# 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:** 7
**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 15, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/121 "2017-02-15T20:14:50Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > 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**. [A short history.](http://www.philippes.com/philippes-history.html) ---
**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 16, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/122 "2017-02-16T00:42:41Z")
Three postcards today from **Teuton** : one from the House of Marbles marbles museum – very colorful; one with a dragon sculpture coming out of the ground near a Welsh castle; and one from the Woolly Monkey Sanctuary where the cows have infiltrated the poor monkeys’ home ☹ (It’s a kids crayon drawing. Or maybe it’s Teuton’s drawing.) Thanks Teuton! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/123 "2017-02-16T00:44:28Z")
A very cool Star Wars Identities exhibit postcard from **The Butterfly’s Ghost** was in my mail when I got home a few minutes ago after a very long day at work. I’m impressed that she did some snooping in my post history to find a post of mine about seeing Episode IV when I was 4, and then chose to send this card, which makes this card even cooler 🙂 ---
**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 16, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/124 "2017-02-16T10:36:15Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > (It’s a kids crayon drawing. Or maybe it’s Teuton’s drawing.) I’m not that good! ---
**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 17, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/125 "2017-02-17T01:01:28Z")
In the mail today: a card from **The Butterfly’s Ghost** …all the way from Germany! A four-paneled graphic with a 4 leaf clover, horseshoe, ladybug and a button. On the back it says \*Glucksbringer [_translated:Good luck charm] To Go_. In the note, **The Butterfly’s Ghost** said she liked the card because “Everybody needs good luck :D” Ain’t that the truth! Thanks! ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/126 "2017-02-17T02:21:00Z")
Button? For good luck? Never heard that one. ---
**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 17, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/127 "2017-02-17T09:16:31Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Button? For good luck? Never heard that one. 😃 No, buttons are not considered lucky in Germany - but pigs are. The picture is meant to be a pig’s snout. 🙂 ---
**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 17, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/128 "2017-02-17T16:35:22Z")
A pig snout? Okay, I see that now. It looked like a button to me so I googled “buttons lucky” and came up with a bunch of hits. Pigs are lucky in Germany? Well, you learn something new every day. (for those following along at home, the postcard looks like [this](https://goo.gl/photos/46tK71XBEPiXjDn2A)) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/129 "2017-02-17T23:29:39Z")
I got three more postcards! One is from **David A** , a group picture of a football tean from 1911, at Norwich University. Interesting to see how gear has changed, and the faces are all white! A card from **Teuton** depicts a “marble run”, gear in which marbles roll down elaborate tracks. Machines like that are fun to watch. Another card from **Teuton** is a beautiful color picture of a goldfinch. I’m a member of the Audobon Society, although not particularly active, and this is one of my favorites. It’s my sister who knows birds at a glance. ---
**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 18, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/130 "2017-02-18T01:00:09Z")
I’m hopeful my other two recipients get theirs soon! ---
**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 18, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/131 "2017-02-18T02:04:28Z")
Got a beautiful fantasy card from **The Butterfly’s Ghost** today! [This is it](http://www.inkognito.de/postcards/greeting-reasons/fantastic/13224/fairytale?c=1914). Take a look at the other cards on the site if you have a few minutes - there’s some amazing and magical stuff there. I’m going to bookmark it. ---
**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 18, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/132 "2017-02-18T02:11:44Z")
Got a pretty card from **Helena330** of the fountains at the Space Needle. I was there for that Fair, actually. Good memories! ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/133 "2017-02-18T02:40:39Z")
I got a cool postcard from LeeQ today of adorable monsters - i mean dopers! Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/134 "2017-02-18T04:24:58Z")
I thought that two of my recipients might have got theirs, but mail is weird. The third is going a lot farther, not surprised it hasn’t arrived. ---
**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 18, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/135 "2017-02-18T21:43:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Got a pretty card from **Helena330** of the fountains at the Space Needle. I was there for that Fair, actually. Good memories! Glad you liked it. My mom worked for Coca-Cola at the time and was one of the first people up the Space Needle. 😃 My third person hasn’t posted that they’ve received their cards. ☹ I sent them two weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/136 "2017-02-18T22:24:12Z")
I’ve had cards from four people, so I hope I haven’t missed thanking anyone. ---
**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 21, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/137 "2017-02-21T00:26:17Z")
Got a really pretty card of Crater Lake from **Helena330** Saturday that I didn’t retrieve from the mailbox until today. One lake that is still on my “To Visit” list. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/138 "2017-02-21T20:30:02Z")
Today 4 received. 3 from \*\*Teuton \*\*and 1 from **Helena330** From **Teuton** , one of the Plymouth Barbican which I learn is the western and northern sides of Sutton harbor in Plymouth England. Another of the House of Marbles in Devon England. Looks like this is a glass factory with all sorts of fun and games and all things glass. Then the 3rd is of a rather large dragon head. Looks like it lost the fight, and its head, and is lying on the ground all asunder. From \*\*Helena330 \*\*of one of Crater Lake. Been there although that must have been 12 – 14 years ago. I’ve been gone a almost a week and just back when I freed these cards from the cold and dark mail box. Thanks to all. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/139 "2017-02-21T20:36:23Z")
Missed the edit time window. Another from \*\*Helena330 \*\*of Crater Lake. Different view than the other. Thanks again. ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440/140 "2017-02-22T00:24:05Z")
> [@davida03801](#): > > From \*\*Helena330 \*\*of one of Crater Lake. Been there although that must have been 12 – 14 years ago. OT: this reminds me of the time I visited the Badlands of Montana, and I’m looking over the vast and beautiful canyons thinking of the millennia it must have taken for the sediments to be deposited in layers at the bottom of the ancient ocean, and then the millennia it took for plate tectonics to push the bottom of the ocean up into mountains, and then the millennia it took for the rivers to erode the beautiful striped canyons, when another visitor said to me: “I was here 20 years ago – it looked just the same.” :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-blues-postcard-exchange/777440.md?page=8)