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Have You Ever ...
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Dec 3, 2018 6:59pm
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Have you ever folded your signatures, set them aside for tomorrow then couldn't find them?

Fortunately, I just started looking around for something else and found them. I'll be putting together my logbook tonight.
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Reply to: #969045 by Oberon_Kenobi
Dec 3, 2018 10:54pm
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I stitched together the signatures, glued the cardboard inside the cover paper, and glued the signatures inside of the cover. It is now drying under a book with a board on top and then weighed down. It should be ready in the morning for planting.

This is a replant. I'm waiting until the early afternoon so that it will be warm when I go traipsing through the snow to plant this letterbox. When I get back I'll have to remember to post how deep the snow was. The box will go about 400 feet from the parking lot along a trail. The forecast shows that it will be below freezing, but there is no snow in the forecast.
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Reply to: #969045 by Oberon_Kenobi
Dec 4, 2018 3:09am
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folded your signatures

Maybe I got up too early and my brain isn’t warmed up yet as I haven’t had any coffee, but I don’t know what you’re talking about 😂 Please elaborate as I’ve never done this before.
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Reply to: #969052 by 4EyesMcgee
Dec 4, 2018 5:50am
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Signatures, as in the folded groups of pages in a homemade logbook.
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Reply to: #969052 by 4EyesMcgee
Dec 4, 2018 7:45am
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Here is an example of making your own book.
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Reply to: #969063 by Oberon_Kenobi
Dec 4, 2018 10:13am
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I just call them logbooks 😂 never used the term signatures. Lookie that. You can teach an old dog new tricks.
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Reply to: #969071 by 4EyesMcgee
Dec 4, 2018 11:04am
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I just call them logbooks 😂 never used the term signatures.

From Merriam Webster definition 3b:

one unit of a book comprising a group of printed sheets that are folded and stitched together

A book, including a log book, is made up of multiple signatures. However, our usage of log book is wider. I've seen some log books made up of interesting folds and cuts of paper.
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Reply to: #969072 by Oberon_Kenobi
Dec 4, 2018 11:19am
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I never knew that definition! Interesting.

4eyes
Remembering to put The Word of the Day calendar on her Christmas list
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Reply to: #969050 by Oberon_Kenobi
Dec 4, 2018 9:07pm
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The roads were clear, and the parking lot had been packed down by previous vehicles. The trail was easy to follow at first, but I lost it about half way to the location. I even went the wrong way, but when there was no clear way I went back to where I was sure and tried again. I eventually found the place along the trail and planted the letterbox.

Then I went back uphill, through the knee-deep snow. 🐸 It is too bad that it wasn't a frog stamp that I was planting. 🐸

After this tangent I made, I thought of carving a stamp for every animal emoji, but there are too many. There are only 2 dog glyphs but 11 cat glyphs. (See page 2.) This means that the cats rule the Internet.