# 2010 Postcard Exchange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804 "2010-01-05T22:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/221 "2010-03-05T22:45:23Z")
I got one from **labtrash** so I’ve just one left to receive. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chromaticity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@chromaticity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chromaticity)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/222 "2010-03-07T14:35:13Z")
> [@TheTerribleTako](#): > > I’m glad you liked it, **chromaticity**! You’re far too kind with your compliments. I’m a fan of octopus myself (both for eating and observing), but I’m a female of the species. 🙂 Oops! My mistake :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/223 "2010-03-09T11:57:51Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Hey folks - I will be sending out the Postcard Addresses for Round 2 this weekend - Please keep on the lookout for them! I haven’t gotten anything… Have you been delayed, or did you miss me for some reason? ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/224 "2010-03-09T12:15:04Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > I haven’t gotten anything… Have you been delayed, or did you miss me for some reason? Nope - spent the weekend gakking in the sink - side effects from my tetanus booster on Friday combined with trying to move this week. My goal is to send them out this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/225 "2010-03-09T12:22:58Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Nope - spent the weekend gakking in the sink - side effects from my tetanus booster on Friday combined with trying to move this week. My goal is to send them out this morning. Ugh ☹ Sorry to hear that. Hope you’re feeling better this morning! ---
**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:** [March 9, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/226 "2010-03-09T17:30:14Z")
Ditto. Here’s to your good health! ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/227 "2010-03-09T19:08:44Z")
Okay - here’s the final list of participants in Round 2: **Doper Name** Algher An Gadai Anaglyph anya marie Butterscotch CherryBlossomGirl Chromaticity dbygawdcapn Elendil’s Heir Emily Litella Faithfool Fish Cheer FloatyGimpy gardentraveler HowieReynolds labtrash Meenie7 Melodyharmonius Nayna Needs Coffee Noone Special Old Joe penultima thule ScareyFaerie Skara Brae smaje1 Švejk The Blue-Sighted Shadow TheTerribleTako VunderBob Waxwinged **DEADLINE TO SEND ROUND 2 POSTCARDS: MARCH 20TH (1ST DAY OF SPRING)** All emails have been sent - please contact me immediately if you did not recieve your list, have a question, or think I made an error. (it happens - I’m blonde and sick - and this time not just in a demented way.) I’ll do some Round 1 and Round 2 stats in a few. Head kinda woozy. Need chocolate. or coffee. or both. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/228 "2010-03-09T19:09:44Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Ugh ☹ Sorry to hear that. Hope you’re feeling better this morning! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ditto. Here’s to your good health! Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/229 "2010-03-09T19:41:35Z")
**Round 1 Statistics** 39 Participants 10 Countries 117 potential postcards exchanged **To Date:** 65 Postcards Reported Received (56%) 33 Unique Senders (85%) 29 Unique Recipients (74%) The following 11 dopers have reported receiving 3 postcards: [ul] [li]Anya marie[/li][li]Chromaticity[/li][li]Dbygawdcapn[/li][li]Elendil’s Heir[/li][li]Faithfool[/li][li]Labtrash [/li][li]Meenie7[/li][li]Nayna[/li][li]Noone Special[/li][li]Skara Brae [/li][li]Smaje1[/li][/ul] The following 9 dopers have had all 3 of their postcards reported as received: [ul] [li]Algher [/li][li]Dbygawdcapn [/li][li]Dhkendall[/li][li]Emily Litella[/li][li]Faithfool [/li][li]HowieReynolds[/li][li]ScareyFaerie [/li][li]Smaje1[/li][li]The Blue-Sighted Shadow[/li][/ul] **Round 2 Statistics** 31 Participants 11 Countries 93 Potential postcards exchanged ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/230 "2010-03-09T20:29:07Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > The following 9 dopers have had all 3 of their postcards reported as received: > [ul] > [li]Algher [/li][li]Dbygawdcapn [/li][li]Dhkendall[/li][li]Emily Litella[/li][li]Faithfool [/li][li]HowieReynolds[/li][li]ScareyFaerie [/li][li]Smaje1[/li][li]The Blue-Sighted Shadow[/li][/ul] [Chromaticity](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12128157&postcount=112), [garderntraveler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12159393&postcount=178) and [you 🙂](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12150581&postcount=137) got postcards from me, so I think I should be on the list of “all three received” (and more importantly, you can hopefully add one more postcard to the tally of those actually exchanged!) ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/231 "2010-03-09T20:37:02Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > [Chromaticity](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12128157&postcount=112), [garderntraveler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12159393&postcount=178) and [you 🙂](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12150581&postcount=137) got postcards from me, so I think I should be on the list of “all three received” (and more importantly, you can hopefully add one more postcard to the tally of those actually exchanged!) you are right - I totally missed it - hurray!! What this improves: 66 postcards have been reported received 12 dopers have reported receiving all 3 cards (add gardentraveler). 10 dopers have received all 3 of their cards reported as recieved (add Noone Special) I have made several mistakes today because of this stupid gakking-fever thing - but this is the happiest of the mistakes 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/232 "2010-03-09T20:44:31Z")
[**Emily Litella**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12139811&postcount=127) and [**smaje1**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12152361&postcount=147) have received my cards, as has **maleinblack** (he sent a PM). My best wishes for your speedy recovery, and I hereby confirm reception of the instructions for round 2. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/233 "2010-03-09T21:26:23Z")
> [@Fish\_Cheer](#): > > [**Emily Litella**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12139811&postcount=127) and [**smaje1**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12152361&postcount=147) have received my cards, as has **maleinblack** (he sent a PM). > > My best wishes for your speedy recovery, and I hereby confirm reception of the instructions for round 2. Yay for receipt of postcard from MIB - grrr for PM vs. posting . . . ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/234 "2010-03-10T01:03:29Z")
Just to lay down the challenge to my fellow Dopers - I mailed my Round 2 today! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/235 "2010-03-10T01:11:32Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > Just to lay down the challenge to my fellow Dopers - I mailed my Round 2 today! Mine are addressed and stamped and will be in the mail tomorrow. Mine have a long way to go. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/236 "2010-03-10T02:54:04Z")
Aack the pressure! _must resist urge to stop packing and write postcards. should probably not be on SDMB either. Should probably also get better so I don’t mail gakk_ ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/237 "2010-03-10T05:50:18Z")
Ok…this sounds like fun! \ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/238 "2010-03-10T12:05:07Z")
I had a fantastic postcard of Old Sacramento from **Ronia Borkason** that arrived while I was away this last week. I have my cards for the next round so I’ll be mailing them out today or tomrrow, depends whether or not I can haul my old bones out of the house again today! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/239 "2010-03-10T12:14:28Z")
Instructions for round II have been received and will be carried out (probably) early next week. I have the postcards, but I need to write them and get to the post office for stamps. ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/240 "2010-03-10T13:26:58Z")
Round two is in the mail. Participating in this has prodded me into writing postcards to old friends that I haven’t talked to in a while. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804.md?page=13)