# 2011 Summer Postcard Exchange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613 "2011-05-20T19:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/182 "2011-06-30T15:27:34Z")
Got my card from **Tapioca Dextrin**. I’m embarrassed to say I wasn’t even sure where the Falkland Islands were, so I had to do a little reading on Wikipedia. But now I’m much smarter! 😉 (Do they really not have any trees there? That seems odd to me…) Oh, and sign me up 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:** [June 30, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/183 "2011-06-30T15:55:57Z")
> [@Time\_Stranger](#): > > Just a general question, but do you like receiving photographs of the sender’s location as postcards better than just random art cards? I send a lot of postcards on another site too, and I always wonder if I’m being annoying by not sending location pictures. I think as long as it’s interesting to you, it’s interesting to us. I like location cards, but I also like cute cards. I just like mail that doesn’t say “you owe us money, pay up!!” ---
**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:** [June 30, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/184 "2011-06-30T16:19:20Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > …And maybe, just maybe, for Elendil’s Heir to gain his rightful inheiritance 🙂 That would be nice! As of yesterday, still just two postcards received here. > [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I think as long as it’s interesting to you, it’s interesting to us. I like location cards, but I also like cute cards. I just like mail that doesn’t say “you owe us money, pay up!!” Seconded. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/185 "2011-06-30T16:27:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > That would be nice! As of yesterday, still just two postcards received here. At least we got past that “only one” hurdle. That was really bothering me. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/186 "2011-06-30T16:46:47Z")
Interesting factoid: Of the 21 postcards that are still unaccounted for, 19 of them are directly impacted by the Canadian Postal strike . . . However, all 21 postcards had to cross international lines. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/187 "2011-06-30T18:30:42Z")
Whee! Just got my 3rd card from **FloatyGimpy**! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/188 "2011-06-30T23:50:07Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I hope people don’t mind, but given that the Canadian mail has now been released back in to the wild, I’d like to wait until Tuesday, July 5th to send out the Round 2 assignments. This will give some of these cards a chance to reach their intended destinations and be accounted for. Note that there are two national holidays before July 5: July 1 here, and July 4 there. Plus, we don’t have Saturday delivery - do you guys down south get the post on Saturday? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/189 "2011-06-30T23:56:33Z")
I think waiting till the 5th makes sense, especially given the holidays. **NP** - In the U.S. we still have Saturday delivery although they keep talking about discontinuing it. I’m also of the “I enjoy any kind of postcard” school of thought. And, I’ve PM’d my info for round 2. Yay! ---
**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:** [July 1, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/190 "2011-07-01T00:06:05Z")
Yay! I got post cards! Two postcards! From Anaamika and dbygawdcapn. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/191 "2011-07-01T01:05:17Z")
My cheat is that when I find a card I like, I just buy 3 of them and send all 3 when I hit a round. That said, I might have to make some photo cards for a future round! ---
**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:** [July 1, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/192 "2011-07-01T04:23:15Z")
Still no third postcard here. Damn those Canadian postal carriers, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/193 "2011-07-01T09:50:54Z")
I received my third postcard today from **FloatyGimpy** …it’s almost as if the greenery is photoshopped in given that it goes right up the officeblocks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/194 "2011-07-01T13:42:57Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Yay! I got post cards! Two postcards! > > From Anaamika and dbygawdcapn. Thank you! I think that’s my third one successfully received! YAY! Now I just want my own third one to show up! ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/195 "2011-07-01T19:32:01Z")
I’ve only received one card from round one, but right now I am in the UK, so the other 2 may be sitting in my post box if they aren’t in Canada!! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/196 "2011-07-01T19:37:01Z")
I know the third one I sent out was going to: someone in Canada who was moving. We may never know what happened to that one. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/197 "2011-07-01T20:05:08Z")
Just so everyone understands - if at least 1 of your postcards are reported received, I’m going on good faith that the other 2 are on their way. But if none of them get reported, that’s when I have to think about eliminating you. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/198 "2011-07-01T21:37:16Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Just so everyone understands - if at least 1 of your postcards are reported received, I’m going on good faith that the other 2 are on their way. But if none of them get reported, **that’s when I have to think about eliminating you.** Just from the postcard exchange, right? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/199 "2011-07-01T21:56:37Z")
Nope. Our **melody** is _strict_. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/200 "2011-07-02T02:09:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Nope. Our **melody** is _strict_. Once you give her your address, you’re _ **hers** _. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/201 "2011-07-02T03:58:10Z")
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