1, 2014 6:26am
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just half an hour from What Cheer!

So what is "Wot Cheer" like? Sounds like a real vibrant town, all 600+!
Re: Idea for New Item: Targeted Cootie
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #833206 by Marty McFly
Mar 1, 2014 6:28am
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Let's give them all to Missmoon then : )

Yes. Please do give them to me. :)
Re: Wizard of Oz Event
Board: State: North Carolina
Reply to: #833021 by RDHG
Mar 1, 2014 6:31am
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Hey DM, When do we have to get the boxes to you for the event? If it's listed, I missed it....old age kicking in!
K
Re: Hey, cheer up
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #833222 by Krickster
Mar 1, 2014 6:44am
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So what is "Wot Cheer" like?

What Cheer is full of happy, optimistic folks. I need to move.
Re: Sleeping Giant
Board: State: Connecticut
Reply to: #832444 by DevilinDog
Mar 1, 2014 6:54am
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I'm thinking of heading out to the Chestnut Street entrance sometime in the near future (if I can get someone to take care of Noel). I just got a pair of spikes (they're for Men's boots though, so I hope they fit me... I take a Men's 9 in Keens, but an extra wide 9 in women's shoes). They're for sizes 8-14 in men sizes. Hope they fit!

Anyway, I'm hoping to do some of the trails from the Chestnut Street entrance that don't have any boxes on them (or that I need anyway). I'm thinking about going on Violet trail from the entrance to red square, then go down to Mansion Road, backtrack up Red Square to green, the backtrack on Red Square to blue and then down blue to the car.

That way when I come up next, Ill try to park at the southern end of Red Square, go all the way up to Green and down green to Chestnut, then up Yellow or Orange from Chestnut Street, and back to Red Square. I will do this once the snow is gone, as I need quite a few boxes in this section.

Anyone know what the terrain for blue is East of Red Square? I don't think I've ever hiked that section of trail.

Thoughts?
Pam
Re: Idea for New Item: Targeted Cootie
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #833223 by MissMoon
Mar 1, 2014 6:59am
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snicker snicker
Re: Ain't Letterboxing Grand?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #833209 by Buzzkill
Mar 1, 2014 7:11am
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Wait, you didn't have tears in your eyes after our conversation?

Oh yes, I did have tears in my eyes! Tears from laughing so hard! Thanks for the laugh!

Ain't letterboxing grand?
Re: Ain't Letterboxing Grand?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #833218 by RiverKat
Mar 1, 2014 7:13am
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Now that was another fun day, Riverkat! Tramping through the woods with you two back in the Fall!! I look forward to doing it again!

Letterboxing is grand!!
Re: Hey, cheer up
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #833222 by Krickster
Mar 1, 2014 7:15am
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Functioning opera house, defunct clay tile factory, rather hilly, in the midst of the cornfields, settled by Welsh coal miners, though the mines in Iowa were mostly small and are now mostly closed. It's not on the main highway so I haven't driven through in years. There is probably a bar where you can get a meal, and a gas station, some 100+ year old small houses and a couple of blocks of brick commercial buildings! also old. If you're a native, it is probably vibrant.
Re: link not working
Board: Letterboxing Help Desk
Reply to: #833220 by Cape Cod Cam
Mar 1, 2014 7:27am
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It looks like someone went in and cleaned it up by removing it now. The nice thing about Wiki is that ANYONE can edit it. Yep, even you. :)
I found a link to a video showing how to do it and added that.

And you can see a history of who did edits by clicking Archive. So if you wanted to contact the person that originally put the link in for more info, you now know who that is too.
Re: Hey, cheer up
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #833231 by Maude
Mar 1, 2014 7:32am
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Maude, you must have missed that there is a chicken de-beaking factory there. And a large gruel store. Cool hobbies Buzzkill has!
Re: link not working
Board: Letterboxing Help Desk
Reply to: #833232 by The Wolf Family
Mar 1, 2014 7:42am
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Thank You :-)
Happy AQversary works4us
Board: LGTBQ Group
Mar 1, 2014 8:11am
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Hope the next seven is as gay as the first!
Re: Hey, cheer up
Board: Mysterious Capers and Sneaky Stuff
Reply to: #833233 by bluebirdlover
Mar 1, 2014 8:17am
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I think the chicken debeaking thing is an embellishment to illustrate the character of the trail name in question, and I understood that it is Buzzkill's employment. Also, everyone makes their own gruel around here, often using old family recipes and cast iron pots, crick water, and hand ground grains. It's a cultural thing.