All brought to you by Anthony Fauci's funding of the Virus in China! We create the Super Virus. Then we created an untested shot that killed my mother-in-law.

Who's side is he on, Trump's eased oil sanction on Russia!?!? Per Alexander Smith of NBC news,

President Vladimir Putin’s team welcomed the move to ease penalties that were imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and pushed Friday for the U.S. to go further. The decision caused dismay in Europe, where officials feared it would give a timely boost to the Moscow war machine on their doorstep as attention shifts to the Middle East.

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My sincere regrets regarding the loss of your MIL.

Interestingly, this morning my son recommended reading up on Fauci's role regarding covid. With 2 recommendations, I will.

Old Blue

The first 7 digits of Pi are 3.141592. Einstein was born 287 years too late.

Gee, I usually include 60-80 pages made of card stock. I don't do much maintenance, though -- zero for many of my plants -- so I'm trying to make the log book last the life of the box.

Greetings călători, my name is Elana Chivani. I would like to welcome you to follow in my pașii on a voiaj across hills and valleys, over mountains and plains, through forests and deserts. My own website was conceput so I can soon reveal my stories to you.

Începere this Spring, each week on my website I will reveal another Reading of Cards from my Tarot. To find a full Reading, you must seek the first Card and know the name. Only then may you see the potecă to the next Card. Therefore, the website will ask which Card you have found and always remember. This is the only purpose for creating an account there.

Thank you to the kind îngrijitori of my website, without them I would become pierdut. As you călătoresc, go with liniște in your inimă, and may my Readings give you înțelepciune and fericire.

Will you seek?

No

Absolutely!
That's what this pastime is all about. I remember when this sort of mystery/tease was welcomed and anticipated and applauded, as the prelude to something fun and clever and fascinating. I'm hoping that adventurous spirit is not completely lost on the modern AQ crowd.

That said, I must confess I have a vested interest. When Elana contacted Ryan and the admins years ago, I thought it might be fun to help out with providing a simple website for a specific mystery. So I offered my programming services and developed a website infrastructure for her project. I'm pretty proud of how it turned out (I think it looks cool, if I do say so myself), but my involvement was limited to the technical side.. I have no idea what Elana actually has in store! So, I am as excited as anyone to see what happens!

So yes, I will DEFINITELY be seeking!!!

I’m super excited. I wasn’t around for the summer of eevil and while I have sought out some of those boxes many of them have disappeared over the years. I can’t wait to seek answers to this new mystery

Speaking for ourselves, we are curious to see what poteci this journey will lead us down.

Yes! I can’t wait!

During the Summer of Eevil, letterboxers from across the country worked together to create a lot of fun for all of us. Although “evil” was the theme, I’m pretty sure these letterboxers weren’t actually evil!

I’m guessing this is a similar situation, where a group of letterboxers got together to plan fun for all of us, using a fortune-teller theme. If I’m correct, it’s highly unlikely that anyone involved in this is 1) actually an old Romani woman or 2) trying to convert other boxers to becoming tarot practitioners.

This has definitely caught my attention and I’m glad I already created an account after your first set of messages about this😊

I consider myself part of the modern AQ crowd because, despite being on this site for 6 years now (my cake day was a few days ago now) I wasn’t serious about boxing until April of 2025. Now I can’t get enough of it.

It irks me to see someone write “no” and people are agreeing to it.

Please don’t let the party poopers discourage anyone from setting up events in the future. I want to experience everything letterboxing has to offer :-)

If this isn’t your cup of tea, just move on. Please don’t be rude.

The question was asked, “Will you seek”. People answered that they would not with a simple “no”. There’s nothing rude in that.

I also checked in with Elana and asked if I could get a clue. She replied:


So here I am, interacting! Yes, I will seek!

Exactly. There was no reason to respond. If the answer is no, why say anything? It is rude.

I was taught if you don’t have anything nice to say, say nothing. 😊

Ohhhh thank you for sharing. This is exciting 😁

There have been different Eevil efforts in the years since Summer of Eevil and maybe even last year. Still cannot fully solve some of the new and old ones.

Also, I recall a bit of, for lack of a better word, negativity towards Summer of Eevil, and not just silly little jabs.

Clever and/or challenging clues should be an often thing and not planned for a certain day under a pseudonym.

With that said, I'm game if there was some new Eevil event, something completely different, and whatever this is.

My curiosity is piqued.

I myself have pooped at many parties! But maybe they're like me, a proud fly in the punch bowl, and ascared of maybe fun breaking out? Was she asking a rhetorical question?

That’s how I read it and personally I found the first response rude but maybe it’s not. I can only speak for myself.

I don’t mean offense to anyone.

I haven’t talked on these message boards before last week so I know nothing lol

Since it's not clear whether the question is rhetorical, consider the possibility that the person genuinely wants to gauge how much interest there is in their endeavor, making a yes or no response a courtesy, not rude.

When in doubt, I find the best practice is to give the benefit of the doubt to the responders.

Yes!

This spring I’m looking to plant some Pirate themed boxes starting in the Cocoa Beach area heading south to Melbourne Beach, probably ending in Vero Beach? The theme is pirates. Not for an event just a themed planting idea geared towards pirates and their bottles of rum 😁.
I’m kind of burnt out on carving right this minute although I will carve 1 or 2, but if you have any such pirate themed stamps that are gathering dust and you are done with them and would like them to be permanently planted would you consider sending my way in Florida?

Count me in!

Will I attempt? Probably.
Will I succeed? Almost definitely not.

I agree. A question was asked. Was it rhetorical or was person trying to gauge interest? We don’t know. But a simple no and some agrees doesn’t seem rude. I think that’s reading a LOT into it that just isn’t there.

Yes I will!

Except... without knowing anything about it... where the boxes are, what the clues are like, how it's presented... How could one reasonably say "no", without it being a direct and uninformed rejection of the entire concept, or of the individual? That sounds rude to me.

Except (again), I also suspect it was just a joke response. It may have misfired a bit (and TRUST me, I know allllll about misfiring jokes). So, maybe not so rude after all.

Some reasonable "no" responses to the concept might be:
The "flavor" of tarot/astrology is not compatible with one's spiritual beliefs.
Some people may not want an involved puzzle-solving exercise, because they simply enjoy a more leisurely outing - and finding a LB along the way is a bonus.
Someone is currently up to their ears in life happenings, and don't have the energy or time to add a complex puzzle-solving exercise right now.

As the saying goes, not every letterbox is for everyone. That's not rude, and not a rejection of the individual. It's knowing how the person enjoys this hobby, and chooses letterboxes to seek, which may be different than someone else.

I love tarot and seeking! Intrigued! Yes! Share your cards Romanian friend!