# Back By Popular Demand! The Fall 2015 Postcard Exhange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387 "2015-09-08T22:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/121 "2015-10-10T16:50:29Z")
I got a postcard yesterday from **Ravensthief** showing Moschops at Dinosaur Land! My 5-yr old nephew is soooooooo jealous! Thanks, Ravensthief! I don’t know if Moschops is his given name or his species name… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/122 "2015-10-10T21:35:16Z")
It looks like the cards I sent won’t get there until next week. Darn, I was hoping the ones sent to the US addresses would arrive before the three day weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/123 "2015-10-11T06:15:35Z")
Three-day weekend? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/124 "2015-10-11T12:22:53Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Three-day weekend? Monday is Columbus Day, so no mail delivery. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/125 "2015-10-11T12:39:10Z")
Time to fess up. I still haven’t mailed mine. ☹ I’m so sorry. You have my word that I will drop them in the box today. I have received so far: A cute honeybee from **Anaglyph** A beautiful pic of a Gettyburg battlefield at sunset from **Elendil’s Heir** A pretty waterfront pic of San Diego from **RollOutTheBarrel** A pic of Nubble Light House in Maine from **davida03801** - It made me homesick, when I lived in Boston, we went up to York Beach almost every month. A pic of the Norwich University football team of 1911 from Vermont from **davida03801** Because I am so late, I will send 2 postcards to each person on my list. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/126 "2015-10-11T14:19:26Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It looks like the cards I sent won’t get there until next week. Darn, I was hoping the ones sent to the US addresses would arrive before the three day weekend. Well, one of them made it…I got your “Kansas Sunset” card yesterday. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/127 "2015-10-11T22:28:39Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Well, one of them made it…I got your “Kansas Sunset” card yesterday. Thanks! Glad you like it, there should be another coming, I sent two to all the addresses. ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/128 "2015-10-13T07:15:10Z")
Saturday I got the [Sather Tower](https://www.google.ch/search?q=sather+tower&biw=1400&bih=1277&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBwQsARqFQoTCNHqna7tvsgCFQU3FAod1KsNPQ) birthday card from **Karen Lingel**. And yesterday I got home to find seven cards in my mailbox! Two from **DavidA03801** , one showing a 1911 photograph of the Norwich University Football Team, the second showing [Nubble Light House](https://www.google.ch/search?q=sather+tower&biw=1400&bih=1277&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBwQsARqFQoTCNHqna7tvsgCFQU3FAod1KsNPQ#tbm=isch&q=Nubble+Light+House) at York beach in Maine. Another two from **Bake** r: [Seelye Mansion](https://www.google.ch/search?q=sather+tower&biw=1400&bih=1277&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBwQsARqFQoTCNHqna7tvsgCFQU3FAod1KsNPQ#tbm=isch&q=Seelye+Mansion) in Abilene, Kansas, and [a glass sculpture of the USS Constitution by artist Mitsuki Ohno](http://ohnoglass.seesaa.net/image/frontpage1.png). From **Whiskey Dicken** s I got an impressive view of Niagara Falls with a ferris wheel in the foreground ([this view](http://www.cliftonhill.com/falls_blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DSC_9352-crop2.jpg)), from\*\* Raventhief\*\* two [dinosaurs](https://www.google.ch/search?q=dinosaurs+land+va&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIl66g4PC-yAIVSb4UCh1_uwfO&biw=1400&bih=1277#imgrc=AkUYQxJInNiVlM%3A) fighting ([those two, viewed from the other side](http://www.virginiawind.com/virginia_travel/images/dinosaur_land_06.jpg)). From **Ulf the Unwashed** I got a view of [Brooklyn Bridge](https://www.google.ch/search?q=brooklyn+bridge+by+night&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCJWq2JryvsgCFQTDFAodZH4LcA&biw=1400&bih=1277) in New York. That you for all the lovely cards! I could easily get used to find friendly greeting in my mailbox, in addition to the usual bills and junk mail! ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/129 "2015-10-13T09:39:20Z")
I got 4 beautiful postcards!! 🙂 Thanks a lot to everybody who sent them to me! They arrived together at basically the same time. Thank you, **IvoryTowerDenizen** , **dbygawdcapn** , **Algher** and **Anaglyph**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/130 "2015-10-13T14:21:29Z")
Just got home from work and got three beautiful cards, all showing capitol buildings! One from **jayrey** of the Third Capitol in Salem, OR, which looks very spectacular and impressive, and two of the awesome dome of the Kansas Capitol in Topeka from **Baker**. This dome reminded me of the one of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London which I never saw myself, but I watched a documentary about its construction not long ago and it’s similar. And both wrote me that they work or live, respectively, in sight of the buildings. A nice coincidence. Thanks to both of you. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/131 "2015-10-13T15:37:29Z")
I’m dropping in to tell **Baker** that her cards got to me on Saturday! Seelye Mansion and Kansas Museum of History! I would love to visit these some day! ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/132 "2015-10-13T17:43:44Z")
I received a card from **jayrey** of a carousel horse that was named for a Native American tribe. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/133 "2015-10-13T22:34:02Z")
Today’s mail brought me a postcard from **Anaglyph** of the Rose Window in the cathedral at Reims. Much coolness. We studied that window for a bit in my AP Euro classes. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/134 "2015-10-13T22:42:47Z")
I forgot to post that I got a card from Karen Lingel on Saturday! Lovely pic of Souther Tower! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/135 "2015-10-13T23:09:01Z")
I got a card from **Cheez\_Whia.** It’s a picture of the narrow gauge Silverton/Durango railroad in Colorado. I’ve never ridden it but my parents did once, and I know the Colorado mountains. Dad loved vacations in nature, the national parks and such. Is it still true that there’s a law against picking wild columbines in Colorado? I remember once seeing a whole field of them. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/136 "2015-10-13T23:42:17Z")
I would imagine so; Blue Columbine is the State flower. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/137 "2015-10-14T03:33:58Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > It looks like the cards I sent won’t get there until next week. Darn, I was hoping the ones sent to the US addresses would arrive before the three day weekend. **Baker** , I got two before the long weekend, too, but wasn’t online to report them. I loved the “Home on the Range” cabin and I think buffalo is delicious, too. Also got a sweet “Thanks” card from **Anaglyph** , who says she appreciates the opportunity we’ve given her to clean out her postcard stash. I suspect she’s happy to clean it out just to have an excuse to buy more. That’s certainly how it works with me! I also got TWO delightful cards from **JoseB** from the faraway (for me) Netherlands. I’m so envious that you got to go to Venice recently, **JoseB**. **davida03801** sent me two cards: one of the Nubble Light lighthouse (I love lighthouses) and another of the 1911 Norwich University (Maine) football squad. Handsome bunch of young men! Thanks, david! **Honey** , don’t feel too bad about not mailing all your postcards yet. I’m still working on mine, too. I just thinking of it as drawing out the pleasure . . . ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/138 "2015-10-14T18:16:52Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > … **davida03801** sent me two cards: one of the Nubble Light lighthouse (I love lighthouses) and another of the 1911 Norwich University (Maine) football squad. Handsome bunch of young men! Thanks, david!.. He sent them to me, too. Just got 'em yesterday. Thanks, **david**! > [@jayrey](#): > > … **Honey** , don’t feel too bad about not mailing all your postcards yet. I’m still working on mine, too. I just thinking of it as drawing out the pleasure . . . Well… the deadline _was_ in your OP, after all. I’m sure people would rather not have to wait while others have already done what they agreed to do and sent out their postcards timely. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/139 "2015-10-14T20:27:55Z")
Received two cards so far! One from **Anaglyph** of the Dallas skyline at night, with a dramatic bolt of lighting, and the caption “DALLAS IS ELECTRIFYING!” [Like this](http://cdn1.theodysseyonline.com/files/2015/06/11/635696611814731574-125238822_Dallas-night-skyline_DCVB_Clay_Coleman.imgopt1000x70.jpg)but with lightning. Cool 90’s themed card and font, I wonder how old it is? Another from **raventhief** showing two dinosaurs smooching at the Dinosaur Park! Similar to the one that **Anaglyph** received and linked to. Great stuff, love the shot. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/140 "2015-10-15T03:27:27Z")
I received a postcard from **BeeGee** today: an antique postcard from “WALK UNDER WATER” which looks like a couple of aquariums in someone’s basement. (BeeGee pointed out the ashtray!) **BeeGee** , I agree with you – the provenance of this postcard is fascinating. Bill Eldridge of Kerrville, Texas must have saved all the postcards Dad ever sent him, and when he died his kids were all “WTF?” and sold boxes of his junk to antique dealers or flea markets or whatever. Now I have a postcard from Jan 8, 1951 of this strange fish-walk place. It’s like time-traveling and being dumped in a random place and time. Thank you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387.md?page=8)