# The Great SDMB Winter 2014 Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322 "2014-01-20T22:48:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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 23, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/141 "2014-02-23T17:56:58Z")
Got my third postcard – a photo taken by **Johnny** **Bravo** of a big ol’ male bison standing near a bench and looking over as if to say, “Go on. Sit down. I dare ya.” Must have been quite a sight in person! Thanks, JB, and watch out for alligators! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/142 "2014-02-23T18:37:05Z")
Yay! I was just coming to this thread to see if any of my postcards had shown up. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/143 "2014-02-23T19:20:07Z")
Having finally headed to the mailbox for yesterday’s mail, I found that I got **Northern Piper’s** second postcard. It’s an authentic Canadian Moose! I want to cut it out, put it together and hang a gold medal around it after this morning’s hockey game! Thanks! Now I’m just waiting for my 3rd card to arrive at its destination! ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/144 "2014-02-23T19:41:37Z")
I’ve got my second postcard today! Well, technically yesterday but I didn’t set foot outside the door to retrieve the mail until today. Lazy I know. This one is from **Iggy** and is a beautiful, warm and tropical scene (that does it- I’m _MOVING_) along with a shot of a rather large boat anchor. The stamp is VERY cool - two ships on the water, look like they’re racing. It’ll definitely go into my stamp collection 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 23, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/145 "2014-02-23T20:01:19Z")
The latest update… Five received: **minionkat** Four received: **raventhief Elendil’s Heir Pai325 Lsura** Three received: **Johnny Bravo Algher mortal wombat Baker silenus purplehorseshoe Iggy** Two received: **Anaamika Grrlbrarian The Butterfly’s Ghost Fluffy Picklesniffer** One received: **Cunctator Northern Piper** Corrections and updates welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/146 "2014-02-23T22:35:37Z")
I have postcards from all three of my senders, but I have a total of five, since one sender sent three cards. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/147 "2014-02-24T00:28:55Z")
> [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#): > > I’ve got my second postcard today! Well, technically yesterday but I didn’t set foot outside the door to retrieve the mail until today. Lazy I know. > This one is from **Iggy** and is a beautiful, warm and tropical scene (that does it- I’m _MOVING_) along with a shot of a rather large boat anchor. The stamp is VERY cool - two ships on the water, look like they’re racing. It’ll definitely go into my stamp collection 🙂 Stamp collecting trivia: Those two boats are based on patrol vessels used by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Unit. It was part of [a series of stamps](https://caymannewsservice.com/local-news/2012/08/31/stamp-issue-honours-emergency-services) honoring the various emergency services. All are drawings (slightly cartoon-ized) instead of being photo realistic. Police, Fire, Ambulance, and even 9-1-1 (where I work) got a stamp. It is [believed to be the first stamp in the world honouring a 9-1-1 center](http://www.9-1-1magazine.com/PPT-Cayman-Islands-Postage-Stamps). The 9-1-1 stamp image is clearly that of a coworker. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/148 "2014-02-24T00:43:38Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > Stamp collecting trivia: > > Those two boats are based on patrol vessels used by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Unit. It was part of [a series of stamps](https://caymannewsservice.com/local-news/2012/08/31/stamp-issue-honours-emergency-services) honoring the various emergency services. All are drawings (slightly cartoon-ized) instead of being photo realistic. > > Police, Fire, Ambulance, and even 9-1-1 (where I work) got a stamp. It is [believed to be the first stamp in the world honouring a 9-1-1 center](http://www.9-1-1magazine.com/PPT-Cayman-Islands-Postage-Stamps). The 9-1-1 stamp image is clearly that of a coworker. Very nifty - thanks for the info! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/149 "2014-02-24T03:26:07Z")
I’m back from the delights of cold Chicago and finding the warmth, and particularly the brightness, of Sydney a bit of a shock. And awaiting me in today’s delivery of held mail were three cards from **Mortal Wombat** , bemoaning the grey, gloom and wet of the UK and then continuing with an amusing stream of consciousness. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/150 "2014-02-24T09:40:19Z")
This is very weird Board/Tapatalk behaviour. When I read **Elendil’s Heir’s** post, it shows up as saying: > [@what I see](#): > > One received: > > **Cunctator** But when I quoted the post to advise that I’ve got a card, it shows up as: QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir One received: **Cunctator Northern Piper** Corrections and updates welcome./QUOTE I’m invisible! (Square brackets removed to show it as it comes up with the quote function.) At any rate, yes, I’ve got one card, from **Silenus**. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2014, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/151 "2014-02-24T09:53:58Z")
Query: what do other posters see in post 145? Do I show up? If so, what browser are you using? ---
**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:** [February 24, 2014, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/152 "2014-02-24T10:59:53Z")
Okay, even when I posted it without quote, the reference to Northern Piper disappeared. When i hit the quote function, the coding shows both “Cunctator” and “Northern Piper” within a single set of bold codes, with a return putting them on two lines. However, what I see is just “Cunctator”. Is it the combination of bold and a return that is the problem? ---
**Author:** ![mortal\_wombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mortal\_wombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mortal_wombat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/153 "2014-02-24T22:25:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The latest update… > > Corrections and updates welcome. I’m pretty sure that the mathematician in me works out that both Cunctator and Minionkat received 7 cards each just based on the fact that Baker and myself sent 3 to our postcard posse. I received 5 in total and I’d imagine Baker has the same. Don’t ask me to solve the “crucial conundrum” tho 😛 ---
**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:** [February 25, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/154 "2014-02-25T03:50:24Z")
Back from the Ottawa trip with fresh cards for round # 2! And, a lovely card from **Pai325** waiting for me, showing a peaceful university campus, Eastern Illinois University. Thanks! With muscle car stamps! ---
**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:** [February 25, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/155 "2014-02-25T03:53:17Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > Having finally headed to the mailbox for yesterday’s mail, I found that I got **Northern Piper’s** second postcard. It’s an authentic Canadian Moose! [Boris] Moose has arrived, Natasha! [/Boris] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/156 "2014-02-25T09:49:23Z")
I just received my card from **Johnny Bravo** today. Wow - and thanks a lot for the gator. That’s really impressive! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/157 "2014-02-26T00:52:32Z")
I got my third card yesterday (Tuesday) from **minionkat**. It’s a photo of a lovely flower - an orchid of some sort, I’d say. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/158 "2014-02-26T01:59:17Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Query: what do other posters see in post 145? Do I show up? If so, what browser are you using? You show up for me. I use Chrome. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/159 "2014-02-26T03:04:04Z")
must be a tapatalk thing - I’m back home and using my MacBook with Safari, and I’m showing up now. very odd. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322/160 "2014-02-28T16:57:03Z")
Reporting in to say I’ve received card #3 this week! Actually it came on Monday and I apologize for being late but have been without internet all week - ice took things down. So here I am to say I have all 3 cards, the last from **TokyoBayer** and a nice green-looking postcard with a _ **TRAIN ON IT YEAH!!!** _ **ahem** sorry 'bout that, got a little excited. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2014-postcard-exchange/679322.md?page=9)