# 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:** 8
**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 22, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/142 "2011-06-22T01:36:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You can maybe see why I was so emphatic that people should mail theirs by the deadline. I have a feeling that counsel appearing in **Elendil’s Heir’s** court are strongly encouraged to file their briefs in a timely manner… 😛 ---
**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 22, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/143 "2011-06-22T13:15:48Z")
Darn tootin’! ---
**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 23, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/144 "2011-06-23T17:23:08Z")
Yesterday the postie brought me a lovely card from **gardentraveler** with a picture of some very tempting chocolate treats on it. I can feel the calories piling up just reading it, and it starts with my favourite ingredient - peanut butter! Today I came home to find another card, this one a scenic view of a beautiful town courtesy of **Butterscotch**. I watched “Middlemarch” but never realised I’d be getting a card from the place some of it was filmed. Thanks to everyone for participating! ---
**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 23, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/145 "2011-06-23T17:40:06Z")
peanut butter, butterscotch … I see a trend! ---
**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 23, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/146 "2011-06-23T18:09:12Z")
Politics surrounding the Canada Post strike [gets ugly](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tempers-flare-as-mps-debate-ordering-canada-post-staff-back-to-work/article2072401/). I’m so sorry, **Algher** , **Eledil’s heir** , and **Tapioca Dextrin**. My postcards are in limbo. ---
**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 23, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/147 "2011-06-23T21:19:48Z")
That’s OK. I think mine are stuck in South America somewhere! ---
**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 23, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/148 "2011-06-23T21:24:50Z")
Well, the Canada Post strike explains why one of my three cards hasn’t come yet. And the other…? ---
**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 24, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/149 "2011-06-24T02:33:02Z")
Whoever’s sending the third card, for the love of God, hurry, or else he’ll find you in contempt! ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/150 "2011-06-24T17:08:13Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Well, the Canada Post strike explains why one of my three cards hasn’t come yet. And the other…? Poste Italiane. It’s been on the way for ages. Scaeriefarie has hers, the ones that have to cross the pond are, well, hopefully crossing and not stuck in an Italian post office… Hang on! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/151 "2011-06-24T17:11:13Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Sorry to Sunspace, MsRobyn and Future\_londonite, you are also victims of the Canadian mail strike. > > I sent mine on June 9 but I guess that wasn’t quite long enough for them to miss the strike. It’s all good. It’ll get here when it gets here. ---
**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 24, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/152 "2011-06-24T17:58:11Z")
> [@Butterscotch](#): > > Poste Italiane. It’s been on the way for ages. Scaeriefarie has hers, the ones that have to cross the pond are, well, hopefully crossing and not stuck in an Italian post office… > Hang on! OK, thanks. But maybe next time **melodyharmonius** can pair me with folks who live just across town… ---
**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 24, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/153 "2011-06-24T18:08:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > OK, thanks. But maybe next time **melodyharmonius** can pair me with folks who live just across town… Yup - I’m going to just send you 3 postcards myself - then I don’t have to worry 🙂 ---
**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 25, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/154 "2011-06-25T01:44:34Z")
I got **Butterscotch’s** lovely postcard today, so maybe yours isn’t too far behind, **Elendil’s Heir**. ---
**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 25, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/155 "2011-06-25T04:04:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > OK, thanks. But maybe next time **melodyharmonius** can pair me with folks who live just across town… where’s the thrill in that?!? this way, the postcard exchange is giving you glimpses of the international postal system and how the rest of the world deals with the post. ---
**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 25, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/156 "2011-06-25T06:35:46Z")
[Time has stopped in Canada’s House of Commons: It’s still Thursday, June 23rd](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613891), as they debate back-to-work legislation for the postal workers. ---
**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 25, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/157 "2011-06-25T06:40:02Z")
[QUOTE=melodyharmonious] Deadline for Round 2: Tuesday, June 28th Midnight - EST [/QUOTE] **melodyharmonious** , do you want us to start signing up for Round 2? will you accept sign-ups from us poor strike-bound Canucks? If so, I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/158 "2011-06-25T18:03:09Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > I got **Butterscotch’s** lovely postcard today, so maybe yours isn’t too far behind, **Elendil’s Heir**. Oh please Og let this be so! ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/159 "2011-06-25T21:42:48Z")
I’ve signed up for Round Two. I love getting mail that is not a bill or a form letter, and especially since I don’t have a job I have found I am WAY TOO EXCITED about some postcards. But yay! for mail. ---
**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 25, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/160 "2011-06-25T22:27:24Z")
I’m in for round 2 ! Or at least I wanna be! Am I supposed to send a PM or something? ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613/161 "2011-06-25T22:29:57Z")
That’s what I did, but only because I assumed. I am sure if you mention it in the thread there’s a high chance you could be missed since melody probably has a lot of thread to sort through here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2011-summer-postcard-exchange/582613.md?page=9)