Thanks all. Much appreciated. tom911 was trying to find a 'mind the gap' postcard from London (Cheryl loves that phrase), but couldn't find one so Cheryl will have to settle for a pic of Prince William instead! Cheers.

The closest place where I can buy postcards is the city of Safed, about 20 kilometers from my house. As a tourist city, it has loads of postcards. The trouble is that it is very hilly and I am not allowed to walk up and down hills for the next few weeks, so Safed was out.

The next closest town is Kiryat Shemona. It is roughly 30 kilometers away. The problem there is that is not a place which attracts a lot of tourists and, hence, postcards are a rarity.

Still, I can walk in Kiryat Shemona and so I headed there today. I managed to find two postcards -- one of Tel Aviv and one of Haifa. Neither was particularly nice, but as I have never met Sharon in person, I felt that they were good enough and got them both.

I never met Sharon in person? I NEVER MET SHARON IN PERSON! That thought suddenly hit me big time. Sharon had indicated that she might attend the Tel Aviv Meet I hosted a few years ago, but didn't make it. Ditto for the Venice Meet (co-hosted by Obscure2K) and the four PBI-FLL Meets I hosted along with TKey75 and MrKEY.

Sharon has turned down all of my meets!!!!

I decided that revenge was in order and picked up a picture book of Israeli history and art, which I will put in the envelope along with the postcards. This, in turn, makes it logical for me to send the entire package by EMS -- and that's where the revenge comes in.

EMS delivers at any time from 8 am to 10 pm, seven days a week, and never lets you know in advance when they will show up. You have to sign for the package and if you aren't at home you have to make arrangements for them to hold it at the Post Office for you. If you don't, they return the thing.

So, Sharon, you had better not plan on going to anyone else's meets for the next 4 to 10 days. EMS can show up at any time during that period.

Revenge is so sweet!

Sharon as you know my business is stamps and postcards etc, so I'll send her a set of 6 diff glossy cards with Ozzie Dinosaurs, each with different Dinosaur stamp, and even a set of Australian Antarctic Territory cards with AAT wildlife etc -

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Had I seen this 2 days back, I could have mailed her a card from Cuba! They have some doozies.

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I'll add tips on the cards as to how to get you thrown out of the Groucho Club in London .. might come in handy for her!

Let me have the mailling address please.

Glen

PM sent from 'west of YYZ'.

yhpm

I can pick one up here, and try and get a couple along my travels. Had I seen this earlier I would have snagged one while I was at the U.S. Open this weekend. Of course there are some who owe me favors..


Is there anything I should look for that she loves/hates/laughs at every time?

Any type would be great Wainwright! Thank you so much.

On a sadder note, I landed from LHR today w/ multiple messages on my cell phone from the family. A young cousin of Cheryl & me (mine?) died in a head-on collision (not his fault; other driver's). So we're trying to deal w/ that. The phrase 'only the good die young' popped into my mind, and his mom (my aunt) is holding on by her fingernails. She doesn't have a lot of $$, so in leiu of the flower thing Cheryl & I are going to send $$ to help pay for the funeral. And I heard from a relative that they changed Cheryl's chemo so I'm hoping that's good rather than bad. I'm very skittish about that stuff (they switched my mom's & she didn't make it).

I'm headed over to my p.o. box tomorrow, so hope to pick up the first few of "Operation Cheryl Postcard". Again, many, many thanks to you all!!!!

Cheers.

Hi Sharon,

A pm is coming your way from Alameda. I also have some postcards from Mr.J's and my recent vacation to Bavaria. I'm a member of Postcrossing.com so am into the postcard "thing" and have a ready supply. Will send them at spread-out intervals to help your sister through the next few difficult months. And will be thinking good thoughts for her!

On a sadder note, I am so sorry to hear about your cousin. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

Jackie

oops, duplicate.

Hi Sharon,

you will also receive a PM from me in a few moments - I'll gladly contribute a few postcards.

Cheers,

Alex

I love post cards! I thought it was a lost art. PM me and Colorado post cards are on their way.

PM from the Nation's Capital.

PM for you, and postcard will follow from Canuckistan.

Mrs. Apple has just finished 18 weeks of chemo, also for a rather aggressive breast cancer. My sister's church in Plano has a ministry to send notes and letters. Mrs. Apple has been sent maybe ten letters, none from anyone she knows. Believe me; each and every one of them is cherished.

So - YGPM and your sister will get El Paso and New Mexico post cards from one survivor to another.

Sharon, beware. I'm sending Cheryl postcards of places she might ask you to send her with those miles you've promised her once she has recovered.

Got one of those package deals in Rome with 20 postcards in it. Other than I took one out to send to the office so I could have it stamped from the vatican.. the other 19 are still there. I'm in Oslo now and will look today since its nice out and I have time to walk around the tourist areas.