# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 8
**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 15, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/141 "2015-10-15T14:43:27Z")
And the cards just keep on coming! Huzzah! Got another Kansas-card from **Baker** listing the state’s official animal and vegetable mascots. Did you know that her favorite bird is the meadowlark? Now you do. From **Cheez\_Whia** , a shot of the Durango & Silverton train making it’s way along the Animas river. I haven’t ridden the train, but I’ve driven the “Million Dollar Highway”, which is a fantastic scenic route. ---
**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 15, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/142 "2015-10-15T18:43:02Z")
I received two today from **JoseB**. A nice Venice scene and some beer bottles. ---
**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 15, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/143 "2015-10-15T19:25:18Z")
Only one set of the cards I sent are unaccounted for. That person signed up, but has never posted in this thread one way or another, as either having sent cards or as having received any. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/144 "2015-10-15T22:56:41Z")
I got another card today, this one from Anaglyph in Switzerland. Despite that, it’s a lovely scene of Boathouse Row in Philadelphia, a city I’ve not yet been to. And I love your “fall 2015 postcard exchange” stickers! ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/145 "2015-10-16T04:31:59Z")
I received a postcard from **anaglyph** even though I’m not in the exchange this time! 😃 It’s a scene from the Blue Ridge Parkway. It occurs to me that I don’t recall seeing pics of it. Anaglyph, I sent you an envelope a month ago? Or more? But haven’t heard that you received it. ☹ I’ll send another. ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/146 "2015-10-16T09:13:35Z")
From the Netherlands came two cards in an envelope: One a beautiful view showing Venice at nightfall (Yes, Karen Lingel, Campanile di San Marco somewhat resemble Sather tower), the other a black-and white photograph or the[Eiffel tower in Paris, with a bright red Citroen 2CV](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/5f/7c/30/5f7c30d75e4106fb9f980cf6ac19dc24.jpg) in the foreground. Thank you very much,\*\* JoseB\*\*. ---
**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 16, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/147 "2015-10-16T11:42:32Z")
Received the last missing card today from \*\*Cheez\_Whia \*\*showing great scenery from the Durango and Silverton railway line. Though I know that it’s about the other Durango way down south, as a big Dylan fan I was instantly reminded of _Romance In Durango_: “Hot chilli peppers in the blistering sun…”. Thanks a lot, **Cheez\_Whia**. With cards received from all involved parties and all my cards finding their way across the pond (or just across one border to Switzerland in one case), this exchange is a big success in my book, and it was very fun. It was the first time I participated, so I didn’t have any interesting cards at hand since I had given up writing postcards some twenty years ago, but I will watch out from now on to get me some nice cards for the next postcard exchange. I certainly will be in again next time. ---
**Author:** ![pw6163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@pw6163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pw6163)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/148 "2015-10-17T03:24:31Z")
A very nice card from \*\*Ulf the Unwashed \*\*showing some of the public art on display in Denver. Thanks mate, also love the horse on the chair 🙂 ---
**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 18, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/149 "2015-10-18T23:06:03Z")
I arrived home from my mini-vacation (picked up enough postcards for the next exchange) to find a card from **Whiskey Dickens** showing Niagara falls, which is apparently _already frozen over_ :eek:. Yeesh, it was 90 degrees F in Sacramento (that’s 32.2 Canadian)! Thanks, Whiskey! ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/150 "2015-10-18T23:30:09Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I arrived home from my mini-vacation (picked up enough postcards for the next exchange) to find a card from **Whiskey Dickens** showing Niagara falls, which is apparently _already frozen over_ :eek:. Yeesh, it was 90 degrees F in Sacramento (that’s 32.2 Canadian)! Thanks, Whiskey! The falls wouldn’t be frozen over now. That requires a long stretch of way-below-freezing temps, which hasn’t happened. It’s just beginning to get down to the freezing point in the region on the coldest nights. The falls did freeze, mostly, during the polar vortex last winter–and may yet do so this time around, but not yet. Phew! ---
**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 19, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/151 "2015-10-19T22:55:44Z")
It was a joke, son. You see, a) the postcard was frozen falls. b) Canada is cold, and some people think it is frozen all the time c) it is funny to pretend to be one of the people who think Canada is frozen all the time d) it was 90 degrees in Sacramento. So now that I have explained the explanation, it should be funny again… ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/152 "2015-10-19T23:12:01Z")
Woot! **JoseB** comes through with a double. Great shot of Venice, Italy plus a line-up of classic VW microbuses, one standing out in a brilliant blue. ---
**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 19, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/153 "2015-10-19T23:12:34Z")
I got a sparkly Niagara falls from whiskey dickens! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/154 "2015-10-22T01:56:19Z")
**JoseB** , thanks for two cards! Lovely Venezia and a whimsical one of colorful socks :). ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/155 "2015-11-02T14:40:17Z")
I sent out 5 and have 3 in return: A lovely one of The Sacramento Riverfront from **RollOutTheBarrel** Gettysburg’s The Lone Soldier Statue and Cannon. I’ve been to that exact spot. This from **Elendil’s Heir** The Giant Clothespin of Philadelphia from **Anaglyph** Thank you all, I do enjoy the postcard exchange. Keep me in please. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/156 "2015-11-14T00:38:06Z")
At last the Mother Country is heard from! Got a nice portrait of Her Majesty and some authentic Queen’s English from **SciFiSam.** Via air mail, but I think the Royal Post just attached it to a swallow and hoped for the best. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/157 "2015-11-14T11:38:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > At last the Mother Country is heard from! Got a nice portrait of Her Majesty and some authentic Queen’s English from **SciFiSam.** Via air mail, but I think the Royal Post just attached it to a swallow and hoped for the best. 😉 The delay is my fault - sorry. It proved more difficult than expected to get international stamps because you can only buy them in person from a post office and their opening hours are awkward for me. Hope you enjoyed the translation work, me old china 😃 ---
**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:** [December 7, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/158 "2015-12-07T14:18:23Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > 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. > > …Because I am so late, I will send 2 postcards to each person on my list. “Today,” huh? 😉 Just got two postcards from **Honey** - a photomontage of Glens Falls, N.Y., and another of the natural wonders of the Adirondacks wildnerness. Thanks! ---
**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:** [December 13, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387/159 "2015-12-13T04:21:16Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “Today,” huh? 😉 > > Just got two postcards from **Honey** - a photomontage of Glens Falls, N.Y., and another of the natural wonders of the Adirondacks wildnerness. Thanks! I guess I can claim the title of the worst procrastinator on the SDMB. Sorry about the lateness. I hope it was a nice surprise. :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-by-popular-demand-the-fall-2015-postcard-exhange/730387.md?page=7)