It's been done! =)

-- Ryan

That is amazing! Thank you, Santa.. err.. Ryan! :)

I’m an older LTC’r as well. We never used to put the AQ number on them. However, back then there wasn’t nearly as many LTCs as there are now! I personally don’t mind searching for them, it’s part of the fun for me. I also like to flip through my album to see the name of the card, the tracker (if there was one), signature stamp and name. The date is nice too. After you’ve collected for so many years it’s neat to see how they’ve changed, stayed the same, or even how carvers improved their techniques and how they use different mediums over the years. I never numbered my cards, (5 of 25) because later on I enjoy creating more if I still have the stamps on hand.

We are definitely "in" for the search in California.

now that is too cool! thank you!!!

I'm a longtime LTC maker, too (since 2008). I don't use the numbers to log my finds, I use the "record finds" button on the tracker page. No need to do any searching. You can also log the finds from the list of box names on the tracker page. I like having the name of the card on the back, as well as the maker's name and sig stamp.

If anyone is still playing I found my way back into Pokemon Go and it seems most of my friends in the game don’t play much any more.

Any takers?

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Guess I'll have to gasp on the behalf of the MAGA audience.
(someone mentioned the J D in J D Vance must stand for Jefferson Davis)

Vance knows the first lesson in effective public speaking is to know your audience.

More misinformation: James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman ... After he was adopted by his mother's third husband, Bob Hamel, his mother changed his name to James David Hamel to remove his biological father's first name and surname and to use an uncle's first name, David.

I was gifted with roughly 1,000 old LTCs (circa 2007-2010). I don’t think any of them had AQ numbers on the back, but after much detective work, I think I ended up with only 2 or 3 cards that I couldn’t log. AQ numbers would have been very helpful!

That said, I just looked at the backs of my oldest LTCs. Although I started making cards in 2009, I didn’t put the AQ number on them until 2015. Maybe that’s around the time that other folks did, too? I can’t remember offhand.

Oh wait! Is it really James David? Wow! Who could have known! Thank you so much for pointing that out! I wonder why the OP would invoke the name Jefferson Davis after listening to Vance's speech? I'm no Alfred Einstein (save it), so who is Jefferson Davis and how would he fit into the context of all this? Boy, he must be so embarrassed right now to be associated with Vance!

It's very telling interesting that's your only take away from the Vance statement. Only a comment toward the obvious sarcastic reaction of a viewer?

Remember to duck when a joke sails over your head Sheldon.

dingus dufus wrote:


Miss Moon wrote:

Because people here have missed when I have written something here sarcastically, (flying over your partisans' heads) I have been (mostly) marking such statements with irony marks. I made my comment for:

• Applying the de rigueur standard of this group, at least when applied to me.
• For those who may believe that is his middle name without bothering to look it up.

Or, do you think that the same treatment does not apply to you?

Now, dingus, going by the coloring of your signature stamp, do you "apologize for being white" every day? Any times? When was the last time you did so? Please tell us a few stories of these times.

Not being a member of the white victim culthood, Vance's dog whistle didn't register. No, I do not apologize, negating further responses to your downstream questions.

Still nothing regarding Vance's statement?

Friend Request sent!

961762909209 (my code for others looking, too)

The entirety of the video in the link you posted is:

You already replied to this.

If I click to view the comments, I get a pop-up requiring me to log in. I have NEVER logged into the "platform formerly known as Twitter", and plan to never do so.

Thank you!!!

BB

Here is another trainer code (MaizeAndBlu): 1365 3953 1783

Thanks!!! I think this is a nice feature!

So i finally got my speedball in the mail! i don't know what to carve though. And i'm not sure how to locate a trail on my phone. is there a free app for iphones? i can't remember what the kind lady who explained the process to me said.

Clue Tracker is the app to have!

Whatever you say Sheldon.

I've had a couple inquires, so just for review:

The proceeds of the sale (if sold) are going to my local humane society and after ebay fees and tax there's not alot left over so the price will not be going lower ;)

It's a worthy cause, if you'd like to help out the cats and dogs - and get the cool magazine too

The first question is hard to answer, because your personal/signature stamp can be literally anything. Also, you can use one stamp for awhile and then switch to something else if you decide it suits you better.

When I first started, I didn’t have a trail name (alias) yet, so I just went with my first initial and put some plant leaves on top; then a couple of years later I added my trail name. My one daughter loved cows, so she had a cute cow stamp. My other daughter had a little winged imp thing from some goth rock group 😂

Yes I know a couple trans people, more gay people. But of the two trans people I personally know , one committed suicide. I understand being born and feeling uncomfortable in the person you are. But because you think you are a gender other then what you were born , is delusional,,,, in my opinion . Sorry. I don’t believe you found out in your single digits years, and you was reading psychology books at 12. And you want me to believe you had the mental capacity to understand what you was reading. That would be very impressive.
For most 12 yrs olds , just entering puberty, life is very confusing. And it’s a know fact that a 12 yrs old brain is far from being fully developed.
But let’s say all that is factual. Are you suggesting that a twelve year old should be able to get drugs or surgery, they deem needed. Yes back in the 60-70s a person that thought they were the opposite sex would have gotten therapy, and they would not have been offered drugs or surgery till the were an adult and probably not till they were of at least 25 yrs old.
And the percentage of those people were minute.
In today’s culture, half the country, an awful lot of Hollywood think it’s “ cool” to be trans. All of a sudden the trans population has exploded a 100 fold. Do you really think these so called trans are like you, have gone through what you have. I don’t. Let’s look at a very popular trans from our generation , Bruce Jenner.
How old was he when he finally transitioned. He was a grown ass person/ man. And as a fully functioning adult , if he decides to get a sex change , all the power to him.
But that’s not what is happening in today’s world. We have schools giving permission for kids to change their sex and are hiding it from parents. We have doctors giving children drugs to alter their gender. I’m pretty sure sure Bruce Jenner has been quoted as being against this. And if you have gone through this also. I would think you would be against it too.

I hope you have found peace in your life and are enjoying letterboxing,
God bless you. Be blessed and happy

Are you a lesbian, Are you aware of the divorce rate amongst lesbian? It is the highest of any group. That’s just facts. In regards to to hate, You have no idea what is in my heart, or my world.
What I have found in life is that people that go around shouting about hate or often the ones filled with it,
I have many gay people in my family, in my friends, and I love them just as I love any straight person.
There is a whole political persuasion, that, if you don’t agree with them , they call you names, try to shame you, insinuate that you hate. I allow you to think whatever you like. I don’t have to agree with you, but that certainly Doesn’t mean I hate you

The app ($6.99) is great!.......but you don't need one to go boxing. You can do a search of the area you want to box in right here on AQ.

Please check out the glossary, tutorials, Code of Conduct, all under 'Home' at the top of the homepage. There's a help section and also "About Letterboxing", which includes the very long history of our hobby. It's a much loved hobby that's been around for a very, very long time. It's not just something on TikTok or a group on Facebook.

Hopefully you'll want to keep letterboxing for many years to come. The more you know about boxing the more you will enjoy it.

I haven’t used the app, but I’ve heard good things. I still like to print out the clues from the website and take them with me. As MissMoon mentioned, you can do a simple search right from the homepage or under the “Letterboxes” tab. You can use your hometown, nearby cities or favorite park.

As a first time letterboxer, I would recommend checking the last found date. You might have more success with boxes that were found recently. Older boxes are exciting to find too, but they sometimes go missing or take some extra work to find.

Looking forward to seeing your stamp on the trail someday.

They were facts that were completely irrelevant to the conversation at hand. It's kind of like having a conversation about planting flowers, then someone comes in and mentions this "fact" that black people have a higher rate of poverty than white people and you're left wondering... What does this have to do with the price of tea in China? This just sounds like you happened to find a negative fact about lesbians and it was critically important to you that everyone knows it because it paints them in a poor light.


No idea? Seems like you're pouring your heart out to the world on these message boards, so it gives everyone some idea what's in your heart. And honestly, I happen to agree that you sound like your heart is full of hate and intolerance toward trans people. I'm happy that you're more understanding toward gay people--not everyone has grown so accepting of gay people (or of various races and nationalities or which way you install a roll of toilet paper)--but if you have no hate toward trans people, you've done a spectacularly bad job of showing it.


Yes, Gandhi and MLK Jr. are infamous for their hate speeches.


Are you also of the opinion that you can say anything, no matter how cruel or mean it is, but if you add "in my opinion" at the end, it's okay?

I hate to speak for Phoenix Rizing since she's perfectly capable of speaking for herself, but imagine for a moment that your brain could be transplanted into the body of a woman. I suspect you'll probably still "feel" like a man despite all the lady parts you would now have. You'd suddenly be a lesbian! I don't really think the brain is always in tune with the body. It might be a relatively rare condition overall, and from an outside point of view it might seem positively weird and alien, but so are other abnormalities like a missing limb or congenital twins. Everyone is just one chromosome away from being an entirely different gender, after all.

In my mind, being "anti-trans" is like being "anti-congential twins." Mother nature didn't do any favors for such a baby, but if the technology is there to help them and fix the problem, then let's fix the problem.


I have to admit, I'm a little conflicted about this idea myself. Twelve is awfully young to be making such life-changing decisions, but on the other hand, that's also like saying that you shouldn't let congenital twins be separated until after they've become full-grown adults and can make the decision with adult-sized brains. Things might be more complicated then. It might require more invasive and dangerous procedures. At the very least, I feel like there should be adults in the room to help with the decision-making process--but not those adults with preconceived notions (and that includes those who are both for and against gender-affirming care) which wouldn't be helpful at all.


That is patently absurd. I could imagine that there are some attention-seeking people who might "become" trans just for the notoriety, but if "half" the country thought it was cool to be trans, half the country would be trans! From the statistics I've heard, it's probably closer to something like 1%.

I suspect that you're confusing it with the tolerance of trans people. Half the country is willing to tolerate trans people, willing to work with them rather than judge them. It doesn't mean that they think it's "cool" to be trans, but that they're willing to accept them for who they are.


Has it really, though? Maybe gender-affirming care is just more accessible now than before, and when you start from a very small base, even a minor change on an absolute basis can have a huge impact on a relative basis. It's a lot easier, for example, to increase your income by a 100 fold if you are only earning $100/year than if you're earning $1 million/year.

But in the end, why should it even matter to you if someone is trans? It's not your body. You telling others that they shouldn't be trans is like them telling you that you should be trans. (But to be fair, I'd defend your choice not to be trans just like I would defend a person's choice to be trans.)

-- Ryan