# 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:** 11
**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:** [July 2, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/202 "2011-07-02T04:17:04Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > It’s a cult, really. No. No, it isn’t. I can stop any time I want. I just don’t want to. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/203 "2011-07-02T08:30:41Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Only took a month! I guess the Falklands isn’t the place for express service! The card only had a few thousand miles to go… and I don’t want to stop either. ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/204 "2011-07-02T21:31:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > It is! Just got it Friday. Many thanks - looks like you live in a nice little Italian town. > > I’m in for as many rounds of the Postcard Exchange as offered. Well thank goodness!! Phew… My little town is lovely, thank you! ---
**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 3, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/205 "2011-07-03T00:59:59Z")
I’m in for round two. I’m happy to wait longer for cards from far away. ---
**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 3, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/206 "2011-07-03T01:57:25Z")
As of this morning, still no third card here. But we’re heading out of town and I won’t know if the third came for several days yet. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/207 "2011-07-03T21:16:40Z")
The Frozen North comes through! Got my card from Sunspace via Canada Post! ---
**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 5, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/208 "2011-07-05T01:14:46Z")
Woo! Bonus card from needscoffee! So two of mine made it Sunspace and futurelondonite. Still hoping MsRobyn’s makes it. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/209 "2011-07-05T01:56:59Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [QUOTE=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? [/QUOTE] > [@silenus](#): > > Nope. Our **melody** is _strict_. Oh-oh. I’ve only got one more business day for Canada Post and US Post to deliver, or else it’s “Up against the wall, Piper!” I’d better start thinking of some last words… ---
**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:** [July 5, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/210 "2011-07-05T02:05:45Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > The Frozen North comes through! Got my card from Sunspace via Canada Post! Yay! (Of course, you realize that most of the Frozen North isn’t frozen just at the moment? ) ---
**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 5, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/211 "2011-07-05T18:36:00Z")
Hehe - this explains why there are no NEW Ron stories about Ron - cause y’know . . . _makes slash sign across the throat_ ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/212 "2011-07-05T23:42:39Z")
I received my second postcard today from **Sunspace**. Go 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 6, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/213 "2011-07-06T00:11:28Z")
Are we getting the new grid soon? I’ve got cards stamped and ready 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:** [July 6, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/214 "2011-07-06T13:39:36Z")
yup - they will go out tonight - work is crazy this week so I can’t sneak in the time today. Plus I’m hoping someone gets a card from Northern Piper and posts it today. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/215 "2011-07-07T03:07:56Z")
\<\< sigh \>\> Looks like it’s “up against the wall” for Piper. ---
**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 7, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/216 "2011-07-07T03:14:01Z")
Just got home from our family’s Vermont trip to find my postcard from **Sunspace** awaiting - thanks! It was mailed June 27, according to the postmark, and would’ve arrived sometime from July 2-7. So now I’ve received all three. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/217 "2011-07-07T03:52:22Z")
We can all breathe a heavy sigh of relief. Say, got a cig I can bum off you while they put the blindfold on? ---
**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 7, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/218 "2011-07-07T13:18:06Z")
Hey! Don’t you know that smoking is bad for you? ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/219 "2011-07-07T21:56:43Z")
I got mine from **Tapioca Dextrin** today!! Thanks, I love the penguins! It was postmarked June 6, so I have no idea what took it so long. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/220 "2011-07-08T01:14:16Z")
Still only my two. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/221 "2011-07-08T02:45:24Z")
I got my 3rd postcard today from **Švejk**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613.md?page=12)