# 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:** 8
**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:** [February 23, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/141 "2010-02-23T14:36:49Z")
Okay - here’s the latest update for Round 2: **Doper Name** Algher Anaglyph anya marie Butterscotch CherryBlossomGirl dbygawdcapn Elendil’s Heir Emily Litella Faithfool Fish Cheer FloatyGimpy gardentraveler HowieReynolds Incref Meenie7 Melodyharmonius Needs Coffee penultima thule ScareyFaerie smaje1 Švejk The Blue-Sighted Shadow TheTerribleTako VunderBob Waxwinged **Almost signed up** dhkendall (did you mail the last one yet? 🙂 ) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/142 "2010-02-23T14:38:46Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Okay - here’s the latest update for Round 2: > > **Doper Name** > Algher > Anaglyph > anya marie > Butterscotch > CherryBlossomGirl > dbygawdcapn > Elendil’s Heir > Emily Litella > Faithfool > Fish Cheer > FloatyGimpy > gardentraveler > HowieReynolds > Incref > Meenie7 > Melodyharmonius > Needs Coffee > penultima thule > ScareyFaerie > smaje1 > Švejk > The Blue-Sighted Shadow > TheTerribleTako > VunderBob > Waxwinged > > **Almost signed up** > dhkendall (did you mail the last one yet? 🙂 ) Hey! Where am I? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/143 "2010-02-23T14:48:25Z")
I’ve received cards from Scarey Fairy and Vunderbob! Wondering where my final card will come from! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/144 "2010-02-23T14:55:10Z")
Correction - **Doper Name** Algher Anaglyph anya marie Butterscotch CherryBlossomGirl dbygawdcapn Elendil’s Heir Emily Litella Faithfool Fish Cheer FloatyGimpy gardentraveler HowieReynolds Incref Meenie7 Melodyharmonius Needs Coffee Noone Special penultima thule ScareyFaerie smaje1 Švejk The Blue-Sighted Shadow TheTerribleTako VunderBob Waxwinged **Almost signed up** dhkendall (did you mail the last one yet?🙂 ) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/145 "2010-02-23T15:56:17Z")
> [@TheTerribleTako](#): > > I believe I’m the cephalopod! You’re welcome, **Elendil’s Heir** , and thank you for the compliment. Ah, my mistake. I suggest future postcard-senders not have the names of _two_ Dopers appear on their cards. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/146 "2010-02-23T16:04:05Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > **Almost signed up** > dhkendall (did you mail the last one yet? 🙂 ) Oops, didn’t mention, yeah, got mailed Friday night. Haven’t heard of any of my recipients recieving theirs (one mentioned they got the other two), but I did send them out a bit late.) I haven’t recieved any of mine though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/147 "2010-02-23T18:28:04Z")
I received my final 2 postcards for round 1 - thanks to Fish Cheer and Annie-Xmas. A post card from Germany and one from New Jersey - and the pictures on both actually looked a little bit similar! Boats, blue skies and green trees. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 23, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/148 "2010-02-23T18:36:23Z")
> [@Emily\_Litella](#): > > Ha! When I got home from work I found a postcard from **Fish Cheer**. Your city looks beautiful, it looks like a wonderful place to live. I checked it out on Wikipedia and it’s got some great history. The map seemed familiar, then I realized you’re not far from where the Jomsvikings supposedly came from. Boy, that was quick. Those airmail stickers aren’t too critical, apparently. Thank you, **Emily**. It _is_ nice, if a bit remote. But to be honest, I had never heard of the [Jomsvikings](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomsvikings) before, even though Wollin really is not that far away. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/149 "2010-02-23T18:38:53Z")
> [@smaje1](#): > > I received my final 2 postcards for round 1 - thanks to Fish Cheer and Annie-Xmas. A post card from Germany and one from New Jersey - and the pictures on both actually looked a little bit similar! Boats, blue skies and green trees. 🙂 You’re welcome. Not too different from your neck of the woods, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/150 "2010-02-23T19:33:22Z")
Will be sending my round 1 cards tomorrow (I _ **promise** _, and sincerely apologize to my three recipients) Please sign me up for Round 2. ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/151 "2010-02-23T20:29:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ah, my mistake. I suggest future postcard-senders not have the names of _two_ Dopers appear on their cards. 😉 Oops. I didn’t realize **Cephalopod** was also the name of another poster. I hope my other cards arrive soon. The postal service is sure taking their sweet time about it. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/152 "2010-02-23T20:47:45Z")
Please make sure to list your postcards here! I’m tracking who has sent and who has received - I want to make sure that we only keep active participants in the Postcard exchange. It’s not fair if people mail them and don’t get any - and there’s a lot of folks not heard from. \*\*Labtrash \*\*- just post back once you’ve actually mailed - thanks! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/153 "2010-02-23T21:17:10Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Please make sure to list your postcards here! I’m tracking who has sent and who has received - I want to make sure that we only keep active participants in the Postcard exchange. It’s not fair if people mail them and don’t get any - and there’s a lot of folks not heard from.! To summarize – I’ve gotten 2 so far; one from \*\*ScareyFaerie \*\*and another from **dbygawdcapn**. Still waiting for #3. If I’ve paid proper attention, either 2 or 3 of my recipients have posted here that they got theirs (including you :)) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/154 "2010-02-23T21:28:44Z")
Got an incredibly cool, ignorance fightin’ card from **dhkendall** today. 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:** [February 23, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/155 "2010-02-23T21:32:41Z")
I just finished double-checking my grid from Round 1. Here’s some quick facts: We had 39 participants. [ul] [li]26 were from the USA[/li][li]5 from Canada[/li][li]1 each from the following countries: Australia, England, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, & Netherlands[/li][/ul] To date, 29 postcards have been received by 19 unique participants sent by 19 unique participants. The following dopers have had all 3 of their postcards received/reported: [ul] [li]Faithfool[/li][li]FloatyGimpy[/li][li]The Blue-sighted Shadow[/li][/ul] 8 dopers have received 2 postcards so far. No one has received all 3. Keep posting the info people - thanks for playing! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/156 "2010-02-23T23:16:47Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > The following dopers have had all 3 of their postcards received/reported: > [ul] > [li]Faithfool[/li][li]FloatyGimpy[/li][li]The Blue-sighted Shadow[/li][/ul] I have only received one from **Faithfool**. I sent mine out on Feb 8 but only **anya marie** has reported receiving one from me. ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/157 "2010-02-23T23:18:53Z")
Just got another card today from **dbygawdcapn**. It’s an optical illusion from Washington D.C. Thank you! Since you’re keeping track **melodyharmonius** , I’ve received 2 so far. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/158 "2010-02-23T23:44:16Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > The following dopers have had all 3 of their postcards received/reported: > [ul] > [li]Faithfool[/li][li]FloatyGimpy[/li][li]The Blue-sighted Shadow[/li][/ul] By the same token, I’ve only gotten 2 so far and have only heard of the one being received by **FloatyGimpy**. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/159 "2010-02-23T23:46:30Z")
I know this is off-topic, but I’m going to the Philippines on Friday, and if you’d like me to send you (or your child) a postcard, drop me a PM with your address. A lot of Dopers sent me cards when I was teaching in Eastern Europe and it was AWESOME. I’d like to return the favor, if I can. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804/160 "2010-02-23T23:58:05Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > I have only received one from **Faithfool**. I sent mine out on Feb 8 but only **anya marie** has reported receiving one from me. [Pssst…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12114874&postcount=93) 🙂 Didn’t spell your name correctly - sorry. But thanks again! Unless I’ve missed it, I’ve only seen confirmation that **Švejk** received mine. I’ve received the one from **FloatyGimpy** and one from **Blue-Sighted Shadow**. This is lots of fun… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-postcard-exchange/523804.md?page=9)