# 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:** 6
**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 11, 2017, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/101 "2017-02-11T05:15:32Z")
I got postcards today from **Lsura** , showing the _Intrepid_ Sea, Air & Space Museum in NYC (always wanted to go there, but haven’t yet), and from **IvoryTowerDenizen** , showing a Pythonesque color cutaway drawing of a cow with French captions. Thanks! ---
**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 11, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/102 "2017-02-11T18:18:44Z")
A second card von **Algher** yesterday. Yay! 🙂 ---
**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 11, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/103 "2017-02-11T19:35:47Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 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! That’s the no-show! I’m glad it made it, and sorry I forgot to sign it! :o ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/104 "2017-02-12T12:27:23Z")
3rd batch out in the mail and 3 received. California Desert scene from **Silenus** , and yes that is quite a bit different from New England. Another from \*\*Silenus \*\*of Yucaipa Regional Park. Last year in February I was in that area for a week. And the 3rd from \*\*Silenus \*\*of the Mission Inn at Riverside CA. Meanwhile I see that my ready to mail card inventory is down to one. Time to re-stock. ---
**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 13, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/105 "2017-02-13T21:13:03Z")
Two cards in the mail today from **raventhief**! First, a Blue Crab card from the National Aquarium in Baltimore. I tried to visit that aquarium several years ago but I was foiled by choosing the wrong bus from the airport. Maybe next time. Also a vintage card from Dinosaur Land in Virginia with a semi-bored looking young lady standing next to a Plateosaurus. When I first saw the card I thought it might be from Dinosaur Park in Rapid City, but this one looks just as cool. Another spot to add to my road trip bucket list! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/106 "2017-02-13T21:34:28Z")
I got two more postcards. One is from **DavidA** , a picture of a might bull moose! Those things are humongous! Another card comes from **Teuton** , it’s parts of a stone dragon. “clawing” out of the ground. In the background there is a beautiful sunset and the ruins of a Welsh castle. Thanks so much! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/107 "2017-02-13T23:17:00Z")
Sometime in the last 4 days I got a card from **BeeGee**. “Web of Mystery!” (I’ve been on the road with my debaters all weekend.) ---
**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 14, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/108 "2017-02-14T03:12:42Z")
Two more from **IvoryTowerDenizen** today, showing Batman and Catwoman on one and a Japanese (or Chinese?) floral engraving on the other, and completing a limerick begun on her postcard #1. Very nice. Also one from **Helena330** , showing the Washington State Ferry MV _Puyallup_ cruising on Puget Sound. Wish I were aboard! Thanks to you both. ---
**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 14, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/109 "2017-02-14T03:13:44Z")
Japanese and It’s meant for you to color in if you like. Hope you enjoyed the limerick. 🙂 ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/110 "2017-02-14T04:46:11Z")
I got a third (!) postcard from **Helena330** of Crater Lake at sunset in winter. Very pretty. Thanks, Helena! ---
**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 14, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/111 "2017-02-14T05:39:04Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Japanese and It’s meant for you to color in if you like. > > Hope you enjoyed the limerick. 🙂 I did indeed! Thanks again. ---
**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 14, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/112 "2017-02-14T22:54:07Z")
I guess the internet ate my post from this morning. Yesterday I got two more cards from\*\* silenus\*\*: Yucaipa, CA and the California desert, an ecosystem I’ve always wanted to see. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/113 "2017-02-14T23:29:33Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > Missing Action (for sending): > **minionkat > Teuton > Baker > Lee Q. > Noel Prosequi** Just an update – I sent out my cards today, as I got my names/addresses a bit late. When i dropped them in the mail, retrieved 3 cards, all wonderful Southwest scenes from Algher. Not sure if this means I’ll receive any from someone else but happy to have them in any case! ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/114 "2017-02-14T23:37:22Z")
This was my first time participating in the postcard exchange. I see some people talking about mailing their “first (or whatever) batch”. I take it that we are encouraged to send more than one card to the same people whose names/addresses we received? ---
**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 15, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/115 "2017-02-15T00:34:48Z")
> [@Lee\_Q](#): > > This was my first time participating in the postcard exchange. I see some people talking about mailing their “first (or whatever) batch”. I take it that we are encouraged to send more than one card to the same people whose names/addresses we received? I wouldn’t say you were “encouraged”, I think you are “welcome” to send multiple cards. ---
**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 15, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/116 "2017-02-15T01:40:10Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I wouldn’t say you were “encouraged”, I think you are “welcome” to send multiple cards. Yeah…the price of admission is a single card to each of each of people on your list. But if the spirit moves you, go for it…send as many as you want! The hardest part for me is picking which card(s) to send. I’ve been collecting postcards for many many years–each time one of these threads come up I pull out a stack of a hundred or so for consideration. Who knows, you may get one of [these](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na156APneLI) from me next time around. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/117 "2017-02-15T01:52:02Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Yeah…the price of admission is a single card to each of each of people on your list. But if the spirit moves you, go for it…send as many as you want! > > The hardest part for me is picking which card(s) to send. I’ve been collecting postcards for many many years–each time one of these threads come up I pull out a stack of a hundred or so for consideration. Who knows, you may get one of [these](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na156APneLI) from me next time around. 😃 Those are fantastic! Here’s hoping! 😃 Thanks for the clarification. ---
**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 15, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/118 "2017-02-15T04:54:21Z")
And a third card from **DavidA** : a snowless scene of idyllic Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I take it that’s your hometown? Good luck with the current snow. Thanks for the postcard! ---
**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 15, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/119 "2017-02-15T08:03:28Z")
Three cards have arrived! Two are from **Silenus** , one showing the California Desert, and another showing an advert for french dipped sandwiches, which are apparently world famous but I confess I’ve never heard of. The other is from **BeeGee** , and shows a cover from BAFFLING MYSTERIES magazine from the 1950s, with a gentleman being remarkably talkative as he gets eaten by a man-eating plant of his own creation. I love postcards, 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 15, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/120 "2017-02-15T20:05:16Z")
> [@Lee\_Q](#): > > Just an update – I sent out my cards today, as I got my names/addresses a bit late. > > When i dropped them in the mail, retrieved 3 cards, all wonderful Southwest scenes from Algher. Not sure if this means I’ll receive any from someone else but happy to have them in any case! And this was completely my fault - I somehow skipped **Lee Q** when sending the PMs out. Apologies! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440.md?page=7)