2378 - Fairmont, Nebraska, USA

Fairmont is a village of 560 people just outside of Lincoln, Nebraska. The name of Fairmont was chosen to conform with the alphabetical stops along the Burlington & Quincy Railroad westward from Lincoln: Berks, Crete, Dorchester, Exeter, Fairmont, Grafton, Huxley, etc.

Charlene, who sent me the card, is a recently retired music teacher. She apologized for not having a lawn bowls card. Marbles was the only round thing card she had.

I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s and although I had bags of marbles, I never used them to play marbles.

There are many different types of marbles with unique names and they are made out of a variety of materials. There have been world championships held since 1932. The British and World Marbles Championships have been held at Tinsley Green, West Sussex since 1932.

Playing marbles have been played in the area all the way back to 1580. The marbles playing season traditionally started on Ash Wednesday and lasted until midday on Good Friday. It was believed playing past midday on Good Friday was bad luck. More than 20 teams compete at the world championships and German teams have been dominating since 2000. The first world champion (1932) was a young girl from London, named Ellen Geary.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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