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60536
I will be visiting Portland Oregon in October for a convention and would like to know if there are any boxes located in the downtown area? I will be sticking...
clickermom3
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Aug 1, 2007
11:30 am
60537
There are LOTS of letterboxes in Portland, Oregon. Several downtown and lots more accessible using our MAX system. I'll email you off list to give you some...
melanie
maiden1974pdx
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Aug 1, 2007
2:33 pm
60538
My number one suggestion is a trip to the Oregon Zoo. It is on the light rail system, easily accessible from downtown and has it's own very cool underground...
funhog1
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Aug 1, 2007
3:36 pm
60539
I recently found some good stuff too! I was in the local Walgreens and in the school supply section, they had enormous pink erasers "Big Mistake" at $1.99...
kaneone12590
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Aug 1, 2007
4:34 pm
60540
... I used to do that too -- in fact, I got a bunch of erasers there that looked kinda like Pink Pearls except they were green. Now I know better, though. For...
Kirbert
kirbert2001
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Aug 1, 2007
6:17 pm
60541
ok. i have to ask. you have peaked my curiosity... what is the "MAX" system??? i am almost afraid to ask tho. and is this sosmething i might have to experience...
bret bridwell
dragonrider8...
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Aug 1, 2007
6:27 pm
60542
Thanks to Funhog's advice, I went to my local Dollar Tree store today and grabbed myself 5 packs of those great "erasers" to use for carving material. A few...
doublesaj@...
doublesaj12
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Aug 1, 2007
9:29 pm
60543
MAX is the name of the light rail system in Portland. Or as my kids call it, the "quiet choo-choos." Google Tri-met and you should be able to find everything...
Pungent Bob
pungentbob
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Aug 1, 2007
10:32 pm
60544
You must have gotten different ones than the ones I bought. I have carved several alphabets, lots of background designs, my name, return address stamp and lots...
LeslieCefali
ljcefali
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Aug 1, 2007
10:43 pm
60545
... The ones I get are white. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
LeslieCefali
ljcefali
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Aug 1, 2007
10:43 pm
60546
... That's *probably* better. The type of rubber used in erasers varies greatly, but most of the white ones seem pretty good. White may be a sign that the...
Kirbert
kirbert2001
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Aug 1, 2007
11:43 pm
60547
--O.K. here's a little math problem. I buy PZ cut grade B at 3.99 for a 10x5 block and you buy big eraser for 1.99 for a 5.5x1.25 who gets the better deal?...
mizscarlet731
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Aug 2, 2007
12:30 pm
60548
Went to Gatlinburg TN on vacation. Decided to go for the Gatlinburg Mountain Top box. How exciting! Had to ride a chairlift all the way to the top of Mt....
fuzzytrackers
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Aug 2, 2007
1:03 pm
60549
Sounds like a tricky one. The PZCut comes to 7.98¢/in². The eraser comes to 4.82 ¢/in² if cut into 6 slices (=$1.99/(5.5•1.25•6)). So, in...
Lightnin Bug
rpboehme
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Aug 2, 2007
5:30 pm
60550
... Actually, there are some intangibles there that make the comparison even worse. Consider, for example, whether it'd be preferable to get that PZ Kut as a...
Kirbert
kirbert2001
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Aug 2, 2007
7:28 pm
60551
... Ye gads, is that eraser really thick enough to make six slices? ... I think I'm going to keep my eye out for one of those food slicers being sold as...
Kirbert
kirbert2001
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Aug 2, 2007
7:31 pm
60552
Oh no, I definitely don't do this much math unless there's a mystery box at the end of it. =P Sheba Kirbert <PalmK@...> wrote: ... Consider, for...
Suzanne Coe
wilmcoe
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Aug 2, 2007
10:03 pm
60553
Like a Math Test or Math Olympics? ;-) Pink Panther ... From: Suzanne Coe To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com Sent: 8/2/2007 6:03:23 PM Subject: Re: [LbNA] Re:...
Mary Jones
mstoeff61
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Aug 2, 2007
10:29 pm
60554
Yes, although I had to take the test twice, as it were, and I was exempted from the Olympics on the grounds of being there when it was planted.... =) Mary...
Suzanne Coe
wilmcoe
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Aug 2, 2007
10:47 pm
60555
Only for those who dare.... LB ... mystery box at the end of it. =P ... for ... gets ... web links....
Lightnin Bug
rpboehme
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Aug 2, 2007
11:27 pm
60556
-OK. OK enough from you LB! I still am a big fan of PZ cut and not of driving all over creation(although i did stop at $tree this afternoon for party...
mizscarlet731
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Aug 3, 2007
12:10 am
60557
... PZ Cut for me too. By the time you spend the money for feul to drive all over creation to find these erasers, you are better off just ordering a butt load...
Nathan Brown
black7.geo
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Aug 3, 2007
5:13 am
60558
I'm going to commit blasphemy here and say I don't like PZ cut (gasps of horror and shock here). I don't like the way it (doesn't) ink up. And since Dollar...
Hikers and Hounds
hikers_n_hounds
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Aug 3, 2007
9:36 am
60559
H+H, Better be careful, lest your rouge chapeau be confiscated. Help! MzSc is going all mainlist on me! ;-) Oh wait, this is the main list.... Carve on...
Lightnin Bug
rpboehme
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Aug 3, 2007
10:53 am
60560
--Didn't we have this disscussion around ye olde campfire and decide it was the orange stuff that didn't ink well? A bit of a buff with some really fine...
mizscarlet731
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Aug 3, 2007
12:25 pm
60561
Yes! I don't know about the inking part of it being as how I never got that far, but I just don't do nearly as well carving with PZKut as I do carving with...
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brighidfarm
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Aug 3, 2007
12:59 pm
60562
... Are you talking about the orange or the white? I'm gonna guess the orange, since I haven't heard anyone complain about the way the white inks up. I've...
Kirbert
kirbert2001
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Aug 3, 2007
2:35 pm
60563
I have never liked carving PZ Kut, especially the white. I figured it was because I started out on Mastercarve and moved onto Speedy Stamp in the interest of...
archimedesscrew17
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Aug 3, 2007
3:34 pm
60564
Viva Mastercarve! ... Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. [Non-text portions of this...
Stacey Bayliff
jose_quiti
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Aug 3, 2007
6:57 pm
60565
You are most welcome! These were so much better than any othere cheapo erasers I'd carved, I thought I'd pass it on. Mastercarve users, like the incomparable...
funhog1
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Aug 3, 2007
7:17 pm
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