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Re: how do I get the daily digest for my favorite boards?
Board: Letterboxing Help Desk
Reply to: #934538 by HowD girls
Sep 30, 2016 10:17am
You can use the 'Favorite Boards' widget on 'My Page' to show you new posts for your favorite boards.
Re: New Webelos requirement....
Board: Scouts Honor
Reply to: #935624 by MamaShark
Sep 30, 2016 10:18am
I've often thought about trying to get them to add a letterboxing merit badge. I agree with prior post - would have been nice if the badge had encompassed all geolocation forms! There can certainly be a tie in with map and compass for letterboxing - as well as hiking.
Re: Typing "degree" for zero
Board: Letterboxing Help Desk
Reply to: #935632 by Waterbird
Sep 30, 2016 10:54am
It's in this thread.
Pumpkin Patch Opens
Board: State: Georgia
Sep 30, 2016 11:29am
My three boxes have been replanted. The farm reopens for the pumpkin season tomorrow at 10:00. Check their sites for more information on the Sunflower Festival, Pumpkin Patch, and Fear the Woods. http://www.aboutyule.com/ and http://fearthewoods.com/ Thanks
Re: somebody remind me....
Board: Postals
Reply to: #935640 by Nurse Wanderseek
Sep 30, 2016 11:30am
If you do a tracker search, and choose "newest first", and "only open" trackers, it comes up with a list of current open trackers. Or are you looking for a postal ring?
Re: degrees symbol
Board: Letterboxing Help Desk
Reply to: #935625 by Green Tortuga
Sep 30, 2016 11:41am
I'm not reading you.
I don't have the symbol on my keyboard to type? I know you know this but I can't figure out what you must mean.
Wait, when I sent my reply your message just changed the ° to the degree symbol--so it's the & symbol that does it. When I tried °ree, however, it wouldn't work. I'm off to try &tilde and ¨aut.
I went to the wiki help page and can find nowhere that allows me to edit it?
I don't have the symbol on my keyboard to type? I know you know this but I can't figure out what you must mean.
Wait, when I sent my reply your message just changed the ° to the degree symbol--so it's the & symbol that does it. When I tried °ree, however, it wouldn't work. I'm off to try &tilde and ¨aut.
I went to the wiki help page and can find nowhere that allows me to edit it?
Re: degrees symbol
Board: Letterboxing Help Desk
Reply to: #935646 by Wronghat
Sep 30, 2016 11:52am
&tilde
¨aut
¨aut
Re: degrees symbol
Board: Letterboxing Help Desk
Reply to: #935647 by Wronghat
Sep 30, 2016 11:53am
Well, that sure isn't what I had hoped.
Happy AQversary, MoonshineOverKY!!
Board: Look at Me! Look At You!
Sep 30, 2016 12:08pm
And thank you for being my letterboxing spirit guide. And hiking guru. And friend. MUAH!
Re: degrees symbol
Board: Letterboxing Help Desk
Reply to: #935646 by Wronghat
Sep 30, 2016 12:39pm
That and the semicolon at the end. ° = ° Not "degree", just "deg". There's all sorts of useful symbols. You have to remember how they're abbreviated, but it's still a lot easier than remembering numbers! But they all start with a & and end with a ;.
Here are some others you can look through: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_symbols.asp.
-- Ryan
Re: somebody remind me....
Board: Postals
Reply to: #935638 by Nurse Wanderseek
Sep 30, 2016 1:02pm
On your home page activate the tracker widget. You set it for available postal trackers. They will show up as they become available. They often fill up really quickly.
Re: somebody remind me....
Board: Postals
Reply to: #935640 by Nurse Wanderseek
Sep 30, 2016 1:07pm
Yes postals have gone through a revival in the last two years. Not sure how you are searching but I probably am signed up for 19 postal trackers. Some are winding down with others starting in the future. Once a tracker is full they are typically listed as closed even though they are active. It means they are closed to sign ups.
Douglas State Forest
Board: State: Massachusetts
Sep 30, 2016 2:05pm
OK, I know there are some Douglas State Forest lovers in here. We're looking to plot out the boxes in the forest, and am looking for a map with the gate numbers on it. Anyone know where I could find one?
Also, are none of the trails blazed? The map I found on the DCR site isn't terribly helpful, as you can see.....
Any info would be greatly welcomed!
Thanks!
BB
Also, are none of the trails blazed? The map I found on the DCR site isn't terribly helpful, as you can see.....
Any info would be greatly welcomed!
Thanks!
BB
Re: Help, magnifier
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #935608 by shiloh
Sep 30, 2016 3:00pm
What is the purpose/advantage of a wire knife?
Would grinding down and rounding off the backside of an X-acto 11 Knife?
http://www.atlasquest.com/gallery/viewalbum.html?gAlbumId=4489
Re: Happy AQversary, MoonshineOverKY!!
Board: Look at Me! Look At You!
Reply to: #935649 by General Word Nerd
Sep 30, 2016 5:29pm
Ahhh, thanks! And right back at ya....MUAH!
I was really hoping to get out today and grab a single box to celebrate my 6th year of letterboxing. Didn't quite make it - but there's always tomorrow! And the day after that....
I was really hoping to get out today and grab a single box to celebrate my 6th year of letterboxing. Didn't quite make it - but there's always tomorrow! And the day after that....
Rocklun and Southpaw Visit UT
Board: State: Utah
Sep 30, 2016 5:48pm
We'd love to have you join us! Rocklun and Southpaw visit UT.
Re: Douglas State Forest
Board: State: Massachusetts
Reply to: #935657 by Arf!
Sep 30, 2016 6:05pm
I use your doc a lot, Arf, which is pretty sad, considering.
Re: Douglas State Forest
Board: State: Massachusetts
Reply to: #935654 by Bungalow Boxer
Sep 30, 2016 6:08pm
Re: Help, magnifier
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #935655 by Frenchie
Sep 30, 2016 6:23pm
Interesting! Hadn't seen that idea before. Dunno why it wouldn't work, but I suspect the effect would be somewhat different than a wire knife because you're still left with a long cutting edge here. If you cut the front of the X-acto #11 back to 1/8" away from the original back edge, it'd be closer to working the same as a wire knife. If you cut both the front and back down so what was left was a straight protrusion from the centerline of the handle out to a 1/8" cutting edge, that'd essentially be exactly what a wire knife is.
The odd thing is, I have a difficult time explaining the advantages of a wire knife myself -- and I invented the contraption. In theory, a dead stock X-Acto #11 should work just as well -- but it doesn't, at least not for me. Using a #11 feels like carving with a meat cleaver after I've been using my wire knife for a while.
When I devised the wire knife, I expected it to be a details-only tool, the cutter you drag outta the toolkit when you need to get the shine on that eye in the image just right. It came as a surprise to me that I use it for everything, even the long straight cuts along a rectangular border around an image. Just about the only thing I use a #11 for any more is slicing a big slab of rubber off a corner or a side.
The odd thing is, I have a difficult time explaining the advantages of a wire knife myself -- and I invented the contraption. In theory, a dead stock X-Acto #11 should work just as well -- but it doesn't, at least not for me. Using a #11 feels like carving with a meat cleaver after I've been using my wire knife for a while.
When I devised the wire knife, I expected it to be a details-only tool, the cutter you drag outta the toolkit when you need to get the shine on that eye in the image just right. It came as a surprise to me that I use it for everything, even the long straight cuts along a rectangular border around an image. Just about the only thing I use a #11 for any more is slicing a big slab of rubber off a corner or a side.
Re: Wearing gloves while boxing?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #935455 by Rocklun
Sep 30, 2016 6:25pm
Pokey Stick
deniserows
advice easily
deniserows
advice easily
Re: Wearing gloves while boxing?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #935490 by PapaSolo
Sep 30, 2016 6:27pm
Re: Wearing gloves while boxing?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #935492 by FORAYCH
Sep 30, 2016 6:28pm
Again....EEEWWW Button please
deniserows
repetitively
deniserows
repetitively
New to letterboxing
Board: New Members' Board
Sep 30, 2016 6:37pm
I'm new to letterboxing. From upstate ny
Re: New to letterboxing
Board: New Members' Board
Reply to: #935667 by 2 best buds
Sep 30, 2016 7:03pm
Welcome! I'm sure we'll run into each other one of these days.
YG
YG
Re: Happy AQversary, MoonshineOverKY!!
Board: Look at Me! Look At You!
Reply to: #935658 by MoonshineOverKY
Sep 30, 2016 7:28pm
Congrats.
Re: New to letterboxing
Board: New Members' Board
Reply to: #935667 by 2 best buds
Sep 30, 2016 8:09pm
Cool! Where? I am near Binghamton.
Re: Help, magnifier
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Reply to: #935662 by Kirbert
Sep 30, 2016 9:21pm
Think about it for a while. It will come to you out of the blue. Then you can tell us.
I can't even get a straight line as straight as I want when I'm using a #11 blade. I use the straight edge to line up the point with the line by making the edge of the blade as close to parallel to the material as possible while still cutting. So, imaging the point in the material and very little distance between the cutting material and the edge of the blade. I line this up with the straight edge of the line I'm supposed to get but I still get some slight waviness. Am I just too picky, or can no one else carve as well as Kirbert?
I've seen an actual Kirbert stamp, not just the image, so I know I don't carve as well as he does. I've read his tutorials too. I just need more practice. I guess we all do.
Happy Happy!!!!
Board: Look at Me! Look At You!
Sep 30, 2016 10:16pm
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Re: New to letterboxing
Board: New Members' Board
Reply to: #935667 by 2 best buds
Sep 30, 2016 10:22pm
Welcome to the obsession!
Re: Happy Happy!!!!
Board: Look at Me! Look At You!
Reply to: #935672 by Raven
Sep 30, 2016 10:34pm
Omg that's so much confetti. Thank youuu!