27 Monday Feb 2012
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beachcombing, Clint Buffington, how to open a message in a bottle, message in a bottle, S.O.S., terrorist
We’ve had several beautiful days here in Lexington recently, and there’s nothing that makes me eager for adventure like a sunny day.
So…
The message started out looking like this:
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13 Monday Feb 2012
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02 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted in Adventure, archives of the sea, Friendship, message in a bottle, Mystery Message
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I found this message in a bottle in May of 2007:
Cryptic, isn’t it? No date, no contact information.
18 Tuesday Oct 2011
Posted in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, weird news
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Aside from messages, I have found many things in bottles. Once, I found 4 used and rolled up tubes of super glue rattling around in an empty plastic bottle. One day I found a receipt from hardware store in Puerto Rico in a bottle. And one of my favorites was a toothbrush—brand new—that fit perfectly inside a plastic sports drink bottle. Was this an improvised carrying case? Or…did I miss something? Was there scrimshaw on the toothbrush?!
Among the fascinating and inscrutable “messages” I’ve found is this dollar bill:
04 Thursday Aug 2011
Posted in Adventure, Friendship, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, Travel
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beachcombing, Buffington, Clint Buffington, message in a bottle, mystery message, Richard Kaplan, travel
Recently, Richard Kaplan posted a comment in which he said, “I always include the date and place I send bottles from.” I responded, saying, “the business card I found didn’t have a date or place!”
Turns out, I was WRONG!
I was drifting off to sleep the other night, and Richard’s claim was on my mind. So, I got up and scrutinized his message in a bottle once more. I don’t know how I missed it before, but through the wavy green glass, I could see impressions left by a pen on the back of Richard’s card.
02 Saturday Jul 2011
Posted in Adventure, Joke, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, News
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Ye Olde Timey Coke Bottle
Thanks again to Devon Patton from LEX18 News who interviewed me yesterday. We spent 2 hours talking and deciphering messages, but of course air time is limited and this post provides a bit more detail about what we found.
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