# 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:** 12
**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 9, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/222 "2011-07-09T15:11:37Z")
Woo-hoo! Canada Post is starting to get rid of a backlog! I got a postcard yesterday from **Future Londonite** at St Albans, and another from **Ms Robyn** and the sprog in Pennsylvania! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/223 "2011-07-09T23:23:38Z")
Woohoo! I got my third postcard, also from **Svejk**! Lovely Quebec. Funny thing is, I was in Montreal near the beginning of all this - it would have been faster for \*\*Svejk \*\*to just meet me there and \*hand \*me the postcard. Still, neat-o, and I am three for three! His message says “quick hi from days long gone in Quebec…” it means the front of the card, which is in B&W, and reflects a past era, but it’s funny that it’s “days gone by” in the literal sense of how long it took to get here. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/224 "2011-07-10T00:26:23Z")
Can I join in for round 3? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/225 "2011-07-10T00:29:09Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Can I join in for round 3? Well, sure, but we haven’t done round 2 yet. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/226 "2011-07-10T00:44:54Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Well, sure, but we haven’t done round 2 yet. In that case sign me up for round 2! I had figured I had missed R2 deadline. ---
**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 10, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/227 "2011-07-10T01:12:26Z")
You did, but **melody** has run into RL, and is a bit behind on getting the new grid out. No huhu. Hopefully she’ll check the thread before sending out the next list. ---
**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 10, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/228 "2011-07-10T04:10:20Z")
Yes, indeedy. I look forward to the next round. ---
**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 11, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/229 "2011-07-11T17:18:45Z")
I have cards and stamps ready to go for round two. I won’t know whether I received card 3 from round 1 until another four weeks, but at least I get to send more cards from the Falklands! ---
**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 11, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/230 "2011-07-11T22:33:36Z")
Northern Piper’s card is here, probably in Saturday’s mail, but i didn’t check the mail that day. ---
**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 11, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/231 "2011-07-11T22:37:26Z")
At last. **Piper** is saved! ---
**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 12, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/232 "2011-07-12T02:12:34Z")
\<\< whips off blindfold \>\> \<\< grinds cig into the dust \>\> ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/233 "2011-07-12T03:06:42Z")
I got a card today from Piper! Woo hoo! And I love the chubby cheeked chipmunk! ---
**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 12, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/234 "2011-07-12T03:20:23Z")
and **Tapioca Dextrin** is in the Falklands (why, in God’s name??) so my card to him is likely in his mail box, pining for his return. I’m golden! ---
**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 12, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/235 "2011-07-12T03:25:07Z")
> [@ShelliBean](#): > > I got a card today from Piper! Woo hoo! And I love the chubby cheeked chipmunk! Ah - you got the whimsical one. the other two were stereotypically Canadian (flat Prairie farm scene on one, and a Mountie on the other, standing on guard). ---
**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 13, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/236 "2011-07-13T13:41:01Z")
Looking at the postcard **Ms Robyn** sent me - it’s a map of Pennsylvania, and I suddenly understood something - I’d never got how Philadelphia could be a port city, since PA is not on the coast, but I see its eastern border is a river! with New Jersey and also touching on Delaware. It’s all starting to make sense. Is that the Hudson? _Ancora Imparo!_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/237 "2011-07-13T13:43:34Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Looking at the postcard **Ms Robyn** sent me - it’s a map of Pennsylvania, and I suddenly understood something - I’d never got how Philadelphia could be a port city, since PA is not on the coast, but I see its eastern border is a river! with New Jersey and also touching on Delaware. It’s all starting to make sense. Is that the Hudson? > > _Ancora Imparo!_ Ha, Albany is a port city, too. 🙂 ---
**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 13, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/238 "2011-07-13T15:27:09Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Ah - you got the whimsical one. the other two were stereotypically Canadian (flat Prairie farm scene on one, and a Mountie on the other, standing on guard). Q: What is taxidermy’s greatest triumph? A: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. ---
**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 13, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/239 "2011-07-13T23:57:16Z")
Last postcard received from Svejk! So I’ve received all three of mine, and two of mine made it to their destination. I’m hoping my last one still makes it to MsRobyn. ---
**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 18, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/240 "2011-07-18T17:24:18Z")
did I miss round 2 ??☹ ---
**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 18, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/241 "2011-07-18T17:52:59Z")
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