# The Great SDMB Spring 2014 Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739 "2014-04-23T03:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/101 "2014-05-20T12:04:03Z")
Another card has arrived from **Lsura**! Thank you - I didn’t expect a second one. It depicts a Peace Monument in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Do you know why it’s called the ‘New York’ Peace Monument if it’s in Tennessee? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/102 "2014-05-20T14:03:45Z")
It was erected by the State of New York to commemorate the soldiers who died there during the US Civil War. See [here.](http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6TBJ_New_York_Peace_Memorial_Lookout_Mountain_TN_USA) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/103 "2014-05-20T14:06:48Z")
> [@Anaglyph](#): > > faith fool’s card arrived - A texas cowboy hidden behind a photograph Damn. ☹ Did they come apart? I live way out in the boonies now and the closest place to me that I could have those printed was Walmart. And, of course, ours does NOT do postcards. ☹ ☹ So, I had to buy postcards, glue them to the back of my pictures and wait several days before sending, all in hopes that they wouldn’t come apart. I’m so sorry. Anyway, the idea was to send you something from my area, that was homemade. As amateur photographer, I really was hoping you’d like that shot versus the goofy cowboy crap underneath. Again, my apologies. ☹ ---
**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:** [May 20, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/104 "2014-05-20T14:08:18Z")
Cool, **Cheez** - thanks. I’m very interested in Civil War history. All postcards should be in the mail no later than _today_, my friends. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/105 "2014-05-20T14:17:47Z")
Also, I meant to add to **Algher** and **phouka** … if the same thing ends up happening to you as well, I offer a preemptive apology. I’ll know next time that trying this method doesn’t work. Grrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/106 "2014-05-20T15:14:42Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Another card has arrived from **Lsura**! Thank you - I didn’t expect a second one. > > It depicts a Peace Monument in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Do you know why it’s called the ‘New York’ Peace Monument if it’s in Tennessee? I had way too much fun finding postcards for this round. I had to restrain my mailing 🙂 And thanks for the question - I never even questioned why it was called that growing up! ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/107 "2014-05-20T16:40:27Z")
(Re)mailed my third postcard on Monday. Received one, but I’m at work and it’s at home. Will follow up with details tonight! ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/108 "2014-05-20T17:16:00Z")
Got my three in the mail today, right on the deadline. Is it just me, or did anyone else have trouble finding postcards? That is, I went to the local RenFaire planning to buy them there, and there were none to be found for love or money. I didn’t have time to go to any landmarks where I might find some, so I ended up purchasing a book of postcards by an artist I hadn’t heard of before, Bruce McCall, at a Half-Price Bookstore. I really didn’t want to go to a Walgreens or other drug store which was the only other place I could think of. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/109 "2014-05-20T17:53:54Z")
**phouka** , since you live so close to me, have you gotten mine yet? I’m going to be utterly baffled if someone out of the country got theirs before you did. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/110 "2014-05-20T19:05:42Z")
I received a beautiful card today from Cheez Whia of the Colorado National Monument. That’s beautiful country out there, unlike the flat cornfields by me! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/111 "2014-05-20T19:10:51Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > Got my three in the mail today, right on the deadline. > > Is it just me, or did anyone else have trouble finding postcards? > > That is, I went to the local RenFaire planning to buy them there, and there were none to be found for love or money. I didn’t have time to go to any landmarks where I might find some, so I ended up purchasing a book of postcards by an artist I hadn’t heard of before, Bruce McCall, at a Half-Price Bookstore. I really didn’t want to go to a Walgreens or other drug store which was the only other place I could think of. I had trouble last year and the first round this year. Then I happened to be at an antique mall and some of the stalls had awesome bins of postcards, like new, but from all around the world. I found some fantastic ones there and I’ll go back again for more. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/112 "2014-05-20T21:34:13Z")
You can almost always find 'em at historic site and art museum gift shops. Stock up now for future rounds! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/113 "2014-05-20T22:56:16Z")
Sorry to be late, my cards go out tonight. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/114 "2014-05-20T23:26:31Z")
Mine went out today. Just under the wire. Not exactly postcards, but small notecards. I can’t seem to put my finger on the ones I bought last round. ---
**Author:** ![Clare\_de\_Loone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/clare_de_loone/32/3407_2.png) [@Clare\_de\_Loone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_de_Loone)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/115 "2014-05-21T11:23:34Z")
Sorry Sorry Sorry! Life (including death, not mine) really got busy. Merci beaucoup pour la carte postale de Grrlbrarian. It arrived most promptly over a week ago. Thank you to Nayna for her fun, retro Pittsburgh card. It arrived Friday or Saturday. My cards went to the post office yesterday which means they’ll leave my 1-horse town today. ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/116 "2014-05-21T11:53:46Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Damn. ☹ Did they come apart? I live way out in the boonies now and the closest place to me that I could have those printed was Walmart. And, of course, ours does NOT do postcards. ☹ ☹ So, I had to buy postcards, glue them to the back of my pictures and wait several days before sending, all in hopes that they wouldn’t come apart. I’m so sorry. Anyway, the idea was to send you something from my area, that was homemade. As amateur photographer, I really was hoping you’d like that shot versus the goofy cowboy crap underneath. Again, my apologies. ☹ Don’t worry, it did not fall apart - I simply noticed that the card consisted of two layers, and being a notoriously curious person, I had to check why it was so. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/117 "2014-05-21T17:28:31Z")
was on the road the past few days, but got them posted - probably will actually be picked up by Canada Post in today’s pick-up. ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/118 "2014-05-21T23:17:32Z")
I received a postcard from Grrlbrarian with a lovely sepia-toned still life … photo? painting? Then I spent a bit of time Googling the artist, Didier Galliard, and discovering his really cool work. It’s a photo. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/119 "2014-05-21T23:27:34Z")
> [@Anaglyph](#): > > Don’t worry, it did not fall apart - I simply noticed that the card consisted of two layers, and being a notoriously curious person, I had to check why it was so. Gotcha. Well, I hope you liked it anyway. 🙂 Got an adorable postcard today from **phouka** by Bruce McCall, depicting a bunch of King Kongs (?) having lunch way up high on some other, smaller buildings, while little by-planes off in the distance circle the much larger Empire State Building. I love it! Thank you. And as an aside… yep, we aren’t that far apart geographically and are quite frequently in the area due to all my husband’s medical issues. We should indeed hook up and have a bite to eat sometime. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739/120 "2014-05-22T02:09:01Z")
I received a lovely card from **Labtrash** today. Not Holland 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-spring-2014-postcard-exchange/686739.md?page=7)