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Virtual Letterboxes

6 messages in this thread | Started on 2015-01-19

Virtual Letterboxes

From: (ontario_cacher@yahoo.ca) | Date: 2015-01-19 12:00:49 UTC-08:00

It's winter and my thoughts turn to Virtual Letterboxes. 


I had to move my VLBs from the AQ site, Ryan Carpenter decommissioned Virtual letterboxes from the AQ site as of January 1 2015. After all that work moving them, I'd like to get some more visitors. My VLBs are now at: Virtual letterboxes


There are over 50 virtuals to try and I hope to create more if there's any interest. 


I'd also love to link to some active virtual letterboxes if anyone knows of any. It use to be an active subgroup on LBNA but not recently. Maybe I'll pique the interest of other letterboxers who will set up their own VLB sites.


Each VLB includes a scanned image of one of my hand carved stamps.


Lone R


http://virtualletterboxes.wordpress.com

Re: [LbNA] Virtual Letterboxes

From: Tom Cooch (thomascooch@gmail.com) | Date: 2015-01-19 15:59:08 UTC-05:00
The Kimball Letterbook is still active.

http://www.webring.org/l/rd?ring=letterboxingnort;id=9;url=http%3A%2F%2Fhomepages%2Esover%2Enet%2F%7Etcooch%2Forient%2Ehtm


On Jan 19, 2015, at 3:00 PM, ontario_cacher@yahoo.ca [letterbox-usa] <letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


It's winter and my thoughts turn to Virtual Letterboxes. 


I had to move my VLBs from the AQ site, Ryan Carpenter decommissioned Virtual letterboxes from the AQ site as of January 1 2015. After all that work moving them, I'd like to get some more visitors. My VLBs are now at: Virtual letterboxes


There are over 50 virtuals to try and I hope to create more if there's any interest. 


I'd also love to link to some active virtual letterboxes if anyone knows of any. It use to be an active subgroup on LBNA but not recently. Maybe I'll pique the interest of other letterboxers who will set up their own VLB sites.


Each VLB includes a scanned image of one of my hand carved stamps.


Lone R


http://virtualletterboxes.wordpress.com



Re: [LbNA] Virtual Letterboxes

From: Samantha Jowers-Rojas (samjowers2000@yahoo.com) | Date: 2015-01-20 23:50:51 UTC
what is a virtual letterbox?


On Monday, January 19, 2015 2:00 PM, "ontario_cacher@yahoo.ca [letterbox-usa]" <letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 
It's winter and my thoughts turn to Virtual Letterboxes. 

I had to move my VLBs from the AQ site, Ryan Carpenter decommissioned Virtual letterboxes from the AQ site as of January 1 2015. After all that work moving them, I'd like to get some more visitors. My VLBs are now at: Virtual letterboxes

There are over 50 virtuals to try and I hope to create more if there's any interest. 

I'd also love to link to some active virtual letterboxes if anyone knows of any. It use to be an active subgroup on LBNA but not recently. Maybe I'll pique the interest of other letterboxers who will set up their own VLB sites.

Each VLB includes a scanned image of one of my hand carved stamps.

Lone R



Re: [LbNA] Virtual Letterboxes

From: (ontario_cacher@yahoo.ca) | Date: 2015-01-21 07:14:42 UTC-08:00

I shall refer to the first virtual letterbox's description of what a virtual letterbox is. From the Kimball Letterbook:


Although I support wholeheartedly the spirit of real - as opposed to virtual - letterboxing ("The game is afoot!"), I have nevertheless made it possible to engage in this quest on-line. Many people will not be able to visit a small town in central Vermont. If you are one of the geographically blessed who can, I would ask you to forswear the cyberversion and come to Kimball for the full flavor of the hunt. If not,click here for directions. 




Re: [LbNA] Virtual Letterboxes

From: uneksia@yahoo.com (uneksia@yahoo.com) | Date: 2015-01-26 23:37:41 UTC-05:00
i don't get it. the virtuals are not on aq any more? why? please don't tell
me it is because they are not real letterboxes. the last time i checked a
ltc was not a letterbox either. i love letterboxing in all it's forms be it
traditional, postal, virtual, or ltc.

now off to check the virutal letterboxes.

smile
uneksia




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From: ontario_cacher@yahoo.ca [letterbox-usa]
Date: 01/19/15 15:00:54
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Virtual Letterboxes


It's winter and my thoughts turn to Virtual Letterboxes.


I had to move my VLBs from the AQ site, Ryan Carpenter decommissioned
Virtual letterboxes from the AQ site as of January 1 2015. After all that
work moving them, I'd like to get some more visitors. My VLBs are now at:
Virtual letterboxes

Virtual letterboxes
A virtual hide-n-seek adventure for letterbox stamps
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There are over 50 virtuals to try and I hope to create more if there's any
interest.


I'd also love to link to some active virtual letterboxes if anyone knows of
any. It use to be an active subgroup on LBNA but not recently. Maybe I'll
pique the interest of other letterboxers who will set up their own VLB sites



Each VLB includes a scanned image of one of my hand carved stamps.


Lone R


http://virtualletterboxes.wordpress.com




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Re: [LbNA] Virtual Letterboxes

From: (ontario_cacher@yahoo.ca) | Date: 2015-01-27 07:35:26 UTC-08:00

They are completely gone. You wouldn't even know they existed. The only thing left is the Virtual Group and Board. See Ryan's announcement here and here of the final days of virtuals on AQ. He essentially hid them a few years ago and has been hinting over the years that he wanted them gone. He needed to "cut the fat". The images were taking up a lot of space and most of the images were snagged off the web. Very few were actual hand carved stamps by the virtual creators.


My hope is that Virtuals will return but with new enforced rules that require the reward image be a hand carved stamp print that was carved by the virtual creator. No more web images. Perhaps a check box on the submission form that reads "the image I am uploading is of a handcarved stamp that I have carved". Plus reviewers that would check each submission.