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Reply to: #967948 by Green Tortuga
Nov 6, 2018 4:44am
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Thanks GT. As usual quick and thoughtful service.
HELP :/
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Nov 7, 2018 3:53am
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I had a lady send me some stamps of bunnys and kittens and my email is gone between the two of us... I want to give her credit but for the life of me I cant find anything with her trail name... can anyone help or if it was you can you please get ahold of me...

Thank you
Help on LTC Tracker set up
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Nov 7, 2018 9:50am
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I just tried to list my first LTC tracker and it came up as a traditional tracker. How do I change it?? As it stands right now LTC's can't be listed on it.
Re: Help on LTC Tracker set up
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Reply to: #968033 by shutterbug2012
Nov 7, 2018 10:24am
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Your best bet is to delete it and start over, setting the new one up as an LTC tracker.
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Re: Help on LTC Tracker set up
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Reply to: #968036 by Mosaic Butterfly
Nov 7, 2018 10:38am
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Thanks
Re: Just Starting
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Reply to: #968107 by System
Nov 8, 2018 3:12pm
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we're wondering if there are any specific rules or laws about where we can place a letterbox in our area.

I recommend finding several letterboxes before planting. That way you'll see what places people like to letterbox and what places people avoid (schoolgrounds, playgrounds, prisons, poison ivy patches, landfills, Walmart dumpsters)

The Code of Conduct has some information.
https://www.atlasquest.com/about/rules/respect.php
Re: Just Starting
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Reply to: #968107 by System
Nov 8, 2018 4:03pm
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Find your state board and see if there's anybody in your area.

TG
Re: Just Starting
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Reply to: #968107 by System
Nov 8, 2018 5:16pm
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we're wondering if there are any specific rules or laws about where we can place a letterbox in our area.

By no means a complete list, check the Land Manager Policies section of the help pages. It'll at least give you some information. You can also try googling phrases like "letterboxing in texas state parks" or whatever is relevant to you or the specific website with information about a park you're interested in. Most of them don't typically have information about letterboxing, but if there's a section on geocaching, you'll probably be safe assuming the rules will be similar to letterboxing.

-- Ryan
Re: Just Starting
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Reply to: #968108 by Wronghat
Nov 8, 2018 8:26pm
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That way you'll see what places people like to letterbox and what places people avoid [...] poison ivy patches

What do you mean to avoid ivy patches? My first plant was in an ivy patch!

Seriously, I didn't know what poison ivy looked like, and I ended up planting in a sparse patch of poison ivy. In my defense, even if I'd know what do look for it was early in the year, before it really got growing. I did end up moving it out of that patch, closer to the trail.
Mailbox?
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Nov 9, 2018 7:19pm
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Is everyone else missing their aq mail altogether?
Re: Mailbox?
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Reply to: #968159 by Neoterra
Nov 9, 2018 7:39pm
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Not me.

Hmmmm ... I see that your account is relatively new, and I cannot honestly say I know what the AQ mailbox would look like if I had never sent or received mail ....

So I'll send you an AQ mail and let's see what happens.

Warrior Woman
always game for an experiment
Re: Mailbox?
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Reply to: #968159 by Neoterra
Nov 9, 2018 10:55pm
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Is everyone else missing their aq mail altogether?

I wasn't even sure what you meant by this, so I logged into your account and it appears you minimized your AQ mail widget. And I thought--ah, that's what you meant!

So I maximized it again. Click the + button in the upper-right corner of the page to expand a widget and the - button in the upper-right corner to minimize it. (Which is what you apparently did at some point.)

-- Ryan
Re: Mailbox?
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Reply to: #968163 by Green Tortuga
Nov 10, 2018 9:10am
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Oh thank you, it's working!
Re: Mailbox?
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Reply to: #968160 by Warrior Woman
Nov 10, 2018 9:10am
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Thank you!
Re: Mailbox?
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Reply to: #968163 by Green Tortuga
Nov 10, 2018 9:10am
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Must have done an accidental click.
Can't print clues
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Nov 16, 2018 9:28am
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A bug in the system according to the message.

For now I'll do a screen shot.
Soup's On and the pot is steaming hot !
Re: Can't print clues
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Reply to: #968403 by Grrly Girl
Nov 16, 2018 9:31am
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I can't view the clues for a box. Do an advanced search, click on a box, click on the link to its clues. Error page displayed.
Re: Can't print clues
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Reply to: #968403 by Grrly Girl
Nov 16, 2018 9:40am
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I bet it's something Wassa did. *nodding*

-- Ryan, looking into things
Re: Can't print clues
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Reply to: #968406 by Green Tortuga
Nov 16, 2018 9:57am
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Good thing I got most of my clues printed before it happened.
Tomorrow's event will wait for no one.
Re: Can't print clues
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Reply to: #968403 by Grrly Girl
Nov 16, 2018 10:31am
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Does viewing and printing clues work for everyone now?

-- Ryan
Re: HELP :/
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Reply to: #968024 by Moms_Play
Nov 21, 2018 3:44am
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I had a similar issue happen. If you can remember what state they were sent from, post on that states message board.
Saved box name
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Dec 1, 2018 1:26pm
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A while ago we could reserve a Name for a future letterbox we would want to plant. Where can I find this now? I saved one years ago (shame on me) and now I can't find it to plant the box. I'm also to old to remember what the name was too!! Ack!
Memorial pages, or board?
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Dec 1, 2018 1:36pm
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For lack of knowing where to ask this I do so any way here. Where would I find this board or those pages. I didn't see any note of them on the head listings. Memorial pages of deceased boxers. Thanks
Re: Memorial pages, or board?
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Reply to: #968956 by Okie Dog
Dec 1, 2018 1:43pm
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Re: Saved box name
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Reply to: #968955 by The Gamecock
Dec 1, 2018 1:49pm
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A while ago we could reserve a Name for a future letterbox we would want to plant

Go to your logbook. Under Action select Plants. Under Box Type select Traditional. Click on the down arrow for a list. The last one is Reserved.

I hope the one you saved is still there.
Re: Memorial pages, or board?
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Reply to: #968957 by mudflinginfools
Dec 1, 2018 11:33pm
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Thank you, Mud. Er...Kathleen? My CRS is kicking in once again, hope the name is right. Can't remember s--t. oops--anyway, thanks for the info.
Board archives?
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Dec 6, 2018 6:36am
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I was bored and thought it might be fun to read board posts of days gone by. But clicking on the numbers (20) at the bottom page, I was only able to go back to Nov 6, 2017. I even tried manually inserting a higher number in the url bar to no avail.

Is there an archive of forum posts somewhere that’s easy to access (excepting the Wayback machine)?

DZ
Re: Board archives?
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Reply to: #969128 by DarkZen and Evil Cow Pie
Dec 6, 2018 7:08am
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I couldn't get into older post on a local board until I searched all the boards by keywords...then I could see really really old post from all the boards, but I'm not sure if that's how its supposed to work.
Re: Saved box name
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Reply to: #968959 by Scooters Mom
Dec 6, 2018 7:09am
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No, I believe I had two reserved. But nothing shows now. Guess they get erased after a while. :(
Thanks for the info!
Re: Board archives?
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Reply to: #969128 by DarkZen and Evil Cow Pie
Dec 6, 2018 8:56am
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But clicking on the numbers (20) at the bottom page, I was only able to go back to Nov 6, 2017.

I'm not actually sure which page you're referring to, but I suspect you're looking at a list of "recent" messages rather than "all" messages. It's an important distinction! =)

When you're reading a board, though, if you click the "First" button, it takes you to the first message of the board.

If you want to poke around messages older than a year but not necessarily the very first messages on a board, however, I'd recommend the search boards option. You can specify the year you'd like to search from 2004 to the present. (Message boards began in 2004.) You could explore specific themes across all years as well.

It's also possible to look at the AQ Stats page which shows how many messages were posted each month since the feature was introduced. If you click on one of the months, it'll take you to the messages starting from that month.

-- Ryan