# 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:** 3
**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:** [May 31, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/41 "2011-05-31T12:55:40Z")
\*\*Here’s my final list of names for Round 1: \*\* Algher anaamika anya marie Arrogance Ex Machina Butterscotch dbygawdcapn Elendil’s Heir floatygimpy FrancisCastle Future Londonite gardentraveler labtrash melodyharmonius MsRobyn needscoffee Northern Piper Scareyfaerie Shellibean Silenus Sunspace Svejk Tapioca Dextrin The Blue-sighted Shadow Time Stranger VunderBob **PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR NAME AND SIGNED UP - LET ME KNOW ASAP!** ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/42 "2011-06-02T18:47:44Z")
Round one cards sent. -Algher ---
**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:** [June 2, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/43 "2011-06-02T19:23:34Z")
Still waiting for addresses here ☹ ---
**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 2, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/44 "2011-06-02T19:35:32Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > Round one cards sent. > > -Algher Wow - you must have just been waiting for them 🙂 I have visions of you poised with pen and postcards by the PC. Good job! > [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Still waiting for addresses here ☹ You should have just received them? **I HAVE SENT ALL ROUND 1 ADDRESSES VIA PM AS OF NOW. IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE OR ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO PARTICIPATE - PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP.** Remember, you need to send your postcards by \*\*June 15th \*\*so that they are received before the next cut-off date if you want to be eligible for Round 2. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/45 "2011-06-02T19:36:23Z")
And like magic they appear. Fingers crossed that the post office and gift shop are open tomorrow! ---
**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 2, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/46 "2011-06-02T19:45:08Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > And like magic they appear. Fingers crossed that the post office and gift shop are open tomorrow! Yay! Just as an FYI, my grid that I use is alphabetical, so Algher was the first to receive the addresses. And each PM takes a little bit to send (I copy/paste the blurb, then have to take each address and copy/paste that in from my master file - and let’s face it, I am 41 and it takes me a minute to remember which name I’m looking for, etc. ) If I was clever I would figure out a mail merge and then a macro to go in to sdmb and i would ban Švejk so I wouldn’t stress about getting the name wrong in the PMs. LOL. Anyway, with your handle starting with “T” as you can imagine, and the fact that I’m doing this from work, there was definitely a time gap between when Algher got theirs and you got yours 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/47 "2011-06-03T09:41:36Z")
Cards are written and they have stamps on them and going to take them with me now as I leave for grocery shopping, so unless a meteor strikes me before I reach the nearest mailbox they are as good as sent. 😃 _knocks wood, just in case_ ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/48 "2011-06-03T20:14:44Z")
Postcards are sent. No idea how long they’re going to take to arrive though. They have a long journey ahead of them. NB had to walk to snow to get to the postbox :eek: ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/49 "2011-06-03T23:16:38Z")
All 3 are addressed, and will be stamped tomorrow at the post office. Travel time should be very short - none are going more than 600 miles or so! All 3 are old postcards I found in antique shops locally! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/50 "2011-06-04T00:44:53Z")
My three postcards are all ready to go but there may be a postal strike so I’m going to hold on to them for a couple of days so they don’t end up in some warehouse somewhere, never to be seen again. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/51 "2011-06-04T16:04:58Z")
I have 9, count 'em, 9 post cards in hand for all three rounds. This puts me way ahead of the game relative to the last exchange. I will be addressing them tonight, and mailing Monday. I’ll probably hear from my #3 on Tuesday, too. 😉 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/52 "2011-06-06T12:14:22Z")
The first three are in the post! I hope the Canada Post strike doesn’t slow down one of them. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/53 "2011-06-06T12:15:57Z")
I have three postcards in my hot sticky hands…they are written and stamped, and they’ll be in the mail when I go past the post box on the way home tonight. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/54 "2011-06-06T15:26:59Z")
First three are addressed, stamped, and in the office outgoing mail. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/55 "2011-06-06T17:40:24Z")
I sent my three out this morning, and I found my first postcard from **lab trash** this morning! ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/56 "2011-06-06T19:22:40Z")
I got my list and they should be going out tomorrow! ---
**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 6, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/57 "2011-06-06T19:33:44Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I sent my three out this morning, and I found my first postcard from **lab trash** this morning! labtrash gets the early bird award! ---
**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:** [June 7, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/58 "2011-06-07T15:41:46Z")
Postcards are in the mail! ---
**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 7, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/59 "2011-06-07T15:48:50Z")
My three are in the mail. I also just got a wacky one from **Algher** yesterday. Thanks! ---
**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:** [June 7, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/60 "2011-06-07T18:12:04Z")
Received two today. Arrogance Ex Machina and Vunderbob. I’m probably Vunderbob’s #3 and I will be getting in touch with him soon. I had no idea that he had relocated to my neck of the woods! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613.md?page=4)