# Winter Blues Postcard Exchange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440 "2017-01-18T01:51:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/81 "2017-02-08T00:30:31Z")
I got an envelope of cards from \*\*blondebear \*\* today too. One image of Rex Harrison on the set of Dr. Doolittle in 1967, and a set of very cool images of Mesa Verde National Park & San Juan Basin. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/82 "2017-02-08T01:45:21Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > I switched it up a bit. I put all names in a list, and gave everyone the 3 names AFTER their name (wrapping back to the beginning of the list for those towards the end). That means that everyone has their own unique list of recipients. It also means that if we are missing some postcards, we don’t know who the deadbeats are! (Or maybe that’s not a bug, its a feature? Me, I like to keep a list…) ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/83 "2017-02-08T17:53:09Z")
Mine went in the post today, but they all have to cross the pond so they may take a while! ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/84 "2017-02-08T17:56:13Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > It also means that if we are missing some postcards, we don’t know who the deadbeats are! (Or maybe that’s not a bug, its a feature? Me, I like to keep a list…) \*\*Algher \*\*knows. **Algher** knows all. ---
**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 8, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/85 "2017-02-08T19:58:00Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > Now I get it, but I was confused, too, because \*\*Elendil’s Heir \*\*isn’t on my list! I got a cool postcard of Nixon shaking Elvis’ hand at the White House. ??? LOL Thank you!.. A very odd sidelight of U.S. history: [Elvis Meets Nixon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Meets_Nixon) ---
**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 9, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/86 "2017-02-09T11:22:41Z")
Got my first card yesterday. 🙂 Thank you very much **Algher** for the card with the gold panners on front and the cool Batman stamps! 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/87 "2017-02-09T20:25:08Z")
I’ve gotten great cards from **Teuton** in the past. He’s good for them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/88 "2017-02-10T00:26:24Z")
I put the cards in the mail today. Sorry to my recipients for being slow. I am sending three cards each though, in a small manila envelope, with a note to go with them! I got cards! One is from Algher, a really cool picture of a line of VW buses. Another is from Karen Lingel, a painting from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She wrote about how the place has been remodeled. The third is from DavidA. It’s a splendid aerial photo of Cape Cod. I have not been there, the “hook” of land enclosing the harbor is amazing. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/89 "2017-02-10T00:53:42Z")
A card from \*\*kittenblue \*\*came in the mail today. Yay! The postcard features a cool collection of Cleveland landmarks like The Rock ‘n’ Roll HOF, The USS Cod, and the [Rocket Car](http://www.therocketcar.com/rc_rocket.htm). I’ve been to the RNRHOF, but now I need to go back to Cleveland to take a ride in that Rocket Car! ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/90 "2017-02-10T01:20:57Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > A card from \*\*kittenblue \*\*came in the mail today. Yay! The postcard features a cool collection of Cleveland landmarks like The Rock ‘n’ Roll HOF, The USS Cod, and the [Rocket Car](http://www.therocketcar.com/rc_rocket.htm). I’ve been to the RNRHOF, but now I need to go back to Cleveland to take a ride in that Rocket Car! I got a card from **kittenblue** too! I grew up in Cleveland and still have good friends there, so that was extra cool. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/91 "2017-02-10T01:44:47Z")
I got a card today from **romansperson**. It’s got a 1936 Peugeot 402 Darl’mat Coupe from an exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art. My dad would have loved to see an exhibit of cars like that. 🙂 ---
**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 10, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/92 "2017-02-10T05:25:08Z")
Got a card yesterday from **Lsura** , showing the ultramodern World of Coca Cola museum in Atlanta. Thanks! ---
**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:** [February 10, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/93 "2017-02-10T16:26:17Z")
Two cards have arrived, both from **Algher!** One came yesterday, and has a picture of a cool $5 million Californian waterfront property (boat not included), and another today showing an Annual Camel Race in Virginia City ---
**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:** [February 10, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/94 "2017-02-10T17:21:04Z")
Thanks, **Lsura**! Beautiful butterflies from Natural History Museum and a gorgeous Atlanta skyscape. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/95 "2017-02-10T19:03:30Z")
Just got home, waiting for me: From **Karen Lingel** : A card showing a shot of the California coastline by Erich Ziller @ [www.jeffersonterritory.com](http://www.jeffersonterritory.com) From **blondebear** : a card from Archie McPhee in Seattle, [mcphee.com](http://mcphee.com) Also from **blondebear** : A souvenir folder and road map Historic Frederic In the Heart of Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/96 "2017-02-10T22:52:50Z")
I also got Nixon and Presley from Elendil’s Heir. Always loved how absolutely stoned Elvis looks in that photo. Alghr sent the End of the Old Plank Road. I had to look that one up. Hard to imagine a wooden road. Ivy tower Denizen has presented me an anatomy lesson in French. Thanks, one and all. I sent mine out Monday. I hope someone’s got one by now. Sending out a couple more for grins. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/97 "2017-02-10T23:09:14Z")
From **silenu** s: a beautiful Idyllwild postcard. It looks lovely! Thank you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/98 "2017-02-10T23:59:35Z")
A card arrived today from **davida03801** of the Nubble Light House at York Beach, Maine. I love that the card might be a US one, but printing was done in Italy! ---
**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:** [February 11, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/99 "2017-02-11T03:37:16Z")
Two more cards today: a big bull moose from **DavidA** and a 2-in-1 bookmark/postcard of Crater Lake from a mystery person, I’m going to guess **Helena330**. Thank you for the bonus postcards! ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/100 "2017-02-11T04:24:03Z")
I was a bad kitty this round and only got the cards off today. They are cute cards and I hope worth the wait. The universe has punished me with terrible guilt as I came home to a befuddled boyfriend wondering about two strange postcards that arrived today. One from Algher and another from Romansperson. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440.md?page=6)