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Board: Logbook Logistics
Reply to: #89058 by Splish Splash
Apr 30, 2007 7:56pm
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Inclusion of a logbook is technically part of a letterbox but as you may have guessed, there are a number of ways this has been interpreted. I have one with only an online logbook http://letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=22597&boxname=Ol'_103
and I love the idea of using something nearby. Of course this wouldn't be much use out in the forest but for an urban box it sounds dandy. Funhog
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Board: Logbook Logistics
Reply to: #89217 by Funhog
May 1, 2007 3:31am
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i couldn't figure out how to sign into your logbook, but did look at the clue. that is what i meant, no actual log book but logging it online. why not just use AQ for the "book". counting it as a find.

that does sound like a cool LB. Wish I could give it a go, but I live a bit far from NY.
H
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Reply to: #89217 by Funhog
May 1, 2007 4:02am
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Quote Inclusion of a logbook is technically part of a letterbox but as you may have guessed, there are a number of ways this has been interpreted. I have one with only an online logbook http://letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=22597&boxname=Ol'_103
and I love the idea of using something nearby. Of course this wouldn't be much use out in the forest but for an urban box it sounds dandy. Funhog


I really want to do a no-physical-logbook/online logbook box one of these days. Just the stamp - it would be great for an indoor box or where a physical box attached to something might alarm people who would call in a bomb squad. I can't see someone calling in the bomb squad for a bunny stamp attached magetically underneath a metal shelf.

Lone R
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Reply to: #89080 by The Yorkshire Tortoise
May 1, 2007 4:06am
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Quote I find that letterboxes planted without a logbook (usually because they are part of a series) only end up having bits of torn out paper stuffed into the box with sig. stamps on them. Personally I think this gives the letterbox a rather tatty and unloved appearance.


It's intriguing how it's human nature to want to leave a mark, something that says I was here. Look at the initials in trees, public picnic tables, school desks as well as graffiti. Even though there's a good chance that the logbook will disappear - muggled, damaged by nature, never retrieved by the owner of the box, retrieved and thrown out, or retrieved and placed in a drawer never to be viewed again we still feel compelled to leave our mark. And even though the proof that we found a letterbox is the stamp in our personal journal we still feel compelled to leave a mark of proof of our visit.
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Reply to: #89248 by Lone R
May 1, 2007 6:10am
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Quote Even though there's a good chance that the logbook will disappear - muggled, damaged by nature, never retrieved by the owner of the box, retrieved and thrown out, or retrieved and placed in a drawer never to be viewed again


Sigh...Am I the only one who is actually alarmed at this thread and perhaps, trend? Have I become inflexible in my thinking? I am a logbook junkie and the logbook is one of the more intriguing things of this hobby for me. To me, it is a historical document...and that is why when a box goes missing, my heart skips a beat...not because I have lost a good stamp but because I have lost that physical, real, paper and ink document that told me who came and went from that box.

I understand that everyone plays differently and I am not a "nay sayer" of new ideas and such...in fact I have placed letterboxes without a logbook in series, because of the same reasons...I felt the box was too small. In fact, it is nice to have a variety of boxes out there and available to find. I only sigh because I don't want this to become the way of the world.

I understand the necessity of sometimes leaving a logbook out of a box but I, for one, will try to place a logbook with every box. Especially for all of those who are compelled to leave their mark, as Lone R noted.

Wyvern
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Reply to: #89266 by Wyvern
May 1, 2007 6:29am
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Quote Sigh...Am I the only one who is actually alarmed at this thread and perhaps, trend? . . . when a box goes missing, my heart skips a beat...not because I have lost a good stamp but because I have lost that physical, real, paper and ink document that told me who came and went from that box.


Quote I understand the necessity of sometimes leaving a logbook out of a box but I, for one, will try to place a logbook with every box. Especially for all of those who are compelled to leave their mark, as Lone R noted.


I am with you on this one. I hope this doesn't become the norm. I don't think it will.

The logbooks are my treasures. My first plant went temporarily missing (crazy story) after it's first find. The particular finders do not have accounts on AQ or LbNA, and I had seen their images elsewhere -- almost always first finders. So, when the logbook was lost, that was it. They haven't found any of my others, and now I'm without a record at all. It was a bit sad.

I was also thinking about all of those who would not log the find at all if they were left to online logbooks. More than half of the finders of my boxes don't log finds online. I'd never know . . .

Mama Cache
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Board: Logbook Logistics
Reply to: #89270 by Mama Cache
May 1, 2007 6:37am
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Quote I was also thinking about all of those who would not log the find at all if they were left to online logbooks. More than half of the finders of my boxes don't log finds online. I'd never know . . .


I agree with this! Most of the boxes I planted in FL only are found my the casual letterboxer on vacation. Take my She Loves Me Knot box in St. Augustine. The 3rd or 4th peron to record their find online was telling me that the logbook was full! What?! Sure enough, it was! It's now on logbook 3 or 4... with well over 100 finders... many more than have recorded here! And, the stamps come from all over the country and several from other countries! I'd never know of all the people who have enjoyed this box without my logbooks.

Desi
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Board: Logbook Logistics
Reply to: #89266 by Wyvern
May 1, 2007 7:31am
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No, you are not alone, Wyvern. Bookmaking has become my favorite part of the creation process. I really enjoy seeing hand carved stamps AND handmade books.

Additionally, it is part of the fun to stamp in as well as collect the stamp. As a novelty, the on-line or other type of sign-in spots are fun ideas, but as "the norm" I will most likely stay traditional.
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Board: Logbook Logistics
Reply to: #89266 by Wyvern
May 1, 2007 8:15am
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I agree. I'm new to boxing (Dec 2006), but I can tell you that every box I find has a story. The chapters are the stamps each previous finder has left in the logbook. It's part of the intrigue to see who stamped in and where they are from. I hope the logbooks to not become extinct.
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Reply to: #89294 by becohio
May 1, 2007 9:50am
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I do agree. We are very new to letterboxing and part of the fun of finding the letterbox, for us, is looking through the logbook and seeing who has been there and where they are from. My son and I always take the time to page through and we love seeing all the creative stamps. It would be a shame not to have them to look at.

Humngbrdwchr
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Reply to: #89133 by Perdu
May 1, 2007 12:31pm
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I have done a few "medicine bottle" boxes, but have gotten logbooks put together for them. But we do have one box (actually Carolina Drama Queen's box) that does not have a logbook. It is a single box (not part of a series) hidden in a "hide-a-key" magnetic container. We initially had a logbook but were unable to bag due to the size of the container and the logbook got soaked. So we retrieved, removed the logbook and rehid the box.