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Re: [LbNA] hitchhikers

 

I was just wondering if anyone had ever found their own hitchhiker in someone elses' letterbox....

Coleen
We have found our hitchhiker Moose on the Loose, several times.  We left it in Massachusetts, but found it in two different places in Rhode Island, and again in CT. 
Also, some hitchhikers do go home.  We have retired Stellaluna.  She had been flying for a while and her wings were very tired.  Thanks Chuck and Molly for her safe return home.
 
Melissa
 
If anyone has seen Max's first birthday hitchhiker in the past few months please let us know.  Thanks- e-mail us @ kiwi-1@...



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I couldn't agree with you more, Valerie. The Orient Express Braintree, VT P19F133 "The game is afoot!" ... From: "Valerie Gilson" <glassreed@...> To:...
Tom Cooch
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Feb 15, 2002
9:37 am

Each time I have posted finding a hitchhiker, the planter of the hitchhiker has written to say thanks for the update. How else would they know if it is...
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Feb 15, 2002
7:15 pm

I was just wondering if anyone had ever found their own hitchhiker in someone elses' letterbox.... Coleen We have found our hitchhiker Moose on the Loose,...
Melissa Harvey
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Aug 14, 2002
1:18 am

My view as a mail artist: Sounds like hitchhikers suffer the same kinds of vagaries as mail art projects. Mail artists and pen pallers send hundreds of things...
Janna Mauldin Heiner
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Aug 9, 2006
10:51 pm

What kind of answer are you expecting? You found a HH, it requested that you notify the placer. You notified the placer. Transaction done. Although it might...
SpringChick
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Aug 10, 2006
2:02 am

I think it's impolite to not write back to someone who took the time to let you know they found your HH to thank them, especially if they are doing what you...
Kathy Norris
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Aug 10, 2006
2:46 am

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/letterbox_travellers/ this is probably the best site to list or find out about hitchhikers. smile uneksia [Non-text portions of...
uneksia
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Aug 10, 2006
3:28 am

I'd think basic courtesy would suggest that a thanks would be in order if someone notifies the placer of a hitchhiker. The person who found it owes the placer...
Janna Mauldin Heiner
mejaka
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Aug 10, 2006
3:51 am

What is funny about this thread is that people are counting on other people to take time out of their ever-so-busy lives to spend 1-2 minutes on an email. Why...
Tracy Edwards
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Aug 10, 2006
4:38 am

LOL... my message was not hidden in the html-free email that the group site sent out... ... From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com...
Tracy Edwards
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Aug 10, 2006
4:59 am

... When planting a letterbox, a placer has gone out of their way for other participants of the game, they have given their time and creativity to the hobby --...
SpringChick
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Aug 10, 2006
9:22 am

When I read this I wondered if it was a spoof. You ARE kidding aren't you? As long as I've been letterboxing, it has been considered good letterbox etiquette...
funhog1
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Aug 12, 2006
3:46 am

Yes, there sure are (different perspectives on everything.) Boy, am I glad LbNA is back. :^ ) jmauldinheiner@... Simon says: stop breathing. ......
Janna Mauldin Heiner
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Aug 10, 2006
1:26 pm

Funhog, I was responding to something specific. No spoof. It's a considerable amount of trouble to take down an email address, keep track of it and what HH...
Janna Mauldin Heiner
mejaka
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Aug 12, 2006
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... geocaching. Letterboxing appeals to me much more for it's artistic history and the creativity it still retains, but the two communities feel entirely...
SpringChick
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Aug 12, 2006
2:05 pm

Is this part a spoof? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Clueless
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Aug 12, 2006
3:58 pm

You have to wonder, yeh? In my opinion anyone who considers this to be too much trouble or effort shouldn't be letterboxing in the first place -- it's not...
SpringChick
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Aug 12, 2006
5:43 pm

Unfortunately, it seems that mejaka's point has been missed here... I think the comments were not really to gripe about it being hard to notify a placer or to...
Kathy Norris
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Aug 12, 2006
6:03 pm

While I agree that this was the intent of the original discussion, I was disturbed when I saw the turn the commentary took and felt is warranted attention....
funhog1
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Aug 12, 2006
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Yes, I do too. I so appreciate them taking the time to update me, and as you said so many do not, that I make sure I say thanks for the contact. Just my way of...
Hikers_n_ Hounds
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Aug 13, 2006
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I try to reply back, but truthfully, I don't always. Sometimes an email comes in when I'm overwhelmed and I think, I'll get back to them later. But then I...
gramatrick
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Aug 13, 2006
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I hate to compare letterboxing and geocaching because they are two very different games. (In my opinion) But in geocaching the ultimate goal is to log in your...
Jill Constantine
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Aug 12, 2006
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As Funhog, I try to respond to every person who sends me an e-mail or contact the placer message about finding (or sometimes not finding) one of my...
SpringChick
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