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Re: Question on carving down a stamp for postal
Board: LTC: Tips, Questions, and Stuff
Reply to: #1042642 by LetterBoxHunter2018
Nov 29, 2025 7:14pm
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Perhaps ask this question on the Postal board.
Re: Patricia Highsmith movies/books
Board: Movie Moments
Reply to: #1042656 by Amanda from Seattle
Nov 30, 2025 7:21am
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I would love to see that, I really miss the DVD extras. One of my favorite things was to watch the director commentaries track. We still have a functioning DVD player, but I wouldn’t know where to get the discs. Every thing is streaming now.

On a Highsmith note, we re-watched the American version of TTMR the night before last. What a fantastic movie!
Re: Patricia Highsmith movies/books
Board: Movie Moments
Reply to: #1042659 by DarkZen and Evil Cow Pie
Nov 30, 2025 10:29am
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I was trying to find Purple Noon via streaming and could not find it which is why I ended up getting the DVD. (actually I did find Purple Noon, but it was only in French with no dubbing or subtitles and despite knowing the story --I had started watching it, but then realized I was missing stuff by not understanding the language--I decided I had to get the DVD)
And then I was delighted to see the extras
-Amanda from Seattle
Re: Clarification on LTC/Postal Traveler
Board: Stupider Questions About Letterboxing
Reply to: #1042650 by Stafford The Jester
Nov 30, 2025 11:32am
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I've received some stamps that came on envelopes in the mail

I have an adorable snail mail stamp (obviously not carved by me) that I frequently include on envelopes and pacakages. I consider it an "other" (although I do not yet have it listed)

For me, an LTC comes on a card that can be traded and usually involves other art/embellishment

That is how I classify MY stamp image. Others may choose to do differently
2026 Great Lakes Letterboxing Bingo!
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Nov 30, 2025 6:26pm
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It's time for Great Lakes Letterboxing Bingo! Everyone's invited to join in! It's rumored to be the world's slowest bingo game, but it's a fun letterboxing activity for the cold winter months. You do NOT have to live in the Great Lakes region to play. If you'd like more information about how to play, email me at GreatLakesBingo@gmail.com. I've already sent an email to last year's players, so also email me if you didn't receive it.
Re: 2026 Great Lakes Letterboxing Bingo!
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042662 by Rocket Raider
Nov 30, 2025 7:34pm
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Such slow time winter fun!
Re: 2026 Great Lakes Letterboxing Bingo!
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042662 by Rocket Raider
Nov 30, 2025 10:36pm
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Sent you an email. Curious about the details!
Re: 2026 Great Lakes Letterboxing Bingo!
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042664 by joyindenison
Dec 1, 2025 4:33am
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Great! I'll send you more info. And that reminds me that I should have also said for the group that newer letterboxers are very welcome to join the game.
Re: Whatcha Reading?
Board: Reading Room
Reply to: #1042648 by Wind & Fire
Dec 1, 2025 6:54am
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Where we lived in Texas, we were an hour away from Austin and there is a FANTASTIC independent book store there called Book People. It's a 3 story bldg, as well (2 shop levels, 1 event/storage level) of bibliophilic majesty. One of the things I truly miss about Texas (aside from a bumper crop of great letterboxing folks!).
Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Dec 1, 2025 8:17am
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TrailMark and I are looking for feedback from everyone who has recently (in the past few weeks) installed a test version of Clue Tracker on iOS or Android. Is it clear how to do various searches (Nearby, Location, Name / ID)? Is it clear how to search using "Additional Criteria?" Drop us a note at support@pearlcrescent.com or reply here. Thank you!
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042667 by MichKathy
Dec 1, 2025 9:02am
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I have an Android phone. Is there any way to determine what version I currently have installed? I do not recall getting a new version recently.
Re: Whatcha Reading?
Board: Reading Room
Reply to: #1042527 by MagicalMichelle
Dec 1, 2025 9:36am
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I read The Comfort of Crows for Nonfiction November! Fantastic read. If you liked that one you’ll also probably enjoy Something in the Woods Loves You by Jarod Anderson.
Re: Patricia Highsmith movies/books
Board: Movie Moments
Reply to: #1042660 by Amanda from Seattle
Dec 1, 2025 9:55am
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Also, for anyone who hasn't seen it, I highly recommend Ripley (the series). Shot in velvety black and white. The cinematography is stunning. We've seen it twice, it was almost better the second time.

Official trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ri2biYLeaI
Re: Patricia Highsmith movies/books
Board: Movie Moments
Reply to: #1042670 by DarkZen and Evil Cow Pie
Dec 1, 2025 10:36am
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Totally agree and not just because I adore Andrew Scott. One of those actors that I’d watch reading a phone book

Amanda from Seattle
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042668 by PI Joe
Dec 1, 2025 11:18am
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If you have the test version of Clue Tracker, on the Search screen you will see a new section labeled "Additional Criteria" (on Android, this replaced the "Add Search Term" functionality).

p.s. PI Joe -- You can get the version number by Tapping the app menu (3 horizontal lines in the top left corner of the screen). Then tap Settings and then "About This App." The current test version is Version 2.1.
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042672 by MichKathy
Dec 1, 2025 12:30pm
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I have 2.0.8.
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042667 by MichKathy
Dec 1, 2025 12:42pm
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I downloaded it today! 😊 At first glance, it seems easy to navigate.
1) Wish I knew what the icons mean on each box page.
2) Wish the app could ignore my attempts, one of my favorite settings on the AQ site.
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042674 by joyindenison
Dec 1, 2025 1:00pm
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Are you on an iPhone or Android?

You may find the FAQ helpful:
iPhone: https://cluetracker.pearlcrescent.com/ios/faq/
Android: https://cluetracker.pearlcrescent.com/android/faq/

The first question has annotated images for the common screens. Please ask if you need to know more.

You can ignore your attempts when searching for boxes. On the Search screen, open "Search Options." Login (if you aren't already logged in). Make sure that "Hide My Attempts" is checked. (Search Options can be opened/collapsed by tapping it; the search options are always taken into account whether they are collapsed or not.)
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042673 by RDHG
Dec 1, 2025 1:13pm
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If you use Clue Tracker on Android, you can opt-in to be a tester via the “Join the beta” section within the app listing:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pearlcrescent.cluetracker

Note: You may encounter bugs when using test versions of software. If you don't want the hassle of experiencing bugs, just wait for the regular version to come out. :-)
Re: Patricia Highsmith movies/books
Board: Movie Moments
Reply to: #1042659 by DarkZen and Evil Cow Pie
Dec 1, 2025 2:46pm
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I really miss the DVD extras.

Have you checked your local libraries for DVDs? Mine has them. Doesn't mean they will have the one/s you want but you never know. Amazon has DVDs, not of all movies but I see them sometimes when I do a search for something to see if Prime has it. I'll bet Ebay has some. I guess if you find them anywhere it's just a matter of whether or not you want to pay.
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042672 by MichKathy
Dec 1, 2025 5:44pm
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I do have v2.1. So far I have not noticed any issues with navigation the screens. I did notice that there are no longer colored backgrounds for boxes that I have already found in any particular list of clues. Are all the colored backgrounds gone now? IIRC there used to be backgounds for found, attempted, and planted boxes.
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042667 by MichKathy
Dec 1, 2025 8:15pm
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It seems to work well for me. I had to play around with it a bit to see how it worked and that you could add as many criteria as you want. My search results show found boxes as green just as they used to, but only if I uncheck 'hide my plants and finds' (as you would expect).
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042676 by MichKathy
Dec 2, 2025 4:40am
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Thank you. 😃
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042678 by PI Joe
Dec 2, 2025 6:08am
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I did notice that there are no longer colored backgrounds for boxes that I have already found in any particular list of clues. Are all the colored backgrounds gone now? IIRC there used to be backgounds for found, attempted, and planted boxes.

Can you double-check that Clue Tracker thinks you are logged in? The background colors, checkmarks, etc. should work as they did before.
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042682 by TrailMark
Dec 2, 2025 7:03am
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Can you double-check that Clue Tracker thinks you are logged in?

That was it. The colors are there.

One thing that I did notice as a slight negative. When there is a longer list of clues than the screen can show the information at the bottom of the screen displays over (under?) the three icons on the bottom of the screen (III O <). Pressing those icons still works but they are not as clearly visible with clue details overlapping them.
Re: Whatcha Reading?
Board: Reading Room
Reply to: #1042666 by Hurricane King
Dec 2, 2025 7:16am
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We have a lot of smaller independent bookstores around Austin too! Birdhouse Books is one of my favorites!
Re: Whatcha Reading?
Board: Reading Room
Reply to: #1042684 by MonarchATX
Dec 2, 2025 8:12am
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Absolutely, MonarchATX! There were always several venues (book stores and comic shops) to vacuum the $ out of my wallet when I visited Austin! I miss it!

Currently reading: From Hell the Alan Moore/Eddie Campbell graphic novel about Jack the Ripper terrorizing London. It is AMAZING!
quasi custom logbooks
Board: Logbook Logistics
Dec 2, 2025 8:19am
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I came across this website
https://wtfnotebooks.com/

using their help page to ask about paper quality they responded within 24 hours.
Carmen here from WTF Notebooks, thank you for reaching out. As per your request, please see attached the notebook dimensions and overview, the page thickness is 90GSM.

there's an option to choose lined, grid, dotted or blank pages

https://wtfnotebooks.com/pages/product-details-overview

I was asking about paper thickness.
Here's a handy guide to paper thickness.
https://tinyurl.com/4tx5kv55
Re: Test Version of Clue Tracker -- Feedback Wanted
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #1042683 by PI Joe
Dec 2, 2025 8:19am
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One thing that I did notice as a slight negative. When there is a longer list of clues than the screen can show the information at the bottom of the screen displays over (under?) the three icons on the bottom of the screen (III O <). Pressing those icons still works but they are not as clearly visible with clue details overlapping them

Thanks for letting us know. We will look at fixing this problem later in the month. Since our newer Android test devices have the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen set to use "swipe gestures" (thin line at the bottom) instead of the bar with three buttons, we did not realize how bad things look when using the buttons.
Update on Stampeaz Supplies
Board: Stamp Carving and Mounting
Dec 2, 2025 10:56am
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Just wanted to give an update on how things are progressing or not, and what to expect.

I better first state a couple of important things if you do hear from me (or Ezmerelda) in the coming days, weeks.

We are not cleaning the material. Pieces could arrive soot covered. Webfoot recently gave suggestions on cleaning on the board. Also, I found a quick acetone wipe is quite helpful at least on Tan Z.

Please if using PayPal, please select me as a friend. The shipping fee that we tell you is just that and only that; the post office shipping fee. There isn't any processing in that number.

If you are sending the shipping rate to me via PayPal (11.90, 21.95) and don't select the friend option - PayPal will treat this as a business transaction and take a percentage out of the fee. I am short on the shipping. It has happened a couple of times.

Ezmerelda has Venmo. If anyone is concerned by her Venmo name, she created it when she was doing a scary story creative venture. Not that anyone has voiced concern on it, but just in case.

We did not get as organized as hoped - more about that below. We do know where most things are though between the two homes. Tan - Z is by far what there is the most of overall. Everything else material wise was quite less than that.

So far, between all of the inks, black was requested the most, and it will be the one to run out first.

We live 150ish miles apart, so we cannot just hop in the car to meet on a daily basis. We are hoping to get back up there in a couple of weeks.

Ezmerelda and I are slowly sending out items to the 50ish people that requested them over the past few weeks. Unfortunately, there were some setbacks. Ezmerelda was ill on Friday. She was still not fully recovered yet as of the other day. I encouraged her to rest Friday, and I worked 12 hours looking for and packaging material that day. By the end of Friday, I was sick as well. My health improved by Saturday, but Nic and I left around 11am from up there as there was a snow storm heading our way on Saturday evening. Ezmerelda had a snow storm in her region on Wednesday - Friday. Seven packages were sent on Saturday before departing Gaylord, MI.

Nic and I could not bring as much back to Lansing as hoped.

Nic and I did close on the home. We are in the process of painting before moving into the house. All the material we brought back Saturday is at the new house. We still have to pack. We also are working our 8:30-5:30 jobs, too. I am typing this up on my lunch break. After work we then go to the new house to paint or other immediate projects and then to the old house to pack/have dinner. I may reach out to a person or two a day or a few in a week for the next couple of weeks. Just an FYI.

Please give us some more time to process these. Please be patient. Please read those important statements at the top.

Thank you.