# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/61 "2011-06-07T18:18:07Z")
> [@dbygawdcapn](#): > > 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! 😃 I figured you’d post about that. ---
**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 7, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/62 "2011-06-07T22:15:47Z")
I got a card from **Algher** yesterday - I raise the martini flag right back!! I found my postcards today and have filled them out, addressed them, and stamped them. Will drop them by the PO tomorrow 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 7, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/63 "2011-06-07T23:22:22Z")
Cards are addressed and filled out. Just need to pick up stamps and out they go. ---
**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 8, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/64 "2011-06-08T08:10:49Z")
Got my first card from **Scareyfaerie** - here’s a proof ya’ll aren’t just figments of my imagination or machine AIs that can pass a Turing test. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/65 "2011-06-08T18:01:26Z")
Ok - where did y’all _buy_ your postcards? I have looked in a bunch of places and not found any. I used to be part of these exchanges and it was easier then. i have checked: the bookstore the card stores in the mall the grocery store CVS gas station Where else do I look? ---
**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 8, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/66 "2011-06-08T18:03:37Z")
i got mine at Border’s but I had to ask. Some people have bought notecards and just torn off the back half. And some of the touristy type shops will always have them. And I think Walgreen’s and Rite Aid (drug stores) tend to have that. Not CVS though. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/67 "2011-06-08T18:20:32Z")
B&N did not have them, and I asked. The lady looked so crestfallen to say no, too. 🙂 I’ll try another drugstore tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/68 "2011-06-08T18:54:17Z")
**’Mika** , all of mine for this round came from the local Naval Air Museum. Last year’s cards came from a rack in the gift shop of a state park I used to live near. I try to find some that are representative of the area I’m in, and I look for them in the touristy or quirky locations. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/69 "2011-06-08T20:13:51Z")
All mine are coming from Las Vegas. I like to think of the Wynn as our “second home.” 😃 Got mine in the mail this morning, which is good, as the mailman just delivered two: from **Elendil’s Heir** and **ScareyFaerie**. The mails still work from England and Cleveland! Symmetry - the ones I got show where the senders _make_ their money. The ones I sent show where I _lose_ my money! ---
**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 8, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/70 "2011-06-08T23:05:28Z")
Got two postcards today! A lightbulb from **dbygawdcapn** , and a cool F-22 Raptor from **VunderBob**! Weird note: On the lightbulb postcard, the postage stamp wasn’t “stamped” with those wavy line thingies. Also loved that the “Go Green” stamp was used on a postcard of an _ **incandescent** _ lightbulb! VunderBob, how close are you to Frederick, MD? I have most of my family there (relocated from MA) ---
**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:** [June 8, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/71 "2011-06-08T23:57:35Z")
Mine are sent out today! And I received a lovely card from \*\* labtrash\*\*. Thanks!! I actually have family in the city depicted. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/72 "2011-06-09T00:07:13Z")
Sent all of mine out today. It’s the first time I ever had to mail something to another country, how exciting! 🙂 Also, got one from **Elendil’s Heir** today. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/73 "2011-06-09T00:11:05Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > VunderBob, how close are you to Frederick, MD? I have most of my family there (relocated from MA) Lexington Park is 120 miles south of Frederick, with DC smack in the middle. ---
**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 9, 2011, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/74 "2011-06-09T11:56:52Z")
I received a postcard from \*\*Elendil’s Heir \*\*today - and now I know where he works and will stalk him! What he’s doing on the roof of a building I’ll never understand though. EH - are you the Batman? I also got a postcard from my godson - which cracked me 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 9, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/75 "2011-06-09T14:38:02Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I received a postcard from \*\*Elendil’s Heir \*\*today - and now I know where he works and will stalk him! What he’s doing on the roof of a building I’ll never understand though. EH - are you the Batman?.. I’m not prepared to discuss that. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/76 "2011-06-09T15:57:29Z")
I got Ms Robyn’s lovely card of Pennsylvania. Who needs Google Maps when you have this nice layout? My wife has a trip to Penn State for research, I will just loan it to her for her drive. Just an FYI to all - I am taking off for some much needed vacation starting before the mail arrives on Friday, so any card arrival announcements, etc. will have to wait until the 19th. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/77 "2011-06-09T16:38:49Z")
I put mine in the mailbox this morning and got a card from Algher on Monday. The postie should be here to get them in an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/78 "2011-06-09T17:48:12Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > I put mine in the mailbox this morning and got a card from Algher on Monday. The postie should be here to get them in an hour. Wahoo! I am 3 for 3! Lets hear it for the USPS! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/79 "2011-06-09T19:06:55Z")
I got my freakin postcards. 🙂 I was really hoping for Capital District postcards but I kid you not, not one of the museums around here have postcards, and I e-mailed them all. Ah, I tell you, kids these days - snail mail is going the way of the dodo. I shall fight it! Anyway my first round of postcards is going to be rather plain. However, I found ONE place that sells postcards so I ordered from them and they should be here for the next round. However, this round is in the mail! ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/80 "2011-06-09T20:49:46Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > 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! I actually got mine a couple days ago - I love the postcard! Thanks! I gave up looking for postcards and ended up with some cute notecards. I hate that and will keep looking, but I was afraid that I would put it off and never get around to it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613.md?page=5)