03:17:41pm
The new edition of The Rambler is up for reading.
My apologies to those whose articles were not included in this edition. My thanks to all contributors and those who have submitted articles that were excluded from this edition due to the length of this month's edition, will be included in the May 2015 Rambler!
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Well done everyone!
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Excellent edition.
I really liked the "PneuMEWtic Mail" piece! 
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Loved the pneumatic tube article, too! Awww the poor Cat! I had no idea the tubes were used so extensively - for some reason I always pictured them used only within a single building to send mail from department to department. Email has certainly changed our world - imagine if every email was a message riding through a tube. Wow!
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lovely, enjoyed the articles immensely. thanks for the great work. I enjoyed the tube article. thanks for putting this together, and thanks to all the great contributors
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I read the Rambler cover-to-cover. Excellent work!
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08:41:26am
As always, a terrific job done! Thanks for all your hard work, Kelly.
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09:36:54am
Thank you for everyone who has sent me articles.
I love doing The Rambler for all of you and to know that people actually read it makes me even happier.
The tube one was interesting for sure! I've always had the "Miracle on 34th Street" picture of the postal tube in usage and I've gotta admit, I wouldn't have wanted to be that cat!
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09:53:42am
I'm glad everyone like the pneumatic tube article! The research I did to write it was fascinating.
Thank you Kelly putting out yet another wonderful edition of the Rambler!
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Excellent work...The Rambler Rocks !!! I even have some of the stamps shown in the the TUBE article...Well done!! THANKYOU!!!! Cheryl
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These are truly exceptional! I love the breadth and depth of knowledge among our members. I look forward to more!
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I wish there were a way to promote The Rambler on the WWW. It is a fantastic publication, but only members or guests of Stamporama see it (which poses the question, is The Rambler viewable by non-members?). What a wonderful propaganda instrument it would be if we were able to promote it outside our own membership.
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The Rambler did get a mention in one of the last couple Linn's issues as part of an "online philatelic article". Will have to check later for the issue date.
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09:43:21am
I can put all of the Rambler additions since Kelly made it "ride again!" on my blog, with everyone's permission of course. I do have philatelists who follower my blog, and every time I post a new philatelic article, I gain more. Every post on my blog also gets tweeted to my 3,000 Twitter followers and posted on my Facebook page. It's not the same as being published in Linns, but it would get it out to a wider audience. What do you all think??
Along with permission, everyone would be properly credited and each issue can link back to Stamporama if that is what is desired.
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Great idea, Lisa.
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Great work on the "Rambler" All were interesting.
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05:37:23pm
Sounds good Lisa - just take the list of contributors from the last page of each Rambler, that way each person gets given proper credit.
I'd love to see the listing in Linn's - call it ego, so if anyone has the link, that would be great!
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Finally found the Linn's article that mentions SOR: March 2, 2015 in their Computers and Stamps column written by William F. Sharpe (pages 32 and 33). The article is titled "Many stamp societies make their journals available online". SOR gets a mention on the second page:
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06:33:47pm
Cool - well done guys - we're pretty popular. Plus don't forget our Facebook page! I just did an update on SOR membership on the Facebook page and announced our recent edition of the Rambler. We've gotten quite a few visitors recently to our Facebook page so that is another great advertising venue!
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The pneumatic tube article struck a chord with me too. I can recall my first job out of college (too) many years ago as an "account executive" aka "customers man" aka "salesman" for Merrill Lynch. Would send my orders "upstairs" to the operations department by tube for relay to the (NYSE, AmEx, NASD) and hold my breath until I'd get a return tube indicating entry of the order (which meant I hadn't made some "rookie" mistake in filling out the order form)!
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I remember when I was a lad,we had a CO-OP grocery store on the corner of our street .They used the same system, only your payment and invoice were sent up the tube to the cashier ,who would then send back any change if required.
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I remember the J.C. Penny store in my home town, Silver City, New Mexico. They didn't use pneumatic tubes, but little "cable cars" that shot up to the cashier on the second floor with your money, then came back down with your receipt and change. A clerk let me pull the cord the send the cable car on its way; it required a strong pull — my first attempt sent it only half way.
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04 Mar 2015
03:17:41pm
Hey there everyone -
The new edition of The Rambler is up for reading.
My apologies to those whose articles were not included in this edition. My thanks to all contributors and those who have submitted articles that were excluded from this edition due to the length of this month's edition, will be included in the May 2015 Rambler!
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Well done everyone!
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Excellent edition.
I really liked the "PneuMEWtic Mail" piece!
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Loved the pneumatic tube article, too! Awww the poor Cat! I had no idea the tubes were used so extensively - for some reason I always pictured them used only within a single building to send mail from department to department. Email has certainly changed our world - imagine if every email was a message riding through a tube. Wow!
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lovely, enjoyed the articles immensely. thanks for the great work. I enjoyed the tube article. thanks for putting this together, and thanks to all the great contributors
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I read the Rambler cover-to-cover. Excellent work!
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05 Mar 2015
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As always, a terrific job done! Thanks for all your hard work, Kelly.
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Well done. Thanks!
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Thank you for everyone who has sent me articles.
I love doing The Rambler for all of you and to know that people actually read it makes me even happier.
The tube one was interesting for sure! I've always had the "Miracle on 34th Street" picture of the postal tube in usage and I've gotta admit, I wouldn't have wanted to be that cat!
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05 Mar 2015
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I'm glad everyone like the pneumatic tube article! The research I did to write it was fascinating.
Thank you Kelly putting out yet another wonderful edition of the Rambler!
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Excellent work...The Rambler Rocks !!! I even have some of the stamps shown in the the TUBE article...Well done!! THANKYOU!!!! Cheryl
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These are truly exceptional! I love the breadth and depth of knowledge among our members. I look forward to more!
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I wish there were a way to promote The Rambler on the WWW. It is a fantastic publication, but only members or guests of Stamporama see it (which poses the question, is The Rambler viewable by non-members?). What a wonderful propaganda instrument it would be if we were able to promote it outside our own membership.
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The Rambler did get a mention in one of the last couple Linn's issues as part of an "online philatelic article". Will have to check later for the issue date.
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re: The Rambler Rides Again - March 2015 Edition
I can put all of the Rambler additions since Kelly made it "ride again!" on my blog, with everyone's permission of course. I do have philatelists who follower my blog, and every time I post a new philatelic article, I gain more. Every post on my blog also gets tweeted to my 3,000 Twitter followers and posted on my Facebook page. It's not the same as being published in Linns, but it would get it out to a wider audience. What do you all think??
Along with permission, everyone would be properly credited and each issue can link back to Stamporama if that is what is desired.
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Sounds good Lisa - just take the list of contributors from the last page of each Rambler, that way each person gets given proper credit.
I'd love to see the listing in Linn's - call it ego, so if anyone has the link, that would be great!
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Finally found the Linn's article that mentions SOR: March 2, 2015 in their Computers and Stamps column written by William F. Sharpe (pages 32 and 33). The article is titled "Many stamp societies make their journals available online". SOR gets a mention on the second page:
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Cool - well done guys - we're pretty popular. Plus don't forget our Facebook page! I just did an update on SOR membership on the Facebook page and announced our recent edition of the Rambler. We've gotten quite a few visitors recently to our Facebook page so that is another great advertising venue!
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The pneumatic tube article struck a chord with me too. I can recall my first job out of college (too) many years ago as an "account executive" aka "customers man" aka "salesman" for Merrill Lynch. Would send my orders "upstairs" to the operations department by tube for relay to the (NYSE, AmEx, NASD) and hold my breath until I'd get a return tube indicating entry of the order (which meant I hadn't made some "rookie" mistake in filling out the order form)!
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I remember when I was a lad,we had a CO-OP grocery store on the corner of our street .They used the same system, only your payment and invoice were sent up the tube to the cashier ,who would then send back any change if required.
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I remember the J.C. Penny store in my home town, Silver City, New Mexico. They didn't use pneumatic tubes, but little "cable cars" that shot up to the cashier on the second floor with your money, then came back down with your receipt and change. A clerk let me pull the cord the send the cable car on its way; it required a strong pull — my first attempt sent it only half way.
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