# The Great SDMB Winter 2015 Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973 "2015-02-18T03:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/121 "2015-03-13T19:43:55Z")
I’m so glad all three of mine made it safely to their destinations. I’m thinking of local outings where one of the top priorities will be to buy postcards! This was so fun. I want to do six next time. Thanks, **Elendil’s Heir**! ETA: Oops, I think only two have made it so far. Hopefully the third will very soon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/122 "2015-03-13T22:08:04Z")
I am ashamed to admit I sent the postcards only today. Mea maxima culpa. I have a pretty card from **romansperson** , a map of North Carolina. Says it was sent from the beach. Grrr, I wish I was at a beach. Can you feel my jealous vibes? And from **blondbear** I have a packet of cards “Fabulous Homes of the Stars”. It’s a Hollywood must! Also included was a picture of the Rosicrucian Planetarium in San Jose California. Man, they don’t build buildings like that any more! It looks like a fantasy structure from an old movie. Thanks to you both! ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/123 "2015-03-14T00:33:31Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Re: the Alameda Creek trail–I don’t know about the trail itself, but the far end is right near Coyote Hills Regional Park, which is well worth a visit. (especially now when the hills are green and the wildflowers should be blooming) Last time I was there (November?) the wetlands were completely dried up. ☹ ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/124 "2015-03-14T14:30:46Z")
All postcards should be in the mail by TODAY - thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/125 "2015-03-14T18:05:06Z")
Thank you Cheez\_Whia for the lovely postcard of Balanced Rock in Colorado. I’m surprised some vandal hasn’t unbalanced it yet. If someone tries, I hope it falls on him. A friend moved to Colorado a couple of years ago and loves to talk about the sunshine and wonderful weather. She said if it snows, it’s gone in a day or two, and that its always sunny. My cousin went to college in Coloradoin the 60s and never moved back to Illinois. Some great-great-great uncles moved out there for their lungs in the late 1800s and didn’t come back. It looks gorgeous out there. Why am I still in Illinois!!! ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/126 "2015-03-14T19:21:13Z")
Hmm. It looks like only 1 of the postcards I sent have been received. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/127 "2015-03-14T21:42:14Z")
Got two postcards! They arrived together 🙂 Thanks **Grrlbrarian** and **Pai325** ^.^ They are very nice postcards! And they look vintage 😃 I am happy I got them ^.^ In fact they made my day in a small way 🙂 All the best! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/128 "2015-03-15T00:16:49Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Got two postcards! They arrived together 🙂 > > Thanks **Grrlbrarian** and **Pai325** ^.^ They are very nice postcards! And they look vintage 😃 > > I am happy I got them ^.^ In fact they made my day in a small way 🙂 > > All the best! I’m happy it got there! And I’m sorry, it’s not vintage. Maybe next time. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/129 "2015-03-15T01:04:13Z")
Mine were placed in the mail today! ---
**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:** [March 15, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/130 "2015-03-15T04:07:32Z")
Excellent! Anyone who missed yesterday’s deadline, please get your postcards in the mail ASAP. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/131 "2015-03-15T17:33:39Z")
By my tally, cards have now been sent by everyone except **jayrey**. One card each has been received by: **Helena330 blondebear Anaglyph Algher Fluffy PickleSniffer romansperson Grrlbrarian Weedy** Two cards each have been received by: **Helena330 JWT Kottekoe Teuton Baker Cheez\_Whia Pai325 JoseB minionkat silenus Honey Elendil’s Heir** And three cards have been received by: **Lsura** I welcome any corrections or updates. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/132 "2015-03-15T19:02:26Z")
Yesterday I got another card from **Fluffy Picklesniffer** , with some lovely handdrawn pickles and a view of an ice age trail! ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/133 "2015-03-15T19:41:22Z")
Hey, Hey! I got TWO postcards yesterday: One is from **Karen Lingel** , and depicts a (1915) silent-film cowboy star, one G. M. Anderson, AKA “Broncho Billy”! And he is one handsome dude. His leather studded chaps are quite something. The card came from the Silent Movie Museum in Niles, Calif. My other postcard is from **The Butterfly’s Ghost**. It depicts one of the old city gates in the city of Cologne (Germany), complete with a three-story tower and portcullis – dating from medieval times, I think. Our SDMB friend \*\*Ghost \*\*mentions that she lives in the immediate neighborhood, and even got married at the gate! 🆒 Really! Thanks to both of you and to all who have participated. I’m ready to scout out some more postcards for the next go-round 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/134 "2015-03-16T00:54:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > And three cards have been received by: > > **Lsura** > > I welcome any corrections or updates. I have actually received 4 cards total, from 2 senders. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 16, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/135 "2015-03-16T18:11:53Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Got two postcards! They arrived together 🙂 > > Thanks **Grrlbrarian** and **Pai325** ^.^ They are very nice postcards! And they look vintage 😃 > > I am happy I got them ^.^ In fact they made my day in a small way 🙂 > > All the best! Hey **JoseB**! I think I did send a vintage one. What does it look like? I’ve got quite a stock of them. 😉 So glad you liked it!!! ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/136 "2015-03-16T21:03:47Z")
\*\*jayrey \*\* finally reporting in, having just risen from her sickbed. It’s been a doozy last two weeks, between too much work and a killer head cold/sinus infection. My three postcards went in the mail on the 13th. I have received my cards from **Elendil’s Heir** , \*\*Honey \*\*(with an invitation to visit! Thanks!), and **Anaglyph**. All very cool cards. Thanks much. Sorry I was such a slow poke but events slid out of control. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/137 "2015-03-16T23:00:37Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > \*\*jayrey \*\* finally reporting in, having just risen from her sickbed. It’s been a doozy last two weeks, between too much work and a killer head cold/sinus infection. > > My three postcards went in the mail on the 13th. I have received my cards from **Elendil’s Heir** , \*\*Honey \*\*(with an invitation to visit! Thanks!), and **Anaglyph**. All very cool cards. Thanks much. Sorry I was such a slow poke but events slid out of control. I received your postcard today **jayrey** , Thanks for the invite! 🙂 Three days for a postcard from Oregon, that’s speedy. That makes 3 for me! Thank you everyone. ---
**Author:** ![MsJinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@MsJinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsJinx)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/138 "2015-03-16T23:29:32Z")
My two US ones arrived today - lovely Myrtle Beach SC from Labtrash and Navy helicopters in Pax River MD from Tony Fop. Funny, because I have a personal connection to both places: family vacation in Myrtle Beach shortened due to a hurricane when I was a baby, and worked in an F-18 Hornet division in the 1980s with facilities in Pax River! Thanks! ---
**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:** [March 16, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/139 "2015-03-16T23:58:33Z")
Received a lovely postcard today from **JWT Kottekoe** - a gorgeous picture of a log cabin on the shore of a lake that looks very reminiscent of Wisconsin/Minnesota. JWT says on the card that it reminds him of canoeing in the northwoods of Minnesota - it reminds me of canoeing in the northwoods of Wisconsin! 🙂 … um… okay, okay I admit it. Canoeing memories for me are mostly composed of splashing water and retrieving paddles before they drift too far away. I’m a master at tipping canoes… but the picture does remind me of a nice place to dry off before resuming a canoe trip down river…:o ---
**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:** [March 17, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973/140 "2015-03-17T00:50:34Z")
> [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#): > > Received a lovely postcard today from **JWT Kottekoe** - a gorgeous picture of a log cabin on the shore of a lake that looks very reminiscent of Wisconsin/Minnesota. JWT says on the card that it reminds him of canoeing in the northwoods of Minnesota - it reminds me of canoeing in the northwoods of Wisconsin! 🙂 I think I got the same postcard from\*\* JWT Kottekoe\*\*, but did you get an “Up” stamp? Thanks, JWT. If I have any physics questions, you’re now my go-to guy. 😃 I also received TWO cards from **Teuton**! One is of the “Mysterious Stonehenge” where it’s apparently cloudy quite often. The other is of a “Caravan Park” (campground to those of us in the US) near his home. It has lovely views, a beach and a pool. You live in a beautiful place, **Teuton**. There’s only my UK postcard to be received. I’m sad this is almost over for me! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-winter-2015-postcard-exchange/712973.md?page=8)