Ok, so I wasn't really letterboxing at the polls nor was it really voting day. Tyrus worked the polls for Election Day and he had a review he needed to go to. It was down town and so we were hoping to plant some new boxes at Green Lawn Cemetery. Sadly, we did not have the time. We may actually plant them this weekend!
Anyways, Mother Hen and I sat in some open chairs waiting for Tyrus to finish is review training thing. Multiple times we were asked if we were ready to start the review. Each time we had to explain that we were waiting for someone. While waiting I finished my school work but I also brought some letterboxing stuff with me. I'm kind of glad we weren't able to plant then because I didn't have any boxes ready to plant, just the stamps. So I worked on camouflaging some boxes and pouches for the series and a girl was watching me do this. Mother Hen had spoken to the girl before and then asked her if she was bored. She nodded her head and so Mother Hen went on to explain what I was doing. I had no idea what to do. I just continued to work and sat there awkwardly. Then the girls mom was like "Wow! That's so cool! I've never herd of something like that!" So I got out my note book and wrote down the websites and gave it to her telling her she could find more information there. "Cool! We'll have to check it out!" She responded.
Who knows, may be we'll have a new letterboxer joining us in the great state of Ohio.
I also got the chance yesterday to talk to my French teacher about letterboxing. Apparently my Psych teacher was talking about my letterboxing paper I wrote and so she herd about it. A couple weeks ago we were have a class discussion (in French) about what we did that weekend. I said "J'ai fait les trading cards pour mon hobby." Translation (if you didn't get it :P): I made trading cards for my hobby. Of course she ask "Pour?" (for) so I said "letterboxing." Then she's mentions my Psych teacher and hearing about it. I just so happened to have my LTC cards with me but I couldn't stay at school. Three weeks later I finally got the chance to introduce her to this awesome hobby! It looks like she will defiantly be joining our community this summer. I'm hoping to get her to come to my letterboxing event that I'm going to try to host this summer.
So, do you have any poll/teacher introduction to letterboxing stories?
~Catchow
Not a story about introducing someone to boxing, but about boxing and polls: I had a pair of 9/11 themed boxes hidden in the very near vicinity of the community center where we voted. One was in a bush in a small alcove with seats, the other was in a bush near the entrance to the parking lot. When voting day came, we went to vote, as usual, and there was a huge crowd around. The bush at the entrance tot he parking lot was very obviously outside of the 75 foot limit, because there was a John McCain sign stabbed directly through the bush. I worried about the box all day, because it looked like one leg was directly through where the box was.
ReplyDeleteI snuck back after the polls closed, and couldn't find the box, and was sure it was missing. Fortunately, the volunteer who installed and removed the Senator's sign was less than vigilant. They had knocked the box out of the bush and it had gotten shoved underneath a different bush. Apparently nobody noticed it, but it did take a little bit of searching to finally find the box. I rehid it in a different place after that.
Later, of course, they tore down and rebuilt the community center. We still vote there, but the boxes have been pulled.
Wow. That would have bothered me all day too. I think the box fairy was looking out for it seeing as it went unnoticed! ;]
DeleteThanks for sharing your story!
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