# SDMB Valentine's Day Exchange 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816 "2016-01-21T20:23:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/41 "2016-02-10T03:37:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Oh, honey, I’m older than you are-- no felt tip pens when I was in grade school, only pencils and ball point pens. There were big fat Magic Markers (but no Sharpies yet). > > I definitely remember the cat’s cradle. > > I remember when playing hopscotch, it was important to find a marker that you could aim, but that wouldn’t bounce out of the square when it landed. Linked together giant paper clips, or bobby pins (remember those?), were good, and also a plain [chain](http://www.commemorativedogtags.com/Images/Chain%20Only.gif) that you would wad up and toss. > > I’ll bet none of you remembers the kind of [skates](https://img1.etsystatic.com/001/0/7008807/il_570xN.364037057_mssc.jpg)that clamped onto your shoes. And you wore the skate key around your neck on a long shoelace. 😉 I certainly do remember those skates, missy! Admittedly, mine weren’t first generation but for some reason there was a pair around - the pair I learned on actually. They were not comfortable! Also, the metal wheels were like when you get a bad shopping cart at the grocery store. Not smooth 🙂 Do not get me started on the chains we used to make from chewing gum wrappers. That’s right kids; gum did not always come in cube form. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/42 "2016-02-10T18:39:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Oh, honey, I’m older than you are-- no felt tip pens when I was in grade school, only pencils and ball point pens. There were big fat Magic Markers (but no Sharpies yet). > > I definitely remember the cat’s cradle. > > I remember when playing hopscotch, it was important to find a marker that you could aim, but that wouldn’t bounce out of the square when it landed. Linked together giant paper clips, or bobby pins (remember those?), were good, and also a plain [chain](http://www.commemorativedogtags.com/Images/Chain%20Only.gif) that you would wad up and toss. > > I’ll bet none of you remembers the kind of [skates](https://img1.etsystatic.com/001/0/7008807/il_570xN.364037057_mssc.jpg)that clamped onto your shoes. And you wore the skate key around your neck on a long shoelace. 😉 Did you do the hand games like _Oh Suzy Playmate_ too? And do you remember the jump rope jingles? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/43 "2016-02-10T22:33:06Z")
I might be able to come up with some of the jump-rope jingles _\_. _“Not last night but the night before… 24 robbers came knocking at my door…”_ That sounds pretty grim, eh? We did the patting hands games but didn’t have one called _Oh Suzy Playmate_. Can’t remember what we called them. Search turned up a [Doper thread from 2005](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351152). Sooner or later we talk about everything here. ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/44 "2016-02-11T15:51:51Z")
Hurrah! Got my Valentines from **faithfool** and **peedin**. Thanks, ladies! I will enjoy playing with the fortuneteller, **faithfool**. And **peedin** sent me a cool handmade Valentine that will double beautifully as a bookmark when I read an hardcover. Perfect item from a librarian to a former librarian! 😃 Hanging my head in shame since I haven’t gotten my Valentines out yet!!! This week has been a nightmare. I will definitely post them tomorrow but they will be late to most recipients. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/45 "2016-02-11T23:34:11Z")
Cards received from ThelmaLou, missed, and Buckwheat. Nothing like a little Eddie Murphy to make me laugh… I think missed and I share a paper crafting hobby. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/46 "2016-02-11T23:42:40Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Cards received from ThelmaLou, missed, and Buckwheat. Nothing like a little Eddie Murphy to make me laugh… I think missed and I share a paper crafting hobby. And you would be right. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/47 "2016-02-12T18:25:52Z")
Anyone remember making a chain from gum wrappers? You folded the wrapper into a V form, then linked them so it looked like herringbone. [Gary Duschl's World Record Gum Wrapper Chain](http://www.gumwrapper.com/build.htm) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/48 "2016-02-12T21:36:55Z")
I got 3 last night. i’m gonna have to up my craft game next year. y’all knocked it out of the park! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/49 "2016-02-13T01:00:00Z")
I got a card from **Thelma Lou** and a bookmark from \*\*Rocking Chair/B]! 🙂 Thank you both! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/50 "2016-02-13T02:25:18Z")
I got 2 more cards tonight, and a package. One was the fortune teller from faith fool, My fortune said “you rock!”. How did it know??! Emilyg, you want above and beyond. I do painted boxes, and this the first I’ve gotten as a gift. Thank you! ( the eraser is fun.) I’m enjoying the love from missed, peedin, wookinpanub (love the rocking chair), thelmalou, and Emilyg. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/51 "2016-02-13T17:16:52Z")
I also got 2 cards, and lovely box with chocolates and an eraser from Emily. One card is a cute bookmark with kittehs on it, and the other was my fortune teller. The fortune teller predicts a total prince, so I am awaiting his arrival. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/52 "2016-02-14T14:17:04Z")
Glad you liked what I gave you, **rocking chair** and **peedin.** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/53 "2016-02-15T02:39:50Z")
Ok, I see I’m not the only one who mailed out a bit belatedly… Mine will probably all show up next week, I guess. I got my fortune teller from **faithfool** , too - what a fun blast from the past! ThelmaLou used a Paul Newman stamp, for that hubba-hubba touch. Paula and missred both have quite the artistic talents. Wookinpanub included a really touching message… And somehow found a purple horseshoe sticker for the envelope! Points!! Y’all are so sweet. This really made my holiday. 🙂 Gawd, I hope yours show up!! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/54 "2016-02-15T14:09:58Z")
I haven’t received any Valentines yet, but I am in the position of living in a different country from most of you (plus some being sent out a bit late.) But I don’t mind getting things a bit late. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/55 "2016-02-15T14:25:51Z")
I love all of mine! The handmade cards are always a favorite. I keep them long after whatever occasion has passed and they’ve inspired me to buy a book on learning how to make some myself. I thought the little box was an adorable. Emily, it was just perfect. And the personalized sticker made me laugh out loud. Too cute indeed! I think they’re all just wonderful and so are the folks that sent them. Thank y’all so much for making my first post-Jaceson Valentines better than I could’ve hoped for. I’m also thrilled everyone liked the fortune tellers. I had tons of fun making and playing with those things as a kid, I just had to share. Yippee that it was a hit! PS: My pets were also a huge fan of the petals. What a cool idea. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/56 "2016-02-16T00:40:54Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I haven’t received any Valentines yet, but I am in the position of living in a different country from most of you (plus some being sent out a bit late.) But I don’t mind getting things a bit late. 🙂 I double-stamped yours (since I wasn’t sure of postage) but yeah … Late as heck. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/57 "2016-02-16T02:03:59Z")
I loved mine, too. The little box was adorable, the candy, the handmade ones, the petals-- so cute. WPN added a ThelmaLou sticker! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/58 "2016-02-16T14:08:06Z")
Glad you liked my little box, **ThelmaLou.** 🙂 Got some absolutely lovely valentines from \*\*peedin \*\*and **missred.** Thank you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/59 "2016-02-16T16:10:51Z")
Yay! Just got another Valentine from Grrlbrarian–I love that. 🙂 Like when your birthday has been over for a week and one more prezzie/card shows up in the mail. Cute sticky hearts…what shall I stick them on…? ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816/60 "2016-02-16T20:11:28Z")
I got so many lovely Valentines on Saturday! Thanks to **ThelmaLou** for the adorable dog card. I almost sent those too! And **rockingchair** , I can put that bookmark to most excellent use. I’ve been nibbling away at your candies in the lovely purple box, **EmilyG**! You totally saved me on the Valentine’s Day candy craving front. 😃 I loved the see-through card from **missred** : Did you make that? Talent!!! And **amarinth** , it was so cool to get petals in the nice hand-made card. I’m saving those petals for creative re-use one of these days. 🙂 Also saving the amazing sticker-ma-thing from **WOOKINPANUB** , and I adored the sassy cut-out photos, too! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-valentines-day-exchange-2016/743816.md?page=4)