Message in a film canister washes ashore on the Outer Banks 36 years later | |
Mental Case
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78172828 United States 12/07/2019 05:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've seen similar things. A geo-cache from four years ago, with pages written by the hand of some earnest tween girl, repeatedly urging some (name deleted) boy to "just do it!" It makes you wonder how it turned out since the boy never found the letter, and the girl is gone. It's just a dusty old baggie now, preserving some girl keepsakes and a note. (I put it back in it's cave.) |
Louis in Richmond
(OP) That is my arm now; broken for 7 months User ID: 74627261 United States 12/07/2019 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That's what I used them for too but wasn't going to detract my own thread by writing it! Until your military service has required you neutralize enemy combatants and invaders in the defense of your country, don't presume to tell us that have defended you that you don't support every shot we fired to eliminate that enemy. |
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Louis in Richmond
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77790123 United States 12/07/2019 06:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "In the summer of 1983, 11-year-old Rob Stober wrote a heartfelt letter in search of a pen pal, tucked it into a plastic film canister and tossed it off a pier and into the sea at Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Quoting: Louis in Richmond It was something he’d done every August between 1980 and 1986 or so, on trips “down the shore” for his birthday. “Having a pen pal in the 80s was all the rage, so I figured this would be a great way to get one,” Stober said. As a kid, he fully expected someone would find at least one of his messages-in-a-canister, but no one ever responded. He gave up hope, and life went on. On Nov. 23, Colington resident April Lovin was beachcombing on Pea Island and found an assortment of oddities, including five military meals-ready-to-eat and … an old plastic film canister. “When I opened the canister I found a folded pencil-printed ruled notebook paper pen pal letter,” Lovin said. “It was a sweet letter with charming facts about his life and a request that if found to write back and send a picture.”" Photos and full story at link [link to obxtoday.com (secure)] <50% |
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Louis in Richmond
(OP) That is my arm now; broken for 7 months User ID: 74627261 United States 12/07/2019 07:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: LittleMe Ahh, I understand! Until your military service has required you neutralize enemy combatants and invaders in the defense of your country, don't presume to tell us that have defended you that you don't support every shot we fired to eliminate that enemy. |
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