Hiding places

[Metspitzer]

Using a wall outlet box with a telephone jack cover is a pretty good one.

[notbob]

Too bad they didn't know where to hide a functioning server.

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[Metspitzer]

Take a storage box about the size of a VCR tape box, and screw the lid to the bottom of a table/desk or the inside of a closet so the hinge side is down.

[Vic Smith]

I don't think the beer can safes are very "safe." Ajax cleaner under the sink looks decent.

[GoogaICQ]

Lest we forget Paul Bernardo's secret hiding place for his morbid video tapes: the recessed light fixtures in the bathroom (or any light fixture).

[gfretwell]

There are literally hundreds of places to hide things. If you can get in during construction you can do some very interesting things. If you want a hidden compartment much deeper than 3.5", be sure you can't see both sides of the wall without walking around a corner or two so the extra depth of the wall is not as apparent.

[Metspitzer]

Anything that is portable doesn't seem as good as being attached. Rigging up a plumbing pipe to look like a clean out port seems really easy and very inconspicuous.

[Vic Smith]

And be sure a "trusted" loved one knows about your stash. Otherwise it could belong to the guy replacing the drywall 20 years down the road.

[Metspitzer]

I thought of that too. I have a folder in my stuff with my only sister's name on it. It lists my bank accounts and were I keep my safety deposit key and the location of anything interesting.

I was thinking about maybe passwords, but I haven't done that yet. Since all my bills (and credit card payment) come directly out of my checking account I told her the first thing she should do is close my checking account.

[micky]

To run some wires, yesterday I had to remove the decorative covering from the sides of my car's trunk and I realized there are a lot of good places to hide things behind it.

Now I'm trying to think of something to hide!!

[micky]

IN the houser I grew up in, there were drawers in the hall. My brother's closet was behind them but there was a couple feet of empty space and when we went out of town I would crawl in where the lowest drawer went and hide stuff. We got it out just in time, because eventually I was t oo big to get in there!

[gfretwell]

The dog will still smell it ;-)

[Ed Pawlowski]

Crap ! ! ! You just reminded me, I traded my car in two weeks ago and a house key was hidden in it. I use that key probably once a year to get in.

[Stormin Mormon]

Hope the buyer doesn't find the key, and come visit you?

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Crap ! ! ! You just reminded me, I traded my car in two weeks ago and a house key was hidden in it. I use that key probably once a year to get in.

[Harry K]

And the cops and dopers know all about it.

Harry K

[Harry K]

When I was dispatching for the county some 20years ago I had a call from a guy. He bought a used car and found a sawed off shotgun under the rear seat.

Harry K

[micky]

The dealer probably won't find it, and the new owner won't find it for years and won't know who you are anyhow, right?

OTOH, if the car is still there, you could go look at it like a customer and take the key. It's worth 2 dollars these days. After you have the key, you can tell them you were the owner (when they are charging you with grand theft.)

And thanks, I had a house key in my last car's trunk, and I really should have hidden it. So now I know what to hide. Although I think under the turnk carpet will be good enough.

[Mark Lloyd]

If your "trusted loved one" didn't take it first.

[Mark Lloyd]

[snip]

With your name and address on a tag attached to the key?

[Mark Lloyd]

When I added a 120V outlet to my bathroom (wiring already in the wall) I made the hole on the wrong side of the stud. I put a box in and added a blank cover to make a hiding place.