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Re: Temporary Boxes
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Reply to: #963296 by BinoBoxer
Aug 1, 2018 9:49am
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I was on only one cruise, but it was Disney, and cabin doors had all sorts of decorations. You could try hanging a box in your door. I only brought my signature stamp and some small ink pads, and used postcards for anything stamped. Found boxes at ports, but didn’t advertise myself as a boxer or seek out others on the cruise.
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Reply to: #963297 by cooledcoyote
Aug 1, 2018 9:53am
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Thank you for the info. I was wondering, too, if there would be a place or a way on AQ to list a cruise box so others would know about it.
Thanks
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Reply to: #963296 by BinoBoxer
Aug 1, 2018 10:27am
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I just found this on AQ help:

Are there any other letterboxes planted on cruise ships and how would we find out about them?

If you want to find letterboxes planted on or near cruise ships, you should search the database using the keyword "cruiseship" to filter the listings. Keywords are not required, but the search will produce a number of results.

So then I was curious and did a search using keyword cruiseship. I got this: cruise ship boxes. You can see how other people have listed them.
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Reply to: #963296 by BinoBoxer
Aug 1, 2018 2:09pm
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That is pretty much the opposite of stealthy. I always know someone (well, not always) is in town because I start seeing logs on my boxes. You could always check the ship boxes for finds. Not foolproof if they don't log right away, but protective of others' plants at least.
The best way is to arrange this before you go, on AQ (set up an event, maybe?) or ask on the boards if anyone else is going and wants to meet up, so that you are not outing other people's boxes. If they are yours, you can whatever you want, of course, but this supposed be a stealthy endeavor.
If it's already an event, check the sign-ups.
One last thing, LB patches, inky fingers, people waking around looking at clues near locations where you know there are boxes are dead giveaways. If they have any integrity at all and you ask them what they are doing, they should lie! If you ask them point-blank if they are boxing, they will know you know and there's no point fibbing. We've met people on the trail and this little dance is so much fun.
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Reply to: #963296 by BinoBoxer
Aug 1, 2018 2:58pm
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I recently took a cruise/land trip to Alaska. I planted a box everywhere we went. You can find them with a city search.
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Reply to: #963296 by BinoBoxer
Aug 1, 2018 9:03pm
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If they have any integrity at all and you ask them what they are doing, they should lie! If you ask them point-blank if they are boxing, they will know you know and there's no point fibbing.

this reminds me of a funny little story.
i live in a very hectic house so often take a walk in the woods with a book.....find a good rock to sit on..... and read til i feel i can face the chaos again. being lucky enough to live within a very short distance of a very nice trail this is easy for me to do.
one day i am walking out of the woods with my book in hand and these two ladies are walking towards me. as they get closer they ask if i am letterboxing. i immediately answer no. see, i was not letterboxing i was reading! i continue walking another 6 feet and it dawns on me........ duh! they must be letterboxers and after the series i planted! so i turned around and said..... oh wait... i am a letterboxer! turns out they had noticed that i was wearing a letterboxing southeast tshirt. the ladies happened to be greenmountainhiker and grrly girl and they had indeed just finished with my series.
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Reply to: #963324 by uneksia
Aug 1, 2018 9:39pm
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being lucky enough to live within a very short distance of a very nice trail this is easy for me to do.

So, how many hundred letterboxes have you planted in these woods near your house? ;-)
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Reply to: #963324 by uneksia
Aug 2, 2018 2:40am
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Hey !
I resemble that story.
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Reply to: #963325 by Oberon_Kenobi
Aug 2, 2018 11:10am
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well altogether would say i only have 8 or 9 planted either in those woods or other trails connected to it. another local boxer has about 30 or so in the same woods but much further down and uses a different entrance. if i planted 100's think i could get finders up this way?
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