https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/monk-seal-has-an-eel-in-its-nose?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7cc063fd75-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_12_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-7cc063fd75-63228585&ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_12_7_2018)&mc_cid=7cc063fd75&mc_eid=24c3e91922

Where’s the “yuck!” Button? 😄

Also, FYI, you can shorten long URLs here: https://tinyurl.com

alcohol worked amazingly!!!

To help remove the cancellation strips, or to help you to not care? 🍺🍹🍾

The cancellation marks won’t matter so long as they aren’t on the stamps.

To help remove the cancellation strips, or to help you to not care?

👍 That’s hilarious!!!

thanks for the Tiny.

You will be missed!

I never seem to get to SS either! we are like ships in the night on a dark and stormy sea......

There are tons of awesome restaurants in the mid-Hudson what are in in the mood for? where are you staying tonight?

I knew I was using the wrong flavor/brand..............

got to love it!!!

gross, and I'm glad my day is going much better than that.

That sound like a Dr. Seuss title

The Seal with an Eel Up It's Nose

I'm sorry to say
I'm sad to report
That I found a seal
In a terrible sort

The seals they do probe
They are looking for food
The eels try to escape
Ending up the seal's snood

The seals go back to the beach
Go up on the land
And begin to wheeze
Up on the sand

The problem you see,
Had by these seals
Are these things up their nose
These thing are small eels

Then the humans do see
That seal and his wheeze
They do want to help
The seal they will please

After a look, a real close exam
The eel was removed
by the Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program

This latest nose eel was also removed,
With a “slow, steady pull.”
The seal was unharmed;
But at least the eel was all whole

The seal was released
Back out on the beach
But if you're an eel
No noses! We beseech

---

Footnote: "Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program" just doesn't work in the meter of Seuss, but I did what I could.

Also, use a dry erase marker and scribble on the cancellation marks. Then use the dry eraser and they come right off.

Bravo.

https://giphy.com/gifs/onechicago-nbc-season-7-chicago-fire-vcKEsYOdjoCeJRpn95

Tape a piece of paper over the extra postmarks. particularly if it hit an untapped area.

Hummm....sounds like an old vaudeville routine.

Didja hear the one about the seal with the eel stuck up it's nose?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI

We are staying in Athens Fri and are at Crossroads Brewery now.

Wow, that is one of the best horrible puns I've heard lately!!

I can't believe I read the whole thing!

I posted a new swap...it's going to be a series of swaps. I really enjoyed the art study swaps that we did because I learned how to use my products in a different way. I also was amazed at how others created their cards in the restricted art movement. The cards were so interesting and unusual...different ideas than what I had. It was great!

I don't think this series will be as difficult as our previous but you can get as creative and difficult as you want. You can watch youtube videos, search blogs, or just play!!

Let me know if you have questions...or comments??

You might want to add what you've learned to the help wiki.

I agree with most of that -- except setting Ryan up as arbiter. Leans too far toward Groundspeak for my tastes.

Thank you so much for making me aware of this show! I don’t really keep track of new shows on Netflix, and I would have missed it. I’ve only watched a few episodes, but I am quite enjoying it!

I just made a postcard for a ring exchange. I set it up as an “Other” type box but now I can’t add it to the tracker. I should have made it an LTC. I was about to delete it when I realized that I’d lose my AQ number which is already written on the cards. Is it too late to change it to an LTC, and if not, how do I do that?

You get one of the admins to fix it. AQ-mail Green Tortuga and ask if he will fix it for you.

I've gone ahead and changed it.

Happy trails!

-- Ryan

My Letterboxers Egg Hunt Event is coming up, are there any animation-related stamps in that haul?

Actually, I could probably use the whole haul. Sending my details in private message.

Warrior Woman
could use the help

Dawnkey and I were talking about the tools and tricks of letterboxing and using the Atlas Quest site. We thought it would be interesting to open up a discussion about what we've found helpful and hope that some of our Michigan friends might both learn from us but also teach the rest of us some of their ways of using the website.

So here goes...

CUSTOM LOCATIONS - I use this constantly! Once I know where I am going, I search the area. For example, when I do a search of Indianapolis, Indiana, letterboxes come up in a variety of ways and I adapt them to make finding them easier.

When [this box] comes up with the address but not the name of the place, I "customize" it by adding the name of the place along with the address.

When [this box] comes up with the name of the place but not an exact address, I google the address then "customize" it by adding the address along with the name of the place.

But the most helpful is when [a box like this] comes up and I need to find both the address and the name of the location. When I "customize" it, my future searches will put it where it belongs and I don't miss it when I'm at the location.

Does anyone else use CUSTOM ADDRESSES regularly?
Angel Winks

I’m wondering if it’s possible to turn on or enable spoiler tags on this site?

I stumbled across a cool artist I thought would be fun to share with the LTCer in a forum post but as I scrolled through her work, I noticed there were a couple of paintings/drawings that showed hints of boobies (albeit cartoony and manga-ish). Nothing that should offend but it would have been nice to spoiler it thus adhering to the *”2 click rule” if I decided to put a google search link to her stuff.

Also I notice that several posters like to discuss movies and TV shows. Spoiler tags would allow one to discuss the show in a general way but also have some plot elements hidden so as not to spoil it for those yet to see it.

Just a suggestion.

That's an interesting idea.... I'd never heard of a spoiler tag before. How do you imagine it would look? I googled for information about spoiler tags and see a couple of different ways it might work, but how have you seen it used in the past?

-- Ryan

They are used on several other message boards I visit occasionally. I believe they are used like this:

[spoiler] [/spoiler]

See post 22 in this thread for an example:
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=843800